Well, ‘scuse us for being gringos. We saw those guys on the street corners in Miami hawking little green fruits in netted yellow baggies, but we didn’t know what they were, so we bought some for $2. We took them out and smelled ’em. Nothing.Instead of guessing and potentially poisoning…
Ever wonder what Kevin Bacon would look like if he were actually made out of bacon? No, me neither. But artist Mike Lahue did. Lahue used seven bottles of Bacon Bits to cover a styrofoam bust of the star of Footloose. The result looks more like a Conan O’Brien made…
If you ever went to the old Reef Road Restaurant and Rum Bar and thought it, well… sucked, Tarik Solomon is here to tell you it no longer inhales the fat one. Solomon and partner Alexander Tomasso, two nightclub operators who split their time between ventures in Rhode Island and…
My editor is a die-hard barbecue fan. But even he was curious about the picture on the right, part of the slideshow from our review of East Coast BBQ, online this week. He asked me why this piece of pork shoulder, used by the restaurant to make pulled/chopped pork, contained so…
Pompano’s Cafe Maxx is offering one of the best Dine Out Lauderdale menus this year.Broward’s annual restaurant meal-deal plan, Dine Out Lauderdale, starts tomorrow. The offer is basically the equivalent of Miami Spice and Savor Palm Beach for restaurants between Hallandale Beach and Parkland. Each restaurant is showcasing a three-course…
To see more photos, click here. Behind the stainless steel cook line that spans the entire west wall of East Coast BBQ is a square smoker the size of a smart car — and nearly as clean-burning. Where most barbecue joints scattered across South Florida employ smokers that burn thick,…
Tan and muscular Steve Martorano, owner of Cafe Martorano in Fort Lauderdale, is claiming someone stole his restaurant’s idea. As the Juice reported yesterday, Martorano filed a lawsuit against Cafe Longo in Rhode Island for “unfairly copying Cafe Martorano’s concept.”That concept? White walls, booming beats, and the classic Italian-American dishes…
The Art Institute of Fort LauderdaleBefore arriving for lunch at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale’s culinary training restaurant, Chef’s Palette, I admit there was an apprehensive thought or two that entered my mind. Not knowing what to expect from chefs-in-training, I wondered if I should I bring precautionary pink…
For more photos, ceck out our full slideshow on East Coast BBQ. We’re talking pulled pork, sticky racks of ribs, and waves of tender brisket in this week’s Dish review. It’s on East Coast BBQ, a 3-month-old joint in Pompano Beach that melds modern technology with deep-rooted barbecue tradition. Owner Dave…
Last year it was a craft beer guru, Slow Food USA’s voice, and a pastry chef. This year it’s a wine punk, a Brooklyn butcher, and a made-up Twitter persona that’s one part Ruth Reichl and one part Tony Bourdain.The Chow 13, a baker’s dozen of influential foodistas, is back…
Happy Oktoberfest!That certainly narrows down this edition of Where Are We Eating. But it’s true: This festive restaurant is the perfect spot to chow down on some Munich-style grub.Tell us its name in the comments field below…
The Funky Buddha Brewery debuts this Saturday at 7 p.m. Be there!Five of the truly creepiest cooking videos on YouTube for your enjoyment.Signature Chefs goes down tonight in Boca Raton.Get your Cuban sandwich fix at El Recreo Bakery.Here’s a great recipe to try: Risotto with preserved lemon, asparagus, and peas.Our…
We got suckered in when we saw the rep at Whole Foods offering samples of her Gaby’s Farm ice creams and sorbets. Always aiming to help local farmers, we thought the least we could do was shell out the $6-plus bucks for a pint of her product.”But which should we…
• Determined to make its happy hour even happier, downtown Fort Lauderdale’s Big City Tavern has rolled out a new martini menu and roster of half-priced appetizers. The “8 for $8” martinis are offered from 4 to 7 p.m. daily and range from a “health cocktail” with blueberry vodka, pomegranate…
A new restaurant in West Palm that isn’t on Clematis Street? Well, yes. It’s Indus Herbal and Indian Cuisine, and it’s way off the eatin’ path not far past the decrepit Palm Beach Mall just east of I-95. It’s a pretty swell-looking place inside, much swankier than your usual Indian…
Got an interesting post or bit of news to share? Email it to Charlie and we’ll include it in Eating Around the Blog-o-Sphere.A local beer blog called Beer Review Dude interviews Holy Mackerel owner Bob Gordash at last week’s tasting event at World of Beer.Worst Pizza will host another pizza…
KFC’s websiteKFC is using college girls’ buns to promote its bunless sandwichThe Double Down is not a sandwich — because it lacks one of the major ingredients in a sandwich: bread! Great — more reason for terrorists to hate us. America: Land of the free, home of the bread-less “sandwich”…
jonathanb1989Cook like a pro!So you’re kicking back in a comfy chair, knocking back a glass — or three — of your favorite vino, watching as two chefs passionately prepare course after course of a pre-themed meal while peppering the how-to’s with spontaneous and relatable narrative from their lives.This may sound…
The latest shot in our ongoing Burger Wars is chambered and ready to fire with the coming debut of Boardwalk Fresh Burgers & Fries, set to open in November in Boca Raton’s Shops at Boca Grove. The Maryland-based chain of patty purveyors, which seems to be a Five Guys-ish knockoff,…
One of the great things about Dada is its texture. Every facet of this historic house turned restaurant is layered with visual flavor. The hip, the eclectic, the tattooed, the wacky — for ten years, they’ve gathered here to quaff cocktails on Dada’s lounge-like front stoop and sip beers on…
CrazyClubChicks.com, Photoshop by Justin SciclunaYesterday, Clean Plate Charlie reported that Squiggy’s pizzeria (located on SW Second Street in Fort Lauderdale’s Himmarshee nightlife district) had two porno flicks filmed inside the restaurant during operating hours. This unusual incident left us wondering what the health department had to say. An employee of…
Back in middle school science class, you might have used an orange to power a light bulb or two potatoes to run a digital clock. The reason it works is the acid in the fruit creates a chemical reaction between two metal electrodes, which produces electricity. A single orange, lemon,…
