For most of the year, the two halves of Davie's identity run on separate clocks. The University Drive restaurant corridor operates on a weeknight-and-brunch rhythm. The Bergeron Rodeo Grounds a few miles east runs on a livestock schedule. From August 1 through September 15, 2026, those clocks are synchronized for the first time, and residents who know the calendar can string together a weekend that draws on both sides of town without repeating themselves.
The reason is a program the Town of Davie has never run before, dropped into the same window as a scheduled Davie Pro Rodeo date. If you already live here, this is the six-week stretch worth planning around.
What Savor Davie is, in plain terms
Savor Davie is the Town of Davie's first dining program, running from August 1 through September 15, 2026, with eight participating restaurants offering specially priced three course meals. The Town released the official announcement on July 21, 2026, so this is genuinely new territory rather than an annual event locals have seen before.
The mechanics are simple. Each restaurant sets a fixed price for a three-course meal built around its signature dishes. The multi-course meal is the total price charged for the food; taxes, gratuity and beverages may be charged separately. Prices land at one of three tiers.
| Restaurant | Prix-fixe price | What they're known for |
|---|---|---|
| Geronimos Grill | $35 three course | wings, burgers, comfort food |
| Black Jack's Rum Bar & Grille | $45 three course | Caribbean-inspired grilled meats and a deep rum list |
| The Greek Joint Kitchen & Bar | $45 three course | modern gyros, moussaka, seafood, handcrafted cocktails |
| Ovivi's | $45 three course | hand-cut steaks, seafood, hand-made burgers |
| Palace Indian | $45 three course | curries, tandoori, biryanis, fresh naan |
| Pho Bar | $45 three course | pho, seafood, specialty drinks |
| Luc's Seafood & Grille | see menu | seafood-forward menu |
A separate write-up in South Florida on the Cheap notes that Savor Davie's participating restaurants are offering promotional menus from August 1 through September 15, 2026, at price points of $35, $45 or $60, which suggests at least one restaurant is holding a $60 tier that isn't reflected on the Town's public summary yet. Worth calling ahead if you want to know what you're walking into.
Two useful geographic anchors for planning: Geronimos Grill sits at 5810 S. University Drive in Davie, The Greek Joint Kitchen and Bar also on the 5810 S. University Drive block, and Luc's Seafood & Grille at 5511 S. University Drive. That is a walkable cluster inside a mile of University and Nova, which matters if you're building a night that starts with cocktails at one address and dessert at another.
The one weekend the whole town lines up
The reason to circle a specific date rather than treat this as a rolling six-week promotion: the Weekley Brothers Davie Pro Rodeo has a performance on September 12th, 2026 at 7:30pm. That is the only rodeo date that falls inside the Savor Davie window.
The venue itself is a fact worth restating for anyone who's driven past it a thousand times without stopping. The Davie Arena at the Bergeron Rodeo Grounds has served as Davie's main tourist attraction for more than 40 years, sitting inside the historical western theme downtown district. The grounds are located near the corner of Davie Road and Orange Drive at 4201 SW 65th Way. Gates open at 6 p.m. and the rodeo starts at 7:30 p.m., and rodeos run about two hours.
That two-hour window is the planning constraint. Reservation for a three-course prix-fixe at 4:30 or 5:00 p.m. gets you to your car with time to reach the arena by 6:15. The tight cluster on University Drive makes this workable in a way it wouldn't be in most South Broward towns.
A Saturday plan that only works this fall: early dinner at Luc's, Geronimos, or The Greek Joint on University, then a ten-minute drive east to 4201 SW 65th Way for the 7:30 p.m. performance. Both experiences are meaningful only if you live near enough to do them on the same night. That is the entire point.
What to do with the other five weekends
The rodeo pins one Saturday. The prix-fixe program covers six. Here is how the remaining time actually breaks down for a resident.
Weeknight Jackpot Rodeos. Most people who live here forget these exist. The Jackpot Rodeos take place every Wednesday night and start at approximately 7 p.m., running until about 9 p.m. They are the low-key, working-cowboy counterpart to the ticketed pro dates. Pair one with a $35 Wednesday dinner at Geronimos and you have a weeknight that costs less than most people spend on delivery.
A tasting-menu sprint on University Drive. Six weeks, six or seven prix-fixes. If you're the kind of household that eats out on Fridays anyway, this is the cheapest way to sample restaurants you keep meaning to try. The stylistic spread across the participating group is unusually wide for one program.
- Caribbean rum bar
- Greek modern
- Indian tandoor
- Vietnamese pho
- Steakhouse
- American burger-and-wing
Rotating through those in the order they appear above gets you across three continents inside a ten-day window without leaving Davie's zip codes.
A pre-rodeo cocktail stop worth planning. Black Jack's Rum Bar & Grille is built around Caribbean-inspired grilled meats and a rum collection with rare finds, bold blends and smooth sippers. The rum-forward posture is a match for a rodeo evening in a way that a wine bar isn't. If you've been meaning to try one drink there, this is the excuse.
What Cowboy Town actually feels like when you show up
For residents who have never been inside Bergeron for a full rodeo, a few field notes from the venue itself worth knowing:
- The grounds spread across 72,000 square feet and function as a multi-purpose venue, with concerts, monster truck shows, air boat spectacles, dog competitions, and horse parades regularly held there. The September 12 date is a straight rodeo, not a hybrid event.
- The center began as a rodeo arena but expanded over time to host concerts, horse shows, dog shows, car shows, air boat shows, specialty shows and industrial shows. Which means the seating and sightlines are set up for spectacle, not for a purist rodeo crowd.
- The RAM Southeast Circuit Finals returns to Cowboy Town with the top Contestants in the Southeast, which is a separate three-night event November 14, 15 and 16, 2026. That is the one to know about if the September night hooks you and you want the marquee experience.
The September date is not the marquee. It is the accessible one. Which is what makes it a good pairing with a first-time restaurant visit rather than a destination trip.
A note on the calendar's edges
Two dates deserve to be underlined for anyone building a real plan.
The Savor Davie window closes on September 15. The Town's press release repeats the date twice for a reason: Savor Davie runs August 1 through September 15, 2026. There is no soft extension published. If you were planning to save the more expensive $45 restaurants for late September, don't.
The rodeo cadence resets after Cowboy Town's Labor-Season hits. The next Davie Pro Rodeo performance after September 12 is November 13th and 14th, 2026 at 7:30pm and November 15th, 2026 at 2:00pm, which is the circuit finals weekend. That is a very different event, at a very different ticket price, with a very different crowd. If you want the accessible pro-rodeo night to introduce someone to Davie, September 12 is the version to buy.
Why any of this matters if you already live here
The daily texture of a place changes when its calendars start to overlap. For most of the year, someone who lives on a two-acre parcel off Orange Drive experiences the restaurant scene and the rodeo grounds as two separate amenities, used on separate weekends, with separate friends. During Savor Davie's six-week window, a single evening can hold both, at a fixed cost, without the extra decisions.
That's a small change. It's also the kind of change that residents who have lived in Davie for a decade sometimes miss because they've stopped scanning the Town's calendar. If you're inside the 33314, 33324, 33328, 33330, or 33331 zip codes, the six weeks between now and September 15 are worth actually using.
If you own an acreage or estate property in Davie or Southwest Ranches and want to talk about how the neighborhood's calendar, character, and market are shifting heading into the fall, the team at Tommy Crivello Group is available. Request a Private Valuation when you're ready to see what your property is worth in today's market.
