While exploring Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, we stopped in to Pan’e Dolci Italian Bakery (207 Commercial Blvd).
I started to have the gentleman in the store explain to me the difference between the varieties they offered (i.e. cappuccino, macchiato, etc.) when it dawned on me that I was a knuckledragger, that he could tell me everything there was to know about coffee and I would in no better shape to make a decision for it.
So I stopped him early and told him, “You know what? Let’s just do that cappuccino thing you were describing.”
For anyone curious, a cappuccino is… You know what? I still don’t know. Google it. For my mouth-breathing ass it was coffee with really fancy creamer. And since I still can’t taste much since the battle with Covid last year, I can report to you is that I felt the caffeine, which was what I wanted in the first place, and I was able to sense the Splenda I added.
They had an impressive case of goodies, all of which I was tempted by. I stuck to the cappuccino but the gentleman who made my coffee gave me some complimentary vanilla gelato “for the puppy,” a point he emphasized by not including a spoon. Well, jokes on you, fancy coffee guy, because I’m from these streets and I don’t need a spoon to eat ice cream out of a cup.
Luna was exceedingly grateful for her half though.
Pan’e Dolci | Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, Florida | 2024.01.16










