As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, 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. 12: Fried Rock Shrimp With Spicy Yuzu From Suite 225The Florida rock shrimp story is…
For years, Grateful Palate on 17th Street has been a gourmet yacht provisioner, catering to some of South Florida swankest sea-bound parties. But tonight from 7 to 9, the party for landlubbers begins with the opening of Grateful Palates’ new Wine & Dining Bar and Lounge.The space has been completely…
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…
Rattlesnake Jake’s — a Texas-style dive bar with a Floridian bent — is an anchor on Deerfield Beach’s salt-air strip. Show up in flip-flops and board shorts, pull up a stool at the worn bar top, and order a mighty-sized fish taco. Just try to eat one without bits of…
There’s something awful about those giant nerd pagers that restaurants stick you with as you await your table. My father used to grumble that the ultimate goal of these places is to shuffle as many “feeders” in and out as possible. The moment you walk in, you’re given a number…
This eatery could be any road-side diner across the South. It’s the sort of place where the waitresses call you “hon” and folks in non-ironic trucker hats congregate for an honest-to-goodness lunch. It’s a South Florida institution, and we’ve lauded it time and time again for it’s stick-to-your-ribs food. So,…
Get ready for a beefy throw down: The Riverwalk Trust Fort Lauderdale Burger Battle is arriving June 4. The greasy gathering will take place from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Riverside Hotel Lawn (620 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale). The competition will pit 15 local restaurants against each…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, 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. 13: Wood-Fired Pizza From Sicilian OvenThe pizza at Sicilian Oven smells damned amazing. They’re small…
This week in Dish, we look at Cabo Flats, a rollicking Mexican restaurant in Palm Beach Gardens. In February, Cabo Flats moved into the old Rosa Mexicana spot in Downtown at the Gardens. With the hopes of making Mexican work in the space, they redesigned, putting the emphasis on an…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, 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. 14: Key West Dolphin Sandwich from the Whale’s RibAs featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,…
Last week, the James Beard Foundation announced its 2010 winners for food media and restaurants. Although South Florida had a few dogs in the race, Broward and Palm Beach didn’t come up with any wins. But Miami’s own Michael Schwartz of Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink managed to snag Best…
The deal: This sunny Italian restaurant with exposed brick and a simple, spacious dining room offers a number of $9.99 lunch specials daily…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, 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. 15: Singapore Noodles from Toa ToaDespite its name, Singapore noodles do not hail from Singapore…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, 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. 16: Chopped Pork Sandwich with Baked Beans From Johnnie Brown’sFor Johnnie Brown’s chopped pork sandwich,…
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…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, 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. 17: Lobster Roll From Kelly’s LandingSweet, succulent lobster is one of the rare foods that…
I’ve got some major beef with the potato chips served at Gratify. These chips, the bar’s equivalent of complimentary bread and butter, are crinkle-cut and fried in-house, which is admirable. But they’re also sliced so thick that, in order to get them to crisp, the kitchen has to practically burn…
This cramped deli and restaurant looks straight out of a Bronx tenement, where every spare inch of wood and brick is covered with Polaroid photographs of patrons posing with their food. And that food is impressive: hulking sandwiches, platters of shrimp with broccoli and potato, and fat rigatoni pasta napped…
I nabbed an order of “Smokehouse Hot Wings” from Art’s BBQ in Coral Springs yesterday. The place is a front-runner for our annual Best Of issue thanks to its intensely smoky ribs with genuine bark and a peppery rub. But I’d never before tried the wings, which Art’s smokes instead…
It doesn’t have to be October to get a taste of good, German beer. You can do that on May 14 at Checker’s Old-Munchen. The German-American restaurant and bar in Pompano Beach is holding its monthly biergarten party from 9 to 10:30 that night. Put on your finest lederhosen and…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, 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. 18: Grilled Achiote-Rubbed Fish Tacos from Havana HideoutLake Worth’s primo dive bar, Havana Hideout, also…
Word on the street: No news is good news. According to local restaurants, Gulf oyster suppliers have said there will definitely be a point where the buggers will come off the menu almost everywhere. The only question is when.But as of now, restaurants are still serving oysters raw and on…
