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South Florida knows heat and how to beat it. Between air conditioning, swimming pools, a dip in the ocean and all these ice cream and serve-yourself fro-yo shops, we've got summer meltdowns covered.

From the Northern Alps to Tuscany to the South, we're all about Italian. With that, we decided to compile a list of the ten best Italian restaurants in South Florida.

The sandwich. There's just something about the endless food combinations you can create and then stuff between two slabs of bread. All the food groups in one easy-to-eat, stuff-your-face vessel.

A traditional Spanish fruit punch with wine, sangria's roots took hold in coastal Spain centuries ago, when the ingredients -- and the wine -- were available in abundance, here in SoFlo as well!

Here's our take on the ten best Irish pubs and restaurants in Palm Beach and Broward counties. Use it to help you decide where you'll be tipping back your St. Patrick's Day Guinness!

Ah the Dive Bar, it refers to any establishment where the cigarette smoke obscures your view of the aging barkeep, fights break out at 2 a.m., and the jukebox plays only country or old rock classics.