At long last, fans of Old Fort Lauderdale Breakfast House can satiate a craving for the restaurant’s signature oven pancakes and omelets at the dinner hour. Starting Tuesday, May 15, the restaurant will offer dinner hours, confirms owner Rodney Ely. “Our customers have been requesting it for quite awhile,” Ely…
Sometime later this year, the Italian chain with two annoying Texans in its commercials, is expected to open a location on 17th Street in Fort Lauderdale. It’ll appear among a mile strip of local favorites, places like Gilbert’s, with its great burgers; and Grateful Palate, with its terrific everything. There’s…
There are steak houses, there are Argentine steak houses, and then there is PM Buenos Aires Fish & Steak House, an utter hybrid of the two. Diners are privy to provoleta and empanadas but can also opt for salmon tartare or carpaccio of smoked marlin. Ceviche and tirados are on…
Sunfest, the annual multi-day festival of music, art, and food with a water view, starts today along Flagler Drive in West Palm Beach. The festival, which runs through May 6th, has some killer musical acts on this year’s roster including Pitbull, Creed, Herbie Hancock, and the All-American Rejects. With all…
Fans of ROK:BRGR Burger Bar and Gastropub planning on traveling south of the border (to Miami) will soon find a welcome sight come the end of summer. Owner Marc Falsetto chose South Miami as the location for his second ROK:BRGR for its close proximity to the University of Miami campus…
The good news and the bad news about Cinco de Mayo is that May 5 falls on a Saturday this year. Good news for the obvious reasons (you won’t have to develop an elaborate excuse for smelling like tequila at your morning work meeting) and bad news in that there’s…
When sitting down with a grilled veggie burrito earlier this week at the third and newest Zona Fresca restaurant (located in Pompano Beach), I was reminded of New Times’ writer Stefan Kamph’s recent declaration that burritos are “not for women.” While the burrito in front of me wasn’t an exact…
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. No. 41: Café Martorano Eggplant Stack This dish right here puts a line in the sand between the…
You might want to start training your stomach now for the awesomeness of the third-annual Riverwalk Burger Battle at Huizenga Park in downtown Fort Lauderdale. On May 11 from 7 to 10 p.m., 24 of South Florida’s best restaurants will allow their precious burgers to be devoured and judged by…
Husband-and-wife business partners/restaurateurs Sally and John Stilley will have a culinary showdown of sorts in their restaurant Snappers Seafood and Wine Bar on Tuesday, May 8. The couple will simultaneously prepare a five-course dinner; John Stilley’s offerings will be of the seafood persuasion, while Sally Stilley’s dishes will reflect her…
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. 42. The Fico…
When Anthony Bourdain was asked last year what advice he’d give to the New York Times during the paper’s search for a restaurant critic, he answered: “I think the best you can hope for in a subjective enterprise like food criticism is for an honest broker of opinion.”Truthfulness might seem…
The food and drink event calendar in South Florida is pretty quiet this week, and with the weather taking a dive, it’s a good time to hunker down with your couch and streaming Netflix (try this list of five Florida-based movies). By the weekend, it will be time to party…
Five Guys Burgers and Fries, the burger chain that features fresh spuds and unlimited peanuts, opens a location just off Clematis Street in West Palm Beach today.The location, which seats 70 people, is the sixth Five Guys to open in Palm Beach County and the only location to stay open…
As a countdown to the Best Of Broward/Palm Beach 2012, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations here. By definition, this dish sounds like the culinary equivalent of watching a busboy slowly drop a load…
Proving they’ll take every chance they can to throw down the party stein, Biergarten Boca Raton will host a day-long Cinco de Mayo fiesta on Saturday, May 5. The bash is 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. with food and drink specials running all day long. The German restaurant/bar will feature…
With all of the love burgers have gotten in the last year in South Florida, it seems superfluous to point out that Tuesday, May 1, is the start of National Hamburger Month. Do burgers really need any more veneration than they already receive? While there has been some debate lately…
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. 44. Hazelnut Gelato…
The Deerfield Wine & Food Festival kicked off last night with a Grand Tasting Launch Party, and will continue today with two events in Quiet Waters Park in Deerfield Beach.If you’re an early riser, the Jazz Blues Brunch is 10 a.m. to noon with the typical brunch offerings: scrambled eggs,…
Restaurants will serve up 24 different burgers at this year’s Riverwalk Trust Burger Battle, and based on the past two years, it’s likely every one of them will be a damn good burger. Returning contenders like Rok: Brgr, Johnny V Las Olas, and Gilbert’s 17th Street Grill could be one…
Burgers and hot dogs will forever hold their place in America’s heart as a staple for backyard cookouts. But these everyman bites aren’t nearly as exotic, or entertaining, as the paella party, a fact that has likely contributed to one South Florida paella chef’s recent influx of business, particularly with…
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.45. Chunk’d Tots at…
