Lifting this mammoth, Colombian-style hot dog from Los Perros in Lauderhill to my mouth is like looking down the barrel of a gun. I’m no longer hungry — I’m scared for my life. It’s nearly a foot long and three inches wide, and the dog’s beefy largess is coated with…
There’s so much coal being fired across South Florida these days in the name of pizza that you’d think it was turn-of-the-century New York City. Even so, Fort Lauderdale had only one coal-fired pie maker with Anthony’s. But no longer, thanks to Bellini’s Coal Fired Pizza, now open in the…
Big City Dogs, that New York- and Chicago-style sandwich shack on Commercial Highway in Oakland Park, just got a little suburban up in here. Its second location recently opened at the Shops at Arrowhead in Davie (2451 S. University Drive). The new digs is slinging all the favorites of the…
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…
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.No. 99: Primanti Bros. SandwichJust by the description, the Primanti Bros. sandwich sounds like another example…
Zon-te: That (not Zan-te or Exan-te or whatever) is how you pronounce Xante, a brand of Swedish liqueur that’s moving stateside with this utterly LOL-tastic ad campaign. Note the image to your right — that was not Photoshopped, folks. This is what ad execs think makes you want to buy…
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. B.B. King’s Blues Club isn’t the only newbie to start slinging barbecue and blues north of the Broward County…
That nearly foot-long monstrosity staring back at you is a super perro: A Colombian take on the all-American hot dog, topped with pink sauce, ketchup, bacon, cheese, crushed potato chips, and a smattering of sweet pineapple puree. The super perro is flawless drunk food, the sort you slurp up at…
Trying to take “eat locally” from cliché to reality is Edible South Florida, a dead-tree and online magazine devoted to the gastronomic bounty of our own little corner of paradise, set to debut midmonth. Edible Publisher Katie Sullivan is a Miami native who went over to the Dark Side (AKA…
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 johnmlinn@browardpalmbeach.com…
Here’s a look back at this week on the blog:Garlic, fresh parsley, lemon, steak… does it get any better? (The answer is “no.”)LOLA in Delray Beach is a damned fine time, both for eating and for people watching.Frozen cocktails and love are in the air in this week’s Love Bites.This…
Yesterday we posted a comprehensive list of those restaurants that opened in 2009. Here comes the bad news: We had a bunch of closures last year, some by prominent restaurants we’re very sad to see go. Such is business in South Florida. So here’s our list, from A to Z,…
Some people may be addicted to drugs, some to gambling, but I’m pretty sure there’s no 12-step program to rid me of my addiction to dried sweet plums from Chinese markets. My introduction to these tasty tidbits occurred years ago, innocently enough, when I interviewed the Hong Kong Market store manager…
When I was a kid growing up in the Northeast, cold weather was good news. I’d get outdoors early to enjoy the snow and chat up cute girls in puffy down jackets. And I’d spend the entire day outside, trying to stay upright on my minibike while running wide open…
The Colbert ReportMon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cAlpha Dog of the Week – Domino’s Pizzawww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorEconomyIn case you missed it: Last night on the Colbert Report, host Stephen Colbert performed an on-air vivisection of Domino’s Pizza’s horrid documentary-style ad campaign that showcases corporate chefs fessing up to…
We all know 2009 was sort of a strange year for restaurants. On one hand, there were dozens of significant openings, places that really added to our overall scene. On the other, there was more attrition than a super-long game of Risk. Here’s a comprehensive run down, from A to…
‘Twas the night before Christmas, and if you weren’t at the house, you were probably at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek’s Sweet Dreams event schmoozing with Art Ginsburg. Wait–you don’t know who that is? Yeah, we bet you do. He started out as a butcher then a caterer with a flair…
Art’s has sat in between a Firestone and a Pep Boys on University Drive in Coral Springs since 2001, a regular lunchtime spot for mechanics and blue-collar workers from the area. But owners Artis and Marilyn Holmes have been cooking barbecue since 1993, when they first opened Art’s in Rapid…
“There she is! Do you see her?” shot my mother, motioning behind my head toward the glass-encased wine rack by LOLA’s foyer. I spun around slyly to try to catch a glimpse of the crazy woman in the purple tutu my family kept going on about. But I missed her…
You have to hand it to Todd English: the dude knows an easy mark when he sees one. That mark, of course, would be South Florida, now home to three of English’s restaurants, each having opened within the past year or so. Two more are on their way 2010. Perhaps…
Well, the fate of the old Jazziz space in Seminole Paradise Hollywood has finally been determined: (Correction: Bongos will debut in a new space across from Paradise Live/Opium.)Update: Word on the street is that Fort Lauderdale bad boy Steve Martorano will be the one to move into the Jazziz Space,…
If you have a functioning taste bud anywhere in your body, a trip through San Francisco’s Ferry Building Marketplace is like ascending to heaven. Better, because you don’t have to die to get there. The 121-year-old waterfront building with its replica of the 12th Century Giralda bell tower of Seville,…
