Street Food

Slow Food Truck on Eat St.: Here's a Video to Make You Hungry

Sure, we think Slow Food Truck has some great grub. After all, we just named them "Best Food Truck" for their, "buttery lobster roll ($15, in season), filled with chunks of sweet, pink crustacean meat", among other things. Soon, however, admiration for SFT will become global. Eat St., the Cooking ... More >>

B.C. Tacos and Ms. Cheezious Named Finalists for LIVE! with Kelly and Michael's Truckin' Amazing Cook-Off, Voting Ends May 18

Food trucks have come into their own these last few years. No longer are they the ignoble "roach coach" of yesteryear, but gourmet mobile dining establishments. LIVE! with Kelly and Michael is noticing that fact and they are on a nation-wide hunt to find ten food trucks worthy of national recognitio ... More >>

27. Brett Chiavari of BC Tacos

New Times' Best Of Broward-Palm Beach 2013 issue arrives June 13. To celebrate, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up 30 of our favorite tastemakers -- restaurateurs, chefs, bartenders, and other foodies who make the South Florida food scene what it is. We'll start with number 30 and lead up to South Fl ... More >>

Five South Florida Food & Drink Events This Weekend: Easter Brunch and More

Holiday weekends are typically slowww on the food and drink event front, and Easter is no exception. That said, there are a few goings-on about town, including food-truck rallies, free winetastings, and, appropriately, the start of Slow Foods Week. After the jump, find a list of some of the happenin ... More >>

The Great Food Truck Race is Casting for Season Four

Attention south Florida food truckers -- or wannabes. If you dreamed of taking a truck coast to coast in a non-stop frenzy of challenges -- all for the chance to win $50,000, then you'll want to try out for season four of Food Network's The Great Food Truck Race, hosted by Tyler Florence.Though the ... More >>

B.C. Tacos To Expand With Davie Cafe

Fans of B.C. Tacos' unique caveman-themed food truck can soon enjoy some good eats in a more traditional setting when B.C. Tacos Cafe opens in Davie in the spring. The restaurant doesn't have an opening date yet but expect to be able to chow down sometime in April, 2013. Located on University Drive ... More >>

Three People to Know in South Florida's Culinary Scene, Part 1 - Robb Muise

For more on South Florida's food scene, check out New Times' Taste guide. Although South Florida may be a late bloomer when it comes to a lot of trends, we do catch up eventually. And sometimes, as with our food scene, the evolution is exponential. The past year or so has seen the culinary scene ev ... More >>

Food In Motion: Artisan Food Market and FREE BEER March 1 in Fort Lauderdale

If you attended the Retro Indie Market at the Boynton Woman's Club Saturday, February 2, you might have noticed something. The crowds of recent years have thinned, ever so slightly. This is not to cast aspersions on the Retro Indie Market or on Michelle Parparian and Amanda Linton, the organizers of ... More >>

Power to the People

South Florida Food & Drink Events This Week: Craft Beer, Food Trucks, and More

The big happenings this week are centered around beer. Specifically, good beer. (And if you really want to get to the very core of it, good, Florida-made beer.) The second annual South Florida Beer Week is upon us and there's plenty to do every night of the week. Check out the South Florida Beer Wee ... More >>

No Slim Pickings Here

Gourmet Food Truck Experience: Over 20 Mobile Eateries at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek

If you've live in northwest Broward, rejoice in the fact that you'll soon have a major food truck takeover next week.on Tuesday, January 22 from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m., The Gourmet Food Truck Experience brings more than 20 food trucks to the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek. From burger to tacos, yogurt to Ke ... More >>

Sunrise Commission Meeting Outcome: City Manager to Work With Food Truckers

Last evening's Sunrise Commission meeting was in sharp contrast to December's, which lasted only about two minutes. The January meeting lasted over four hours, with much of the time devoted to the possible ban or regulation of the mobile restaurants in the city's limits.Food truck owners in attendan ... More >>

Food Truckers Form Alliance To Fight Possible Sunrise Ban

The City of Sunrise will hold a discussion today to determine the fate of food trucks at their monthly City Commission meeting. The meeting, held at Sunrise City Hall (10770 West Oakland Park Boulevard, Sunrise), held today, January 8  at 6 p.m., might just be a little more spirited than the ty ... More >>

South Florida Dining and Drinking Events This Week: Cigar City Night and More

Lots to eat and drink (mostly drink) this week in South Florida, so let's get right to it. After the jump, find a roundup of food- and drink-related events happening this week in Broward and Palm Beach counties. See Also: - Plantation to Get a New Weekly Food Truck Rally Beginning in October - Ame ... More >>

Five South Florida Food- and Drink-Related Events This Weekend: Swank Table Lunch, Food Trucks, and More

So, you survived the holiday season madness and are ready to reclaim your weekends as your own. Clean Plate Charlie has gathered up a few food- and drink-related events going down this weekend in Broward and Palm Beach counties. After the jump, find a few ways to keep busy and entertain the palate - ... More >>

