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Steve Martorano

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    89. Meatballs from Cafe Martorano

    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.​89. Meatballs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    Boca Raton Versus Fort Lauderdale: Pick Your Favorite Dining Scene

    ​Clean Plate Charlie is pitting our eight best dining areas against each other in a March Madness-style bracket. Later this month, we'll crown a winner -- an undisputed champion city that can boast to have the best food scene in Broward and Palm Beach counties. Below, read up on No. 4 seeded Weste ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    Martorano's Masters Meatball Eating Championship: One Meaty Challenge

    Yo! Steve Martorano is hosting a meatball eating competition.​If you've always wanted to see grown men and women scarf down copious amounts of meat for a cash prize,  then the Martorano's Masters Meatball Eating championship at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is your opportunity to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2011

    Palm Beach Food & Wine Festival, Beer Events, and Other Food & Drink Happenings This Week in South Florida

    Drink up: Both PBC World of Beer locations are hosting special events this week. ​In some ways, this is a relatively quiet week in terms of events, but with a few big names on the bill -- the Palm Beach Food & Wine Festival and Steve Martorano's battle of the meatball, to name a few -- there' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    Steve Martorano's Meatball Secrets (Video)

    Laine DossYo! Steve Martorano and his chef, Big Country, make meatballs​Yo! Listen up! Cousin Steve Martorano's got something important to teach you - how to make the best meatball ever!In this video, taken at the Seminole Hard Rock Wine and Food Festival, Steve shares his secrets for making the b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    Seminole Hard Rock Wine and Food Festival In Pictures

    All photos by Laine DossAs the sun peeked through the clouds, thousands enjoyed food and wine at the first Hard Rock Wine and Food Festival​Thousands of people flocked to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino's inaugural Wine and Food Festival yesterday. As the sun broke free from late morning c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2011

    Seminole Hard Rock Wine and Food Festival Features More Than 300 Wines

    Yo! Steve Martorano's gonna make you a meatball at the Seminole Hard Rock this weekend!​This Sunday, we all gain an hour of sleep when daylight-saving time ends and we set our clocks back one hour. Which means, technically, we can start drinking at the Seminole Hard Rock Wine and Food Festival ear ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    Yo Cuz! Steve Martorano on Jimmy Kimmel Live

    Steve Martorano makes Philly cheese steak and wins our heart.​I have a new food-related crush. It could be because he reminds me of my first boyfriend, Eddy Marsala (that's his real name, I swear), who worked in the pizzeria close to the 7 Train in Queens. It could be because he talks like everyon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2011

    Martorano Launches Video Cooking Series

    ​Cook, restaurateur, cookbook author, businessman, buddy to the stars. . . now Steve Martorano has one more title to add to his resume: cooking teacher.  In a series of nine videos entitled Yo Cuz: The Italian-American Cook, Martorano mixes a bit of Oprah-esque self-esteem building with his p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    'Yo Cuz!' Steve Martorano Stars in Web TV Cooking Show

    Steve Martorano cooks on new 'Yo Cuz' web show​Steve Martorano, the larger-than-life Italian restaurateur from South Philly, is starring on a computer near you. Starting July 20, nine webisodes of his cooking show, "Yo, Cuz: The Italian-American Cook" is on his web site, cafemartorano.com.Martoran ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Top Five Restaurants Even Randy Moss Wouldn't Snub

    ​Yesterday it was revealed that Randy Moss' exclusionary attitude wasn't the only reason he was cut from the Minnesota Vikings just four weeks after being traded there. Apparently, his finely developed sense of taste was to blame as well.During a team meeting Friday, Moss blew up on play ... More >>

  • Dining

    September 30, 2010

    Restaurant Revival: This Past Year Has Seen Several New Dining Gems

    ​Yesterday it was revealed that Randy Moss' exclusionary attitude wasn't the only reason he was cut from the Minnesota Vikings just four weeks after being traded there. Apparently, his finely developed sense of taste was to blame as well.During a team meeting Friday, Moss blew up on play ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    Steve Martorano Sues Copycat Restaurant in Rhode Island for Stealing Theme

    Martorano, working the turntables at his Oakland Park location, has sued to protect the concept he created 30 years ago.​If you've been to Café Martorano, you know there's no restaurant like it. The white walls, the huge bar in the center, the booming music, the videos of old gangster movies -- n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    Cafe Martorano Claims To Have a Copycat in Rhode Island

    C. Stiles​Tan and muscular Steve Martorano, owner of Cafe Martorano in Fort Lauderdale, is claiming someone stole his restaurant's idea. As The Juice reported yesterday, Martorano filed a lawsuit against Cafe Longo in Rhode Island for "unfairly copying Cafe Martorano's concept."That concept? White ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    Doggie Bag: This Week in Charlie

    Steve Martorano makes fresh mozzarella in his new Hard Rock digs.​The new World of Beer in Coconut Creek has made quite a splash since opening. Check out our inside look into the place, and read about how its lack of a proper kitchen is making a big impact on Promenade businesses. Cheap lunch is j ... More >>

