Fernada’s International Market 

You know those places that once you discover you can’t help but go back to over and over again?  Well, at Fort Lauderdale’s very own Fernanda’s International Market you can get them to make you one of their well-known and now famous sandwiches while picking up that jar of specialty olives you didn't know you went there for.  Voted 2008’s Best Sub by New Times, you should not only take both our words for it—definitely taste for yourself. 

Fernanda's is also very conveniently located, catty corner from Target at the intersection of Oakland Park Boulevard and Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale.

Fernanda’s has 18 sandwiches to choose from, but that also leads your creative side to personally combine things into many more.  As a person that dreams of prosciutto, they have two sandwiches that will get your taste buds working overdrive. With the Prosciutto Roma, they make Italy’s most famous sandwich with ripe tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, thin-sliced prosciutto only to then drizzle it with extra virgin olive oil, aged balsamic vinegar, and fresh basil on a ciabatta roll.  If that isn’t enough for you and you want some more meat, absolutely go for the Calabria Combo that is possibly the most perfect Italian sub around.  After choosing whatever type of bread you would like, they then layer thin-sliced prosciutto, mortadella, salami, provolone they then smother it in seasoned tomatoes and lettuce to finally top it off with extra virgin olive oil and aged balsamic vinegar.    

Just recently I revisited Fernanda’s for lunch to explore and had another amazing creation—The Kenny’s Bronx Burger.  The Bronx Burger is just a simple and delicious lean and tender Boars Head Pastrami sandwich on rye.  Paired with provolone and heated, with just some deli mustard, it was another Home Run.  Next time that I get a chance to go in I will most likely have the Real Chicken Salad that features hand-carved chicken breast (with no fillers) that is chopped and blended with celery, sweet onions, and Helman’s Real Mayonaise.  Their Charlie Tuna features white Albacore tuna, Helman’s Mayonaise, sweet onions, fresh celery, and secret spices that has been a favorite at Fernanda’s for decades.  No meat?  No problem!  Order the Venetian Vegetarian that starts with a bed of lettuce that is smothered with seasoned chopped tomatoes, oil, vinegar then topped with Greek roasted peppers and Italian marinated eggplant all served on a ciabatta roll.   

Fernanda’s International Market is in the shopping plaza on the South West corner of the Oakland Park Boulevard and North Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale and will be a place that you will want to drop by at least once a week for specialty items, but eventually become a regular at their deli.  You will be envy of all your coworkers as you unwrap your sandwich in the Break Room only to hear people’s stories about the food they have purchased there.  With a helpful and knowledgeable staff you will want to drop by more often.