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May 4, 2012
40. Oxtails From Betty's Soul Food Restaurant
As a countdown to the Best Of Broward/Palm Beach 2012, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations here. Oxtails sound a whole lot more exotic than they are. They sound like some test of a foodie, of someone who eats entrai ... More >>
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May 3, 2012
The Secret Shame of the Restaurant Chain
Sometime later this year, the Italian chain with two annoying Texans in its commercials is expected to open a location on 17th Street in Fort Lauderdale. It'll appear among a mile strip of local favorites, places like Gilbert's with their great burgers and Grateful Palate with their terrific everyth ... More >>
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April 6, 2012
Traveling Plate Supper Club: A Fine Place to Be a Chef
The life of a chef isn't one where you get a lot of thanks, toiling away in the kitchen, hearing only about how this table or that thought the steak was overcooked. So if you're a chef looking for a bit of praise from your adoring public, you should totally cook at the next Traveling Plate supper cl ... More >>
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April 2, 2012
Misfit Home-Brewers Land Top Prize at New Times Beerfest
If there was one big winner from Saturday night's Beerfest, it was the small brewer. The home brewers and the upstarts took home a couple of the biggest prizes from our Clean Plate Charlie awards, a remarkable feat considering the megabrewers that were present. Here, then, are our winners from th ... More >>
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March 28, 2012
Logan Morrison's Obnoxious Twitter Feed Is Exactly What's Great About Baseball
There are a lot of ways to describe Marlins outfielder Logan Morrison's attitude. Brash, maybe, or better yet, obnoxious. Some would say inappropriate, and the Marlins brass would most certainly add unprofessional. Take a look at his much-followed Twitter feed and you'll see posts that are all of ... More >>
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February 29, 2012
Sought-After Traveling Plate Supper Club Tickets on Sale Tonight
If you're quick and maybe just a little lucky, you might be able to grab a spot at the Traveling Plate's April 5 event. Tickets go on sale tonight at 8, and the 30 spots are expected to go quick.Clean Plate Charlie is sponsoring the event, and proceeds will go to the ARC Broward Culinary Institut ... More >>
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February 28, 2012
91. The Veggie Burger at Eten Food Co.
We're counting down to New Times' Best Of Broward/Palm Beach 2012 issue in June by serving up our top 100 favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive. If you have any nominations of your own, please add them to the comments or visit our Facebook page.No. 91: Eten Food Co.'s Veggie BurgerThe ve ... More >>
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February 8, 2012
Clean Plate Charlie's Food Town Throwdown: Tell Us Which City Has the Best Dining Scene
Update: Click here for results from this first round of voting and to vote in the Food Town Throwdown's second round. It used to be that when you had company in town and wanted to go someplace trendy, you talked about South Beach or Key West or anywhere but Broward and Palm Beach counties. Sure, ... More >>
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February 3, 2012
The Trump International Hotel & Tower: A $200 Million Feeding Trough for Pigeons
Photos by Eric BartonTina has ocean views as she feeds her pigeons. Tina has been feeding the pigeons on Fort Lauderdale beach long enough to know them by sight. There's the silver one with a white crown who's the alpha male, mating with all the females and getting the best crumbs. There's also t ... More >>
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January 22, 2012
Yolo Wins Uncorked With "Forever-Braised" Short Ribs
Hard Rock Cafe won Most Unique Bite with a pulled pork bahn mi. Las Olas staple Yolo clinched the top award from JA World Uncorked last night by serving up a "forever-braised" short rib over a potato risotto with crispy shallots. A majority of the Clean Plate Charlie panel of judges picked Yolo t ... More >>
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January 5, 2012
Dirty Dozen Honorable Mention: Victor Tobin, Foreclosure Judge Turned Forecloser
We put out the call for people we missed in our roundup of 2011's most devilish people and were informed of one overlooked former judge who certainly qualifies.With all the foreclosures and mortgage-related tragedies that have occurred since the collapse of the collateralized-debt market, it's ea ... More >>
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December 14, 2011
New Times Best Of App Gets Love From Wired and Apple
Just a few years ago, the web presence of New Times was the digital equivalent of a kid in a bowler hat yelling out the news next to the haberdashery. Now, we've got a sweet new homepage, award-winning blogs, and apparently a smart phone app that rocks. Sure, that sounds like we're using this spa ... More >>
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December 5, 2011
After Serving 107,000 Burgers, Rok: Brgr Celebrates its First Birthday
Rok: Brgr's morning glory burger. It has been a good year for Rok: Brgr Burger Bar and Gastropub. Accolades have been rolling in, including winning Best New Restaurant in Broward from New Times and a People's Choice award at the Riverwalk Trust Burger Battle. So you can see why the folks at Rok: ... More >>
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December 1, 2011
Passenger Rail Coming to Downtown Fort Lauderdale and Its Soon-to-Be-Obsolete Bridge
Eric BartonAs long as we're talking ferries and bikes, we may as well point your attention to another exciting mode of alternative transportation that's making its way to South Florida's urban centers.That's right -- the people who dream up such things say that passenger rail is on its way. That ... More >>
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November 25, 2011
Prius V Test Drive: How Many Hippies and Bags of Manure Can This Thing Hold Anyway?
