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Orlando Company Wants to Purchase Mangos Restaurant and Lounge on Las Olas

Mangos Restaurant and Lounge, the iconic island-style restaurant and lounge on Las Olas Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, may be in the process of being bought out by Big Three Restaurants Inc. The Orlando corporation is in the business of owning and operating franchise restaurants. Big Three is an ea ... More >>

John Sims, Cooper City Commissioner Who Posted Racist Obama Message on Facebook, Says He's Sorry

Last week we told you about a stereotype-filled racist Obama "joke" posted on Facebook by Cooper City City Commissioner John Sims. He took the comments down from his Facebook page, but through the magic and wizardry of the Internetz, the world was still able to see what Sims wrote: "Just wanted t ... More >>

Michael Venditto, Boca Raton Cheerleading Coach, Arrested on Sexual Battery Charges

Michael Venditto, a Boca Raton cheerleading coach, was arrested Wednesday on charges of sexual battery and unlawful sexual activity involving two teenage girls, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office. Venditto, 27, is charged with unlawful sexual activity with one of his 17-year-old ch ... More >>

Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day: Celebs Weigh In

Mike Huckabee has called for fans of "free speech" to celebrate today, August 1, as Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day. As the Fox News pundit, Southern Baptist minister, and politician said on his website and Facebook page: "Let's affirm a business that operates on Christian principles and whose executiv ... More >>

Epic Meal Time Herman Cain Edition: Fast Food Pizza (Video)

Republican Party? Pizza Party!​Since we're all impatiently awaiting Herman Cain's important announcement today, we decided to figure out possible public relations strategies for Cain to get back into the good graces of the American public.Cain has a background in managing a fast food chain and a p ... More >>

Colonel Sanders' Secret Manuscript Found After 40 Years: What a Coincidence

Yum BrandsColonel Sanders' manuscript was found after 40 years​Kentucky Fried Chicken announced the discovery of an unpublished "food autobiography" written by chicken king Colonel Harland Sanders more than 40 years ago.The manuscript was found by 30-year employee Amy Sherwood, who found the manus ... More >>

Herman Cain Sings About Pizza

Herman Cain still has a relationship with pizza​Presidential hopeful Herman Cain is turning into the breakout candidate for the Republican nod in 2012. The former head of Godfather's Pizza is now best known for his proposed 9-9-9 tax plan that would have all Americans paying a flat business, inco ... More >>

Which is Worse: KFC's New Cheesy Bacon Bowl or a Frito Pie?

Casserole comebacks aren't just for fat-basking Paula Dean, as fast food and sit-down restaurants continue to introduce them in the form of pies and bowls. Yesterday Eater.com reported Kentucky Fried Chicken's newest gutbomb, the Cheesy Bacon Bowl, an amalgamation of mashed potatoes, fried chicken, ... More >>

Not Just For Dessert, Fast Food Minis Are A Whole Meal

​USA Today reports on the mini-dessert trend, which includes today's rollout at Baskin Robbins of the four bite cake-and-ice-cream dessert that fits in the palm of a hand. While fine and mid-range dining restaurants have featured mini sweets for decades, the trend is finally hitting the mass ... More >>

Free Popcorn Chicken at KFC Today

Kentucky Fried ChickenGet a free popcorn chicken when you join the KFC e-mail club today.​Here's something to make your Monday a little less painful - free lunch.When you sign up for the Colonel's e-mail club, you'll receive a coupon for a free popcorn chicken, courtesy of Kentucky Fried Chicken, ... More >>

Real Food Products That Only Sound Like a Joke

The (totally genuine, but now off-the-market) sports energy drink your 8-year-old self could only dream of.​Snack foods that all but promise to send you to the emergency room. Fast-food items that invoke natural disasters and use meat in place of grains. Bacon dishes that require weaving skills. A ... More >>

Numerous KFC Stores Shutting Down Across Broward

Finger lickin' gone? Information is sketchy right now, but reports are coming in that Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants at more than 20 locations in Broward County are being shut down as I type this. The only confirmed shutdown so far is at the KFC at 815 Hallandale Beach Boulevard. I called the ... More >>

The Facebook Page of Egypt's Protesters

Facebook.comKhaled Said, whom police beat to death.​As the Obama administration calls for an incremental transition of power in Eqypt and South Florida protesters join the rallying cry to overthrow President Hosni Mubarak, it's becoming more and more difficult to understand what ordinary Egyptians ... More >>

Oprah Winfrey: Vegan Ally

Alan Light / flickrOprah is a friend to veggies everywhere.​​Whether it was going to court to face the beef industry in the late '90s, dedicating episodes of her talk show to behind-the-scenes looks at factory farms, or taking viewers on a grocery-store run for dairy-free junk food with Alicia S ... More >>

