Step into Maracas Mexican Bar & Grill in Oakland Park, and instantly you’re transported to another world — one where bright colors, loud music and strong margaritas make for a perfect afternoon (or evening) for sipping away all the stress of the day.With plenty of Mexican beers on tap, and…
If you’re still waiting for the Queen to e-mail you a royal invitation to the wedding of the century, you may have to come to terms with the fact that you’re not invited. Look on the bright side..London’s going to be totally crowded this weekend, the weather in South Florida…
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. 34: Fried Calamari With Moroccan Aioli From Sundy House There’s something terribly shameful about admitting…
Sometimes dining out isn’t all about the food. Sometimes it’s about having had a really crummy day, but you went to this restaurant and everyone there was so nice, so pleasant, so glad to see you, like they were inviting you into their own home, that you left feeling better…
The pizza market in Boca Raton is well-saturated, so how does one make an impression in this cluttered pie landscape? Jonathan’s Corner’s approach seems to focus on the consumer’s wallet above all else. The daily specials are pretty generous — the “grand opening” buy-one, get-one deal on large cheese pizza…
As a countdown to the upcoming New Times Cupcake Battle at the 2011 Las Olas Wine & Food Festival on April 29, Clean Plate Charlie interviewed owners of the participating bakeries.We emailed Candice Christopher, owner of Candy’s Cake Pops who claims to be one of the largest Cake Pop online…
Feeling the taste of Italy this month? Well, Maggiano’s Little Italy has double the food for one price. …
Thanks to all the readers who expressed their adulation for frosting and cake by composing cupcake-themed haikus in to win tickets to Friday’s Las Olas Wine and Food Festival and the New Times Cupcake Battle.There were some amazing entries, and you kept us laughing all day. We were particularly impressed…
Of course, we’re not British, but that doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate the royal wedding! Engrossed in all the royal wedding prep? Too busy watching the horses’ tails being brushed (Kate has a horse allergy — what are they thinking?!) to cook up a royal feast? No worries; we have…
Deerfield Beach Wine & Food Festival is the new kid on the block, hosting its first go from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday in the parking lot of Cove Shopping Center, off Hillsboro Boulevard just east of SE 15th Avenue. Organizers have booked 40 of Florida’s finest culinary artists and…
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. 35: Nakjikuksu From Myung Ga Tofu & BBQ It’s the culinary equivalent of Mr. T, this dish…
In a small but concise priority listing of life, food is near the top. So is my iPhone. Thankfully, Apple combines the love I have for both. Earlier this month, I got an email from Apple with dozens of food application suggestions. While I gave you my top five free…
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. 36: Bone-in Filet Mignon from Morton’s In the community of carnivores, the filet mignon (“dainty…
Spoto’s Oyster Bar in Palm Beach Gardens celebrates “Pet Parent’s Night” Wednesday, April 27, with free wine for those with pets in tow and a free cooked snack for their canine “kids.”From 6 to 9 p.m., diners who come in with their dogs and eat outdoors in the pet-friendly courtyard…
With Mother’s Day just around the corner, it’s time to start planning all of the special things you can do to make Mommie Dearest’s day as perfect as possible — starting with Sunday brunch, of course! Here is a list of brunches that are sure to please even the most finicky…
Chef Allen Susser has announced he will close his iconic Aventura restaurant, Chef Allen’s. Susser is a cooking instructor, a celebrity chef at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, a consultant to large corporations like American Airlines, Sunkist and Tropicana and a philantropist. But, mostly – he’s the face…
We here at Clean Plate Charlie have two pairs of tickets to the 2011 Las Olas Wine and Food Festival (value of $200 per pair) to give away to readers. The event takes place this Friday, April 29, from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Wander along the closed-off Las Olas Boulevard…
Here’s just one more reason to love Jon Bon Jovi (besides the fact that he can totally rock out and manages to actually get younger and hotter each year). The Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation is opening Soul Kitchen in Red Bank, New Jersey, this spring. (If Red Bank sounds…
As a countdown to the upcoming New Times Cupcake Battle at the 2011 Las Olas Wine and Food Festival on April 29, Clean Plate Charlie interviewed owners of the participating bakeries.We emailed Heidi DePante, president of Spiked Bake Shop. DePante writes that her cupcakes are designed around classic cocktails by…
If you stop by Gratify American Gastropub in West Palm Beach, be sure to order their pulled pork sliders, dubbed simply: “the Trio.” These three perfectly proportioned sandwiches off the restaurant’s small plate portion of the menu made this year’s 2011 New Times BPB “100 Favorite Dishes” list…
As the self-proclaimed unofficial LaSpada’s Original Hoagies correspondent, I’m surprised I hadn’t made you guess this spot earlier in the game…
Last night, America’s Next Great Restaurant traveled to Vegas. There, the four remaining contestants prepared three dishes of their choice to serve to the Las Vegas public (which included Penn and Teller). The catch? For the first hour of service, the contestants were not allowed to touch the food. Instead,…
