As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 36: Bone-in Filet Mignon from Morton’s In the community of carnivores, the filet mignon (“dainty…
Here’s just one more reason to love Jon Bon Jovi (besides the fact that he can totally rock out and manages to actually get younger and hotter each year). The Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation is opening Soul Kitchen in Red Bank, New Jersey, this spring. (If Red Bank sounds…
If you stop by Gratify American Gastropub in West Palm Beach, be sure to order their pulled pork sliders, dubbed simply: “the Trio.” These three perfectly proportioned sandwiches off the restaurant’s small plate portion of the menu made this year’s 2011 New Times BPB “100 Favorite Dishes” list…
As the self-proclaimed unofficial LaSpada’s Original Hoagies correspondent, I’m surprised I hadn’t made you guess this spot earlier in the game…
If the royal wedding has caused you to yearn for something even more sugary sweet, head thee, commoner, to Dunkin’ Donuts and get in on its Royal Wedding Donut special.For 89 cents, you’ll get a heart-shaped, red-jelly-filled doughnut, frosted in vanilla and drizzled with chocolate. All are representative: the heart…
Warning: Peeps were harmed during the making of this blog entry! (Sorry, PETA.)While strolling down the candy aisle at your local Walgreens store, you may have been lured in by all of the mesmerizing, pastel-colored holiday candy on display. Some of the candy may come around only once a season,…
Mark Militello, the prolific restaurateur/chef, may not opening his long-anticipated Cabo Blue restaurant after all. The restaurant, announced early this year, was to have an upscale Mexican theme. The waterfront location at the Wyndham Deerfield Beach Resort was to also feature a taco cart on the beach to serve snacking sunbathers. …
Ahhh, Ikea. The place where millions of people flock like sheep to buy cheap couches and bookcases with names that sound more like fungal infections (blaxmo, slojda, staffli) than furniture. But who knew that Ikea is also a great place to go food shopping? The Swedish Marketplace, located conveniently near the checkout…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 37: G.O.A.T. Cookies From Sugar Rush Sugar Rush is a rare food truck, one that doesn’t…
There are few humans that haven’t had the desire to get rich quick and retire young. But after almost 40 years in South Florida, this Broward County sandwich shop is nowhere near slowing down. In fact, they are getting ready to open up their 5th store next month…
• Hoping they’re launching a really big hit, niteclub impresarios Rodney Mayo and Scott Freilich and Pizza Fusion proprietor Vaughan Lazar are planning to open Kapow! Noodle Bar in July in Boca’s Mizner Park. “Fresh and sustainable” pan-Asian noodles, some dim sum items and cocktails will be on the menu,…
A pair of new faces are gracing Andrew’s Restaurant, the niteclubby “American bistro” in Boca Raton that debuted in December of last year with former Barton G. chef Roberto Hernandez at the culinary helm. New partner and long-time Boca-ite Vera Weiler has joined founder Andrew Pietrak, and the kitchen is…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 38: Crab-Avocado Strato From Cielo…
A lot of people color Easter eggs for the holidays. Some cultures have elborate techniques to paint their eggs, but New Orleans artist John Lamouranne goes one step further to turn eggs into celebrities. The artist, known as the Egg Man, fetches from $35 to $300 for his “eggsellent” likenesses…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 39: Grilled Pork, Shrimp, and Spring Roll “Bun” From Saigon Cuisine At this authentic Vietnamese restaurant,…
People go crazy for marshmallow Peeps. These totally adorable pastel-colored sugar critters come out to play at Easter, making adults and children alike lose control and scarf them down by the dozen. Who would have thought these peeps lead such interesting lives? Here’s what we found:…
Charlie has a tip for a decadent Easter treat — and it’s one that you surely won’t feel one bit guilty about. Just head over to Delray Beach’s newest hotspot, Buddha Sky Bar, which is celebrating this Easter by giving back by putting its own twist on the traditional chocolate Easter egg.The…
With all the new restaurants opening in our fair burg nowadays, you might think all is sweetness, light, milk, honey, and beds of red roses in the local dining industry. You would be, uh… wrong. Several restaurants have either formally gone to that great Dumpster in the sky or are…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 40: Chivito From Cilantro’sCalling the chivito a mere sandwich is like calling Charlie Sheen your…
Have you been saddled with hosting Easter dinner when you’d much rather spend the day kicking back your misanthropic heels and hiding from the family? Below are ten ways that can all but guarantee that you will never again be asked to host — or possibly to attend — a…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com. No. 41: Tamari Scallop from SAIA…
Bob and Wilson’s is the must-have stop for breakfast and lunch in Fort Lauderdale. Serving simple but excellent deli fare, it’s a little taste of an authentic New York-style deli in South Florida. From the hot lunch specials that rotate daily to the fresh soups and salads, you’re sure to…
