Over the past few years, consumers have become increasingly aware of the abuse that takes place in the industrial food system. Public outrage has reached a fever-pitch. Due to consumer demand, many corporations and state governments (including Florida) have even begun banning gestation crates–those tiny containers used to hold female…
Republic of Korea owner and chef Michael Kwon chose to open his first restaurant in Lauderhil for a pretty good reason. He hoped a cluster of places offering Korean barbecue and Asian-inspired tapas would create a sort of Little Korea in Broward County. Kwon was born in South Florida to…
It’s true traditional Bavarian cuisine has not traditionally been the most vegetarian-friendly, but times change, and now that Oktoberfest shares the month with Vegetarian Awareness, we might as well incorporate some German-inspired vegetarian dishes so the animal loving/health conscious among us don’t have to miss out.Sauerkraut is one of the…
About a dozen years ago, on North University Drive in Lauderhill, Susan Kim opened Gabose, a Korean barbecue restaurant with charcoal pits at the center of some tables, so diners could custom-cook their own meals. Since then, several other Korean businesses have followed her, opening on the same stretch of…
Some lucky bastard got to eat a piece of Iberico ham off of Padma Lakshmi’s body last evening.No, it’s not some lame Top Chef dream sequence. This really happened. In front of thousands of people. And that man was some stranger. OK — he did donate $1,000 to charity, so…
Salsa Fiesta, the Broward and Miami-Dade-based fast and casual Mexican concept of South Florida that originated in Venezuela, is getting geared up to fight breast cancer this month. Since opening its first location in Miami in 2009, the restaurant’s new location in Pembroke Pines will be hosting the Salsa Fiesta…
It makes sense that Rocco’s Tacos is holding a Chihuahua fundraiser, since it was another, larger taco joint that helped to make Chihuahuas one of the most popular breed of dog in the United States.Back in 1997, fast food chain Taco Bell started an advertising campaign featuring a talking Chihuahua…
Today at about 1:15 EST, stuntman and skydiver Felix Baumgartner is scheduled to be lifted via a special balloon to the edge of space. Wearing a pressurized spacesuit-type outfit, he will step out of a capsule and hurtle toward Earth, in hopes of breaking the sound barrier — without a…
You see, we here are Clean Plate Charlie love you guys. You keep us alive. You’re our reason for waking up every morning. That and a steaming cup of Johan. And because we love you so much, we want to give you free stuff. That’s why we’re giving away three…
It’s said that Sukiyabashi Jiro — a small yet revered establishment tucked away in a Tokyo subway — is considered to be among the best sushi restaurants in the world. Run by 86-year-old shokunin Jiro Ono, a man now considered a national treasure by the Japanese, the restaurant’s menu is…
DIG Restaurant has relocated from its West Atlantic Avenue location to the heart of Downtown Delray Beach, taking over the location suddenly vacated by Atlantique Cafe just before the Delray Tastemakers back in August.On the one hand, it is a somewhat paradoxical move for the locavore-type establishment, as it will…
Did you know that downtown Delray Beach — what has been a go-to South Florida dining destination for more than 25 years — has about 111 restaurants, many of which you’ll find on Atlantic Avenue?With long-standing favorites like Vic and Angelo’s, City Oyster, and Cafe de France among the many…
Know how everyone can be having a good time, hanging out, eating their beach club sandwiches, and all of a sudden, bam, E. coli shows up all Scumbag Steve-like and ruins the party? That’s sort of what happened earlier this year when multiple food poisoning outbreaks caused national sandwich franchise…
Tee-Jay Thai Sushi: Middling Asian in Wilton Manors
The original Tee-Jay Thai Sushi is located on Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale north of Commercial Boulevard. This second outpost opened in March 2011 in Wilton Manors. You’ll know you’re in the right plaza when you see the signs for Gay Mart (a menswear store), Humpy’s Pizza (whose mascot is…
After six years of renovations and government blue tape, the Chimney House Grill & Café is finally open for business. Set just a couple of blocks from Himmarshee Street, on the outskirts of Sailboat Bend in downtown Fort Lauderdale, this renovated historic house offers locals and neighborhood residents an alternative to…
Google the terms “burger” and “Fort Lauderdale” and more than four million results pop up. Even if you don’t count the Big Three burger chains — McDonald’s, Burger King, and Wendy’s — there’s still Five Guys, CG burgers, Energy Kitchen, BurgerFi, the soon-to-open Shula burger, Elevation burger in Coral Springs…
Generally, when most people think of buffets, images of austere white spaces, bright fluorescent lights, and stainless steel bain-maries with plastic sneeze-guards come to mind. The interior at Santo’s Modern American Buffet & Sushi is a stark contrast to the average all-you-can-eat establishment– walls covered with natural stone facade, sleek…
Dine Out Lauderdale kicked off on Monday for six weeks of (somewhat) cheap dining in Fort Lauderdale (or Fork Lauderdale, as organizers like to refer to it). Clean Plate Charlie recently caught up with Jessica Savage, media relations director for the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau — which…
The debate about mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods, otherwise known as GMOs, is raging on. With California’s Proposition 37 — a bill that would require labeling of GMO foods — on the November ballot, many of these groups are stepping up their game in an attempt to add similar…
Lake Worth resident Debbie Harris didn’t name her food truck Best French Fries for nothing. She’s pretty sure the fries served from her food truck — which hit Palm Beach County streets late September — are some of the best around. Why? Harris isn’t serving your typical fries. She’s making…
The restaurant roll call for September could just as easily be called the “coming soon” chronicles. Sure, there were a few spots to open, and a few to close, but mostly, it’s news of impending projects that fill the ledger. With many of the restaurants and clubs expected to open…
