If you haven’t had a chance to try Chef Agtey’s sliders at Poorhouse, then today is your lucky day! Today, Poorhouse launches its new Wednesday “Suds-n-Sliders” special from 5:30 p.m. to midnight. The special includes three beef sliders topped with blue cheese and jalapeño bacon and a draft beer (today’s…
Watch the Miami Heat and indulge in great deals at Morton’s, the Steakhouse’s “White Hot Heat Power Hours.” During each NBA finals game, Morton’s is offering its “Power Hour” menu at the restaurant’s Bar 1221 lounge. Fans can watch the game on several plasma televisions, including a nine-foot screen in…
A lot of people in Florida like to define themselves by the cars they drive (not sure what a used PT Cruiser says about us here). Not only can you choose your car but you can choose your license plate for a totally customized ride. We found some interesting food-related…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 1: Trout Amandine from Rack’s Downtown Eatery + TavernHow do you pick something like the number-one…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 2: Gnocchi from Caruso Ristorante Alchemy is the ancient “science” of turning lead into gold. Culinary alchemy…
The economic downturn of 2008 proved insurmountable to ZED451, which closed it doors today in Boca’s Mizner Park; that’s according to the corporate statement released by their publicist.The restaurant opened in 2008 with a contemporary American rodizio format and a fixed-price menu. Meats were brought to the table on skewers…
Patty Canedo is a chef in Palm Beach. She writes frequently about her kitchen exploits in this column, Half Baked. We chefs rarely see the light of day. In fact, I can’t tell what day it is until I consult the day dots. This is something we all know going in, so we accept…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 3: Seared Wahoo from 3030 OceanThe amazing thing about Fort Lauderdale’s 3030 Ocean is the deftness…
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Can you tell cumin from coriander? Do you have a nose for (restaurant) news? Can you spell “hors d’oeuvre”? Are you willing to spend your life blogging, eating, and then blogging and eating some more? New Times Broward-Palm Beach is looking for a full-time food writer /blogger/ restaurant critic. Duties…
Though South Florida’s not known for geological formations, Himmarshee Grill is a rock. For years, it’s been the most consistently dependable restaurant in Himmarshee Village. It’s anchored that strip of SW 2nd street for more than a decade, and has seen its shares of ups and downs.A drop-off occurred after long-time…
Tonight’s Gold Coast Derby Jell-O wrestling contest at Boston Johnny’s got us thinking..about Jell-O. Come on, admit it. You always wondered about the staggering amounts of Jell-O that’s needed to fill an entire kiddie pool of wriggling, sugary goodness. Maybe you’ve lost sleep pondering the question on which flavor is…
Celebrity Chef Holli Ugalde has chosen the perfect name for her new cooking series, appropriately dubbed Fire & Spice. After all, the B Ocean Fort Lauderdale’s new signature chef survived Hell — as the season 7 winner of the Fox reality series Hell’s Kitchen. And now you can find Ugalde turning up the heat…
Frog’s legs — fried or sauteed — have always seemed exotic but not that controversial.That is no longer the case, apparently. Tonight, from 5:30-7 p.m., defenders of frogs and their oh-so-tasty legs will descend upon Uncle Julio’s at Mizner Park in Boca Raton. They’re picketing the restaurant, which has five locations…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 5: “The Basic” from Pizzeria Oceano”Pizza is the Cheers rerun of the food world,” my friend…
• It wasn’t all that long ago Charlie noted the demise of Moquila, the upscale Mexican eatery in Boca that for a time after opening was quite the gastronomic hot stuff. Well, according to an ad on Craigslist, poshly appointed outpost of “progressive Mexican/Latin cuisine” is making a June comeback…
Top Chef, the reality cooking competition that turned the likes of Fabio Viviani, Carla Hall, Spike Mendelsohn and Brian Voltaggio into celebrities, is a weekly guilty pleasure for most of us. Sure, we can eat in the cheftestants’ restaurants (and there are a lot from South Florida including Kenny Gilbert,…
Last week, my fiancee’s father returned from a trip to Northern Florida with a veritable bushel of wild blueberries purchased from a roadside vendor. These things were amazing — monstrously big, ripe, and practically bursting with juice. For the next few days, we had blueberries on everything: in our cereal…
[jump] Just once, it would be grand to read a news item about food safety in the United States that didn’t amount to, “And of course, we’re all eating poison.” This item, is unfortunately, not that piece. Today’s “Everything is Covered in Feces” report comes to us courtesy of Michael…
The restaurant empire of David Manero just keeps on growing. The owner of Vic & Angelo’s, DeVito South Beach, The Office and BurgerFi is already gearing up for a July debut of his second BurgerFi in Delray Beach, with rumors of a third upscale burger joint for CityPlace swirling in…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 6: Dover Sole from La Cigale With food as with many things, simple pleasures are almost…
For 22 years, diners who ventured to downtown Hollywood could get a potent combo of fresh sushi and ear-bending tunes served by wife-and-husband team Junko Maslak and famed jazz-noise musician Kenny Millions. Maslak helped execute exotic dishes while Millions presided over the stage and patrons parked themselves in overstuffed couches…
