• Pops Corn, the Pembroke Pines purveyor of haute popcorn spiked with caramel, cheddar cheese, chocolate, and more, has opened a third local outlet just off A1A in Fort Lauderdale. Located at 901 E. Sunrise Lane (954-567-6002), the new Pops is also peddling Yo Mama’s ice cream, which, like the…
There’s a new angle on Angle, the ritzy restaurant at the Ritz-Carlton Palm Beach that’s been shuttered after discovering that its starched-shirt atmosphere didn’t go over well in ultracasual South Florida. The newly reopened, reinvented Angle is now a Slow Food supper club, embracing what the hotel folks seem to…
Domenick Falcione has his mojo working. It’s working on his art — big, bold, uncompromisingly modern paintings that draw on a palette of colors alternately subtle and vibrant, splashed on canvas with rigorously disciplined abandon. It’s working on his food — flavors alternately bold and subtle, drawn from a multiculti…
Road warrior staple Embassy Suites isn’t usually in the forefront of culinary trends, but the Palm Beach Gardens hotel is going for it with the debut of its fine dining restaurant, Verdea (4350 PGA Blvd.; 561-691-3130), which touts itself as a farm-to-table eatery that promises “ingredients that are sourced as…
Don’t you just love it when you click on a restaurant’s website and have to search for hours to see what times they’re open or wait for days while the flash player downloads some annoying graphics or be forced to listen to music that’s like an icepick in your eardrums? …
An upscale patty-maker that its owner says is intent on “reviving the classic American hamburger stand” will debut Monday, Jan. 31, in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. BurgerFi (4343 N. Ocean Dr., 954-489-0110) stands for proprietor David Manero’s notion of the “burgerfication of the nation,” which in this case means fresh, all-natural Angus beef…
Don’t look now but northern Palm Beach County is becoming Raw Foods-Vegan Central.First came Darbster, then The Raw Kitchen, both in West Palm. Now, a little further north in Palm Beach Gardens is Christopher’s Kitchen (4783 PGA Blvd., 561-318-6193), a raw foods-vegan eatery from former Santa Monica chef Christopher Slawson. …
Update: Whole Foods has reached capacity for the beer-off. However a representative of the Coral Springs store said that people cancel frequent and to call back closer to the date to see if spots are available.To honor this year’s ritual of very large, steroid-addled dump trucks beating the crap out…
• This “free” shit is starting to get out of hand. . . not that anyone is complaining. Following on the heels of CG Burgers’ handout of complimentary burgers is Caliente Kitchen’s free Taco Bar. Better move your chimichangas quickly, though, as the DIY taco bar will only be open…
The Moonies have landed in West Palm Beach, and I don’t mean hordes of neoreligious fanatics waving crosses and other sanctified tchotchkes. These Moonies are $3.59 silver-dollar-sized discs of ground chuck (“Always fresh… Never frozen!”) slipped inside an equally diminutive bun and diddled with cheese, onions, pickles, and ketchup, the…
• For a palace of caffeine, it sure took its slow, sweet time to open, but finally the Delray Beach Spot Coffee (44 E. Atlantic Ave.; 561-455-4041) is up and running, spilling out a variety of coffee drinks made from beans roasted in-house, plus an extensive café menu that includes…
Healthy, inexpensive, everyday fare is what’s on the menu at the new Prosecco Café (4580 PGA Blvd.; 561-622-3222) in Palm Beach Gardens, the latest venture from Avi Sekerel, also proprietor of Saquella Café in Boca Raton. At Prosecco, Sekerel takes the concept more upscale Euro, with a sunny gold color…
The only thing better than a burger at a new burger joint is a free burger at a new burger joint. That’s the deal at the new CG Burgers + Coal-Fired Pizza (2000 PGA Blvd., 561-275-2185) in Palm Beach Gardens. On Monday, Jan. 10, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.,…
“Making wine accessible to everyone,” not just wine geeks, cork dorks and conny-sewers, is the goal of Coconut Creek’s new Bottega Wine Bar (4455 Lyons Rd., 954-969-1744), says co-owner Simon Bai. Along with partner Faron Shiem, Bai has created a space that’s as much a “nice environment to enjoy yourself”…
• Alberto Tucci has got to be feeling pretty good this holiday season as his cozy little Boca Raton pizzeria, Tucci’s Fire N Coal Pizza, was just voted one of the top ten pizza joints in the country for 2010 by Worstpizza.com, a pie-happy website that despite its name actually…
Glamour isn’t a word applied much to restaurants nowadays, but the glamour and cachet of 1940s-era supper clubs was the inspiration behind Prime Delray (110 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach; 561-865-5846), the newest restaurant to debut on the town’s dining-rich Atlantic Avenue.Steven Pellegrino, also proprietor of another Atlantic Avenue eatery,…
One of Palm Beach County’s best-known restaurateurs has teamed up with one of Palm Beach County’s best-known chefs to create a contemporary, Asian-esque eatery in the space once home to Noche restaurant-niteclub in Palm Beach Gardens. Carmine Giardini and chef John Belleme are the duo behind Umi Fishbar + Grill…
The “84” in 84 Thai refers to its location in a nothing-much strip mall on West State Road 84 in Fort Lauderdale. It does have a certain utility, if not much originality; just be thankful the place isn’t on Peepee Way or Little Schmuck Road. Utility, not originality, is actually…
I had two reactions looking over Roy Villacrusis’ menu at his new Kubo Asiatic Cuisine. “Oh, wow!” And “Oh, shit!” “Oh, wow!” because just reading the thing (“Green tea-cured salmon with longan, fried basil and yuzu kosho jelly,” “Lao-grilled beef, somen noodles, romaine hearts and nouc nam”) was like taking…
Can’t decide what to do on New Year’s Eve or can’t afford a pricy restaurant bash? Clematis Street to the rescue. The 500 block of West Palm Beach’s resurgent dining-nitelife venue will be the site of a free block party beginning at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 31, and continuing until,…
Video that gave new meaning to the term “food porn,” trucks that gave a new dimension to take-out meals and new restaurants from celebrity chefs were all among the food and restaurant stories that tickled our taste buds (or other organs) in 2010. This list of the top 10 local…
Chances are your office doesn’t serve a big fatty of a burger made with USDA Prime beef dry-aged for 26 days, but one is now on the menu at David Manero’s The Office in Delray Beach. Even better, you no longer have to cool your taste buds at the bar…
