Allen Susser

Best Chefs America Names South Florida's Finest

In an age when most people read electronically, Best Chefs America is a bit of a throwback. For now, it's available only in a hardbound edition ($75, available online at bestchefsamerica.com), but the recently published book is both beautiful and useful. The book lists nearly 4,700 of the best chefs ... More >>

The First Annual Flavors of Fort Lauderdale (Photos)

If you missed last weekend's Flavors of Fort Lauderdale, you missed out on heaps of delicious food and drinks. With cooking demonstrations, tons of food, and multiple options for inebriation, the festival was a definite success. Headed by Chef Allen Susser, with a focus on sustainable seafood, the f ... More >>

Eat in the Name of Seafood

Flavors of Fort Lauderdale: New Food Festival Launches Next Week

This year has seen an influx of new culinary events for Fort Lauderdale. Cheers for Charity was a great success. Now it's almost time for Flavors of Fort Lauderdale. The next four-day culinary event, which kicks off Tuesday, November 8. The event is meant to showcase the culinary talent and lif ... More >>

Taste of Fort Lauderdale: Tickets on Sale Now for Grand Tasting

Tickets are now available for the inaugural Flavors of Fort Lauderdale grand tasting event on Sunday, November 11.The grand tasting is part of the four-day Flavors of Fort Lauderdale festival, which will feature a series of dinners in addition to Sunday's large-scale fete. Sunday's grand tasting wil ... More >>

Share Our Strength's Taste of the Nation Palm Beach is Tonight in West Palm Beach

Share Our Strength's Taste of the Nation has a way of drawing in top names in the culinary community. The Palm Beach County version of the charitable event will take place tonight at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach with showings from local restaurants like 3800 Ocean, Bu ... More >>

Taste of the Nation Palm Beach, Biergarten Beer Dinner, and Other Food Events in Palm Beach and Broward Counties

This week's schedule is populated with wine tastings, beer dinners, and charitable culinary events (not the least of which is Share Our Strength's Taste of the Nation Palm Beach featuring lots of local "food celebs"). After the jump, read more about Taste of the Nation and find other food and drink ... More >>

Riverwalk Burger Battle Changes: Downtowner Saloon Replaces Chef Allen

With the third-annual Riverwalk Burger Battle at Huizenga Park in downtown Fort Lauderdale tomorrow, some major changes have been announced.The Burger Battle, held from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday, has learned that chef Allen Susser has dropped out of the event. The owner of Chef Allen's Burger Bar in Palm ... More >>

Volunteer Alongside Chefs at Share our Strength's Service Day on Monday, April 23

If you've always wanted to sweat it out on the line with some of South Florida's culinary stars but you don't have the chops to get a job in one of their kitchens, here's your chance (sort of; no cooking is involved). Share Our Strength is hosting a service day on Monday, April 23, at Feeding South ... More >>

Get Your Mojo and Pickled Pig's Head in Norman Van Aken's Weekly Column

​Norman Van Aken -- one of the Mango Gang, along with Douglas Rodriguez, Allen Susser, and Mark Militello -- has started a weekly column, Word on Food, over on the national food site Food Republic -- teasers, perhaps, for his upcoming cookbook, My Key West Kitchen.Currently he helms Norm ... More >>

PL8 in Fort Lauderdale: With Closer Attention to Detail, This One Could Steal Our Affections

Calling All Cooks, Sommeliers, Servers, and Baristas: Burger Bar, DB Moderne, and Brew Need You

​Allen Susser is looking for folks who know when to shake and when to stir for Burger Bar, his newest concept slated to open in Palm Beach Gardens. Must also have "deep knowledge" of craft beers and cocktails. In addition to bartenders with three-plus years of experience, Burger Bar needs servers, ... More >>

Formerly Himmarshee Bar & Grille, PL8 Opens Tonight

​Owner Dave Nicholas and chef Brandon Whitestone have overseen a "total renovation" of the interior and a revamp of the menu at the space formerly known as Himmarshee Bar & Grille. The restaurant will reopen as PL8 at 5 this evening in what Whitestone calls a "test run." Whitestone says the ch ... More >>

