Check it out, y’all: Davie’s got the premier digs for Southern grub in Creolina’s Dixie Takeout, the chicken-fried spinoff of the longtime Fort Lauderdale joint. After a year slinging Deep South cuisine way out west, how are Creolina’s and its heralded wait staff faring? Check out an excerpt from this…
Although Clean Plate Charlie is the only food blog you need to read every day, some people just can’t get enough. And some people don’t like to read at all. This post is for you! This week, we’re highlighting food blogs which focus on pretty pictures.Fast Food Ads vs. Reality…
Without further ado, This Week in Charlie…That Orbit gum girl was dead wrong: Pan Pasad is what cleans a dirty mouth.New Times is honored in the immortal halls of Sushi 1. Here’s what happens when you help yourself to your tenant’s restaurant, its employees, and concept: you get served. It’s…
Tomorrow night’s Think Pink Rocks concert at the Count de Hoernle Amphitheater in Mizner Park should be full of cupcakes screaming groupie-style at hip-hop artists AKON and Shontelle. But one cupcake in particular will tower over all the rest: the 1500-pound pink-iced creation that will vie for the title of…
For a time, when I was a lad growing up in New York, I went to an obnoxiously upscale grade school called St. Bernard’s (pronounced with Connecticut lockjaw of course, as in BERnerd’s, not BerNARD’S). I still have a copy of the school’s Christmas card from when I was in…
A better headline: Fixed-price Three Course Meals Lay Claim to South FloridaThat’s what seems to be going on, anyway, when, from month to month, one version of the “meal deal” ends and another begins. Flavor Palm Beach and Miami Spice both ended yesterday — no more can diners show up…
Okay, Lirim Jacobi isn’t John Belushi and Taverna Opa isn’t Faber College, but a toga party is a toga party. And even U.S. Senator Blutarsky would have to admit that a toga party hosted by WILD 95.5 with DJs, wine tastings, a whole spit-roasted lamb, belly dancing, fire dancing, a…
It is not at all hard to make pickles. All it takes is a few vital ingredients: cucumbers, some brine, a jar, and some patience. If you’re missing any of these things, your pickles won’t turn out so hot. Also, it seems I’ve just discovered if you have too much…
Picture this: You’ve been invited for dinner at a friend’s house. He’s prepared a lovely meal — a salad of baby lettuces and herbs from the garden and a whole roasted pork loin dressed with sage and thyme. Midway through your pork loin — so juicy and tender — your…
This four-table restaurant in a rundown strip mall in Coral Springs is unassuming, but the authentic fare tastes like it comes straight from a kitchen in Mexico. The menu features the standard taco/burrito/quesadilla boilerplate, so order from the board of specials by the register. Everything is handmade daily, like the…
It’s official, there is some truth in advertising. Taco Bell’s half pound burritos will indeed fill you up. But it’s not a pleasant “I won’t have to eat for at least six hours” feeling of satisfaction. No, it’s more of “I can’t be further than 50 feet from a bathroom…
Old-fashioned French cuisine (or “time-honored,” depending on how you see these things) got its 15 minutes of fame last month with the release of Julie and Julia, probably the first time anyone under 90 has heard the words “boeuf Bourguignon” and “dinner” in the same sentence. Except perhaps at L’Anjou…
An excerpt from this week’s Dish review on the Restaurant at 251, formerly da Francesco’s: Picture this: You’ve been invited for dinner at a friend’s house. He prepared a lovely meal – a salad of baby lettuces and herbs from the garden, and a whole roasted pork loin dressed with…
• Stick a fork in ’em, they’re done. Memphis BBQ & Blues, which took over the West Palm location of the late (and inexplicably lamented) Tom’s Place, will smoke no more (not that they did that much or that well to begin with). Also gone belly up is Culinary Café…
BY THE BURGER BEAST Does anyone even know who the McDonaldland and The Burger King Kingdom characters are anymore? I can’t remember a time when I didn’t know who Ronald McDonald or the Burger King were. Sure, the friendly Burger King of the past was nothing like today’s creepy King…
One of the favorite stomping grounds of the New Times’ staff is a little lunch-time sushi joint on Broward and Federal known as Sushi One. It’s easy to walk the short few blocks to the place and order some takeout sushi, or maybe a bento box filled with teriyaki salmon,…
There’s some sort of force in this universe that just doesn’t want my taste buds to enjoy themselves. A few weeks back, I found a gaggle of treats from the Little Market Indian Grocery and Spice (3062 N. Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale 954-561-8606). There was one in particular that I…
Although Clean Plate Charlie is the only food blog you need to read every day, some people just can’t get enough. Here are some highlight of other food blogs to feast on. Are you reading too many food blogs to worry about trivial things like cooking? Awesome! Freezer Burns is…
Here’s a recap of what went down this week on Clean Plate:Bill Citara tells us you can actually find decent pinot, if you know where to look.Fulfill all your wishes with my taco flavored kisses.Enroll in charm school, burger-joint style. Bill showcases three more Keys eateries worth a visit.Riki lucks…
Check out the full slideshow of Georgia Pig here. You can see it pluming up all the way down Davie Boulevard, and south down 441: It’s smoke. Thick ribbons of smoke, reaching up and over the busy highway from the soot-stained chimney of the Georgia Pig. Even with your windows up,…
An economy that’s gone from filet mignon to meat loaf faster than you can say “greedy Wall Street bastards” has got the attention of even high-flying steak houses. One of them, Ruth’s Chris, last night unveiled a new “bistro menu” of apps, sushi, soups, salads and sammies priced from $9…
Pulp Fiction: anti-pork propaganda.Pork. Luscious, juicy, tasty pork. So flexible, so wonderful, yet so derided. Order it at dinner, and there’s a good chance someone at your table, having demonstrated their conviction that beef is “better” than pork by really going out on a limb and ordering the filet mignon…
