Weekend Blog Watch: Football Sundays Edition

Although Clean Plate Charlie is the only food blog you need to read every day, some people just can’t get enough. Since football season is officially underway, Clean Plate Charlie decided to pull out some tailgating related blog sites. Tailgating Ideas is all about… well ideas for tailgating, reviews of…

Ron Duprat’s Top Chef Recap, Episode Four

Welcome once again to the Ron Duprat Top Chef Las Vegas recap. If you’d like to catch up, read the first, second, and third recaps while we wait here. Back? Great! Here’s what the fourth episode had in store for Hollywood’s favorite cooking show reality contestant.This week’s episode was clearly…

Coming Out Alone Is Fun

The one-man show is often the product of an insanely talented artist, a megalomaniac control freak, a pitch meeting with Eddie Murphy, or a combination of these factors. Comedic performer Jeffrey Solomon decided to go the one-man show route with his play Mother/Son. Although he might possess a few of…

Buzzed in Paradise: The Lodge

After taking a seat in the Lodge’s simple two-room wood-paneled bar, I found myself staring at the chalkboards, poring over a hundred clever beer names, ignoring the football games playing on the televisions. A bartender noticed the puzzled look on my face and offered a few suggestions. After explaining that…

Concert Announcements: AFI, Bonham, Badfish, Third Eye Blind

via Flickr user EvilMutent​Persistence pays for bands such as AFI. Originally formed in 1991 as a DIY punk rock band, it took 12 years before it released an album that non-hardcore fans paid attention to. Sing the Sorrow (2003) sold more than a million albums, and Decemberunderground is well on its way…

Stealing From the Restaurant: Canyon’s Stuffed Poblano

Find me someone who doesn’t like fried cheese and I’ll show you an awful, unpatriotic, humorless, demon spawn who shouldn’t be drawing breath. That or I’ll show you someone who is lactose-intolerant (just a step above humorless demon spawn, in case you’re keeping track). Lactose intolerance is no longer an…

Bruce Springsteen Ticket Four-Packs Available

​Eight days from today, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are playing the BankAtlantic Center. If you haven’t picked up tickets yet, you might be in luck if you act quickly. Despite some tickets going for over $200 a pop at online auction sites, Ticketmaster and Big 105.9 have…

Weekend Blog Watch

Although Clean Plate Charlie is the only food blog you need to read every day, some people just can’t get enough. Here are some highlights of other food blogs.Fancy Fast Food takes everyday chain food and makes it beautiful to look at. No word if it can improve the taste,…

Bar-Room Blitz: SAS Martini Lounge

Walking into SAS Martini Lounge (formerly known as Sauer Apple Saloon), I thought asking a bartender to make their favorite drink would result in an exotic martini. I sat at the end of the bar and asked the bartender what her favorite drink to make was. Celiana (probably grossly misspelled)…

Nature Without the Annoying Fresh Air

There are a lot of annoying things about experiencing unmolested nature. Old-growth forests are notorious for their lack of air conditioning and the very real possibility of being mauled by a bear. The shrub-steppe grasslands of Utah completely lack shopping malls and, most disappointingly, are located in Utah. Only an…

Reviewing the Chains: Grilled Chicken at KFC

Today, I’m trying to “unthink” lunch. KFC launched a line of healthier grilled chicken options a few months ago, and it’s about time Clean Plate Charlie gives it a try. I’ve never been a fan of KFC. It’s chicken is always far too greasy, sitting under heat lamps for a…

Concert Announcements: Jewel, Bela Fleck, and Ghostface Killah

​Ghostface Killah, member and producer of The Wu-Tang clan, is stepping out on a solo tour promoting his upcoming album Ghostdini: The Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City. He’ll be making a stop at Revolution Live on October 7. Tickets are on sale now through Ticketmaster.Singer/songwriter/actress Jewel has announced an…

I’m Eating What?! Dried Betel Nut

This one didn’t work out so well. The boss went on a shopping spree a couple of weeks back at Little Market Indian Grocery & Spices (3062 N. Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale). He picked up last week’s gem as well as a couple of bags of betel nut. I went…

Viva Le Vox CD Release Party at Propaganda on October 3

​It’s time to gear up for what’s going to be one of the most explosive, high energy CD release parties in South Florida this year. Delray-based psychobilly badasses Viva Le Vox are unleashing their brand new EP on October 3 at Propaganda. Viva Le Vox is famous (around these parts…

What to Do in Broward and Palm Beach This Weekend

​You want some music in Broward and Palm Beach this weekend? Here are some of the highlights:Local reggae and dub fans should check out Spred the Dub at Kahuna Bar & Grill tonight starting at 9.Tomorrow night, you can either check out Hot Tuna at Revolution Live, O.A.R. at Pompano…

Aventura and Peaches Announce South Florida Shows

​A couple more show announcements this Friday. First electroclash artist and creator of the album Fatherfucker, Peaches will be bringing her gender-bending stage show to Revolution Live on November 6. Tickets go on sale tomorrow through Ticketmaster. Hit the jump for a video.On the opposite side of the specturm, Bachata…

Weekend Blog Watch

Although Clean Plate Charlie is the only blog you need to read every day, some people just can’t get enough. Here are some highlights of other food blogs.Burger Beast is fast becoming my favorite food blog, especially after this post on the Mc Gangbang.Along with great blogging and some great…