Unrepentant beer drinkers, rejoice! Each week, Clean Plate Charlie will select one craft or import beer and give you the lowdown on it: How does it taste? What should you drink it with? Where can you find it? But mostly, it’s all about the love of the brew. If you…
Curtis and Marquita Houston’s barbecue haven moved from its longtime Boynton Beach location to north Boca Raton in March. The new digs are more spacious, with a 50-seat dining room that wraps around the restaurant’s sunny halls. The staff’s disposition is just as cheery, which is good, since Rib Bizz…
Barbecue is a truly geeky pursuit. Think about it: Here you’ve got grown men and women obsessing over an antiquated and inefficient cooking method, one that’s been effectively replaced in popular culture by push-button smoke ovens and prepackaged sauces. These are people who trumpet tradition over innovation, bemoan the spread…
It’s pretty tough to find grocery store tortilla chips that are any good. Most commercial varieties just don’t taste like corn to me. Instead, they taste artificial and stale.My favorite chip to buy in grocery stores is Santitas Yellow Corn Chips. Sure, they’re made by Frito Lay, but they also…
The deal: This Vietnamese lunch counter serves spicy banh mi sandwiches and the requisite boba teas to cool your mouth off afterward…
This week in Dish, we review Sheila’s Famous BBQ, Conch, & More, a two-month old Caribbean/barbecue shack in Lake Worth. I count myself among the geek crowd simply because I find barbecue – like most good things in life – to be worth the extra time and effort. That, plus…
This Sunday, Rock ‘N’ Roll Ribs in Coral Springs turned into a rabid festival ground as it held a Tour Launch Party for Iron Maiden. Drummer for the legendary metal band and co-owner of RNR Ribs, Nicko McBrain was sent off in style. The lot was filled with tents where…
Happy Memorial Day!Today ushers in the unofficial start of summer, the time of year when it gets so hot that people start looking for any way to cool down. Well, here’s one way to make that happen: Check out the new, summer-exclusive ice cream sandwich at Steak 954.The frozen treat…
This week on the blog:The Social Media Beer Tasting gathered last Saturday to talk about how to get more craft beer into your hands.You can get a home-style lunch for under $10 at La Granja.We wrapped up our 100 Favorite Dishes this week with entries from 3030 Ocean, Pistache, Lola’s…
• Charm City Burgers is queuing up a pretty wicked summer deal. It’s called “Who Said a $1 Can’t Get You Far!” and it’s running Friday and Saturday each week. Basically, the badass burger joint will host live musical grooves from 9:30 p.m. to midnight. During that time, you can…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com.No. 1: Crepas de Cuitlacoche from Eduardo de San AngelIn 1993, back when South Florida was…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com.No. 2: Coca-Cola BBQ Beef Ribs From Lola’s on HarrisonBoutique restaurant Lola’s on Harrison is the…
Yesterday in part 1, we introduced you to SnG, a rogue restaurant operating in Fort Lauderdale. Today we’ll finish up our meal and talk about the pros and cons of operating a rogue restaurant.Dessert isn’t always served at SnG. But tonight’s meal was a special one. It was supposed to…
Unrepentant beer drinkers, rejoice! Each week, Clean Plate Charlie will select one craft or import beer and give you the lowdown on it: How does it taste? What should you drink it with? Where can you find it? But mostly, it’s all about the love of the brew. If you…
This sunny Italian restaurant with exposed brick and a simple, spacious dining room offers a number of $9.99 lunch specials daily. For that price, you get a house garden or caesar salad with crisp croutons, a soda or iced tea, and one of a dozen specialty panini or Italian dishes…
I didn’t think much of a café named after a Lamborghini when the Tonino Lamborghini Caffé Corsa debuted in the newly opened Village at Gulfstream Park earlier this year. I mean, as a kid, I certainly obsessed over those fast, red pieces of machinery. Like dozens of my male classmates,…
Rogue restaurants. They’ve been delved into by Bon Apetit, Food and Wine, and Tony Bourdain. But how many of these secret establishments are really operating in South Florida? Located in apartments, down hidden alley ways, and in rental kitchens, these places sell their unlicensed seats to guests looking for something…
Can you guess this tiny East Side establishment that serves home-style food to loyal regulars? Hint: We’ve mentioned it on the blog before.Click on the jump for a food photo and to enter your guess!…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com.No. 3: Sushi From MorimotoThe Iron Chef’s restaurant in the Boca Resort has been listed before…
This week in Dish we head to the all-new Village at Gulfstream Park to review Tonino Lamborghini Caffe Corsa. Here’s a quick excerpt:In truth, it’s Tonino Lamborghini’s understated menu – not its sports car heritage – that’s the real draw behind the three-month-old restaurant. Its namesake owner is indeed the…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com.No. 4: Octopus Carpaccio from 3030 OceanChef Dean James Max’s 3030 Ocean at the Marriott Harbor…
The Costa Rican specialty gallo pinto was one of my favorite parts of visiting the Central American country. I ate the stir-fried rice and beans just about every morning in Costa Rica, often accompanied by eggs, fruit, cheese, fresh tortillas, and sour cream. There’s nothing like enjoying some gallo pinto…
