The Pelican Grand Beach Resort recently named a new executive chef, Todd Lough, who has more than 30 years of kitchen experience. Instead of taking to the usual channels to divulge the personnel change-up, the resort made the official announcement on May 2 via Facebook. A few weeks earlier, Pelican…
Comedian/actor Art Metrano, AKA Lt./Capt./Cmdt. Mauser from the second and third Police Academy movies, must have a penchant for sequels. The entrepreneur has opened his second self-serve yogurt joint in South Florida. Yogurt Ur Way Cafe opened on Hollywood Beach at the end of March. It’s the second Broward County…
Students at the Lauderhill Community YMCA, located inside Lauderhill Middle School, met today to present a healthy eating plan to members of the Broward Country School Board.The students are part of Live Well Lauderhill, a community project that raises awareness about healthy eating. The students met with Broward School Board…
American Craft Beer Week is Monday, May 14, through Sunday, May 20, and in addition to the official beer week events hosted by Brown Distributing, many South Florida bars and restaurants are tapping into the region’s growing appreciation for the fermented arts. Big City Tavern in Fort Lauderdale is riding…
There’s lots going on with Rok:Brgr Burger Bar and Gastropub this month (which happens to be National Hamburger Month). The restaurant recently confirmed that it will expand into Miami, and it’ll be defending its title this Friday at the Riverwalk Trust’s Burger Battle (it won People’s Choice Award for best…
If one were to go by the restaurant offerings this weekend, one would believe that moms and brunch are inextricably locked together in some kind of culinary tradition that forever ties motherhood to mimosas and Belgian waffles. There’s no arguing that brunch is a great way to show Mom that…
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.Charm City Burger Co…
If you’re like us, you love cheese. From high-brow, cave-aged Gouda to low-brow string cheese, our motto is “If you put cheese on that shoe over there, we’re going to eat it.” That’s why we’re intrigued by East End Brasserie’s five-course Chef’s Table dinner hosted by executive chef Steve Zobel…
May is National Hamburger Month, and this week’s event lineup includes one hell of a way to celebrate the food holiday: the Riverwalk Trust Burger Battle. (If you can’t make it out for the showdown, find a list of other celebratory burger activities here, plus a look at where to…
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. 38. Baby Back…
Mother’s Day is this Sunday, so you have less than a week to make reservations for brunch, the go-to way to celebrate the holiday. After the jump, find restaurants in Palm Beach County that are offering brunch specials for Mother’s Day. Reservations are required for a holiday like this, so…
Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 13, and now is the time to make reservations for the meal synonymous with the holiday: Brunch. If you want to treat mom to buffet lines filled with stacks of pillowy pancakes and pitchers of mimosas be sure to place a call sooner, rather than…
In case you’re not anticipating being utterly burned out on brunch with Mother’s Day just a week away, head today to the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Fort Lauderdale for the last SunTrust Jazz Brunch of the season. The event is 10:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. There’s…
If you’re looking for a little family fun for a good cause this Sunday, head out to the Great Food Truck Jam on May 6 at Old School Square Park in Delray Beach. From 12:30 to 4 p.m., spread a picnic blanket on the grass and enjoy lunch from seven…
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. 39. Spain Cheese…
As Clean Plate Charlie pointed out earlier this week, May is National Hamburger Month. You can read our list of ways to celebrate the occasion here. But if you’re not a meat eater, there’s no reason to be left completely out of the fun. After the jump, we’ve got a…
As a countdown to the Best Of Broward/Palm Beach 2012, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations here. Oxtails sound a whole lot more exotic than they are. They sound like some test of a foodie,…
Roy Villacrusis and Lindsay Autry are teaming up for a two-night pop-up dinner series at Chef Corp Cook’s Studio in Palm Beach Gardens on Sunday, May 20 and Monday, May 21.The five-course Sunday supper and Monday “Leftovers” dinners, which will have the same menu both days, will feature ingredients from…
As part of the countdown to the Best Of Broward/Palm Beach 2012, coming in June, we’ve assembled a list of ten of the best specialty food markets in South Florida. These are the places to turn when Publix, Whole Foods Market, and even Fresh Market simply won’t do. Did we…
Tickets go on sale at 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 8, for the next Traveling Plate supper club hosted by ARC Broward Culinary Institute. The dinner is Wednesday, May 23, at the Parker Playhouse in Fort Lauderdale and seating is limited to a total of 50 guests.Reservations are $60 per person…
Animal rights organization PETA has named the finalists in their annual “Sexiest Vegetarian Next Door” contest — and one of the sexiest men is from Pembroke Pines!Malik Kalonji is a 46-year-old yoga instructor, massage therapist, and winner of several martial arts competitions. The healthy hottie has been a vegetarian for…
Cinco de Mayo is Saturday, and there are many ways you can choose to celebrate what often devolves into a holiday of drinking too much and making poor decisions about one’s ability to dance on a bar. (Which, more power to you: Have fun, and call a cab!)Find a list…
