TRINO RESTAURANT
7891 W Sample Road, Coral Springs
Also: 6965 W Commercial Blvd, Tamarac, FL 33319
Venezuelan burgers at Trino -- trust me, ignore the outside and go in.
This Coral Springs location has only been open about a month. It used to be a Peruvian restaurant called Italo (same owner), and honestly the exterior still carries that awkward in-between energy. Blacked-out glass, neon, very much "is this a vape shop or an adult bookstore?" vibes.
Then you walk inside -- and it's a complete personality shift.
The interior is a full-on nerd shrine: Star Wars posters, Marvel art, retro signs, guitars on the wall, framed pop culture everywhere. Clean, bright, casual, and clearly meant to be fun. It feels intentional, not kitschy.
The food absolutely backs it up.
These are Venezuelan-style smash burgers -- double patties, aggressively juicy, stacked with white cheese, Munster, bacon, potato stix, and a soft toasted bun that somehow holds together despite the chaos. You can see it in the cross-section: no dry beef, no filler, just meat, fat, cheese, and crunch.
But the real differentiator here is the sauce situation.
They bring out squeeze bottles like you're about to conduct a science experiment:
* Ajo (garlic)
* Blue cheese (excellent)
* Bacon (ridiculous)
* Sweet corn (unexpectedly great)
* Trino sauce (tangy ranch-style)
Get fries for the table and just start mixing. This place understands that sauces are not a garnish -- they're the point.
Beyond burgers, the menu goes full Venezuelan and Colombian: perros (loaded hot dogs), cachapas (sweet corn pancake sandwiches), empanadas, patacones. This isn't a burger place pretending to do Latin food -- it's Latin street food that happens to do burgers extremely well.
Bottom line:
The outside may make you hesitate. Don't. Inside is fun, the burgers are legit, and the sauce game alone earns the visit.
A genuinely solid addition to Coral Springs -- and one I'll be going back to. read more