We tried the honey-garlic, which was mild enough for the kids but still flavorful enough for the adults. Choose from more than a dozen sauces including teriyaki, raspberry, jerk and Channing’s Cajun BBQ, named after Miami Dolphin Channing Crowder. (It helped that we got there between the afternoon college football rush and the Saturday night karaoke crowd.) Billy’s is known for its wings, which they promise are never frozen or breaded. Not as loud and crowded as the big chain sports bars, Billy’s had the table set for our large party before we arrived. Hidden in a Davie shopping center along State Road 84, it’s one of those places we had driven past hundreds of times without stopping. If you want a casual, neighborhood place to watch a game, Billy’s Tavern fits the bill.My husband rated the veal parmigiana another winner with an ample portion of incredibly tender and lightly fried meat. I thoroughly enjoyed the zuppa di pesce, an overflowing plate of pasta with a plethora of shrimp, clams, mussels, calamari, scungilli (snails) and fresh fish with a choice of red or white sauce over pasta. For more variety, try the fettuccine saporite (chicken, spinach and sun-dried tomatoes) or mussels posillipo (with wine, garlic, fresh tomato and basil). Entrees include plenty of comfort-food favorites like lasagna, gnocchi, eggplant parmigiana, chicken francese and veal marsala. (They once expanded to Coral Springs, but sold the restaurant although it still bares the Marola’s name.) The menu offers traditional pizzas as well as gourmet options like the Vesuviana with baby clams, mozzarella, black olives and capers that we would try next time. Co-owner Omar Errazquin presides over the cozy dining room while his partner, chef Rolando Gallegos, runs the kitchen. It’s the kind of place where regulars are known by name. In the same Cooper City location for 14 years, Marola’s Trattoria has built a steady clientele as a destination for a casual night out with the kids or a quiet weekend date night.The Davie-Cooper City area may not be known as a dining mecca, but some of its small strip shopping centers hold pleasant surprises. Veal Chop Alla Contadina at the Marola's Trattoria.
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