Chef Allen's to Become Luca Bella

​Once a restaurant on South Florida's culinary cutting edge, Allen Susser's now-departed Chef Allen's in Aventura will next month become the region's 10 bazillionth Italian eatery.  The coming Luca Bella promises a menu of family-style "Italian comfort food," mostly Southern Italian with asso ... More >>

Chef Allen Susser Talks Burger Battle and the Future, Part One

Chef Allen Susser is a confident burger battle contestant.​Chef Allen Susser has been a fixture on the South Florida dining scene for over a quarter of a century. Part of the original "Mango Gang," the group of chefs in the '90s who put Florida cuisine on the map, Susser has published three ... More >>

South Beach Wine & Food Festival's Burger Bash: A Meaty Good Time

All photos by Laine Doss The Burger Bash tent​Burger Bash, hosted by Rachael Ray, is one of the most popular events at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival. One of the first events to be sold out, the 2011 Burger Bash featured 26 chefs presenting their best burgers. Last evening's Bur ... More >>

Books & Books Fort Lauderdale Grand Opening: Highlights From Q&A With Chef Allen Susser, Radio Host Linda Gassenheimer

Laine Doss Chef Allen Susser and Linda Gassenheimer.Chef Allen's creator, chef Allen Susser, and author and radio host Linda Gassenheimer were on hand for the opening celebration of Books & Books' newest café, at the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Discovery and Science. The Books & Books ... More >>

Chef Allen Susser, NPR's Linda Gassenheimer, at Grand Opening of Cafe and Books & Books Inside Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale

​Yay for readers - and for foodies! Books & Books, the well-loved Miami bookstore, is slated to open an outpost at the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale. Even better: the café has also been revamped, with a menu by famed South Florida chef Allen Susser (of Chef Allen's and the recently-shuttere ... More >>

10 in '10: The Top Food News Stories of 2010

RealityKings.com​Video that gave new meaning to the term "food porn," trucks that gave a new dimension to take-out meals and new restaurants from celebrity chefs were all among the food and restaurant stories that tickled our taste buds (or other organs) in 2010. This list of the top 10 local food ... More >>

The Bitter End for Taste?

​Taste Gastropub, star chef Allen Susser's upscale-casual eatery in Delray Beach, has closed, at least temporarily, according to the message on the restaurant's phone line.  Rumors of the closure have been swirling for several days, but Charlie has so far been unable to contact Susser for con ... More >>

The List: 13 Things Foodies Should Be Thankful For

​Thursday, November 25, is, of course, Thanksgiving Day. It's a day for Americans from coast to coast to gather family and friends and, in the spirit of the holiday, watch interminable football games between two pathetic teams of losers who couldn't beat their own grandmother with a tire iron. Tha ... More >>

Chef Jean-Pierre Interview Part 2: A Game of Free-Association

​Today, in Part Two of our talk with Chef Jean-Pierre, the man behind the local cooking school, we talk about food trends, blogging, and other chefs.  For Part One of our interview, click here. Do you have a signature dish? Old fashioned dishes like Beef wellington or paella are what people c ... More >>

Ten Must Try Dishes at Tonight's Pairings

​The wait is over. Pairings starts tonight at 6:30 at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, bringing with it food from dozens of local restaurants and wine from all over. There will be so many great dishes to try from the likes of Mark Militello, Allen Susser, Dean Max, Michael Bennet, Mike ... More >>

At Chef Charity Event, Chocolate Fountain Steals Spotlight

Lisa RabChef Allen Susser makes garlic guava shrimp. ​Walking into the Boys of Summer celebrity chef charity event at Florida Builder Appliances in Pompano Beach, we could smell the chocolate before we saw it. We wound our way through islands of glimmering stainless-steel refrigerators, gas stove ... More >>

Feeding South Florida's Boys of Summer Is Tonight

Chef Oliver Saucy (right) will cook at the Boys of Summer charity event.​It's not often you get to sample food from chefs like Oliver Saucy, Carlos Fernandez, Andy Trousdale, and Allen Susser all in one place. But tonight, at the Boys of Summer food event in Pompano Beach, you can do just that and ... More >>

Chefs Allen Susser, Carlos Fernandez, Oliver Saucy, and Andy Trousdale Team Up for Charity Cooking Event

