Comfort Food and Wine Pairing at Rockstar Bistro

​Chef Nick Little and Kyle Pintarelli of Rockstar Catering Company and Rockstar Bistro present “Your Mom’s Food, But Different”, a five course wine dinner, this Saturday, January 15th at 7:30 at Rockstar Bistro inside the Windsor Gardens Hotel in Palm Beach Gardens.   This dinner offers favorite comfort foods with…

Five Reasons Your BBQ Chef Hates You

If you’re a fan of BBQ, you’ve likely argued over who has the best. You probably know the difference between a sticky red St. Louis sauce and a vinegar-based Carolina one. As with any other cuisine, you have your preferences. As many BBQ aficionados will attest, there are certain things…

Recipe: Shrimp and Grits From Bulldog Barbecue

Bulldog BBQ Shrimp and Grits Chef Howie Kleinberg wanted to create a contemporary approach to a traditional barbecue favorite, shrimp and grits. He often serves it for special events like the BubbleQ, where he pairs it with a crisp Chardonnay. 1 pound shrimp, peeled and deveined ½ cup diced tomato…

Pollo Tropical Offers Diet Tips and Free Meal

First, former fat boy Jared lost a ton eating only Subway sandwiches, then some chick named Christine lost weight by chomping on Taco Bell (without the drinking binges, we presume). Not to be outdone, South Florida’s very own fast food outlet, Pollo Tropical, has announced their 21-day meal plan. The…

SoLita Opening Second Location in Delray Beach

Steven Dapuzzo, owner of SoLita Las Olas, said he’ll open a second SoLita in Delray Beach in the old Kyoto restaurant space.”It’s a good fit – SoLita is needed in downtown Delray,” he said. “It’s a place for grown-ups to hang out.”SoLita will bring its traditional-with-a-twist Italian menu and late-night…

Where to Buy Gator Meat in Broward County

Here’s what I just learned: Don’t mess with Cindy Petryszak, purchasing agent for the Delaware Chicken Farm & Seafood Market in Hollywood. Why not? Because the woman has access to alligator meat, and she isn’t afraid to use it. Petryszak’s daughters attend the University of Alabama, and when they were…

Get Paid to Lose Weight? That’s the Idea at Paid2Lose.com

We’re solidly into the new year, so perhaps you’ve already tossed aside those overreaching resolutions that were made after a month (months?) of booze-fueled dessert debauchery and nights on the town charged to a credit card with a billion percent interest rate. But what if there were a way you…

Where We Were Eating: The Whale’s Rib

After 30 years and an appearance on Diners Drive-in’s and Dives in 2010, the Whale’s Rib has proven to be a landmark in Deerfield Beach. Yesterday’s commenters correctly guessed the dive…

Chick-fil-A’s Spicy Chicken Biscuit Debuts Today

It’s quite a simple concept, really. Take a spicy chicken sandwich, substitute a biscuit for the bun, and serve it for breakfast. While pig is normally the morning meat, Chick-fil-A’s genius idea to wake up to chicken is incentive enough to go back to nourishing my body for the most…

Guess Where We’re Eating!?

After a couple of national television appearances, this North Broward dive has been serving traditional seafood meals for nearly 30 years…

Saquella Sibling Prosecco Café Opens in Palm Beach Gardens

Healthy, inexpensive, everyday fare is what’s on the menu at the new Prosecco Café (4580 PGA Blvd.; 561-622-3222) in Palm Beach Gardens, the latest venture from Avi Sekerel, also proprietor of Saquella Café in Boca Raton.  At Prosecco, Sekerel takes the concept more upscale Euro, with a sunny gold color…

Honduran Restaurants in South Florida: Ode to the Lowly Baleada

In Honduras, the ubiquitous national snack/meal is a baleada. It’s a fresh, hand-made, thicker-than-normal flour tortilla smeared with refried beans, crumbly queso, and crema; folded over; and devoured.In big cities like Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula, big baladea chains and tiny stands start serving them around 8 a.m., and the…

$10 Lunch: Your Big Picture Cafe in Davie

Davie is Broward’s equivalent of Big Sky country, with a healthy dollop of melting pot ethnography strewn across its otherwise homogenous vista. At Dunkin’ Donuts, you’ll see confederate flag tattooed folk and DKNY- garbed ladies with Hermes Kelly Bags chatting amicably with young men sporting visible undies and gold teeth…

Celebrity Spotting: Jerry Seinfeld Dined at Vic & Angelo’s Last Night

Well, well… Here’s the biggest celebrity dining news in Palm Beach County since Kelly Ripa went to Rocco’s Tacos… Anyway, our source tells us that Seinfeld chatted “with General Manager Eduard Cristal — pictured here with Seinfeld — about his entree of Chicken Telephono (chicken, fresh mozzarella, and San Marzano…