Riverside Market Remains in Limbo

The fate of Riverside Market remains on hold as to whether it will continue as a restaurant or even as a market, confirms both Julian Siegel and a spokesperson from the city’s Planning and Zoning Board. Siegel confirms that his property at 608 SW 12th Ave. in Fort Lauderdale has not…

Which Is Worse: KFC’s New Cheesy Bacon Bowl or a Frito Pie?

Casserole comebacks aren’t just for fat-basking Paula Dean, as fast food and sit-down restaurants continue to introduce them in the form of pies and bowls. Yesterday Eater.com reported Kentucky Fried Chicken’s newest gutbomb, the Cheesy Bacon Bowl, an amalgamation of mashed potatoes, fried chicken, corn, gravy, cheese, and now bacon…

Win a Copy of Anne Burrell’s Cookbook, Cook Like a Rock Star

​With holiday entertaining fast on the approach, perhaps you’d like to stretch your culinary cred by cooking up a showstopper: braised short ribs, rack of lamb, or a whole fish, for example. Celebrity chef Anne Burrell walks aspiring home chefs through each recipe in her how-to book, Cook Like a…

Tryst in Delray Beach Is the Place to Sip a Funky, Aged Beer

Until I started writing about beer a couple of years ago, the only reds I’d had were hypersweet lambics and Killian’s from the ’90s, the Coors-bought lager made red by caramelized, malted barley. I was underwhelmed by them until I sipped a gueuze.Though it’s also a lambic, the gueuze should…

Italian Sausages or Hot Dogs? Which Ones and Where to Go

When given the choice between Italian sausage or hot dogs, in my past it had been no brainer. Despite that they’re both made with animal innards, pork and pork fat is more of a delight than beef parts–or whatever’s inside hot dog casings. Italian sausage also arrives on better bread,…

Not Just For Dessert, Fast Food Minis Are A Whole Meal

USA Today reports on the mini-dessert trend, which includes today’s rollout at Baskin Robbins of the four bite cake-and-ice-cream dessert that fits in the palm of a hand. While fine and mid-range dining restaurants have featured mini sweets for decades, the trend is finally hitting the mass market. USA Today cites…

We Have a Winner for The Delray Bash This Saturday

​This Saturday is the Delray Bash from 7 to 9:30 p.m. in Old School Square, for which we’re giving away two tickets worth $100 that pays for dishes and drinks from more than 25 restaurants, including The Office, The Falcon House, BurgerFi, Buddha Sky Bar, and DaDa, among others. We asked you…

Trend Alert: Vietnamese Cuisine, Epic Menus, and Man Food

This past week, my colleagues from Village Voice Media had a good showing the Association of Food Journalism awards, which I attended in Charleston. Around tables at dinner and during speaker sessions, topics such as how soon to review a restaurant after it has opened, the role of critics in the…

East End Brasserie Chef Steven Zobel: New Guy in Town

Slated to open October 27 in restaurant formerly known as Trina in the Atlantic Resort & Spa, East End Brasserie will debut with chef Steven Zobel as executive chef. A born and raised New Yorker who left the helm at the fancy, 40-seat French restaurant Triomphe in Manhattan, Zobel gives…

Dapur in Fort Lauderdale: For the Scene, Not the Cuisine

In the dining room of Dapur on a square white plate, a seafood tower leans like Pisa. A crispy homemade rice cake serves as the base, with separate layers of neon avocado, sweet lump crab, and spicy tuna. It’s topped with a tendril of green melon skin that cascades down…

Man Threatens to Blow Up Buccan in West Palm Beach

A drunk man with a backpack full of weapons threatened to blow up Buccan last night, reports the Palm Beach Post. John Hughes, 40, caused a ruckus at the bar and restaurant last night at 9:30 at the eatery named New Times’ Best New Restaurant in Palm Beach for 2011…

WIN Two Free Tickets to this Weekend’s Delray Bash ($100 Value)

We’ve got two free tickets to give away for The Delray Bash this Saturday in Old School Square Park from 7 to 9:30 p.m. The culinary event that benefits the American Lung Association features food and drink from restaurants including The Office, The Falcon House, BurgerFi, Buddha Sky Bar, and…

Updates for Fort Lauderdale’s M Bar, Mancini’s on Las Olas

​​Though chef Ted Inserra is holding down his chef gig at Old Fort Lauderdale Breakfast House, he’s been on double duty behind the line at Jack Mancini’s M Bar with chef Kevin McCarthy. “I’m there a couple of nights a week to help get things organized and to pitch in,” said Inserra. “Kevin…