Is that grouper you have there on your plate or pangasius — a mild-flavored white-flesh fish farmed in Asia? The next time you’re out to dine in South Florida, it may be a question you should ask yourself.According to a new report released by Oceana, an international advocacy group for…
Clean Plate Charlie is a closet Gleek. That’s right… we’ve just lost any street cred by admitting we watch Glee. Look, if we didn’t watch it, we would have missed the totally awesome episode in which Finn sees the son of God in his sandwich. That’s right, folks! He saw…
We’re counting down our top 100 favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive. If you have any nominations of your own, email them here.Farm-to-table restaurants are amazing. Because they source ingredients from local farms rather than from Sysco, their fruits and vegetables teem with flavors often lacking in their…
Ready for some more Italian in South Florida? Sunrise will soon see the addition of Italian Red Sauce to its somewhat limited roster of family-owned restaurants. The 200-seat space is set for a soft opening on August 1, with a grand-opening event tentatively planned for September, when season begins to…
Talia’s Tuscan Table can lay claim to a loyal crowd: Ask any fan about chef Andrew Bennardo’s true hero sandwiches and prepare for lots of superlatives and an almost cult-like devotion to the stacks of deli meats and other fixings piled high on homemade bread. But after years in the…
In South Florida, restaurateurs can take a good, innocent trend…and beat it to death. Haven’t we heard enough about beer bars, farm-to-table fare, and good ole’ gastropubs?But it’s nothing but new at Roy Villacrusis’ latest pop-up, the Studio, where a different menu is served up each night. Inside the West…
What goes great with a meatball and a bun in the oven? How about a nice, cold, wild-cherry soda?Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, our favorite self-proclaimed Jersey Shore meatball, has come a long way from dancing on bars, getting arrested, showing her privates, and looking for gorilla-juicehead love. This soon-to-be-mother (yes… we’re…
Parents tend to get the short end of the stick when it comes to culinary pursuits, whether they’re dining at home or out and about. They suffer the stink-eye from diners and servers alike at sit-down restaurants when they’ve got their brood in tow. More often than not, “dinner” consists…
Sunday is a very emotional day for me. I feel guilty if I’ve skipped church, angry that I can’t buy beer before noon, and envious when I have to wait in an endless line for brunch, watching everyone else enjoying their eggs Benedict. Inevitably, I cruise around looking for something…
Summer is ostensibly the slow season, but there are still some shakeups and new ventures to keep an eye on in the Broward and Palm Beach county restaurant scenes. Here’s a look at a few South Florida food news items that have popped up on the radar.Mellow Mushroom to Open…
Eat St. films Mojo on the Go. Cooking Channel’s Eat St. must really love South Florida. And what’s not to love? Miles of white sand beaches, coconut palms, beautiful people scantily dressed, and dozens of food trucks to film for their fast-paced show.Clearly on a food-truck bender, the Eat St…
We’re counting down our top 100 favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive. If you have any nominations of your own, email them here.Roy Villacrusis began his career under the watchful eye of the infamous South Florida chef, Mark Militello, at Mark’s City Place in West Palm Beach. And…
The big man sat at a table with an older woman who was twirling pasta around a spoon. He looked up, a spitting image of gangster actor Vincent Pastore, a Rodney Dangerfield smile creeping across his face. “Hey,” he said, letting the vowels sing out. “How you doin?” This is…
Eat St. films Mojo on the Go. Just in case you didn’t get your fill of food trucks and television stardom when Eat St. filmed Mojo on the Go last Friday, you’ve got a second chance today when Eat St. returns to Broward to film another segment of their Cooking…
We’re counting down our top 100 favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive. If you have any nominations of your own, email them here.Ask any Fort Lauderdale foodie for restaurant recommendations, and one name is sure to come up without question. Canyon has been a local gourmand haven for…
As Lori Durante leads a small, sweating pack of culinary tourists east on Atlantic Avenue on a recent Saturday afternoon, she breaks her swift stride momentarily to point across the street, toward Johnnie Brown’s, a burger and barbecue joint in Delray Beach.”Johnnie Brown’s was named for Addison Mizner’s famous pet…
The 2012 summer Olympic games kick off on July 27 in London. So far, there’s been talk of the usual Olympic-related madness — McDonald’s getting a French fry exclusive, our team’s uniforms being made in China (and what’s with those berets?), and the totally weird, one-eyed mascots Wenlock and Mandeville.With…
We’re counting down our top 100 favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive. If you have any nominations of your own, email them here. 5. Miracle Fruit from Market 17 Fort Lauderdale’s Market 17 is known for two things: creative farm-to-table cuisine and dining in the dark. Typically, if…
The parking lot at Sawgrass Recreation Park was pretty much flooded by a fast-moving storm that dumped several inches of rain in a matter of minutes, but that didn’t stop a large crowd of people from heading over to the gateway to the Everglades for a taste of traditional Deep…
Over the past few months, we’ve told you about the troubles facing Julian Siegel of Riverside Market. He opened the small food and beer joint in Riverside Park/Sailboat Bend six years ago, to the delight of neighborhood drinkers and eaters (but especially drinkers). With more than 500 kinds of beer…
As I exit my car, I can see him approaching from the distance. A tall, strapping man wearing jeans, a buttoned-down shirt, and a wide-brimmed farmer’s hat walks up to greet me. If he does not fit the bill for tall, dark, and handsome, I don’t know who does. Not…
We’re counting down our top 100 favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive. If you have any nominations of your own, email them here, or visit our Facebook page.6. White Fish Carpaccio from Gaysha New World SushiI was never a very adventurous sushi eater. I’m sure many of you…