Food Trucks in Delray Beach

Sunrise Food Truck Discussion Moved To January Commission Meeting

Food trucks are considered by many to be a quick and fun way to feed a family. At local food truck roundups or in a park, food trucks serve up inexpensive fare to people in a hurry. Though they will never replace mom's home cooking or a luxurious anniversary meal, the food truck has its place in the ... More >>

Burgie Awards Coming to Fort Lauderdale

The fourth Annual Burger Beast Burgie Awards has moved north to Fort Lauderdale, bringing with it a meaty good time for all.The combination burger celebration/food truck roundup/awards ceremony is scheduled for Saturday, February 2 from 5 p.m. - 10 p.m. at Huizenga Plaza in Fort Lauderdale.The event ... More >>

Sunrise Meeting on Food Truck Fate Lasts Two Minutes Before Being Adjourned

Yesterday, December 11, the Sunrise City Commission was supposed to vote on the fate of food trucks in the city.  On the agenda under "new business" was the following:"Commission discussion and/or action re: Food Trucks"Read Also: Sunrise Mulls Food Truck Ban

Palm Beach Food & Wine Festival 2012 Offers Food Truck: Impossible Tickets

The Palm Beach Food & Wine Festival is this weekend, bringing celebrity chefs, amazing dinners, and lots of fine vino to south Florida. On the roster of events, which includes multiple parties, celebrities grilling at Burgers by the Beach, and a Grand Tasting, is the Golf Digest Celebrity Chef G ... More >>

Sunrise Considers Food Truck Ban: Is the Hype Justified?

Unless you have been living under a rock, or north of West Palm Beach, you may have noticed the rise of the gourmet food truck scene in South Florida over the past two years. The popular rolling cafes are often credited with revitalizing underused land parcels and parking lots in many cities by hold ... More >>

South Florida Dining Events This Week: American Social Tap Takeover and More

This week is the calm before the storm of Palm Beach Wine & Food Festival and the full holiday onslaught. Keep things chill with a progressive dinner at a food truck rally, or treat yourself to a hard-to-come-by craft beer. After the jump, find a roundup of some of this week's food- and drink-relate ... More >>

Food Trucks Going To The Dogs in Plantation

Sure - you say you love your dog...then you go out to dinner, leaving poor little Bambi or Nibbles home alone to sleep on the couch and await whatever table scraps you remember to have packed into a doggie bag. You know that's just not right, don't you?  Dogs have feelings too, you know. They w ... More >>

Screw Home Cooking

South Florida Dining Events This Week: Best of Boca & Beyond and More

After a gut-busting, food-coma-inducing weekend filled with festivals, fests, and fairs, this week provides a bit of solace in the way of chill food- and drink-related activities (that should still entertain the palate). After the jump, find a roundup of South Florida food events on tap this week in ... More >>

South Florida Dining Events This Week: Chef Hedy Goldsmith Book Signing and More

So, there's this whole election thing happening this week. But if you've already participated in your civic engagement this time around and you're looking for something else to get up to this week, check out the Clean Plate Charlie roundup of food and drink related events taking place in Broward and ... More >>

South Florida Dining Events This Week: Halloween Parties, BeachBash, and More

If you didn't expend all your Halloween energy (and sexy, sexy costume magic) over the weekend, there are a few holidays parties planned for Wednesday that are guaranteed to have you feeling like crap on Thursday morning. Even if costume parties and creepy cocktail recipes aren't your bag, check out ... More >>

Five South Florida Food-Related Events This Weekend: Las Olas Oktoberfest and More

Dirndls are being carefully laced up. Steins are being chilled. Pumpkin patches are...doing whatever it is a pumpkin patch does to prepare. Fall is here, for reals, and the event calendar in South Florida this weekend reflects that. From Oktoberfest to fall harvest, Broward and Palm Beach counties a ... More >>

Plantation to Get a New Weekly Food Truck Rally Beginning in October

The west side of Broward is always playing second fiddle to its beachside county cousin. But Steve Simon and the rest of the Food Truck Invasion team are looking to show a little love for folks west of I-95. Beginning Tuesday, October 16, Plantation will have a new weekly food truck rally at Plant ... More >>

Street Food Rumble at Seminole Casino: Food Trucks Fight for Supremacy

Fort Lauderdale's first ever Street Food Rumble will pit more than 40 of the area's best food trucks against each other.Joshen Esser, who helped to organize the once-chaotic food truck industry into a somewhat organized scene with his Gourmet Truck Expos, is one of the founders behind the event.Esse ... More >>

Five South Florida Food-Related Events This Weekend: Lips Tribute Dinner and More

From dining with divas to meeting the makers, there's more than one out-of-the-ordinary event on the food and drink schedule this weekend in South Florida. After the jump, find a roundup of things to do this weekend in the realm of drinking and dining in Broward and Palm Beach counties.

