Ales on the Avenue Tonight in Delray Beach

This week is American Craft Beer Week, which means there are a host of beer events each night through Sunday. Tonight, one of the coolest events of the week goes down in Delray Beach. Ales on the Avenue is a full-fledged pub crawl hosted by a host of Delray Beach…

9 Sketchy Places to Eat Dinner

Hard-wired survival instincts demand you eat when your body is running low on fuel. But what about when hunger strikes and you’re stuck at a Little League game, the taxidermist (it could happen!) or a Denny’s? Those instincts for self-preservation may experience a moment of conflict when faced with the…

100 Favorite Dishes: No. 13 — Tomato Bisque en Croute From Jimmy’s Bistro

As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 13: Tomato Bisque en Croute From Jimmy’s BistroFew dishes out there can make an entire restaurant…

The Last Supper? Meals to Eat Before the Rapture (May 21, 2011)

Billboards have popped up all over the U.S. declaring that Rapture, or Judgment Day, is May 21. That’s less than a week away.Sure, the Bible said that no one will know when rapture will happen but that didn’t stop Harold Camping, the president of a California-based religious broadcasting network called…

New Look for Big City Tavern, New Bar for City Cellar

Nine local restaurant business years is the equivalent of 100 or so regular old human years. Nine restaurant years on Las Olas Boulevard, well. . . that’s downright prehistoric. Celebrating those nine years of scratching, clawing, fighting for business, Big City Tavern has redone its indoor and outdoor dining areas,…

Le Tub Saloon: We Demystify the Urban Legends

Entire foodie messageboards are dedicated to them. Cholesterol meds are developed to counteract them. And if you want to start a fight, ask any South Floridian where to find the best one. I’m talking about juicy, delicious, American burgers. A host of local burgers stand out from the pack: the…

Luigi’s Coal Fire Pizza Opens On Las Olas Boulevard

A couple months behind an anticipated March opening, Luigi’s Coal Fire Pizza opened its doors for service Tuesday, May 17.Locals seemed eager to try Napolitan chef Luigi DiMeo’s (previously of Rino’s Tuscan Grill) fare at the new neighborhood pizzeria. By 8 p.m. Tuesday night, a line of hungry customers snaked…

Lillo Teodosi Out at Caruso?

We love chef Lillo Teodosi’s Boca Raton Italian eatery, Caruso Ristorante. So after our 100 Favorite Dishes extolling his antipasti amuse posted yesterday, we were shocked to see a comment from a reader claiming Teodosi was no longer in the kitchen.Posted by Michael, 9 hours ago Unfortunately Chef Teodosi is…

Almost Two Dozen Food Trucks at Sawgrass Auto Mall Tonight

If you’re looking for a place to take the family for dinner you’re in luck because 22 of South Florida’s best food trucks are gathering at Ed Morse Sawgrass Auto Mall tonight. From 5:00 – 9:00 pm, the Food Truck Party hits Broward with plenty of free parking and just…

Atlantic Ocean Club Out in Delray, The Pop Up In… For Now

Just months after it opened with chef Jamie DeRosa at the helm, Atlantic Ocean Club in Delray Beach shut down. According to Twitter, the final service for the “farm-to-table” restaurant came Saturday night, after which the entire staff was let go. The determinate nail in the coffin was posted on…

Taste of Boynton Is Thursday Night

[jump] Commitmentphobes don’t have to settle for just one culinary destination Thursday night when the Taste of Boynton provides a smorgasbord of edible options from many of the area’s popular restaurants. The event also features a winetasting courtesy of the Wine Cellar of Boynton Beach. South Florida band Cricklewood will…

PETA vs. Farm Photo Bill: What are Florida Farms Hiding?

Get this — around the country “ag-gag” bills are being introduced that would prevent photos or video from being taken on farms. PETA has long thrived on these images for their anti-meat campaigns. Investigative journalists and documentary filmmakers have also used footage and images taken from farms to showcase to…

100 Favorite Dishes: No. 14 — Keste Pizza From Scuola Vecchia

As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com. No. 14: Keste Pizza from Scuola Vecchia  Let’s not beat around the caperberry bush here: This…

100 Favorite Dishes: No. 15 — Antipasti Plate From Caruso Ristorante

As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 15: Antipasti Plate at Caruso RistoranteI don’t know Lillo Teodosi personally, other than the time I…

The Secret Behind Georgie’s Alibi’s Championship-Winning Burger

The votes are in, folks, and for the second year in a row, Wilton Manors’ Georgie’s Alibi claimed victory in the Riverwalk Trust Burger Battle, held Friday on Las Olas Boulevard. For Georgie’s, winning this competition two years in a row proves it can’t be a fluke. This burger, a…

Second-Annual Riverwalk Trust Burger Battle Crowns a Champ

Friday night’s Burger Battle continued the ongoing debate over which Fort Lauderdale restaurant is the champion of the chuck. And for the second year in a row, that champ is…Georgie’s Alibi. Click here for a full slide show from the event. The veteran Wilton Manors restaurant and bar wowed the…