How to make a taco: Take a quality tortilla (preferably freshly made); fill it with some sort of meat or meat-like substance (tongue, cheeks, stomach, rinds, you name it); and balance it with tart, spicy, grassy, tangy flavors (salsa, lime, onion, cilantro, etc.).How not to make a taco: Take stale,…
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…
The SoBEWFF kicked off today, with glitzy food- and chef-driven events running through Sunday. While eager fans get ready to trek to Miami for grub, Clean Plate Charlie is prepping you with everything you need to know about the fest.We’ll start off the fun after the jump with a revealing…
The gastro-revolution is so widespread these days, it’s almost impossible to escape food or something connected with it. So when I turned on my Xbox 360 for the first time in ages last night looking to kill some time between feed sessions (that’s what I’m calling them), I wasn’t at…
Anyone who regularly dines out will tell you professional service is an issue in South Florida. In a recent column, I had some pretty harsh criticism for the service at Wild Olives by Todd English in Boca Raton. The service just wasn’t up to snuff for a meal of that…
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…
This week we’re putting off our normal restaurant review in favor of a guest column from Miami New Times’ own award-winning restaurant critic, Lee Klein. It’s a great read on the history of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, which kicks off in Miami tomorrow and runs through Sunday,…
A late-afternoon lunch of boeuf bourguignon and a glass of pinot noir was under $20 at Wilton Manor’s quaint little boutique eatery Le Patio. I sat outside among mismatched furniture in Le Patio’s tiny “backyard” at a table made out of an old New Orleans sewing machine. The beef dish…
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…
This week on the blog:We show you how to recreate La Cigale’s char-grilled artichokes.Patty Canedo gets physical with a box of lobsters in Half Baked.This week’s 100 Favorite Dishes continues with the stuffed poblanos at Fort Lauderdale’s Canyon.National chain Target puts the kibosh on farm-raised salmon. The retailer will now…
When the brand new Customs House restaurant and gastropub opened earlier this year in Boca Raton, Hell’s Kitchen alum Ralph Pagano was at the stove. But that arrangement didn’t last long. An employee at the restaurant confirmed this morning that Pagano is no longer working there. In addition, the restaurant…
• Join the folks at Table 42 (formerly Coal Mine Pizza) on Wednesday nights for $5 burger night, where Harris Ranch beef burgers cost just — you guessed it — five bucks. Also $5: Cocktails from the specialty cocktail list. There’s complimentary valet parking as well. Other specialty nights at…
Nominees for this years’ James Beard Awards were announced yesterday, and South Florida has a few representatives in the list. Zach Bell of Cafe Boulud and Dean James Max of 3030 Ocean were both nominated in the Best Chef: South category. In recent years, Bell has really come into his…
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…
Charlie was at the private opening of the new Sicilian Oven in Coral Springs last night. The second location of the popular and (quite frankly) outstanding pizza joint is now in business at 10140 W. Sample Road, formerly home to DiSalvo’s Pizza (which makes sense since that restaurant was owned…
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…
It’s safe to say the thin, breaded meat cutlet known as schnitzel is not quite as buzz-worthy as pancakes, the specialty of another, well-known international house. But even if it doesn’t always get the respect it deserves, the schnitzel is undoubtedly more popular worldwide; whether it goes by the name…
The worst service I’ve ever encountered came while eating at the famed Columbia Restaurant in St. Augustine. The waitress, who looked like a Latin version of Joan Rivers, was an absolute trip. I remember asking her how a particular fillet of snapper was prepared, to which she responded, “Are you…
The South Beach Wine and Food Festival kicks off next week, and if you’re planning on going but haven’t purchased your tickets yet, you’re still in luck. While many events are sold out completely, a number of them still have tickets available.In October, we detailed the top five SoBe W&F…
It’s been just over a month since the Office debuted in Delray Beach, the latest restaurant from David Manero and former Mark’s chef Mark Militello. And a recent visit showed that the upscale gastropub is starting to hit its stride.I made the trek to Delray on a recent Friday night…
After a few delays, Elevation Burger, the sustainable, free-range, grass-fed beef burger joint, is finally coming to the Walk in Coral Springs in March.The burger chain sounds sort of like Five Guys gone green. Elevation’s slogan is “ingredients matter,” and at least according to initial literature, it means it. It…
