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Palm Beaches Restaurant Week is June 3 to 9: Here's a List of Participating Restaurants

Palm Beach County restaurateurs will show off their goods in the first Palm Beaches Restaurant Week scheduled for Sunday, June 3, through Saturday, June 9, at dozens of top restaurants throughout the county. Marquee names like Seasons 52, Pistache French Bistro, Café Boulud, Buddha Sky Bar, Kapow! ... More >>

Boca Bacchanal Celebrates Ten Years of Wining and Dining

​Boca Bachannal, the three-day celebration of wine and food, is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a pretty impressive lineup of events. Tastings, dinners, and seminars start on Friday, March 23rd and culminate with a grand tasting on Sunday, March 25th.  Proceeds from the events benefit ... More >>

Philippe Chow in Boca Holding Victory Party

​Chow vs. Chow pitted restaurant chain Philippe Chow against Mr. Chow in one confusing lawsuit that had attorneys arguing everything from name rights to recipe theft.  Who won?  Depends on who you talk to.  Stratis Morfogen, CEO of Philippe Chow has been claiming victory all we ... More >>

After Chow v. Chow, Will Las Olas See Philippe?

​In the mixed verdict of Chow v. Chow last week, a jury awarded $1 million to Michael Chow of Mr. Chow in his claim against Philippe Chow yet cleared allegations against the restaurant group for 15 of 16 counts such as trademark infringement, unfair and deceptive trade practices, and misappropri ... More >>

Delray Beach Garlic Festival, Fort Lauderdale Greek Festival, and Other Food and Drink Events This Week in SoFla

​Things to do this week include booking a reservation for Valentine's Day -- something that needs to happen quickly if you don't want to be shut out of the game -- or making plans for a special pre-Valentine's outing. There are plenty of fun date ideas for the weekend, but no shortage of options f ... More >>

Dinner Theater and Burgers Dominated 2011, So What's Coming for 2012?

December Openings and Closings

facebookBreathe Restaurant and Ultra Lounge​Despite the holiday rush, December saw no abatement in restaurant openings. Nice weather, tourism and delayed fall debuts were the incentives. Most new restaurants fill a niche: The Wine Dive, Havana's, Le Macaron, or Brooklyn Water Bagel, for example.Ja ... More >>

Philippe by Philippe Chow and the $15,000 Money Bag

​A woman accompanied by two guests left $15,000 behind in a Jimmy Choo bag at Philippe by Philippe Chow on Wednesday night. "What do you want me to do with this?" manager Jorge del Valle said when he showed CEO Stratis Morfogen the contents of the bag after the group had left.

Insidefortlauderdale.com: Here's What Happens When an Internet Troll Starts a Website (Updated)

Update: Insidefortlauderdale.com owner Dennis Baasch responds. See below.Photo providedDennis Baasch at a recent restaurant opening.​A website called Inside Fort Lauderdale posted a review October 24 of the new Philippe by Philippe Chow restaurant in Boca Raton under the headline "Philippe Chow's ... More >>

Philippe by Philippe Chow to Open on Las Olas by Late Spring 2012

​The casual, Beijing-style Chinese dining branded by Philippe Chow in Boca Raton this summer is slated to open at 450 E. Las Olas Blvd., in the former Jackson's Steakhouse building, confirms Philippe Chow CEO Stratis Morfogen. Morfogen said the company had been eyeing Fort Lauderdale for the ... More >>

Philippe by Philippe Chow in Boca Raton: Polished Service, Lively Crowd, Fair Prices

New Restaurant Round Up: Philippe Chow in Lauderdale, The Water Bar, A Whole (New) Enchilada, and The Poolside Bar

​We've received a flurry of press releases and heads up notifying us of restaurant openings in the coming season and the course of the year. First up, in correlation with this week's restaurant review on Philippe Chow: sources tell us that a location for the group's next casual dining location wil ... More >>

Fort Lauderdale's Top Ten Local Restaurant Stories of the Summer

​This past summer-between May 31st and yesterday- the area's readers have been more interested in the opening of burger joints-or really, just about any joint- than porn filmed at a pizzeria. Read on for the season's most read local restaurant news of the summer. The results may surprise you.

Steak 954, Johnny V, and Hard Rock Casino Seek Cooks, Bartenders, Servers

​I'm struck by how depressing Chipotle's employment campaign is. Opportunity is a lonely fast food burrito - for which we can't even see the food? It's so sad sack it reminds me of a scene in American Splendor in which Harvey Pekar wears a frown and slumps through garage sales, sifting through old ... More >>

Philippe Chow in Boca, the Sequel

Philippe Chow​A recent conversation with Stratis Morfogen, CEO of Philippe Chow restaurants, yielded a few more nuggets about the coming debut of Philippe Chow in the downtown Boca Raton space formerly home to III Forks steakhouse.  For one, Morfogen expect the new Philippe to debut in mid-Au ... More >>

Two Miami Hotties Coming to Boca Raton

Philippe Chow​Lately it seems that Delray and West Palm Beach have been getting all the restaurant glory but now it appears that Boca Raton is cutting itself a slice of fine dining glam.  Expecting to debut in mid-August is the second SoFla outpost of New York-based high-end Chinese eatery Ph ... More >>

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