In tandem with our 100 favorite dishes for the New Times’ Best Of Broward/Palm Beach 2012, we’re asking readers to offer up their favorites. Submit yours to Melissa.McCart@BrowardPalmBeach.com.Today’s roundup is from Patrick Jong, who offers these gems: 5. Green Cay Farms Squash Blossoms at Max’s Harvest Delicate squash blossoms are…
How do you reinvigorate the played-out concept of the speed date? By combining it with the event du jour: a beer tasting. If you’re single and looking to mingle and love to talk hops, malt, and suds, consider the Beer Taste Speed Date this Thursday night at the Coffee District…
The 2012 poll has closed. Click here after June 14 for the results. Here’s your chance to vote in our New Times Broward-Palm Beach Readers’ Poll 2012 for your favorite barbecue joint. Text the code corresponding to your pick from the list below to 61721.The results will appear in our…
Welcome to the How-To series, a periodic segment of photo essays that highlight the dishes and drinks that area restaurants do well, who makes them, and how they do it. This week, writer Sara Ventiera learns how to make bacon. Since opening last summer, executive chef Chris Miracolo of Max’s Harvest…
OpenTable, an online restaurant reservation and rating site, has named its Top 100 restaurants in the United States, with Florida taking an impressive third place for number of state winners (first and second place were California and New York, respectively).Restaurants were chosen based on nearly 5 million restaurant reviews of…
The newest Chick-Fil-A opens in Lake Worth on April 12 at 6275 Lantana Road, one of 92 the company will open in 2012. To kick off the new location, the chain will sponsor its “First 100” campaign, for which the first 100 people in line score a year’s worth of free…
We’re counting down to New Times’ Best Of Broward/Palm Beach 2012 issue in June by serving up our top 100 favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive. If you have any nominations of your own, please add them to the comments, or visit our Facebook page. 59. Mango Roll…
First it’s lionfish in Florida waters. Now it’s iguanas on Florida land. The Perennial Plate chef Daniel Klein offers this segment on our invasive predator the iguana and how one guy prepares it for a snack. The locale is Boca Grande, where iguana owners during the 1970s released pets in…
The Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. of Boca Raton will be supplying water in Brooklyn at Barclays Center, the new home for the NBA Nets. Needless to say, Brooklynites aren’t pleased. “There’s nothing Brooklyn about this water,” said Brooklyn Councilwoman Letitia James. The arena will also feature a location of…
The 17th-annual Expo Alfresco is set to draw more than 3,000 attendees Wednesday evening at ArtsPark at Young Circle. The event, billed as “the ultimate food, wine, and tradeshow experience,” takes place from 5 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 11, bringing together local South Florida businesses and consumers. Attendees…
The 2012 poll has closed. Click here after June 14 for the results. Here’s your chance to vote in our New Times Broward-Palm Beach Readers’ Poll 2012 for your favorite burger. Text the code corresponding to your pick from the list below to 61721.The results will appear in our annual…
The snowbirds may be gearing up for their return flights to the north, but that doesn’t mean the events calendar is following suit. Beer dinners, tap takeovers, and pairing events top the list of food and drink events this week in South Florida, while West Palm Beach welcomes an event…
Everyone loves to brag that his chili (or ribs, hamburger, etc.) is the best. But it helps to be able to point to a first-place finish in a public contest to drive that point home. The Junior League of Greater Fort Lauderdale is hosting its seventh-annual Chili Cook-Off on Saturday,…
Boynton’s Due South Brewery announced a May 12 opening to coincide with American Craft Beer Week from May 14 to 20. The brewery, owned by Mike and Jodi Halker, at 2900 High Ridge Road, will produce Caramel Cream Ale, Roasted Cocoa Stout, Atlantis Ale, and an Espresso Porter, among others. Those…
As a countdown to the Best Of Broward/Palm Beach 2012, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Melissa.McCart@BrowardPalmBeach.com.60. Shellfish Tapas at Tapas 210A stunning decor and delicious eats make Tapas 210 worth the trip. Lush tropical greenery frames…
Beer lovers in southern Palm Beach County, take note. Yard House has announced an official opening date of Sunday, June 3, for its fourth Florida location. The restaurant will be located in Mizner Park in Boca Raton. In anticipation of the early summer opening the company is looking to fill…
As a countdown to the Best Of Broward/Palm Beach 2012, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Melissa.McCart@BrowardPalmBeach.com.61. The Gatherer at B.C. TacosLet’s consider the caveman (which, by the way is the theme of B.C…
Children of the ’80s forever have the Hard Rock Cafe logo seared into our memories. The Hard Rock Cafe T-shirt was de rigueur for most every suburbanite through much of the late ’80s and early ’90s: a sign that we — or someone we knew — had vacationed in the…
Dairy Belle on Route 1 is based on a mid-century Americana roadside stand. Yet it has been around since 1998, and it was conceived by French Canadians. After over a decade of existence, change is coming: Francois Grenier and family are moving to a new place. Here’s the hitch: They’re…
Perhaps it’s because it’s been nearly two weeks since the Mad Men season opener and we still can’t get that damned “Zou Bisou Bisou” song out of our heads. Or maybe it’s the anticipation of sweet treats for Easter feasting. Whatever the cause, macaron, croissant, and all manner of flaky…
We’re counting down to New Times’ Best of Broward/Palm Beach 2012 issue in June by serving up our top hundred favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive. If you have any nominations of your own, please add them to the comments or visit our Facebook page. 62. Maitake Mushroom…
The Tin Fish will debut in the former Luigi’s space, at 118 S. Clematis Street, just in time for Sunfest in May. Owner Andy Noonan, said he liked the concept of The Tin Fish in Port St. Lucie so much that he wanted to open a branch of his own…
