Italian eatery replaces Kitchenetta in Fort Lauderdale; Holy Mackerel leaves its Wilton Manors home – Sun Sentinel

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Ramen Lab Eatery, West Boca Raton

Ramen Lab Eatery opened Jan. 30 at Boca Raton’s Mission Bay Plaza. But if you’re looking for something splashier, a grand opening event has been planned for 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Feb. 9, with Japanese drummers and lion dancers, aerialists, a 360 photo-booth, fire dancers and sketch artists from artNEST. Known for handmade ramen noodles, hand-wrapped dumplings, Asian tapas and donburi (rice bowl), the restaurant is part of the Lemongrass Hospitality label, which also owns Lemongrass Asian Bistro, The Sea Kitchen, Ganzo and Eat District — all in Palm Beach County. This new Ramen Lab Eatery in West Boca Raton measures 1,900 square feet and has seating for 50 indoors and 20 outdoors. 20449 State Road 7, No. A5, Boca Raton; 561-617-1903; ramenlabeatery.com

Azzurro Cucina Italiana, Fort Lauderdale

Call it an Italian shuffle: A month after longtime staple Kitchenetta closed its doors on North Federal Highway, this kitchen helmed by Michael Dubrovsky and Sicilian native Paolo Accarpio (ex-DeVito South Beach) has opened in its place. If the name sounds familiar, Azzurro spent 10 years in Sunny Isles Beach before relocating down the street inside Trump International Beach Resort. That hotel partnership dissolved within nine months and Azzurro decamped to Fort Lauderdale. The restaurant, which debuted Jan. 20, strictly specializes in Italian classics, including tableside bucatini cacio e pepe, fried calamari, veal Milanese and frutti di mare. 2850 N. Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale; 954-567-3333; Facebook.com/azzurrocucina or Instagram.com/azzurrocucinaitaliana

Chickeatah’, Fort Lauderdale

This Turkish Halal restaurant registered to owner Valentina Akyol debuted on Jan. 22 in Fort Lauderdale’s Middle River Terrace neighborhood. The corner shop specializes in round pizzas but also in “pide,” a boat-shaped, thick-dough flatbread stuffed with kashar cheese, “sujuk” (dried beef sausage), chicken gyro, feta or seasonal vegetables. Other Mediterranean staples include grilled chicken wings, lentil soup, baba ghanoush, hummus and gyro wraps. 1100 NE Fourth Ave., Fort Lauderdale; 754-223-4139; search for “Chickeatah’” on Facebook.com

SoBol, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea

This New York-spun franchise seizing on the build-your-own-bowl trend debuted its newest location on Jan. 31 in the Sea Ranch Village Shopping Center. The shop offers customizable bowl blends, along with specialty acai, green, pitaya…