Your Pie via Facebook

Your Pie: custom pizza in LHP.

Pizza is one of the most personal food items ever. With so many toppings to choose from, it's gotten difficult to just opt for the standard cheese or pepperoni variety.

That's the basis behind Your Pie, a new pizzeria in Lighthouse Point. Part of a Athens, Georgia chain, this is the first Your Pie location in south Florida. The restaurant features well priced pizzas that go way beyond the "extra cheese and anchovy" customization of a regular pie.

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Tilted Kilt via facebook

Tilted Kilt welcomes you.

Oh, Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery. You describe yourself as the "best looking sports bar you've ever seen", but we're guessing that you're not talking about your Irish pub theme or your wooden bar.

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Trader Joe's

Trader Joe's is coming to Palm Beach Gardens!

Palm Beach county has been granted its wish. Trader Joe's is coming to Palm Beach Gardens.

The grocer with a cult-like following will open sometime in 2014 at PGA Plaza, on the corner of PGA Boulevard and Prosperity Farms Road. Construction on the 12,500-square-foot store is slated to begin in the fall of 2013.

The property is owned by Menin Development Inc., who is touting the recent announcement on their website. In an interview with the South Florida Business Journal, Menin's vice president of development Matt Bloomfield said, "I think [Trader Joe's] is very attached to the area. They like that it's near PGA Boulevard and our center has more frontage on the boulevard than any retail center in the area. It's the oldest location and needs the most improvement, so it made economic sense."

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This is the reason people move to Florida, so enjoy it.

The food scene is growing by leaps and bounds in South Florida. We have everything now from haute cuisine to trendy burger shacks.

But there's a staple of Florida dining that should never be forgotten because it is the very sort of spot that often convinces most people to move here in the first place - casual restaurants with a view of the water. That's one thing neither the locals nor the tourists ever tire of and now, we've got a new place to enjoy it - Oar House Restaurant and Bar in Pompano Beach.

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- Cafe Martorano Now Offers Blackjack Inside the Restaurant
- Shake Shack's Second-Annual Great American Shake Sale Benefits No Kid Hungry

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Steven Damron

In the world of restaurants, things are always in flux. If it's not new staff, bar program, menus, or even plates, a new neighbor is either popping up or closing up shop. Unfortunately, it's kind of hard to stay on top of the goss. Fortunately, for that matter, you have us. And after the jump, we have a list of April's restaurant openings and closings. Let us know in the comment section if we missed anything.

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- BC Tacos Food Truck Opens Cafe in Davie
- DIY Dining Comes to Boca Raton: Butcher & the Burger and Dandelion Opening in Town Center

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All photos courtesy of Brett Chiavari

BC Cafe is open in Davie.

BC Cafe, the restaurant that shares a caveman and some great tacos with BC Tacos food truck, has opened its doors in Davie (4801 S. University Drive).

With a brick-and-mortar restaurant comes room to grow, so the café expands on the BC Tacos food truck menu with salads, sliders, wraps, and burgers for lunch and dinner.

Breakfast is served too, offering omelets, pancakes, muffins, and tacos. Tacos for breakfast? If we could have burritos as a morning meal, BC owner Brett Chiavari figures, "why not?"

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- BC Tacos to Expand With Davie Cafe

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WikiCommons/Beyond My Ken

Original Shake Shack location in Madison Square Park

The iconic -- yet incredibly young -- burger chain will finally open this Monday in Boca Raton.

The original Shake Shack opened in New York in 2004, and its 100 percent Angus beef burgers and eco-friendly philosophy had every town in America drooling for a Shake Shack of its own. Now, Florida has three! The first two were in Miami, though. This one is ours.

Shake Shack confirmed the opening date and time with a statement on its website. Follow the jump for all the grand-opening details.

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ALDI via Facebook

ALDI is holding a job fair.

Aldi, the global supermarket chain that features low-frills shopping with a focus on savings over amenities, is planning an expansion in the South Florida market.

The chain, which has markets in Australia, throughout Europe, and in the United States, is expanding into Delray Beach, Lauderdale Lakes, Miami, Deerfield Beach, Coral Springs, Tamarac, Pembroke Pines, and Cutler Bay.

Aldi has about 1,200 stores in 32 states in its U.S. division alone.

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When beloved downtown West Palm Beach gastropub Gratify closed their doors last July, a little piece of champagne brunch died along with it. Where most of us saw a fleeting memory of happy hours past, however, Chase Woolard saw an opportunity. Already the Managing Partner of successful restaurant The Local in Coral Gables, Chase was looking to break into new territory, and the empty shell that Gratify left behind was the perfect fit.

But whatever you do, don't get the two confused.

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- The Tipsy Boar In Hollywood: A First Look
- First Look: Green Bar & Kitchen in Fort Lauderdale
- First Look: Over 100 Small Plates at Ceviche in Delray Beach

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Are you the type of person that likes to do everything yourself? You change your car's oil in the garage, do your taxes online, service your own pool -- and even mow your lawn without a single complaint. Why? Because it's getting done the right way, that's why!

Now, if only you could get the same kind of stellar service you provide for your family while dining out -- just one of many activities you simply can't take into your own hands.

But what if you could customize and create your meal at a restaurant down to the most seemingly miniscule detail? Would that be something on your to-do list? Well, wait no longer: all your DIY dreams for seasoning, dressing and prepping your own food have finally come true at a new burger spot in Boca Raton that lets you customize everything down to the very last detail.

Where? The new Butcher & the Burger -- and sister concept Dandelion -- set to open at the shops of the Town Center of Boca Raton next week. (UPDATE: In the original version of this story, we wrote that the restaurant would be opening April 10. After it was published, we learned the opening had been pushed back a week and made the correction. Sorry for any confusion.)

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