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  • Blogs

    March 21, 2012

    How to Learn to Love What You Hate

    ​With the popularity of Yelp and other websites where everyone's a critic, it makes sense that we're all walking the walk by trying to bludgeon our food phobias. Inspired by the master, people are chronicling their food hates and how they'll overcome them. This practice was made de rigueur with Je ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    Three Intrusive Features That Restaurant Websites Need to Lose Immediately

    ​ The craptacularness of restaurant websites is a well-explored topic, including here on Clean Plate Charlie, where we've certainly voiced our displeasure with pervasive issues like impossible-to-find phone numbers, prices, and location info. Unfortunately, no matter how loudly food writers and fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    Google Glasses Show Why It's Too Late to Ban Texting and Driving

    ​By the end of the year, Google is expected to start selling glasses that display up-to-date information about the nearby environment on a tiny screen embedded in the lens.  The glasses, according to the New York Times, "will have a low-resolution built-in camera that will be able to monitor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    Crazy-Fancy iPic Movie Theaters Coming to South Florida

    ​The "ultimate movie redefining entertainment" is coming to South Florida. Boca-based luxury movie theater company iPic Theaters announced plans yesterday for theaters in Boca Raton and Hallandale Beach, the Miami Herald reports.The theaters will feature leather recliners, blankets, booze, and gou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    New Times Best Of App Gets Love From Wired and Apple

    ​Just a few years ago, the web presence of New Times was the digital equivalent of a kid in a bowler hat yelling out the news next to the haberdashery. Now, we've got a sweet new homepage, award-winning blogs, and apparently a smart phone app that rocks. Sure, that sounds like we're using this spa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2011

    Complaining on Yelp Is Like Breaking Up on Twitter

    ​At a packed bar that opened recently, eight bartenders cleared glasses, delivered checks, scanned the room, and chatted with customers. Half the customers had full beers. A handful waited next to empties. Among a crowd of maybe 50 people, I counted fewer than five menus. I was starving at 9 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    Village Voice Media Responds to Clergy

    ​Today 36 clergy affixed their names to a paid ad and open letter to Village Voice and the classified ad site Backpage.com. The full page ad was published in the New York Times.The religious coalition demanded that we close down our legal, adult classifieds.Neither government officials nor God's a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    Happy Hour: Rocco's Tacos and Tequila Bar In Fort Lauderdale

    ​When I moved back to Fort Lauderdale from New York, I moved hungry.  I asked everyone I knew for their list of places I had to check out. Rocco's Tacos and Tequila Bar tucked itself into most of those lists. Everyone raved about its alcohol-heavy margarita pitchers and the guacamole -- ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    Fort Lauderdale's Most Popular Restaurants for Foursquare Users

    ​This week, Eater National is buzzy about Foursquare's newest feature that allows users to create their own lists and follow others'. Eater is so excited about it they've created a series of lists based on every Eater city's top restaurants in the Eater 38, including Miami. And here I th ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 4, 2011

    Lucca Ristorante in Fort Lauderdale: Lasagna So Good, It Takes Three Days to Make

    ​This week, Eater National is buzzy about Foursquare's newest feature that allows users to create their own lists and follow others'. Eater is so excited about it they've created a series of lists based on every Eater city's top restaurants in the Eater 38, including Miami. And here I th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Five Customers Whom Restaurant Owners Should Ban

    Seattle Municipal Archives via Creative Commons"You think that's bad? Let me tell you about my brother's goiter. Your hearing aid is broken? OK -- I'll speak up." ​ Last week, a Clearwater Skyline Chili made headlines when the owner tapped into the post-Casey Anthony verdict fury by banning Pinel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2011

    100 Favorite Dishes: No. 60 -- Breakfast in a Pot from Tom Sawyer

    As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com. Dori Zinn​No. 60: Breakfast in a Pot from Tom Sawyer Restaurant and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2010

    The Do's and Don'ts of Dine-and-Dash

    Photo by kwalk628 via flickr​So your unemployment checks have stopped flowing in and you've been forced to move back home into the basement of your parents' house. That doesn't mean you can't enjoy the finer things in life! Your microscopic budget may not cover a Rolls Royce or Rolex, but that doe ... More >>

  • News

    April 22, 2010

    Yelp.com Stands Accused of Acting Like a "Modern-Day Mafia"

    Photo by kwalk628 via flickr​So your unemployment checks have stopped flowing in and you've been forced to move back home into the basement of your parents' house. That doesn't mean you can't enjoy the finer things in life! Your microscopic budget may not cover a Rolls Royce or Rolex, but that doe ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 10, 2009

    Dress to Tear Flesh

    Photo by kwalk628 via flickr​So your unemployment checks have stopped flowing in and you've been forced to move back home into the basement of your parents' house. That doesn't mean you can't enjoy the finer things in life! Your microscopic budget may not cover a Rolls Royce or Rolex, but that doe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2009

    Anna Nicole Raid Scares Methadone-Using Gamblers, Friendless Condoleezza Rice 'Glad it's Over'

    The Drug Enforcement Agency, as part of the investigation into Anna Nicole Smith's death at the Anna Nicole didn't just endorse methadone.Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, conducted another raid on her doctor's office recently. Dr. Sandeep Kapoor reportedly wrote prescriptions for methadone to ... More >>

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