If you’ve opted for the “in this economy” excuse for going out for Super Bowl, you’re not alone. Dozens of restaurants and bars can require upward of $100 upfront to reserve a spot for one of their all-you-can-eat-and-drink specials. Really, who’s got the cash?Although some folks opt out of doing…
What’s better than a plate of chicken-fried steak, sausage gravy, three eggs over easy, home fries, and a cream cheese-covered bagel? How about the four of South Florida’s most unique breakfast eateries, all being covered in this week’s Dish review. On the plate: Cypress Nook, a German breakfast spot in…
As a countdown to the Best Of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to John.Linn@BrowardPalmBeach.com…
If you’re not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter for Broward and Palm Beach counties, here’s a taste of what you missed this week. Click here to subscribe. This scoop really is a scoop — Uncle Louie G’s is the latest eatery on Clematis Street’s new Restaurant…
The Food Network is dominated these days by reality-TV-style cooking shows, and one of the best of them is Chopped. Hosted by Ted Allen, it pits four chefs against one another in timed matches with mystery ingredients. It’s often more drama than cooking, with chefs splattering one another with hot…
No plans tonight? Check out the pizza tweetup going down at Wild Olives Boca Raton. Starting at 6 p.m. through 8 p.m., Wild Olives will dish out free slices of its signature flatbreads. The selections will include the margherita made with roasted tomato sauce and fresh mozzarella, a fig and…
Here’s what came and went in January:The Office (opened, 201 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach)Surf Sliders (opened, 6 S. Ocean Blvd., Delray Beach)SoLita (opened, 1032 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale)Heart Stoppers Sports Grill (opened, 1100 Linton Blvd., Delray Beach)Borgo Antico Pizzeria (opened, 288 S. County Road, Palm Beach)Mambo Italianos…
The Jupiter Craft Brewers Festival went down this weekend, and again it turned out to be one heck of a beer event, drawing more than 3,000 fans of craft beer to Roger Dean Stadium near Abacoa Town Center. The four-and-a-half-hour event featured more than 50 beer booths, and each of…
As a countdown to the Best Of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to John.Linn@BrowardPalmBeach.com…
Burrito lovers rejoice! With their biggest menu roll out in their 15 year existence, fast-casual Tex-Mex restaurant Tijuana Flats welcomes half a dozen new menu options to the South Florida Mexican food-loving masses starting today. All six new items were featured items in test stores throughout the Central Florida area…
Photo by John LinnLet’s not get distracted by the allegedly devious manner through which I acquired three complimentary packages of El Venadito cheese. Or, at the very least, allow me to first make my case in words and pictures before I make my confession. This being a food blog, the…
The best way to save money dining out is to cook at home, right? (And, no, opening a can or nuking some shriveled food-like substance in the micro is not “cooking.”) Real cooking, believe it or not, is easy. Learning to cook, on the other hand, is hard. Often time-consuming…
Patty Canedo is a pastry chef at a famed, private country club on Palm Beach and writes weekly about her kitchen exploits.Banquet Chef Darren walks out of his office holding a notebook. He explains that tomorrow’s party just went from 60 to 100 guests. The head chef wants a “wow”…
Forget psychology, astrology, and numerology. If you really want to know what someone is like or whether her or she might be the bread to your mayo, you have to turn to the science of sandwichology. WTF? Yes, the fuck. Did you know that people who prefer club sandwiches are…
This week on the blog:We kicked off our next batch of 100 Favorite Dishes with the awesome pink vanilla cupcakes from Delray’s House of Sweets. There were plenty more favorites this week, as well.Anyone can make great homemade mac’ and cheese. Just follow these steps.Where will you party for the…
Yesterday I picked up two bags of dried chiles from a small Mexican grocery on Prospect Road near Dixie Highway. The place had a small but decent selection of dried spices, but the peppers were far and away the most interesting. I grabbed one package of mild ancho chiles, and…
• Don’t forget: The Jupiter Craft Brewer’s Festival takes place this weekend at Roger Dean Stadium. The fest starts Saturday at 1 p.m., and although tickets are sold out online there will be 1600 available at the gate (read: get there early if you don’t have yours). There are still…
It’s nine days until the Super Bowl. And if you’re like me, you’re not worried about where to watch the game, mostly because even empty restaurants are showcasing the most-watched American broadcast. But let’s face it. You’re not thinking about it because the default option is a bar — a…
As a countdown to the Best Of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to John.Linn@BrowardPalmBeach.com…
Maybe I was delirious the day I picked up that gold bag of product without a name that only pronounced its contents “Not Spicy Sweet.” (Ironically, just above that was a “Spicy Snacks” label. What up, folks?) The ingredients: anchovies, sugar, palm oil, salt and MSG, so I couldn’t imagine…
“I don’t know, dude… veal… not sure how I feel about eating it.”My friend Andy, an avid meat eater, wasn’t saying anything I hadn’t heard before. Hell, I’d considered it myself.”Look, Andy, a lot of the anti-veal stuff you’ve heard isn’t true. The industry has changed in the last 20…
No, not the French Quarter in New Orleans; the French Quarter Bar & Grill in Pompano Beach. I stopped in there recently to sample their version of the iconic Crescent City sandwich, and here’s what I came away with. …
