“You are not going to start calling me names if I order the Raspberry Berliner?” my friend asked, in a rather deadpan manner. We were evaluating the options written on the chalkboard behind the bar in the Boca Raton craft beer haven Funky Buddha. I could not judge him considering…
Memorial Day is Monday, May 28, but the festivities will start early with a few food-focused events offered throughout the three-day weekend. In addition to that, a few gatherings throughout the week will help you to pass the time until the minivacation. Read on after the jump for food- and…
There’s something to be said about cold beer, country music, and barbecue ribs — it just puts you in the all-you-can-eat, whistling “Dixie” kind of mood. So round up your cowboy boots and line-dance your way over to the Ribfest in Huizenga Plaza. With the help of country music promoter…
I have worms. Not the been-caught-eating-cheap-sushi variety but a (literal) ball of 500 red wigglers that were shipped to my apartment last week from Uncle Jim’s Worm Farm, a wholesome-sounding endeavor where I envision bins of hundreds of worms consuming banana peels with fervor. These worms, provided they are not the…
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. 31. Sunrise Roll…
Think making sushi is an impossible task? Sushi chef Robert Araya of Buddha Sky Bar in Delray Beach breaks it down in an appetizing slideshow on Clean Plate Charlie (click here to see the images), demonstrating how to make two of the restaurant’s dishes: the handsome rob sushi roll and…
UPDATE, 4:04 p.m. May 22: Clean Plate Charlie spoke with Michael Saperstein of Rebel House who confirmed that the restaurant will not be participating in the Boca Raton Bus Loop on June 1. The restaurant does not yet have a confirmed opening date at this time, other than the projection/hope of…
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. 32. French Toast…
There are new battles being fought this week in the continuing war between David Mainiero (better known as David Manero, the name under which he conducts business) and former business partners John Rosatti and Lee Goldberg. Mainiero — who had his hand in projects like The Office in Delray Beach and…
Sure, Benihana is the place to go to see shrimp being tossed in the air and drink out of a porcelain Buddha. But even Clean Plate Charlie has to admit there’s something totally fun about getting a group together and watching your food star in a tableside act worthy of…
With everything from bone marrow with beef cheek for the carnivore, to artichokes and mushrooms in white wine for the vegetarian foodie, Tapas Lantana turns out a range of Spanish-fusion plates with a focus on seafood and aromatic dishes. Popular choices include paella and a roast pork supper on Fridays. The…
We’re a hell of a long way from SoCal, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get a decent fish taco in South Florida. In fact, there are some damned fine examples if you know where to look. In anticipation of the New Times’ annual Best Of issue premiering in June,…
100 Montaditos, the Madrid-based chain that features Spanish mini sandwiches at insanely reasonable prices, is expanding their south Florida operations.For the first time, the chain, which has several stores in Miami, is expanding north to Broward County. The first 100 Montaditos in Broward county opens today at Pembroke Lakes Square…
The second annual Seminole Hard Rock Rock ‘n’ Roll Beer-B-Que, presented by New Times, gets grilling on Saturday, June 30 and if you like to have your meat smoked you’re not going to want to miss out on this event.From 4 – 8 p.m., over 40 of south Florida’s best…
While other restaurants hold monthly wine tastings, Stephen Starr’s Steak 954 offers something a bit different: a wine battle, where you’ll be the judge. Hosting a new monthly Wine Wars Dinner series ($85 per person) starting at 6 p.m. May 24, Chef Jason Landon Smith will create a five-course meal…
Seasons 52 has announced that beginning May 29, the restaurants will be offering wild Copper River salmon from Alaska. Due to its short season of availability, the fish will be offered for seven weeks. It will be served grilled over summer corn risotto with roasted asparagus, grilled red peppers, and…
Whole Foods Market in Pembroke Pines has been open less than two months, but it’s already embedded itself into the community.The purveyors of clean foods (and the best cheap wine this side of Trader Joe’s Two-Buck Chuck) is throwing a Memorial Day-themed block party on Saturday, May 26, just in…
By now, you’ve (hopefully) celebrated American Craft Beer Week by toasting with a quality beer made right here in the U.S. If not, try one of South Florida’s best brewpubs or one of these spaces for great craft beer before the week is up. Another way to mark the occasion is…
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. 33. Green Cay…
If anyone had any doubt that the food scene in Fort Lauderdale is exploding, she needs only look to the announcement of the Flavors of Fort Lauderdale festival.The four-day event, which runs from November 8-11, 2012, will feature a series of events spread throughout venues and restaurants in Fort Lauderdale. …
As part of a multimillion-dollar project to renovate Dania Beach Pier and the surrounding marina and beaches, city commissioners have entered into a 10-year lease agreement with Quarterdeck Restaurants.Quarterdeck’s Paul Flanigan told Clean Plate Charlie that the Dania Beach Quarterdeck should be open by late August 2012. Flanigan described the…
Several new food truck roundups have been announced in Broward County. These new, smaller roundups may prove to be the future of food trucks, which in the past have seen mega events with more than two dozen trucks — many serving the same types of fare. Each mobile kitchen in…
