Rootz Soul Cafe

Rootz Soul Cafe sits along South State Road 7 in North Lauderdale, on the busy commercial corridor also known as US 441 that forms the city’s eastern edge. This stretch of State Road 7 sits right at the boundary where North Lauderdale meets Lauderhill, and confirming the exact address on the correct side of that municipal line took a direct geocoding check, since several nearby storefronts on the same road actually fall just across the boundary into Lauderdale’s neighboring city rather than North Lauderdale itself.

A cafe carrying the name Rootz Soul suggests a menu grounded in Caribbean cooking with soul food influences layered in, a combination that shows up frequently in South Florida’s West Indian community, where Jamaican, Trinidadian, and other island cooking traditions often sit comfortably alongside American soul food staples like collard greens, mac and cheese, and fried chicken. Typical dishes at a cafe like this might include jerk or curry chicken, oxtail, rice and peas, plantain, and steamed vegetables, served either as a quick counter meal or a more substantial plate. Exact current offerings are best confirmed by phone, since we could not locate an independently verifiable current menu online.

Florida’s Division of Corporations shows a matching entity, Rootz Soul Cafe, LLC, registered in the state, which supports the business’s identity, though its filing status currently shows as reinstatement pending rather than fully active and in good standing. That status suggests the company may have lapsed on a state filing requirement and is in the process of resolving it, a fairly common administrative hiccup for small businesses that does not necessarily reflect on whether the storefront itself is currently serving customers day to day.

State Road 7 through this part of Broward County carries a heavy volume of commercial traffic and a wide mix of restaurants representing Caribbean, Latin American, and other cuisines, reflecting the diversity of the communities along its length. Rootz Soul Cafe’s spot on this corridor puts it within reach of residents throughout the eastern part of North Lauderdale as well as neighboring Lauderhill and Tamarac.

For anyone exploring North Lauderdale’s Caribbean and soul food options, Rootz Soul Cafe on South State Road 7 is worth a call before visiting, both to confirm current hours and to check in on a small business whose state filing status suggests it may be working through some administrative paperwork behind the scenes. Reaching a small independent cafe by phone rather than relying solely on an old directory listing is generally the safer approach in this part of Broward County, where storefronts along a busy corridor like State Road 7 can change hands or adjust hours more often than online sources reflect.