Grilled cheese pizza was the winner of the Pizza Inn’s in-house contest across the chain to come up with new types of pizza for its national menu. Though a variant abomination is portrayed on This Is Why You’re Fat — with quarters jutting from a single crust — the Pizza…
We’re days away from the 14th-annual New Times Beerfest on November 12 from 7 to 11 p.m. in Esplanade Park, with a portion of the proceeds to benefit the Humane Society of Broward County. Sister Hazel provides tunes, and a slew of local restaurants, including Riverside Market, Moe’s Southwest Grill,…
This morning, we’ve round up some Sunday links to keep you reading past noon. On the day of the New York City Marathon, here’s a link to illuminate why athletes are back to eating real food again. More after the jump…
I’m in love with breakfast, not brunch. Brunch is for pounding Bloody Marys while waiting with the hordes for tables. Brunch is for people watching and drag shows. Brunch is for pancakes and fruit with syrup, or eggs benedict. It’s for packing on a day’s worth of calories and downing…
Despite that it’s a modest shop in a market with sandwiches made from old reliable Boar’s Head, My Market lures me in with delicious sandwiches and local characters. For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been meaning to go back for the Market Po’Boy, the shop’s version with turkey or roast beef…
Mark your calendars, beer lovers. Tap 42 will open for business on November 16: the beer, bourbon, and burger bar conceived by Sean and Blaise McMackin. Residents for 28 years, the brothers had wondered why Lauderdale was missing a beer bar with attention to design for which parking and the…
All this talk about New Times’ Beerfest has us craving craft brews. The event, on Saturday, November 12, in Esplanade Park in downtown Fort Lauderdale from 7 to 11 p.m., offers festgoers the opportunity to try hundreds of pours for $30 ($40 at the door) or $70 ($80 at the…
The driving question behind this week’s column is, Why are so many chefs opening taco stands in this area? I went to every taco joint that has opened in the past year, some multiple times, as well as Tacos al Carbon and El Guanaco, and a slew of cheap ass…
In 2010, we saw a rise in the price of bacon. For 2011 and beyond, it’s the whole hog.In the past two months, the price of pork shoulder Crumbaker gets from Grand Western and other national suppliers has risen from a wholesale price of 89 cents to 1.40 a pound:…
In Broward County, 2011 has been the year of the taco. This humble food began its star turn in January, when Mexican chain Dos Caminos opened in the Sheraton Fort Lauderdale Beach Hotel. Trendy Rocco’s Tacos followed with a February opening on Las Olas Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale. In the…
We have two pairs of tickets to give away to the 14th-annual New Times Beerfest on November 12 from 7 to 11 p.m. in Esplanade Park, with proceeds to benefit the Humane Society of Broward County. Taste as many as you’re able from the 100-plus domestic, international, and craft beers available…
There’s so much going on, we’ve rounded up a short list of what’s happening with restaurant openings in the next couple of weeks.Now that Tap 42 has passed all its inspections, the restaurant has announced an opening date via Twitter: November 16 at 3 p.m. Featuring 42 beers on tap,…
Burger Bar by Chef Allen, slated to open November 15, seeks servers, bar backs, hostesses, runners, line cooks, and dishwashers. The space is across from Scripps, offering indoor and outdoor seating. It’s the second of his burger restaurants, with the first located in the airport. Susser’s custom blend of meat…
Recession or no, it seems that everyone loves a deal, whether it’s a happy-hour buffet, dollar eats, or slashed prices on favorite items. Would you eat dinner for a dollar or less? (I’d likely skip it, though I’m in the minority.) Here’s a roundup of recs for lowbrow fare on…
I’m currently in mad love with the Recipe Project, the Brooklyn band One Ring Zero’s collection of famous chef’s recipes set to tunes. The book project started like this:Michael Hearst and Joshua Camp, co-founders of the band One Ring Zero, decided to turn Chris Cosentino’s recipe for Brains and Eggs…
From the world of dubious ideas, we have alcohol-free whisky. And here I thought Jameson was an acquired variety of torture that illuminates you’re a) in the industry b) friends with people in the industry or c) a drunk. Now available for distribution, ArKay is the brand of the unfortunately named, booze-free whisky…
After his first minivacation since PL8 opened in September, executive chef Brandon Whitestone of PL8 returns to the kitchen this week with a newly hired sous chef, Logan Street, and renewed vitality after downtime and opportunities to eat outside his own kitchen. His favorite spots display his carnivorous habits.1. The…
The origin of the desserts known as Death by Chocolate has been loosely credited to Les Anges, a Santa Monica restaurant from the ’80s. Food writer Marian Burros describes the dessert as something novel in 1984, when she took a 15-restaurant tour around L.A. in eight days: “‘I think I…
Each week, we cull eclectic stories from the internets so you don’t have to. 1. Author of Tomatoland Barry Estabrook reports that a 20-year-old labor-rights group representing tomato pickers in southwestern Florida marched to Trader Joe’s headquarters in Los Angeles to ask execs to work with the group to address labor…
A New Times favorite shop is To the Moon Marketplace, the specialty candy and novelty store run by self-appointed Peter Pan Antonio Dumas. (Though many of his items are not so Peter Pan, like the bong with a detachable penis nozzle, for example.) We talked to Dumas near Halloween to find…
Every month, we round up the openings, closings, and up nexts for restaurants around our area. October ushered in the opening of some highly anticipated restaurants such as Glen Manfra’s SpoonFed, though a slew are wrapping up final details for November debuts. The two most anticipated: the newest beer bar, Tap…
For 31 years, Rosa Bozeman, owner of Bozo’s, has reserved Fridays for soul food. It’s the day in which the parking lot is packed and she stays open until 6 p.m., two hours later than usual. Oxtail and meat loaf are the highlights when it comes to meat. And since…
