This weekend’s JA World Uncorked saw hundreds of happy people eating food from south Florida’s best restaurants, drinking fine wines, and enjoying a special selection of craft beers. Though all bites were delicious, some plates were outstanding. These dishes won the coveted Clean Plate Charlie awards, in several categories:…
Kickstart South Florida is a new feature highlighting local food-related crowd-funded projects on Kickstarter.You may have met Robyn Almovodar on the streets of Miami, serving food from her food truck dubbed The Palate Party Fresh Mobile Cafe, where she serves up her famous soft-shell crab sandwiches, or meatball sliders smothered…
It’s another quiet afternoon at Spice Galore — until a new customer bursts through the back door nearly sprinting to a row of glass jars containing various spice blends. Her first words as she hurries across the small space: “I’m SO excited! I’ve been feeling like a crack head ever…
The big happenings this week are centered around beer. Specifically, good beer. (And if you really want to get to the very core of it, good, Florida-made beer.) The second annual South Florida Beer Week is upon us and there’s plenty to do every night of the week. Check out…
Pizza fiends in West Palm Beach no longer have to make the drive south to get their hands on Mellow Mushroom’s delicious Magical Mystery Tour pie or unreasonably tasty soft-baked pretzels. The Mellow Mushroom in CityPlace threw open its doors on Monday, January 14, and things are in full swing…
The weather forecast for today’s Sunshine Blues Festival in Boca Raton is a little iffy, but at least the festival lineups are rock solid. Not only will the stage host some pretty rad musical acts — Tedeschi Trucks Band, Dr. John, and Walter Trout among them — but the beer…
Hooters, the casual restaurant chain that gave the world orange nylon shorts, hot wings, and the term “breastaurant”, is getting some reconstructive surgery of its own.The restaurant chain is starting on a campaign to join the 19th 21st century with new items designed to attract female customers (like — no…
If you’re wondering what to do this coming Saturday evening, but you’ve got no money after paying your bills, there are a few options. You could dive for couch change and go out for a burger (fun factor about a five); you could go out to the Everglades and hunt…
Chipotle Mexican Grill, the fast/casual restaurant that prides itself in serving “food with integrity” is stating that food costs and other operating costs have risen for the chain — and they might pass those additional costs on to you — the consumer.In a presentation at the 2013 ICR XChange yesterday,…
After several years of cooking for some of Miami’s most well-known hotel restaurants, including Cascata Grill at Turnberry Isle and the former Solea at the W Hotel in South Beach, chef Steven Acosta has returned to Fort Lauderdale’s Il Lugano Hotel to take over the kitchen at da Campo Osteria.Since…
In the gastropub world, a porky nod in the title tends to elicit feelings of excitement: The Ravenous Pig in Orlando, The Purple Pig in Chicago, Noble Pig Sandwiches in Austin, you get the picture. Hollywood just received it’s newest porcine-inspired gastropub: The Tipsy Boar.The new spot, which opened a…
This is a great weekend for bacchanalian exploits in South Florida. Not only does South Florida Beer Week begin on Saturday, but big ticket events like JA World Uncorked and the Fort Lauderdale Bus Loop are set to pop. After the jump, find details on five food- and drink-related events…
BurgerFi is in expansion mode with the opening of a new restaurant in Davie.The fast casual restaurant that features all-natural, farm-raised beef free of hormones, opens its doors in Davie on Tuesday, January 22, at 1904 S. University Drive.This is the lucky 13th Florida location, with more to come. Read…
South Florida is home to some amazing chefs. Numerous James Beard award-winners and nominees can be found behind the line at tons of local restaurants. But one would be hard-pressed to find a face more recognizable than Michelle Bernstein. Aside from her weekly PBS show Check, Please! South Florida, Bernstein…
UPDATE: Tickets go on sale at 8 p.m. tonight. Exclusivity breeds excitement, particularly in gourmand circles. That explains the historic trend for fast sell-outs for Traveling Plate Supper Club events. Registration for the first Traveling Plate event of 2013 opens at 8 tonight (Thursday), so if you’re hoping to snag…
Gigi’s Music Cafe in Sunrise is like walking into your favorite hometown cafe where the menu is nothing but family recipes, and the diner-style bar serves beer or wine. There’s even a small stage where you can sing your heart out during karaoke, or strum away at the guitar on…
It’s been said before, but it bears repeating: South Florida might have been late to the craft beer game, but it’s making up for lost time, and in a significant way. Witness the upcoming South Florida Beer Week, which kicks off on Saturday with dozens of different events offered throughout…
We grabbed a seat in a beige booth at Toa Toa Chinese restaurant in Sunrise for a dim sum brunch and found what you might at any similar eatery. On each table were pairs of paper-wrapped chopsticks, set next to small plates and teacups. To the side was a small…
When it comes to Broward county dim sum restaurants, the world is your chicken foot. Some offer steamed, fried and sautéed bites in the traditional pushcarts while at others you pick your meal from a checklist. The three-to-four-bite dishes are mostly standardized with everything from shrimp dumplings to baked and…
Residents of Weston have a new pizza restaurant to look forward to. That may not sound like big news, but this is no slouch of a chain coming to town. D’Angelo Pizza Wine Bar and Tapas opens on January 21 in Country Isle Plaza (1370 Weston Road). If the name…
The Melting Pot is the kind of restaurant that you normally think of when you’re in an indulgent mood. For starters, you receive a vat of bubbling molten cheese, served with chunks of bread to dip into the dairy lava pit. You then quickly move through dinner, which consists of…
Public radio nerds assemble: Diane Rehm is coming to town and will be hosting morning and evening discussions, with breakfast and dinner, to benefit South Florida’s public radio station WLRN. On Feb. 8 from 7 to 11 p.m. she’ll be speaking at the Harbor Beach Marriott Resort & Spa in…
