On the menu at 3-month-old Top Hat Delicatessen in Fort Lauderdale reside items that seem vaguely familiar and yet not: Reuben egg rolls, bacon ramen, pastrami burgers, and hybrid croissants/doughnuts. Flip the menu over and the restaurant’s extensive beverage selections are equally vibrant, from egg creams and cold-brew milkshakes to…
With the holiday season in full swing, it’s time to cross all the people off your shopping to-do list. While you can always get your kids the newest iPhone, and your husband whatever tool he’s missing from the shed, there’s one thing you can get pretty much anyone that never…
Down a one-way street in a sleepy residential neighborhood just beyond the hustle and bustle of downtown West Palm Beach you’ll find something unique and unexpected cooking: Ethiopian restaurant, Queen of Sheeba. Here, chef-owner Lojo Washington is cooking up the heavily spiced dishes of her homeland, everything from wot, siga…
Not many people outside Haiti are familiar with Haitian food. That’s a shame because the island’s cuisine is a colorful blending of African- and Caribbean-influenced fare. And — just like the language — Haitian food also has a bit of Creole mixed in for good measure: root vegetables, meats like oxtail,…
Ben Robinson is best known as the snarky, English chef on Bravo’s Below Deck. A different chef started out the current season, but it was Robinson who saved the day by joining his fellow yachties on the Eros at the request of ship’s captain Lee Rosbach to finish out the…
There’s a pork chop on the menu at the new 3030 Ocean in Fort Lauderdale that will have you dreaming of dinner for days. It’s everything a pork chop should be, fat and juicy and rubbed down in a blend of hickory-smoked spices that manages to elevate the flavor of…
A Broward-based food truck known as Crazydilla has been stolen, and the owners are asking South Florida residents to aid them in the search for their mobile business using the hashtag #FindCrazydilla. According to owner Noah Tanner, the Fort Lauderdale food truck specializing in gourmet tacos and quesadillas was stolen…
Show us someone who claims to dislike fried chicken and we’ll show you a liar. Fried chicken, in all its straightforward glory, runs the gamut from halfway decent to life-affirming, and nothing is easier or more satisfying than picking up a bucket of fried chicken and eating till your heart’s content…
For those who want to opt out of the traditional dead-bird-as-dinnertime centerpiece next Thursday, Atlas Meat-Free Deli is offering a Thanksgiving spread that’s completely cruelty-free. The popular meatless eatery in Yellow Green Farmer’s Market has released a special lineup featuring everything from roast to quiche to cupcakes. Dubbed “The Feast…
Running is a great way to both relieve stress and to get fit. Best of all, running requires a minimal investment of a good pair of shoes and can be done anytime and anywhere. It could be the perfect exercise but for one little thing — many people hate running…
First came the burgers. Then the tacos. And now pizza. On an unremarkable stretch of Himmarshee Street, past the busy late-night bars and Sunday-brunch congestion, you’ll find Fort Lauderdale’s newest artisan pizzeria. Proclaiming itself the lone wolf of elevated eating and drinking in the city’s Himmarshee Village — with its…
Heavy clouds roiled just off Hollywood beach, threatening to soak the thousands of people gathered to hear Jimmy Buffett christen the Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort. The $150 million dollar project which boasts 349 rooms, including the massive 2,834-square-foot Jimmy Buffett suite, soft opened in September. The playground for Parrotheads, the…
Call it over-the-top. Call it cutting edge. Call it an extreme interactive mobile kitchen. But whatever you do, don’t call it just another food truck. Instead, T.R.U.C.K! stands as a traveling interactive performance kitchen, a custom created piece of equipment conceived by Lake Worth-based Culinary Performance Media (CPM), the company…
A free turkey from a strip club. Yup. On Monday, November 23, Cheetah in Hallandale Beach will partner with the Rodriguez Charities to offer 1,000 free turkeys to South Florida families in need. At 3 p.m., turkeys will be handed out on a first-come, first serve basis at the strip club…
New Yorkers in South Florida hold this truth to be self-evident: pizza is just better up north. Indeed, the Tri-State area is blessed with literally hundreds — if not thousands — of amazing pizzerias. But in a place where each pie is considered “the best,” a pizza shop owner needs to…
These days, almost everything we eat is processed in one way or another. But in an age of fast-casual burritos, microwavable frozen meals, and delivery pizza, it’s nice to see a return to something simpler: hand-preserved food. Specifically, we’re talking charcuterie, the act of drying and curing beef, pork, fowl,…
We all know about farm-to-table fare and responsible sourcing, but The Ritz-Carlton’s new Fort Lauderdale restaurant Burlock Coast Seafare & Spirits — which quietly opened to the public on Wednesday, November 4 — is taking the concept one step further with its unique approach to displaying and selling many of its…
Trick Daddy knows what’s good for you. Don’t believe us? On “Thug Holiday,” he cautioned us to not use drugs and to stay in school. So, when we heard that he teamed up with Miami-based JADA Spices to create three signature spice blends — Cajun, jerk, and chicken salt —…
Look, living in a tourist mecca has its upsides and its downsides: lots of awesome restaurants and stuff to do; lots of tourists and snowbirds causing long lines and driving up prices. What’s a local to do? Check-in. A lot. There are all kinds of apps that let you do…
Once a destination for surfers, skaters, and beach babes, Deerfield Beach was Boca Raton’s red-headed stepchild to the south, where lazy days were spent fishing off the pier, throwing ‘em back at Flanigans, and loitering outside Island Water Sports or the 7-11. A gas station took up prime oceanfront real…
Huey Nguyen has a lot of secrets. Specifically, the recipes at his 2-month-old Wilton Manors restaurant he appropriately named What the Pho. “That’s the general reaction I get when people ask me for my recipes,” says Huey, specifically for his plum sauce, spring rolls, and the green papaya salad. “But…
Here’s a scoop: Baskin-Robbins is selling scoops of ice cream for $1.31 on October 31, which also happens to be Halloween. No tricks, just all treats during this All Hallow’s Eve. It’s not like the ice cream chain is giving ice cream away like candy. Imagine if that were the case:…