Photos by Eric BartonHow many Occupy protesters can we fit in a Prius V?We don't do a whole lot of car reviews here at the Pulp. So when JM Family Enterprises asked if we'd be interested in test-driving a Prius V for the weekend, our initial reaction was simple: only if we could try stuffing it f ... More >>
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November 25, 2011
Mosler's New Supercar Gets an Incredibly Awkward Introduction to Society
The last time Riviera Beach-based supercar maker Mosler Automotive made waves in automotive circles was about a decade ago with the release of its lightweight speed demon, the Mosler MT900 (see Eric Barton's piece on the subject).Now there's the Mosler RaptorGTR, which includes some superimpressi ... More >>
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November 10, 2011
New Times Beerfest Judges: Nine Expert Drinkers, Including These Two Lucky Readers
New Times Beerfest is better than this one. Greg Heller, a financial analyist and major beer fiend, and Stevette Hay, a former brewpub employee and local chef, are our two readers who will join an esteemed panel to help judge the New Times Beerfest 2011 awards. Heller and Hay provided two detaile ... More >>
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September 14, 2011
Pairings 2011: Ticket Winners, Judges Announced
You've got one more day to buy tickets for New Times' fourth annual Pairings event at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.Click on the Pairings website to buy tickets online for $45 today, or pay $55 at the door tomorrow. Deep-pocketed readers can shell out $80 for VIP tickets that allow ... More >>
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September 6, 2011
Paddleboard Makers on Risks: "We Call It Jumping Off Cliffs and Growing Wings on the Way Down"
Photo by Eric BartonThe New River is one of the spots that is turning South Florida into a mecca for paddleboarding.In March 2010, Matt Johnston called his wife, Deb, from China with a crazy idea. Matt was touring factories that make stand-up paddleboards in the hope that he might start making th ... More >>
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June 28, 2011
Cinema Paradiso Board Shrugs Off Mounting Problems, Despite Detailed Tales From Inside
Photo by Eric BartonThe Cinema Paradiso board: Nope, no problems here.If you read this June 7 article on problems at Cinema Paradiso, you might be a bit concerned about Fort Lauderdale's arthouse theater. Problems with finances, complaints from former employees, a decrease in membership -- all th ... More >>
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June 23, 2011
Allen West's Illegal Underwater Flag Trip Was Organized by Taxpayer-Funded Tourism Board
West's underwater salute comes courtesy of the visitors bureau.The dive trip in which U.S. Rep. Allen West violated federal law by bringing along an American flag was organized by a tourism group funded by tax money.The Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau organized the dive tri ... More >>
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June 7, 2011
Cinema Paradiso Chases Out Top Managers
Photo by Eric BartonIf you hit Cinema Paradiso's Italia Film Festa this past weekend you might have been lucky enough to catch Come Undone, a steamy flick about an adulterous affair set in Milan. After seeing it in December, Village Voice reviewer Nick Pinkerton wrote: "The hot sex has the rhythm ... More >>
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June 3, 2011
Neighbors Turned Vacant Lot Into a Garden; Then the Bank Brought in a Wrecking Crew
Photos by Eric BartonVegetables used to grow here.For almost a year now, residents of downtown Fort Lauderdale's Flagler Village neighborhood chipped in their time and money on a community garden occupying a once-scrubby scrap of land. They built raised planter boxes and bamboo fences and just pu ... More >>
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May 21, 2011
Okeechobee Zombie Apocalypse Plan Timed Perfectly for Actual Apocalypse
The end of the world is supposed to come today, and if it does, it's a safe bet it'll somehow involve zombies. If so, head to Okeechobee, where Emergency Operations Center director Mike Faulkner has prepared a 75-page plan on how to respond to a "zombie apocalypse." Faulkner told the Okeechobee N ... More >>
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May 18, 2011
