Keeping up with the Joneses may be a crummy way to live, but if you’re a restaurant in the brutally competitive South Florida market, not keeping up with your neighbors is a sure way to perish. And with West Palm’s Clematis Street area full of bright and shiny new restaurant…
Happy Memorial Day!Today ushers in the unofficial start of summer, the time of year when it gets so hot that people start looking for any way to cool down. Well, here’s one way to make that happen: Check out the new, summer-exclusive ice cream sandwich at Steak 954.The frozen treat…
This week on the blog:The Social Media Beer Tasting gathered last Saturday to talk about how to get more craft beer into your hands.You can get a home-style lunch for under $10 at La Granja.We wrapped up our 100 Favorite Dishes this week with entries from 3030 Ocean, Pistache, Lola’s…
This Sunday, “Furious Pete” Czerwinski will face off against “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti and Dale “Mouth of the South” Boone at Mardi Gras Casino in a major watermelon-eating contest. The event — which features a whopping 84 contestants — begins at 1 p.m. According to the rules, “Each contestant will have…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com.No. 1: Crepas de Cuitlacoche from Eduardo de San AngelIn 1993, back when South Florida was…
Perhaps you’ve already heard of this stuff and possibly even tried it once or twice. But have you ever tried it from a can? If so, humor us. If not, open up your minds and your mouths, masters and mistresses, for you may find this seasoned eggplant spread is a…
• Party like a patriot at Il Bacio, where on Sunday, May 30, the niteclubby Delray restaurant will host its “Wet, White and Blue” bash. On tap for the event, which begins at 6 p.m., are live reggae from Hard Drive; drinks specials from Bacardi, 1800 Tequila and 42 Below…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com.No. 2: Coca-Cola BBQ Beef Ribs From Lola’s on HarrisonBoutique restaurant Lola’s on Harrison is the…
Yesterday in part 1, we introduced you to SnG, a rogue restaurant operating in Fort Lauderdale. Today we’ll finish up our meal and talk about the pros and cons of operating a rogue restaurant.Dessert isn’t always served at SnG. But tonight’s meal was a special one. It was supposed to…
I didn’t think much of a café named after a Lamborghini when the Tonino Lamborghini Caffé Corsa debuted in the newly opened Village at Gulfstream Park earlier this year. I mean, as a kid, I certainly obsessed over those fast, red pieces of machinery. Like dozens of my male classmates,…
This sunny Italian restaurant with exposed brick and a simple, spacious dining room offers a number of $9.99 lunch specials daily. For that price, you get a house garden or caesar salad with crisp croutons, a soda or iced tea, and one of a dozen specialty panini or Italian dishes…
Rogue restaurants. They’ve been delved into by Bon Apetit, Food and Wine, and Tony Bourdain. But how many of these secret establishments are really operating in South Florida? Located in apartments, down hidden alley ways, and in rental kitchens, these places sell their unlicensed seats to guests looking for something…
Can you guess this tiny East Side establishment that serves home-style food to loyal regulars? Hint: We’ve mentioned it on the blog before.Click on the jump for a food photo and to enter your guess!…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com.No. 3: Sushi From MorimotoThe Iron Chef’s restaurant in the Boca Resort has been listed before…
This week in Dish we head to the all-new Village at Gulfstream Park to review Tonino Lamborghini Caffe Corsa. Here’s a quick excerpt:In truth, it’s Tonino Lamborghini’s understated menu – not its sports car heritage – that’s the real draw behind the three-month-old restaurant. Its namesake owner is indeed the…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com.No. 4: Octopus Carpaccio from 3030 OceanChef Dean James Max’s 3030 Ocean at the Marriott Harbor…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com.No. 5: Moules Frites from PistacheThere’s something about Pistache that just feels different from its French-accented …
The deal: Nearly everything at this home-style Peruvian chicken chain costs under $10, especially at lunch, when prices are even lower…
• One of the hottest food trends of the past couple of years is cupcakes, and now Hoffman’s Chocolates is jumping on the cupcake bandwagon. Beginning in June, the five local Hoffman’s will be offering more than two dozen varieties of the tasty little cakes, at $2.75 for a regular-sized…
Can you guess this quirky little family-owned joint that offers a small but yummy selection? Click on the jump for another photo and enter your guess there! I’ll post the answer a little later on. …
This week on the blog:An outdoor nightclub goes live in Delray Beach.Big Bear hopes to serve some malt-fed calf during next year’s Field of Beers.Iron Maiden is hitting the road, which means it’s time for a metal party at Rock ‘N’ Roll Ribs.Our Favorite Dishes this week include a Peruvian…
Ah, sugar. It comes in oh, so many delightful forms. But when the words “Turkish Delight” were spotted on a box in the Middle Eastern market, it admittedly led to some concern. Would these really be delightful? And what’s with this rose flavoring? Bizarro!Yet the box wooed me like a…