  • Dining

    July 29, 2010

    Steve Martorano's Italian Kitchen at the Seminole Hard Rock: Believe the Hype

    Steve Martorano makes fresh mozzarella in his new Hard Rock digs.​The new World of Beer in Coconut Creek has made quite a splash since opening. Check out our inside look into the place, and read about how its lack of a proper kitchen is making a big impact on Promenade businesses. Cheap lunch is j ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    Order Up: Martorano's Italian-American Kitchen

    ​This week in Dish, we take a look at the maestro of meatballs that is Steve Martorano and his latest restaurant in Seminole Paradise at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. This third incarnation of his restaurant is bigger and glitzier than the original Cafe Martorano on Oakland Park. But the party ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Food Events on the Radar

    ​• The old phrase, "Take me out to the ball game" is going to have to be changed to "Take me out of the ball game" after Sunday's Marlins vs. Mets game. That's the Marlins are offering discounted "All You Can Eat Seats" for the throw down. This Club Level section of seats will offer fans complet ... More >>

  • Dining

    April 22, 2010

    SoLita on Las Olas Merges Clubland With Italian-American Cheese

    ​• The old phrase, "Take me out to the ball game" is going to have to be changed to "Take me out of the ball game" after Sunday's Marlins vs. Mets game. That's the Marlins are offering discounted "All You Can Eat Seats" for the throw down. This Club Level section of seats will offer fans complet ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    Doggie Bag: This Week in Charlie

    C. StilesA pint of Grizzly Red from Big Bear Brewing Co. in Coral Springs.​This week on the blog:Danish meatballs with a rock and roll heritage in this week's The Meatist.Two longtime SoFla restaurants Las Olas Cafe and L'Anjou close shop.Our 100 Favorite Dishes continue with an unconventional ups ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    First Temptation at the New Martorano's in Seminole Hard Rock

    You don't mind if Frank and Dean watch you eat, right?​"Hey, no photos taken inside the restaurant, okay?" we were told as we sat down in a cushiony white booth to dine at the new Martorano's in the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. It seems someone near the entrance must've ratted me out onc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    Martorano's Kitchen to Make Seminole Hard Rock Debut

    ​Steve Martorano may have had humble beginnings running a one-man sandwich delivery business out of the basement of his mother's South Philly home, but there's nothing humble about his newest restaurant venture, set to debut later this month in the gaudy Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.  ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2010

    Updated: Gloria Estefan to Open Bongos Cuban Cafe in Seminole Hard Rock Casino

    ​Well, the fate of the old Jazziz space in Seminole Paradise Hollywood has finally been determined: (Correction: Bongos will debut in a new space across from Paradise Live/Opium.)Update: Word on the street is that Fort Lauderdale bad boy Steve Martorano will be the one to move into the Jazziz Spac ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 24, 2009

    Thank God It's Over, but 2009 Does End With the Promise of Better Things to Come

    ​Well, the fate of the old Jazziz space in Seminole Paradise Hollywood has finally been determined: (Correction: Bongos will debut in a new space across from Paradise Live/Opium.)Update: Word on the street is that Fort Lauderdale bad boy Steve Martorano will be the one to move into the Jazziz Spac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    Joey Chestnut Chokes Down Victory at Martorano Meatball Championship

    Martorano: The man has balls.​It was a balls-to-balls battle, with Joey "Jaws" Chestnut squeezing out a victory over Pat "Deep Dish" Berletti at Sunday night's Masters Meatball Eating Championship in Las Vegas. The competitive-eating marathon was sanctioned by Major League Eating and hosted by Bro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2009

    Making a Hard Guy Soft at Café Martorano

    Photos by C. StilesIt's crazy that I've eaten my way through Fort Lauderdale on dates for nearly a half decade and never tried Café Martorano. That is, until a few weeks ago. But hey -- it's not easy to sucker many guys into shelling out a few pretty pennies for a meal far away from the Atlantic Av ... More >>

  • Dining

    April 16, 2009

    Café Martorano, Broward's Most Successful Restaurant, Goes Global

    Photos by C. StilesIt's crazy that I've eaten my way through Fort Lauderdale on dates for nearly a half decade and never tried Café Martorano. That is, until a few weeks ago. But hey -- it's not easy to sucker many guys into shelling out a few pretty pennies for a meal far away from the Atlantic Av ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2009

    Cafe Martorano Media Blitz

    Ft. Lauderdale's Cafe Martorano and its owner Steve Martorano exert the media-industry equivalent of gravitational pull. He and his restaurant attract attention. Da guy's a star yaknowwhadamean? He's got his landmark South Florida headquarters, a joint in Vegas, national tv spots cookin meatballs, ... More >>

  • Dining

    January 22, 2009

    Big Cheese

    Say what you will about Café Martorano. It's all ours.

  • Restaurants

    May 15, 2003

    Best Restaurant When Someone Else Is Paying

    Café Martorano

  • Dining

    May 16, 2002

    Great Food, Major Attitude

    Hey you, famous person! You'll have to wait in line with the rest of us to get into Café Martorano

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