The closest thing to a real sports bar inside the new Village at Gulfstream Park. It's loud and boisterous inside this establishment, especially on a college football Saturday or on an NFL Sunday. Gigantic, flat-screen TVs fill nearly every inch of wall space, and each routinely features a different ballgame. The food is about what you'd expect in a sports bar. (READ: NOT GREAT). Mostly banal hamburgers and assorted heavily fried foods that won't do any favors for your heart or other vital organs. Be warned that the menu becomes very limited late at night. I was forced to order a downright awful flatbread pizza in lieu of a burger during a previous visit. On occasion, you might glimpse a semi-attractive co-ed riding the mechanical bull, but Cadillac Ranch does not lure the area's most glamorous women, by any stretch. Good to hang out; not good if you're looking for a world-class meal. At least you'll never have to fret about being underdressed. No such thing at Cadillac Ranch. Shorts and a t-shirt will be more than sufficient. A bit too tacky for me to return in the future.

- Written by Thomas Mallon
February 1, 2011