Shellfish

Pompano Seafood Festival Continues Today, Here's What to Expect

If you're headed to the 29th-Annual Pompano Beach Seafood Festival on the beach near the Pompano Pier today, here is a quick guide to what you can expect. At the beginning is Papa Hughie's Seafood World, a staple at the festival for 28 of the festivals 29 years and at the very end is Walker's Seaf ... More >>

Step Up the Thursday-Night Steak Dinner

First Look: RACKS Fish House and Oyster Bar Opens in Delray Beach

This week Delray Beach welcomed a newcomer to the Atlantic Ave. restaurant row: RACKS Fish House and Oyster Bar, which opened for business on Monday.Billed as a New England seafood house, the concept is an extension of owner and South Florida restaurateur Gary Rack's RACKS Downtown Eatery Mizner Par ... More >>

Christmas Eve 2012 Dinner: Restaurants Open (and Serving Holiday Specials) on Christmas Eve in Fort Lauderdale and Beyond

So...You just got off the phone with your mother-in-law. The folks are hitting town a day earlier than expected, effectively putting the kibosh on your plans for a Christmas Eve spent in your jammies picking at a DiGiornos. How to feed and entertain the troops without breaking a sweat? Leave the wor ... More >>

The Delray Beach Wine and Seafood Festival is this Weekend: What's on the Menu?

If Delray Beach hopes to keep the momentum going from that whole "we're the most fun small town in the United States" thing from earlier this year, it's got to give the folks something to do. The Delray Beach Wine and Seafood Festival this weekend helps to fulfill that role, adding to the city's alr ... More >>

Fresh Seafood Markets in Broward and Palm Beach

There's buying fish from a commercial chain grocery store, and then there's buying fish from a local fish market. If you've ever walked past your local supermarket fish department and gasped for air, you know exactly what I mean.Especially after recent concerns of area fish fraud and mislabeling, we ... More >>

Imoto: Buccan's Little Sister Opens in Palm Beach

​It's not quite March, but already Clay Conley has had one busy 2012. After recently being named a semifinalist for a James Beard Award in the Best Chef (South) category, Conley has opened an intimate, 40-seat, Asian-inspired bistro featuring small plates.Imoto, which translates into "little siste ... More >>

Suck Da Heads at Shuck-N-Dive for Mardi Gras

How to Eat Crawfish - PSA from Loyola Motion Design on Vimeo."It's early in the season for crawfish," said Clif Smith of Crawfish Company of Central Florida. "We're very busy and could run a little short," he told Clean Plate Charlie in between taking orders for tomorrow's Mardi Gras festivities. De ... More >>

Kabuki West Palm Beach Offers Double Happy Hour Deals

KabukiKabuki has two happy hours fit for a samurai.​What does the new kid on the block have to do to make friends? How about offering not one, but two happy hours?Kabuki, the recently opened sushi and tapas restaurant on Clematis Street, is offering a happy hour deal worth checking into.

Boston's on the Beach in Delray Reopens

Boston's has reopened after a remodel, christening the upstairs dining room 50 Ocean.​Straightforward is the word I hear most when chefs and managers describe dishes at South Florida restaurants, be it the most humble local joint or the newest brasserie with access to the ocean. It's an apt descri ... More >>

Where to Find the Freshest Oysters in South Florida

​A few weeks ago, at the start of September, I hit up a favorite little oyster bar back in D.C. only to be served a dozen that bathed in opaque milky liquor. Milky oysters aren't a sign that they're bad, but it is a sign they're spawning: a sure bet they'll be thin and flaccid, their flavor di ... More >>

Hot Stuff Grille Dishes Upscale Fast Food in Plantation

Aphrodisiacs: Five Places to Get Oysters in Broward and Palm Beach Counties

He's swallowing these aphrodisiacs by the bucket load.​With Valentine's Day looming, you're probably thinking one of two things: "Should I dump this loser before I have to shell out money for a gift?" or "I need to find the perfect gift for the love lust of my life." Tender glances, heartfelt ... More >>

Make This Stone Crab and Artichoke Dip For Your Football Watch Party

Courtesy of Linda Gassenheimer Stone Crab and Artichoke Dip​You've invited a bunch of friends over to watch the games this weekend. That also means you're going to have a half dozen hungry guys and gals in your living room and if you don't feed them they're going to start eating the furnit ... More >>

Which NFL Team to Root for in the Playoffs? Let Your Food Cravings Decide.

nfl.com​Perhaps no one is truly shocked that the Miami Dolphins have failed to land a spot in the playoffs, leaving South Floridians without a team to support this weekend. It's been ten years since our last Divisional Playoff game, for Christ's sake. I suppose we will have to dry our tears on our ... More >>

New Year's Eve at Tropics

Key Largo Stone Crab Festival Set for January 29-30, 2011

flickr: larryjh1234​This is the one time it is okay to get excited about a case of the crabs, so take advantage! The second annual Key Largo Stone Crab festival kicks off Jan 29-30 at

Suite 100 Opens in Las Olas Riverfront

​The space on the ground floor of Las Olas Riverfront facing the outdoor stage has been a revolving door over the years. Suite 100, opened this Friday, looks to change that for good.An eclectic restaurant helmed by limousine service mogul Leonard Gioeni, Suite 100 looks to fill the void for inexpe ... More >>

Rock the Mic Night

100 Favorite Dishes: Lobster Roll From Kelly's Landing

John Linn​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.No. 17: Lobster Roll From Kelly's LandingSweet, succulent lobster is on ... More >>

A Queen-Sized Show

For Stone Crab and More, See the Captain

​Now that stone crab season is upon us, you gotta see the Captain. It's Florida lobster season too, so you gotta see the Captain. And if you want live softshell crabs, fresh Cape Canaveral shrimp, pumpkin swordfish, spear-caught hog snapper and more, you gotta see the Captain.  "The Capta ... More >>

Viva Dada

Six Glasses of Wine with Dinner?

What a Capital Idea!

New Year's on the Beach

Booze for the Boobies

The more you drink, the more RA Sushi donates.

Beach Blanket Bonerama

Jazz Soufflé

Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Reading the future in two beachy-keen fish houses

Pupu in Paradise

I got crabs at Nick's and loved it

How to Cook a Shrimp

And why all brownies are not created equal

Jaws Eats Claws

Blacktip Reef spawns a feeding frenzy

No Need to be Shellfish

Legal Aid

Local attorney serves more than subpoenas at the Jib Room

New American Nostalgic

11 Maple's not perfect, but it's thoroughly ours

Dead Fish Don't Swim

Restaurateur Jack Jackson moves from beef to bass and gets it half right

Old-fashioned Passion

Best Late-Night Dining

Moonlite Diner

Natural-Born Geezers

Best Takeout Chinese

Dragon Gate

Best Caesar Salad

Delicaseas

Weston Goes Gourmet

Miami-Dade's favorite upscale diner hits the Broward suburbs

Boston Sea Party

Just clam up and chow down at this maritime buffet

The Bread Crumbs of Life

The Islamorada Fish Company market offers both fine seafood and its favorite crispy coating

Foodstuff

Shore to Door Seafood

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Big City Tavern and East City Bistro

B.Y.O.Beef

The Station Grille

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Tarpon Bend

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Once in a Blue Moon