Escorts Who Met Clients at Hotel Rooms Found Themselves at the End of a Gun, Cops Say
Police say a gang of men came up with a novel idea for a series of robberies: Call escorts, meet them at hotel rooms, and then rob them at gunpoint. For some reason, the robberies sometimes ended in the men pepper spraying the escorts. In response, cops from Plantation Police, Fort Lauderdale Pol ... More >>
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May 17, 2011
Here's a Rare Headline: A Broward Politician Makes a Good, Ethical Call and Cancels the Mayor's Gala
Feel free to drop a donation in the bucket.It's not often that the Pulp mentions Broward politics with a reference to an ethical decision. It's even rarer when mentioning the county mayor's office, which has seemed like a magnet for corruption the past couple of terms. Add Sue Gunzburger's name t ... More >>
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February 11, 2011
Shelby Cobra Lost for Three Decades Expected to Fetch Nearly a Half-Million at Auction
Photos by Eric BartonThirty years ago, Carl Lee Windham asked his father for money to buy the car he'd always hoped to own. An Arizona dealer was asking $30,000 for a 1963 Shelby Cobra the color of a candy apple. Windham's father reluctantly gave his son 30 grand in gold coins to buy the car.Wind ... More >>
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December 13, 2010
Lynn University Students who Tried to Cross Drawbridge Had Little Warning of Danger
Photos by Eric BartonStickers and graffiti cover the main warning sign at the downtown Fort Lauderdale tracks.Two Lynn University students who tried to cross downtown Fort Lauderdale's railroad bridge early Saturday morning had little warning what was coming. Two signs warn pedestrians to stay of ... More >>
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October 6, 2010
Free Weed, and Other Ideas for a Better Pro-pot Rally
Photo by Eric BartonSabrina displays a foam finger of fun.You're on the internet reading the blog of an alternative newsweekly, so there's a damn fine chance that you'd like to smoke a joint legally. So why were so few people at the pro-pot rally yesterday in Fort Lauderdale?Sabrina Koramblyum, w ... More >>
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August 25, 2010
Malibu Mojito in a Bag a Convenient Way to Carry a Poorly Mixed Drink
Photos by Eric BartonWe'll give it this much: It's convenient for office drinking.It came in a nondescript box in the mail one day, this bag of liquor. The container inside had convenient little handles at the top, a spout at the bottom, and a simple promise: mojitos anywhere.And that sounded pre ... More >>
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August 19, 2010
Las Colinas in Wilton Manors Serves up Lunch Counter Cuban
Photos by Eric BartonLas Colinas means "the hills," and you get a mountain of rice with the dinners.There have been plenty of attempts to fancy up Cuban cuisine. There's the overrated Versailles, and the Cabana restaurants in West Palm and Delray do a good Cuban-Caribbean fusion.But the truth is, ... More >>
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August 6, 2010
Doggy Bag: This Week in Charlie
Dean Max's clam BLT deconstruction inspired some debate this week.New Times Pairings is coming in September, and we're asking you what local restaurants you'd like to see there.A chef embroiled in legal troubles, asking for help on Craigslist? Name that local toque. East Coast Barbecue uses high- ... More >>
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July 27, 2010
J. Mark's Fort Lauderdale Opens After Long, Complete Makeover
Photos by Eric BartonThe J. Mark's dining room has come along way from its Bennigan's days.It may seem like forever since anybody was slinging food in the old Bennigan's location in Fort Lauderdale. But after a complete rehab in and out, J. Mark's finally opened its second location. If you haven' ... More >>
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June 18, 2010
Bluejay's Cafe to Open Tuesday in Himmarshee, the Culmination of a Ten-year Love Affair
Photos by Eric BartonJeremiah and Zandra met when he was an exchange student in Sweden.Jeremiah Buchanan and Zandra Lindgren met about ten years ago when he went to Sweden as an exchange student and stayed with her family. "I knew right then he was the guy I was going to marry," Zandra recalls.Th ... More >>
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June 17, 2010
