A few months ago, Forbes magazine wrote an article highlighting the eight hottest food trends on the rise in cities across the U.S. Among them, grass-fed meats, farmers markets, and Greek fare — all the same trends we’ve seen pop up across Broward and Palm Beach County recently.While these trends…
It’s 2012, and that means you don’t need to make pumpkin pie this Thanksgiving because Pinterest exists. And because of Pinterest, you can MacGyver your pumpkin pie into basically anything that isn’t pie.While this Thanksgiving I’ll be sticking to my pumpkin bread because I’m borrringgggg, that shouldn’t stop you from…
After weeks of hard partying and rough wakeup calls, Halloween and Oktoberfest have packed up and shipped out until next October. But don’t let that rain on your parade this weekend. The forecast calls for mostly clear skies and a comfortable mix of food- and drink-related activities in Broward and…
This year has seen an influx of new culinary events for Fort Lauderdale. Cheers for Charity was a great success. Now it’s almost time for Flavors of Fort Lauderdale. The next four-day culinary event, which kicks off Tuesday, November 8. The event is meant to showcase the culinary talent and lifestyle…
It’s no secret that South Florida is kind of spread out. Yeah, there are bars galore, but if you don’t have a teetotaling friend who doesn’t mind babysitting while you get smashed, you’re picking one bar and cabbing it. Well, we have the solution for you. The Boca Bus Loop…
We’re pretty clumsy here at Clean Plate Charlie. We trip over things, walk into doors, and break things. Especially glasses. That’s why we love Ikea, home of the six-piece wine glass set for two bucks.So we’re adding the following to our list of things we can never accomplish (alongside climbing…
Courtroom throwdown-a-comin.Village Voice Media Holdings (now Voice Media Group), which owns New Times Broward/Palm Beach, is suing Yelp in Arizona federal court over its use of “Best Of” in at least 10 cities. The firm is seeking to stop the social networking, user review and local search website and app from using…
Hope you’ve got a generous appetite, cause October saw the opening of numerous restaurants and bars throughout Broward and Palm Beach counties, including a few re-openings and re-boots of past and popular favorites. After the jump, find a list of recent comings and goings in the local restaurant community. Know…
It was nearly 10 o’clock on a Friday evening when Amir Ben-Zion strolled past the double doors of his new Design District eatery, South Street. Head cleanly shaven and dressed in distressed jeans, the 50-year-old sauntered by an expansive leather booth where Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union were tweeting about…
Like most fun things in life, once you have kids of your own the fun is no longer your own. This includes Halloween. Once upon a time, Halloween was about barely-there costumes, pumpkin beer, and crazy parties with smoke machines.As a parent, it is now your responsibility to make a…
Krispy Kreme is turning out Krispy Skremes for Halloween and boy are they cute. The festive doughnuts are dressed for the holiday as pumpkins, spider webs, and covered in black and orange sprinkles.Read also:- Chipotle Scares Up Two Buck Booritos for Halloween Today- Sexy Halloween Costumes That Say “Eat Me”The…
Halloween can be one long, scary night. First you’ve got to decorate the house with fake cobwebs and stuff, then you have to dress the kids up as zombies and princesses. Then you have to prepare for tiny little beggars showing up at your doorstep. You’re going to need a…
Winter is coming. Time to light that fireplace, pull out the knee-high boots, throw on your barely used ski gear, and get ready for the winter festivities to commence. Okay, it’s not a real winter, but there is a slight change in the air. And that’s all you’re getting in…
The world’s largest funeral party is soon upon us, with the celebration of Dia de los Muertos on November 1 and 2. And while the living might play dead for a day… they still have to eat, right? Right. And the Mexican-born holiday has a crop of traditional fare to…
Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is set to open in Boca Raton on Thursday morning. The restaurant will welcome itself to the neighborhood by giving away free food to the first 100 customers who make it through the door. Sounds like a promising Halloween hangover cure, no? See Also: – Dickey’s Barbecue…
Halloween is the one day a year you can really let your inner alter ego freak flag fly. Regardless of the rest of the year, it’s the one night when boys can be girls, angels can be devils, and humans can be…food. Sexy food. Hot, spicy, and mouthwatering.Yes, we’ve all…
El Tamarindo owner Yecson Amaya didn’t want his new Deerfield Beach location to be like any other. Even his other restaurants bearing the same name. “We change it up with each location. In Fort Lauderdale, we have paninis. In Hallandale, we have coal-fired pizza.” So what makes the Deerfield Beach…
It’s Halloween and if you don’t have a costume picked out yet you’re in trouble. You can either head out to the local party store and see if there are any pirate costumes left or we suppose you can always staple some old newspaper to yourself, not shower and go…
We’ve been lucky here in South Florida the last few hurricane seasons. For years after Andrew and then again after Wilma, we all took even the hint of an approaching storm with all due seriousness. But it’s been seven years since Wilma.Sandy left mixed effects on Broward and Palm Beach…
Halloween used to be about spending time perfecting your costume, carving pumpkins with your family, and…wait, who am I kidding? Halloween has always, and will always be all about the candy. Come Halloween night, does your neighborhood look like it was wiped out by the zombie apocalypse (and not in a good…
For a craft beer enthusiast, the most horrifying Halloween brew would be a watered-down, mass-produced, soulless barley pop. But one needn’t go the taste-free route in order to be festively freaky on Wednesday. The American microbrew and niche beer scene has enthusiastically risen to the occasion of creating celebratory and…
Halloween is this week and while we’re sure we’ll see many dogs looking sheepish in their little devil ears and angel wings, we’ve thought of something even more humiliating…A cat in a costume. Read Also: Humiliate Your Dog for Halloween: Ten Terrible Food Costumes for FidoSee, while dogs will grin…
