Boca Burger Bar Now Open in Boca Raton

When the Lodge Beer & Grill shuttered its faux-log-cabinesque doors in August, it left something of a hole in the Boca Raton beer scene. In a town that caters to, ahem, a more mature crowd, there aren’t tons of places to get great craft beers on tap (Funky Buddha Lounge…

Blind Wine Chick Alex Elman Wine Tastings at Whole Foods Market

It’s not every day that your wine tasting is interrupted by a thumping tail, but then not every wine tasting is conducted by a self-titled blind wine chick.I met Alex Elman at the South Beach Whole Foods Market to chat about her wine on Halloween where we were interrupted by…

Win Free Tickets to New Times Beerfest

We have two pairs of tickets to give away to the 14th-annual New Times Beerfest on November 12 from 7 to 11 p.m. in Esplanade Park, with proceeds to benefit the Humane Society of Broward County. Taste as many as you’re able from the 100-plus domestic, international, and craft beers available…

Seminole Hard Rock Wine and Food Festival Features More Than 300 Wines

This Sunday, we all gain an hour of sleep when daylight-saving time ends and we set our clocks back one hour. Which means, technically, we can start drinking at the Seminole Hard Rock Wine and Food Festival earlier.Sample fare from 20 restaurants, including Martorano’s, Bongo’s, Sea Level, and China Grill,…

Five Songs: Let’s Rap About Food, Baby

Rap music is often viewed as the ode to gang violence. Ask Florida millionaires and they might tell you that rap music has no place in a gentrified society.Of course, Tupac, Lil Wayne, and even Eminem would disagree with you. In fact, Tupac would say “I don’t give a f**k,”…

Stevie Starr “The Regurgitator” Performs Free Show

With house keys, engagement rings, billiard balls, and light bulbs all a part of his act, there are very few things that Stevie Starr won’t throw down his gullet. Once down the shoot, the items come right back up, completely intact.Known internationally as “The Regurgitator,” Starr has taken his “gastroesophageal…

Fort Lauderdale’s Dirt-Cheap Happy-Hour Eats

Recession or no, it seems that everyone loves a deal, whether it’s a happy-hour buffet, dollar eats, or slashed prices on favorite items. Would you eat dinner for a dollar or less? (I’d likely skip it, though I’m in the minority.) Here’s a roundup of recs for lowbrow fare on…

Bimini Boatyard’s Boat Show Bonanza: One and a Half Tons of Seafood

Bimini Boatyard is one of the closest restaurants to the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, and every year, the staff prepares for an onslaught of boaters, salespeople, and daytrippers with an appetite for seafood.Tropical-storm-like rains and flash flood warnings wreaked havoc during the weekend but didn’t deter tens of thousands…

Food and Drink Events this Week in Broward and Palm Beach

As you shake off your post-Halloween sugar and alcohol crash — and hang out the “sexy tax code specialist” costume to dry from the weekend’s deluge — rest assured that there are still plenty of fun food and drink events in the forecast for the week and weekend. And hell,…

Bastardizing Booze: Alcohol-Free Whisky, Scotch in a Can

From the world of dubious ideas, we have alcohol-free whisky. And here I thought Jameson was an acquired variety of torture that illuminates you’re a) in the industry b) friends with people in the industry or c) a drunk. Now available for distribution, ArKay is the brand of the unfortunately named, booze-free whisky…

Where Chefs Eat After Hours: Four Picks From Brandon Whitestone of PL8

After his first minivacation since PL8 opened in September, executive chef Brandon Whitestone of PL8 returns to the kitchen this week with a newly hired sous chef, Logan Street, and renewed vitality after downtime and opportunities to eat outside his own kitchen. His favorite spots display his carnivorous habits.1. The…

Have a Very Sandra Lee Halloween (Video)

Halloween’s all about scary creatures — vampires, werewolves, zombies, and Sandra Lee. While others may choose undead creatures, ghosts, and goblins as their favorite fright — we’re sticking with the soul-sucking Lee to bring us to our knees.Don’t believe us? We’ve complied five of Lee’s most gruesome Halloween clips. Bring…

Death by Chocolate: Cliché or Classic?

The origin of the desserts known as Death by Chocolate has been loosely credited to Les Anges, a Santa Monica restaurant from the ’80s. Food writer Marian Burros describes the dessert as something novel in 1984, when she took a 15-restaurant tour around L.A. in eight days: “‘I think I…

Can You Guess the Celebrities Behind the Pumpkins?

For Halloween, Clean Plate Charlie has selected a group of celebrities and newsworthy individuals that are scarier than any creature lurking in a shopping mall haunted house.  See if you can guess whose eyes are lurking behind these jack-o’-lanterns (answers are on the bottom of the page):…

Celebrate “Day of the Dead” in Broward and Palm Beach Counties

The “Day of the Dead” is not Cinco De Mayo. It’s a different Mexican holiday that focuses on remembering deceased loved ones.In Mexico, families will build altars to honor the deceased and leave that person’s favorite food or drink on their grave.In America, it’s another reason to eat, drink, and…