Flickr: dinemagChef Oliver Saucy (right), chef at Cafe Maxx.​These Boys of Summer don't make a billion-gazillion dollars a year to play what is grandly dubbed "our national pastime," to gobble steroids like M&Ms and scratch their balls in front of a national TV audience.  Thankfully, thes ... More >>

South Florida's Hottest Chefs: the Calendar (Plus Q&A with Charlie Soo of Talay Thai, a.k.a. Mr. September)

FacebookCharlie Soo from Talay Thai, now aptly named "Mr. September."​Myhotchefs.com recently rolled out a calendar featuring a dozen of South Florida's hottest chefs. We won't tell you our favorite (but we do have one!), so you can judge for yourself.By "hottest," the calendar creators didn't fac ... More >>

Taste Gastropub: Mediocrity Reigns at Allen Susser's New Delray Beach Eatery

Mango Mania at International Mango Fest This Weekend at Fairchild Gardens

The annual blow-out festival celebrating the mango, including the popular Sunday Mango Brunch, is this weekend at Fairchild Gardens in Miami.Be very British and wear a raincoat - the only proper way to eat a mango - since there will be a vast variety of the tropical fruits representing those grown a ... More >>

Restaurant News: La Bodega in Boca; BBQ at Taste Gastropub

Chef Allen Susser​Looks like barbecue has gone viral in Palm Beach County, with the recent debuts of Rib Bizz and Sheila's and the weekend smokefest at Harvest Time Market. Now Allen Susser's Taste Gastropub has been bitten by the barbecue bug, launching Monday Night Backyard BBQ, an all-you-can-e ... More >>

Taste the Nation at Taste of the Nation

​More than 40 local restaurants will offer tastes of just about every cuisine in the nation at the 19th-annual Taste of the Nation: Fort Lauderdale, to take place from 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday, May 13, at the Broward Convention Center.   Hosts include chef chairman James Dean Max of 3030 Oc ... More >>

The South Beach Wine & Food Festival: A Short, Wacky History

Thank God It's Over, but 2009 Does End With the Promise of Better Things to Come

Atlantique Arrives on Atlantic in Delray

If you're not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter for Broward and Palm Beach counties, here's a taste of what you missed this week. Click here to subscribe. Photo by Flickr user kondro86​Almost lost in the hype about all the newbies and newbies-to-be heading for Atlantic Aven ... More >>

Restaurant News: Mango Gangster to Delray, Gourmet and Green, Lantana Bash

​•    Allen Susser, one of the original Mango Gangers (with Norman Van Aken and Mark Militello), will open a gastropub, Taste, in the Pineapple Grove area of Delray Beach sometime early next year. Look for small plates of comfy food and a roster of swell cocktails. •   ... More >>

Behind the Line at Chef Allen's

Chef Allen Susser of Chef Allen's restaurant is a culinary pioneer, a renowned restaurateur and a cool dude. I recently spent several hours in the kitchen of Chef Allen's restaurant in Aventura. I arrived at four, was provided with a chef jacket and promptly put to work. This was a kitchen where I' ... More >>

Behind The Line - Chef Allen Susser Talks Sustainable Fish

Chef Allen Talks Sustainable Fish from Miami New Times on Vimeo.Chef Allen Susser, owner of Chef Allen's restaurant in Aventura and the innovator behind "New World Cuisine," talks about the importance of sustainable fish to our local economy, environment and his restaurant's menu. Learn more at Ch ... More >>

Enter Kitchen Stadium

New Times hosts a cooking competition of its own

Chef Allen Gets A Facelift

Mango Festival and Brunch This Weekend

Food & Wine's Guide for Florida Locavores

Paradise Found

Heaven's Kitchen

At Lola's, chef Michael Wagner has your back

Let's Get Lost

Six ways to do it in the Keys

Miami Without a Passport

Yes, you can brave the wilds south of Broward and find an A-list meal

Emperors of Ice Cream

South Florida offers a veritable world tour of frozen goodness

Eat, Drink, and Lament

The terrorism in the Northeast can bring us together

Aloha, Roy

Roy's

Brave New World