Palate Party's Robyn Almodovar Hosts Hell's Kitchen Watch Party Tonight

There's only one thought that comes to mind when we watch Hell's Kitchen, the combination cooking show/fraternity hazing hosted by foul-mouthed chef Gordon Ramsay on Fox television -- "is it worth it?"For local chef Robyn Almodovar, the answer is yes. The Le Cordon Bleu graduate's food truck, Palate ... More >>

Chasing Down Your Lunch

Small-Biz Spotlight: Meet HipPops Owner Tony Fellows

Every time you hear a honk, a new food truck speeds on the scene. On a weekly basis, there is food-truck roundup after food-truck roundup. Lines are long, temperatures are rising, parking is sometimes a nightmare. Truck options are growing exponentially, but that doesn't mean the quality or creativi ... More >>

Stocked 'N' Loaded Food Trucks Ink Deal with Aramark to Serve Cruzan Amphitheatre

Summer means big concerts, and this summer is no exception. Listening to Dave Matthews and Kiss at Cruzan Amphiteatre might make your tummy rumbly. While hungry concertgoers take in the biggest acts this side of the Mississippi, chef Dave Rashty and his Stocked 'N' Loaded food trucks will have them ... More >>

Best Ice Cream Food Trucks in Fort Lauderdale and Miami

​Want access to our Best Of picks from your smartphone? Download our free Best Of app for the iPhone or Android phone from the App Store or Google Play. Don't forget to check out the full Best of Broward-Palm Beach® 2012 online at bestof.voiceplaces.com.Summer means sweating in mysterious places, ... More >>

Eat St. to Film Mojo On The Go at Sawgrass Recreation Park

Mojo on the Go: Gator Tail on a truckHey, Broward County food truck fans, are you ready for your close up? Don't worry because you've still got a few days to get a haircut and wash a clean t-shirt before the Eat St. crew heads over to Sawgrass Recreation Park to film a segment for their new season.T ... More >>

Fourth of July, Mango Mania, and Other Food Events This Week in South Florida

In the event that your holiday shenanigans are getting off to an early start, Clean Plate Charlie has put together a list of food and drink events (including a few fireworks- and barbecue-filled parties) happening this coming week and weekend in Broward and Palm Beach counties. And in case you' ... More >>

Friar Tuck's Food Truck Will Rebuild After Devastating Florida Turnpike Accident

Robb Muise doesn't want to be known as the guy whose "food truck was destroyed on day one," but that's the unfortunate reality for the Oakland Park entrepreneur. His recently-completed food truck, Friar Tuck's, was totaled on June 13 in an accident on the Florida Turnpike. The crash  occurred a ... More >>

Food Truck Events for Memorial Day Weekend

It's Memorial Day weekend, the kids are restless, and you've singed your eyebrows off while attempting to start the backyard barbecue. We say get away from the open flames and let the food trucks handle your family's hunger at these roundups.Saturday, May 26If your idea of a good time is a little ho ... More >>

Fine Food & Wine Festival in Pompano Beach, Memorial Day Weekend, and Other Food Events in South Florida

Memorial Day is Monday, May 28, but the festivities will start early with a few food-focused events offered throughout the three-day weekend. In addition to that, a few gatherings throughout the week will help you to pass the time until the minivacation. Read on after the jump for food- and drink-fo ... More >>

New Food Truck Roundups Announced for Wilton Manors and Fort Lauderdale

Several new food truck roundups have been announced in Broward County. These new, smaller roundups may prove to be the future of food trucks, which in the past have seen mega events with more than two dozen trucks -- many serving the same types of fare.  Each mobile kitchen in these intimate ev ... More >>

Easter, Passover, Dogfish Head Brewery Tap Takeover, and other Food and Drink Events this Week in South Florida

​The holidays are upon us: Procrastinate no more. Easter and Passover reservations need to be made now, if not last week. If you need some ideas of where to go, take a look at our list of restaurants in Broward County serving Easter meals, restaurants in Palm Beach County with Easter menus, and/or ... More >>

Gas Prices Putting the Squeeze on Food Trucks in South Florida: The Rolling Stove Talks Fuel and Food Costs

​Word to the wise: You may soon be paying more for your fish tacos, meatball sandwiches, and other street-food favorites. The price increase at the gas pump that's got you mumbling expletives under your breath is, of course, having an immediate effect on a variety of businesses. One industry that' ... More >>

South Florida's Best Food Trucks

​ With dozens upon dozens of trucks and a rally or roundup many, if not most, days of the week, South Florida has loudly proclaimed its affection for the food truck. Whether you dig on the savory or the sweet, there's probably a roving kitchen that can make it happen for you. It was no easy feat, ... More >>

West Palm Beach Cracks Down on Food Trucks

​It seems that the honeymoon phase between the City of West Palm Beach and food trucks is coming to an end. Palm Beach County is behind Miami in food trucks, but certain owners, most notably the Fire Within and Curbside Gourmet, have risen to the challenge of bringing the mobile eateries to the no ... More >>

The Big Trend for 2012 May Be the Death of Restaurant Trends

Valentine's Day Events, Food Trucks, the Lebanese Festival, and Other Food Events this Week in South Florida

​So -- Valentine's Day, huh? Whether you're looking to dump someone, you're a cheap date (or you're trying to figure out if your date is being a tightwad), aren't afraid of bad ideas, or you're interested in actually doing something nice with a special someone, there are many directions you can go ... More >>