• Suck my beans, Starbucks. West Palm Beach’s latest ode to caffeinated beverages is anything but another corporate purveyor of designer coffee. Harold’s Coffee Lounge (514 Northwood Road; 561-833-6366) pours a nice cuppa amid local art, occasional live music, free WiFi, and pastries from the estimable Le Petit Pain. And…
Whether it was going to court to face the beef industry in the late ’90s, dedicating episodes of her talk show to behind-the-scenes looks at factory farms, or taking viewers on a grocery-store run for dairy-free junk food with Alicia Silverstone, Oprah Winfrey has long been an unlikely ally of…
You don’t have to be as hungry as a horse to find a meal at the Village at Gulfstream, the multibillion-dollar outdoor shopping expansion to horseracing’s Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach. The following happy-hour deals will do the intended (make you happy) without warranting a grimace when the check comes: #5 Brio Tuscan…
It is that time of the year again when happy couples find an excuse to tell each other how much they care while the rest of us pretend that Valentine’s Day is a conspiracy for the greeting card companies to make a killing. The good thing is that Texas de…
The place: Rosie’s Bar & Grill, 2449 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors. Call 954-567-1320. The hours: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. The deal: Half off beers, house wines, premium wells — $1 off all other cocktails (excluding premium wines). The digs: Gay culture meets Jimmy Buffett at this…
Ready for a little bit of paradise?If Jimmy Buffett had been served one of these burgers over that boring “American cheeseburger” he got when he washed up to shore in Tortola, we’re pretty sure he’d be singing the same tune.That’s the vibe we get when we roll up to California…
True, you could go the usual V-Day route this year and wait in line with every other unimaginative sap for over-priced surf-n-turf at any number of seaside spots in Fort Lauderdale but steak knife, drawn butter and a lobster bib does not a Happy Valentine’s date guarantee, no? That’s why this…
Last episode we had Marcel pack his knives after he led his team to defeat in restaurant wars. Quickfire Round The Cheftestants walk into the kitchen to find Padma and Isaac Mizrahi. It’s fashion week and Padma is plugging her jewelry line and Isaac is hawking his new fashion line…
What does this column and roadkill have in common? They’re both gross yet you can’t stop looking at it. We know that all this talk of rodents, slime, mold and roaches is a little weird but we do the work so you don’t have to. The Florida Department of Business and…
Clematis Street’s challenge to Atlantic Avenue as Palm Beach’s premier Restaurant Row calls and raises one more with the debut of Luigi’s Italian Restaurant (118 Clematis St., 561-833-4456) in the former Cabana space a meatball’s throw from West Palm’s revitalized waterfront. Proprietor Glenn Frechter, who also owns the Cabana chainlet,…
The Manor in Wilton Manors is self-billed as a complex. And that rings true — mainly because it has a complex: total schizophrenia. Taking up a whopping 16,000 square feet of floor space, the Manor consists of a martini bar, restaurant, lounge, sports bar, dance club, piano bar, and (whew!)…
Valentine’s Day is the ultimate holiday for getting out of the doghouse. Oh, yes, I’m talking to you, gentlemen. Make it worthwhile for your sweetie by celebrating Valentine’s Day all weekend long. Wine Watch kicks off the romantic weekend with …
By default, free food usually warrants a news flash. To celebrate the Year of the Rabbit during Chinese New Year, Panda Express is giving away a free single serving of their new entree, firecracker chicken breast. Prepared with red and yellow bell peppers, onions and marinated chicken, at 250 calories it…
Anyone who’s ever been in a recording studio knows the value of a tasty take-out meal to stoke the creative fires. And along with, wine, women, and song, it never hurts to have a big turkey leg to gnaw on.Almost every genre has an ode to food. Maybe not classical…
Over the years, eating has inspired music and musicians. Anyone’s who’s ever spent time in a studio knows how much a takeout gutbomb can help nail down that pesky chorus you’ve been working on all night.Favorite musician meals is a different blog post, however. Bands that actually took their name…
Hey, lovebirds! Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, and it’s time for you to buy up some cards, purchase some flowers, and get all romantic in honor of the Hallmark Holiday.That’s right, since you aren’t romantic any other day of the year, this is the time to shower your…
Just so happens Charlie knows where to find the “Biggest Balls” in South Florida. Dirty minds, out of the gutter, please — we’re talking meat here, people.Interested? Be sure to bring your appetite for homemade Italian to this Margate restaurant, where you’ll find the best “balls” around…
Last year’s Superbowl was full of the business of entertaining out of town guests in South Florida and showing them a good time. This year, South Floridians get to sit back, have a few brewskis and wings and watch the game for the enjoyment of it all. Sure, you could have…
You know you wish you were invited to watch the Super Bowl with Snoop Dogg. Picture his party… beautiful girls clad in short skirts and pastel wigs, rap stars and sports figures hanging out watching the game while eating chips and drinking Pepsi. That’s right, Snoop’s turned in his gin…
Even a lodge-looking breakfast and bakery joint doesn’t fool you fat kids. As Monday’s lone commenter correctly guessed, we were eating at Tom Sawyer’s Restaurant & Pastry Shop…
A decade of chocolate. A decade of decadence.On Thursday, February 3, join the Junior League of Boca Raton for the Tenth-Annual Chocolate Decadence bash, also known as “The Sweetest Party in Town.” This cocolicious soiree starts at 6 p.m. and brings together tasty food items and, of course, chocolate, wine, and…
Overshadowed only by Thanksgiving, Super Bowl Sunday marks a banner day in meat consumption for Americans. So much so that the National Chicken Council estimates that 90 million pounds of chicken wings will be consumed during game weekend. While many Americans have trimmed down their red-meat consumption, chickens often get…