Obama Lookalike Sells KFC Fish Sandwich in China

Laine Doss Obama Hopes for Fish Sandwich​Kentucky Fried Chicken in China is certainly different than here in the states.  Here in the states, KFC sells buckets of chicken suitable for eating. In China, however, KFC apparently sells giant fish sandwiches suitable for squashing Democrat ... More >>

Rok: Brgr Gastropub in Fort Lauderdale Good Enough to Survive Burger Trend

Photos courteys Rok: BrgrBurger joints live or die on one dish, and this one's a good one.​There's a scene from a 1981 episode of "Little House on the Prairie" (my sister made me watch it) with a man in a white suit, hat, and Fu Manchu goatee who pulls up to the town's restaurant. He proposes turn ... More >>

Health Inspectors Fry KFC for Sewage Leaks

​Health inspectors have been busy little bees over the past month, tracking down kitchen nightmares like Gordon Ramsay on a coke binge. Their latest haul: a KFC location in Oakland Park that found itself in deep water -- literally. Want to check out restaurant records for yourself? Search the Flor ... More >>

More on the KFC Double Down: Shameless Promotion for a Shameless Food

KFC's websiteKFC is using college girls' buns to promote its bunless sandwich​The Double Down is not a sandwich -- because it lacks one of the major ingredients in a sandwich: bread! Great -- more reason for terrorists to hate us. America: Land of the free, home of the bread-less "sandwich" compri ... More >>

Eating Around the Blog-o-Sphere

Got an interesting post or bit of news to share? Email it to Charlie and we'll include it in Eating Around the Blog-o-Sphere. Anthony Bourdain dishes on his blog about the 100th episode of No Reservations, which aired Monday night and featured Paris. Michael Ruhlman, food writer and good b ... More >>

"I Ate the KFC Double Down" and 25 Other Reasons to Hate Myself

John LinnInto the belly of the beast...​I did it. In the interest of the blog (and curiosity), I tried the new KFC Double Down.  The "sandwich," featuring fried chicken breast strips in place of buns, is being marketed as an excessive, meaty, egregious offering. And it is. I ate one for lunch ... More >>

OMFG, It's the KFC Double Down -- Updated

​Update: I just received word that the nutrition education director for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Susan Levine, has issued a letter to Yum! Brands Inc. (operators of KFC) urging the chain not to advertise the Double Down to children. The letter claims the fat-laden sandwic ... More >>

Nu-Sushi and Sushi Simon Rise Above the Typical Roll

100 Favorite Dishes: Fried Chicken From Fran's Chicken Haven

​As 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.

Reviewing the Chains: Grilled Chicken at KFC

​Today, I'm trying to "unthink" lunch. KFC launched a line of healthier grilled chicken options a few months ago, and it's about time Clean Plate Charlie gives it a try. I've never been a fan of KFC. It's chicken is always far too greasy, sitting under heat lamps for a couple of days more than I'm ... More >>

Reviewing the Chains: Bacon Cheesy Potato Burrito at Taco Bell

​I'm certainly not the first person to notice that Taco Bell primarily has about five ingredients: Beef (sometimes ground, sometimes in larger chunks and called steak), chicken, tortillas, rice, and cheese. Every couple weeks, the powers that be at Taco Bell headquarters will come up with a new co ... More >>

Bad News All Over Department

the precocious acquisition of joyFood related bad news is everywhere this morning, beginning with this story: Money doesn't buy happiness, as we know. But evidently fast food does. Researches at the University of Arkansas teamed up with the University of Taiwan to extrapolate from a long term study ... More >>

Letters for December 25-December 31, 2008

Booze Hound - BYOBooze

Herald Health Tips

SunSentinel Tip: Don't Crap in the Pool

Week's Top Food-Related Headlines

King Fisher

It's the Sauce, Stupid!

Hurricane takes the wing world by storm

Ask the Food Critic: Where Can I Find Korean Fried Chicken?

A Gourmet in Party Central

Chef Hammi gets fresh at Himmarshee

Chain-Scape

It's a mall world after all

The 'Toon Age, Embalmed

Try to skip the footnotes at the Art and Culture Center show and look at the pictures

Turning Over a New Leaf

Jimmy LaValle's mellow mood is cool as Iceland

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Luxuriant Lunch

Symphony of Distortion

Cuter than a laundry basket full of kittens

Bug Out

Who are you calling a lepidopteran?

Across the Great Divide

They like to wear women's panties, girdles, and bras

What a Mouthful!

With the founding of his own steak house, Howard Schnellenberger has finally arrived

Basic Extinct

The food at Gryphon is bad, the service is worse. If management doesn't start caring, the Cooper City restaurant won't last long.

Foodstuff

Fran's Chicken Haven

Coop d'État

Chicken Run

Win, Lose, or Thai

The Red Thai Room

Undercurrents

No fast-food drive-thrus

The Straight Dope