Rodney Mayo

Clay Conley Has a Secret Love for Skittles, Starburst, and Twizzlers

If you don't know who Clay Conley is, you're obviously not that into food. For the past two years, Conley has been nominated for the James Beard Foundation's Best Chef in the South -- this year he was the only nominee in all of Broward and Palm Beach counties. The Maine native started off his culi ... More >>

Paul Castronovo: Give Him Pasta and Wine and He's Good to Go

If you've spent more than five minutes in South Florida, you know who Paul Castronovo is. As part of the Paul and Young Ron Show, Castronovo has woken up more South Floridians than a strong cup of Cuban coffee. The Paul and Young Ron morning radio show is much more than the usual comedic high jinks ... More >>

Rodney Mayo and Scott Frielich: South Florida's Savviest Restaurateurs

To say the South Florida nightclub and restaurant scene would be a much more bland and boring place without Rodney Mayo and Scott Frielich would be a huge understatement. While Mayo was opening his long-established West Palm Beach nightclub and live music venue, Respectable Street, in the mid-80s, f ... More >>

Five Best Restaurants on Clematis Street in West Palm Beach

West Palm Beach has never been known for its dining scene, but several new restaurants have helped to make the Clematis St. strip a new downtown destination for South Florida foodies. These days there's a little bit of everything, from sports bars and Mexican at Rocco's Tacos, to Cuban-style eats at ... More >>

Hullabaloo Italian Gastropub, New Restaurant from Rodney Mayo, Opens Friday

For months, the sign in the window at 517 Clematis St. has promised the coming of a new establishment for downtown West Palm Beach, the hint of wood-fired fare, charcuterie, artisanal beer and craft cocktails.This Friday, all questions over what that means will be answered with the grand opening of ... More >>

The Creators of Moonfest Hosting "War of the Worlds" New Year's Eve Party in West Palm Beach

If you love Moonfest, you're going to really love this year's War of the Worlds New Year's Eve party in West Palm Beach.The creators of Moonfest are bringing back the 500 Block New Year's Eve party to Clematis St., which shuts down the west end of the street for an evening of live music and celebrat ... More >>

Dada Brings Back Chef-Inspired Wine Pairing Dinners

Dada Executive Chef Bruce Feingold has announced the return of his restaurant's popular wine pairing dinner series, beginning with the first, dubbed Twelve/Twelve/Twelve because -- you guessed it -- it will be held on December 12. It is the first of such wine pairing dinners to be held at the restau ... More >>

73. Clams and Chorizo From Longboards

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.​73. Clams and ... More >>

Villacrusis Has Left Kapow! Noodle Bar

​ Updated.Kapow! Noodle Bar has gone the way of Banana Republic by introducing sliders to the menu. This item signals a move to a conservatism to align with its Mizner Park location, prompting chef Roy Villacrusis to depart for other projects. The noodle bar conceived by Rodney Mayo and Scott Fri ... More >>

Kapow! Noodle Bar in Boca Raton: Engaging Menu, Ambitious Chef, but What Are They Doing in Mizner?

Broward/Palm Beach County Noteworthy Chefs of 2011

chef Angelo Elia of Casa 'd Angelo​Being a chef has never been a glamorous job as anyone who's made it her life work will tell you. The rise of cooking shows and the fetishizing of food has ushered the profession in the limelight. As restaurants garner attention, it's natural to become more aware ... More >>

Kapow! Noodle Bar's Chef Roy Villacrusis Has Got A Problem

The wood-framed interior and an ocean of mural give the illusion of being on an old ship.​"I think I have a problem," said chef Roy Villacrusis of Kapow! Noodle Bar, the subject of this week's review. "I don't care what people think."He's not just talking about the menu the Mizner Park noodle hous ... More >>

Kapow! Noodle Bar: Restaurant Crib Notes

​Kapow! Noodle Bar chef Roy Villacrusis won the "Grand Chef Throwdown" at the fifth annual Palm Beach Food and Wine Festival last night, a five-day benefit for the James Beard Foundation. Villacrusis, who helmed the short-lived Kubo that earned New Times' Best Restaurant in Palm Beach in 2011, com ... More >>

Tap 42 and Kapow! Noodle Bar Open for Lunch

Melissa McCart​In the event you've made the rounds on our Fort Lauderdale lunch list, there's a new one in the queue.