Eten Food Co. a Rare Inexpensive Option on Las Olas
Photos by Eric BartonEten's takeout orders come ready to carry back to your desk.Las Olas has lots of pricey options, but aside from the Floridian, that solid-for-breakfast-dead-for-dinner mainstay, and old stalwart bakery Gran Forno, there are few places to score a quick and cheap lunch. So that ... More >>
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May 20, 2010
Today’s Plan: The Ocean, the Grill, and a Cooler
Photos by Eric BartonEten's takeout orders come ready to carry back to your desk.Las Olas has lots of pricey options, but aside from the Floridian, that solid-for-breakfast-dead-for-dinner mainstay, and old stalwart bakery Gran Forno, there are few places to score a quick and cheap lunch. So that ... More >>
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May 17, 2010
100 Favorite Dishes: Butifarra From Bravo Gourmet Sandwich Shop
Eric BartonAs a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com.No. 10: Butifarra From Bravo Gourmet Sandwich ShopThe postcard-sized ... More >>
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May 3, 2010
100 Favorite Dishes: Almond Cookies from Gran Forno Bakery
Photo by Eric BartonAs a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com.No. 20: Almond Cookies from Gran Forno BakeryIt's lunchtime ... More >>
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April 13, 2010
100 Favorite Dishes: Georgia Pig's Bacon
Photo by Eric BartonAs a countdown to the Best Of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com.No. 34: Georgia Pig's Bacon Georgia Pig's bacon is sliced thic ... More >>
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February 23, 2010
Trata Greek Taverna Opens on Las Olas
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 Eric BartonTrata: No table dancers within.For great people-watching without the worry of bare feet dancing ta ... More >>
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January 27, 2010
Where the Girls Are: YOLO in Fort Lauderdale and Tramonti in Delray Beach
Photo by Eric BartonOK, OK. In the interest of fairness and equality in light of last week's column about where to meet men, I guess I also have to disclose where hot girls in their mid-20s-plus go when scoping for gents. There are two places that are perfect -- YOLO in Fort Lauderdale and Tramon ... More >>
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January 18, 2010
BO's Fish Wagon: The Best Burger in Key West
Photos by Eric BartonThe annual New Times Best Of Broward-Palm Beach edition doesn't cover the Keys, so it seems reasonable that we could name the best burger in Key West any other time of the year. So after a recent visit down to the end of U.S. 1, I'm ready to declare a winner: BO's Fish ... More >>
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September 11, 2009
Doggie Bag: This Week in Charlie
Here's what you missed this week on Clean Plate Charlie:Bill Citara highlighted one of our favorite cheap wines: Robert Mondavi Syrah.A brand new restaurant opened in downtown Hollywood, and Eric Barton wrote up a quick take on Satoro's tapas plates.Love Bites this week takes on a Transylvanian r ... More >>
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January 2, 2009
The Cuts Keep Coming
I've been documenting the downsizing of newspapers here for the past couple of years, so I guess it was bound to happen. My newspaper, which has largely avoided the carnage, has been cutting not just empty positions, but people. And the bloodletting has happened at several other newsp ... More >>
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December 2, 2008
Crist's Wedding Dress, the GOP's KKK Problem, and the Dunkin' Badass
Crist Buys Wedding Dress, Won't Be One Wearing It If you're the type of person who laughs at the sight of a beard-wedding dress combination, you'll appreciate the news that Charlie Crist's fiancee recently bought herself a wedding gown. I say this not because the accusations that Carole Rome ... More >>
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August 14, 2003
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Guns Again
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April 10, 2003
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This Column's No Disgrace
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December 19, 2002
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November 28, 2002
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