The largest celebration of tiki culture in the country starts Thursday at Mai-Kai and runs through Sunday, a recognition of the modern tiki movement. With three days of music, food, and drink, the weekend offers an opportunity to drink with tiki barman and author Jeff Berry, who will expound on…
Welcome to the How-To series, a periodic segment of photo essays that highlight the dishes and drinks that area restaurants do well, who makes them, and how they do it. This week, we’re focusing on a burger and fries from BurgerFi. Welcome to BurgerFi, where corporate chef Paul Griffin will…
Welcome to Tax Day, the last possible moment to delay paying financial obligations to the IRS. Needless to say for most of us, after-work activities will not involve shopping or splurging on a tasting menu. I’m really cranky about it this morning.If you too owe Uncle Sam more than a…
We’re counting down to New Times’ Best Of Broward/Palm Beach 2012 issue in June by serving up our top 100 favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive. If you have any nominations of your own, please add them to the comments or visit our Facebook page.54. Supreme Burger with…
Fusion has been on the brain. Following our review on Florida’s sushi-Thai, Sara Dickerman addresses the up-down of our relationship with fusion in Slate last week in Fusion Reaction: How America fell in love, then out of love, then in love all over again with Asian influenced cuisine. She wrote:You won’t…
Tax day is right around the corner on Tuesday, April 17. While the lucky might be getting a check from Uncle Sam, most of us have something to pay. Either scenario is an occasion to drink. We’ve lined up a handful of bartender recommendations for their choices of what to…
“How did you find out about us?” asks owner Khoa Nguyen of his shop that opened last month. He’s from southern Vietnam.We learned about it from a flier at a nail salon, of all places, I tell him. My friend Megan had been craving soup, despite that temperatures here have…
Here’s a roundup of food news from our favorite funky town to the north.1.) Tacos Al Carbon opened another taco shop at Sixth Avenue South and Congress. The menu offers the same as the original location, with more seafood specials and entrées. Take note: The shop offers abbreviated hours, from…
Bravo! Gourmet Sandwich Shop has taken over the space next door, a former thrift shop at 2927 NE Sixth Ave. in Wilton Manors. The expansion will allow the shop to double its seating capacity. The owners will also sell beer and wine when the space debuts in about two weeks…
When I was in New York a couple weeks ago, Robert Sietsema took me to Zabb Elee, a Thai restaurant in the East Village. The slip on the basement level offers Thai-hot dishes from the Isaan region of Thailand, near Laos. Decked in white, the restaurant’s decor is apparently a Northern Thai…
We’re counting down to 57. Burrata and Fava Beans From D’Angelo TrattoriaHow is burrata different from mozzarella? It’s a piece formed into a pouch, which is filled with curd and cream, then knotted. In the Puglia region, the ball is wrapped in the leek leaves. The result, when it’s served at room…
Click here for a slideshow of sushi-Thai at Asia Bay. On the patio overlooking the canal at Asia Bay Bistro on Las Olas, I started with a sushi handroll. It was stuffed with avocado and crunchy salmon skin. It was also laden with eel and sweet sauce, so addictive for…
Sorry, ladies. Strikers’ soccer team starting defender Jack Stewart is not offering a private visit to cook up something special. (Or not yet, anyway.) He is, however, slinging sides and mains over on Cooking With Athletes, a recipe and nutrition blog for people who actually play sports, as opposed to…
We’re counting down to New Times’ Best Of Broward/Palm Beach 2012 issue in June by serving up our top 100 favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive. If you have any nominations of your own, please add them to the comments, or visit our Facebook page.58. The South Fork…
In tandem with our 100 favorite dishes for the New Times’ Best Of Broward/Palm Beach 2012, we’re asking readers to offer up their favorites. Submit yours to Melissa.McCart@BrowardPalmBeach.com.Today’s roundup is from Patrick Jong, who offers these gems: 5. Green Cay Farms Squash Blossoms at Max’s Harvest Delicate squash blossoms are…
The newest Chick-Fil-A opens in Lake Worth on April 12 at 6275 Lantana Road, one of 92 the company will open in 2012. To kick off the new location, the chain will sponsor its “First 100” campaign, for which the first 100 people in line score a year’s worth of free…
First it’s lionfish in Florida waters. Now it’s iguanas on Florida land. The Perennial Plate chef Daniel Klein offers this segment on our invasive predator the iguana and how one guy prepares it for a snack. The locale is Boca Grande, where iguana owners during the 1970s released pets in…
The Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. of Boca Raton will be supplying water in Brooklyn at Barclays Center, the new home for the NBA Nets. Needless to say, Brooklynites aren’t pleased. “There’s nothing Brooklyn about this water,” said Brooklyn Councilwoman Letitia James. The arena will also feature a location of…
Boynton’s Due South Brewery announced a May 12 opening to coincide with American Craft Beer Week from May 14 to 20. The brewery, owned by Mike and Jodi Halker, at 2900 High Ridge Road, will produce Caramel Cream Ale, Roasted Cocoa Stout, Atlantis Ale, and an Espresso Porter, among others. Those…
As a countdown to the Best Of Broward/Palm Beach 2012, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Melissa.McCart@BrowardPalmBeach.com.60. Shellfish Tapas at Tapas 210A stunning decor and delicious eats make Tapas 210 worth the trip. Lush tropical greenery frames…
Dairy Belle on Route 1 is based on a mid-century Americana roadside stand. Yet it has been around since 1998, and it was conceived by French Canadians. After over a decade of existence, change is coming: Francois Grenier and family are moving to a new place. Here’s the hitch: They’re…
The Tin Fish will debut in the former Luigi’s space, at 118 S. Clematis Street, just in time for Sunfest in May. Owner Andy Noonan, said he liked the concept of The Tin Fish in Port St. Lucie so much that he wanted to open a branch of his own…
