This restaurant is the latest of sports bars from the “Killer B’s” from the Miami Dolphins’ memorable years. I have reviewed Bru’s Room in the past, and this place has basically the same menu. The soup is also extremely similar, and therefore gets the same rating.
Rating: 6.5 out of 10
Pedestrian, diner soup. Happy that they gave a good amount of cheese.
Rating: 6.5 out of 10
Located in the Westin Fort Lauderdale. Cheap provalone. Broth was okay.
Rating: 6.0 out of 10
Mozzarella cheese and salty broth makes this soup a typical Greek diner offering…which is fine when you are looking for something like that.
Rating 6.0 out of 10
Typical chain restaurant fare, although the broth was better than most chains.
Rating: 6.25 out of 10
Good provolone, and one of the better non-beef broths make this soup a good lunch indulgence.
Rating: 6.5 out of 10
Founded by Bob “Bru” Brudzinski (one of the “Killer Bees” from the Miami Dolphins of the 1970s), this place is famous for their chicken wings. They also have a F.O.S. which I’ve enjoyed over the years. Filled with lots of provolone, it’s not quite the traditional type of soup I’ve grown to love, but it is great in its class.
Rating: 6.5 out of 10
Located in the Mirage hotel, Cafe Caribe is the main restaurant/coffee shop. The onion soup seemed to contain provolone, with perhaps some swiss mixed in. The broth was pretty good.
Rating 6.5 out of 10
Having f.o.s. on the menu of an Italian restaurant brings me back to my old days in suburban New York. As you can see from the photo, the gruyere is not melted very well. The soup tasted reasonably good, but the cheese was bleh, and was all stuck to the bread.
Rating: 5.0 out of 10
Heh, I thought this place went out of business…apparently, someone bought the name and the locations, and opened them up as franchises. It’s pretty much as I remember it growing up, with cheap provolone and bland soup. A couple of extra points for nostalgia, though.
Rating 5.0 out of 10
Nothing special about this soup, topped with provolone. It came out a bit on the cold side, so I sent it back. They were nice enough to create an entirely new one, though I thought that unnecessary.
Rating: 5.5 out of 10
I have been avoiding trying the French Onion Soup at Applebee’s for years. I had heard that their version is a “diet” version, using fat free cheese, among other things. I figured it would be horrible. So, my mission here was to balance out my blog a bit, and bring the average down. The time had come to sample this monstrosity. What would the rating be, 2.0? 1.0? I laughed maniacally, as I walked in. I was shocked to learn that they actually have two versions of the soup: regular, and diet. That was a surprise. So, I ordered both. See below for my review of the diet version. The regular version was at least as good as other chain restaurant versions. The cheese was a decent swiss, and the broth was tasty. It could have used more cheese, however.
Rating: 6.0 out of 10
This is the “diet” version of the French Onion Soup that I had heard about. You can see that the cheese looks different, but I couldn’t get any info out of the server as to what it was exactly. I’ve heard from people that it’s “fat free”, and from others that it’s “low fat”. In any case, it wasn’t as horrible as I was hoping it would be. The broth is a special “low sodium” broth, but it definitely tasted salty to me. Again, it was much better than I was hoping. The “crouton” was described as a “low carb” crouton. I couldn’t tell you the effect of that, as to me the only purpose of the crouton is to hold up the cheese. My mission to Applebee’s was completely unsuccessful. I did not bring down the average, and the French Onion Soups were adequate, including the diet one!
Rating: 5.5 out of 10
Extra ratings points for lots and lots of cheese. It’s a combination of provolone and swiss. Broth was tasty. Located in the Sheraton University Hotel.
Rating 6.5 out of 10
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