Kapow! Noodle Bar in Boca Raton Opening November 23: A Sneak Peek Inside

Giving passers-by a peek inside Kapow! Noodle Bar. ​ Noodle fans in Boca Raton have been champing at the bit for the opening of Kapow! Noodle Bar in Mizner Park. The brainchild of Rodney Mayo and Scott Frielich (of Dada, Tryst, the Dubliner, Respectable Street, and Vagabond, to name a few) and Vau ... More >>

Roy Villacrusis Named Executive Chef of Boca Raton's Kapow! Noodle Bar

​This just in: Roy Villacrusis, the man behind the innovative small-plates menu at the new Palm Beach Gardens hot spot Dirty Martini and the owner of North Palm Beach's Kubo, has been named executive chef for Kapow! Noodle Bar in Boca Raton.Villacrusis' brand of "Asiatic Cuisine" forms the ba ... More >>

Longboards in West Palm Beach: A Fish-Focused Restaurant From Nightlife Mogul Rodney Mayo

Kapow! Noodle House to Open November 1

​The guys behind Boca Raton's most anticipated restaurant opening will narrow down their chef pick for Kapow! Noodle Bar this week, says partner Vaughan Lazar (Pizza Fusion), one of three partners behind the Asian fusion concept, a joint project conceived by Rodney Mayo and Scott Frielich.The pool ... More >>

Restaurant Round-Up: Openings/Closings in July

Wellington Green MallDressed Up Mexican at the mall at Solo Cantina​At the end of every month, we look back and take stock of restaurants that have opened and closed. (I know we're a few days into August already; forgive us!) Though the crowds may have migrated north for the summer, and the tempe ... More >>

Free Block Party and Grand Opening Celebration at Longboards in West Palm Beach

Nicole DannaLongboards will be celebrating its grand opening July 1​Clematis St. in West Palm Beach has a new addition: Welcome Longboards Restaurant and Bar, which will be celebrating its grand opening with complimentary food and drink Saturday, July 2, from 5 p.m. to midnight.&nbs ... More >>

Restaurant News: Kapow! Noodle Bar to Hit Boca, Prime Offers $10 Lunch Deal, Asian Fusion Buffet Dishes in Royal Palm

​•    Hoping they're launching a really big hit, niteclub impresarios Rodney Mayo and Scott Freilich and Pizza Fusion proprietor Vaughan Lazar are planning to open Kapow! Noodle Bar in July in Boca's Mizner Park. "Fresh and sustainable" pan-Asian noodles, some dim sum items and co ... More >>

Dada: After Ten Years in Business, Its Kitchen Needs an Overhaul

Respectable Street Celebrates 23rd Anniversary With Block Party Saturday

Our Five Favorite New Restaurants of 2009

​This week in Dish we walk down memory lane and revisit the crazy year that was 2009. Our year-end wrap up answers the following: What notable newcomers made their way onto South Florida's eager palates? What restaurants fell victim to the stagnant economy? In 2009, restaurateurs turned to trends ... More >>

Still Rocking on Clematis Street

Concert review: Respectable Street's 22nd anniversary.

Hoppin' Glad

Tryst turns this snarky wine snob into a baby beer buff.

West Palm Beats

Party With Your Crüe

The Song Does Not Remain the Same

At Respecs, all things must pass. Even nightlife columnists.

Break Out the Champagne

A Clematis stalwart turns 20

Dublin Calling

Late-Night Bites

It's midnight: Do you know where your next meal is coming from?

Saki-to-Me

Are Palm Beach nightcrawlers getting a raw deal?

Great Taste, Less Lame

With Clematis Street sputtering, Ray's Downtown barely holds on as a beachhead of hip

Barely Legal

Best Diner

Howley's

Best 'Zine

Closer

Hold the Mayo

Beat Street

Welcome to Oblivion

Freaks, Unite!

Nothing like pumpkin beer to bring people together...

Letters July 15-21, 2004

Bombing Run

Keith Clayborne throws missiles from a safe distance

Street of Dreams

Clematis Street is on the skids, kids

Street Survivor

Respectable Street celebrates a quintessential quindecennial

The Delux Package

A little bit of South Beach comes to Delray Beach

Bandwidth

You know, it's not every day you get to see an '80s synth-pop icon do a pratfall on-stage

Best Literary Evening

Dada

Get Yer Dada Out

Dada

Bandwidth

Sonic Saturday, The Cure