Terrific weather, a great turnout, and delicious eats marked last night’s New Times Pairings at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. Without further delay, we are pleased to announce the winners for Best Overall, Most Unique Dish, Most Decadent Dish, and Best Sweet…
It’s countdown to the 4th Annual New Times Pairings, where 40 plates and 40 pairings inevitably will lead to what other cultures call a “tomcat”, a “hairache”, or “the howling of kittens.” Though some of you take comfort in late night pizzas, greasy breakfasts, or any solid food item around to…
Dennis Max is at it again. The high profile restaurateur behind Max’s Grille and Max’s Harvest has joined forces with Fred Stampone and a silent investor to create two new restaurants that will open this fall. The first, Frank and Dino’s -an Italian-American restaurant that pays homage to the Rat Pack- will…
Last week, several commenters questioned the opening of Kapow! Noodle Bar in Boca, an area that’s dominated by older folks, so I asked around about it. Will Boca embrace Kapow once it’s open in November? “The Dubliner is the only place in Boca for young people to go,” said a…
It was a Monday at 8:30, and the parking lot at Sea was fairly empty. (It is the offseason.) I contemplated turning around, but no: I had been dreaming about the soup since Saturday. I could get it to go. I walked inside. A server, Joe, recognized me and greeted…
Are you In the Biz but out of work? Check here every week, where we round up some of South Florida’s most promising job leads. (you’re welcome. Just be sure to tip us off when you hear of any juicy scandals in the kitchen.) Just in Time for Octoberfest, Biergarten…
You’ve got one more day to buy tickets for New Times’ fourth annual Pairings event at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.Click on the Pairings website to buy tickets online for $45 today, or pay $55 at the door tomorrow. Deep-pocketed readers can shell out $80 for VIP tickets…
It may be hot outside, but things are chilling out at Tundra, the ice-themed restaurant conceived by David Berman and Alex Podolny. Scheduled to open in the former Mancini’s space at 1017 East Las Olas Blvd., the restaurant is the first of three concepts by the pair, which will include…
“Manny Ramirez is in jail next door!” announced a Patriots fan who had just come from Sun Life stadium and was drinking at Fort Lauderdale’s Downtowner Saloon.Last night, news spread fast that Weston resident Manny Ramirez, the World Series MVP who’s been earning himself a checkered history, had allegedly slapped his…
Flavor Palm Beach is in full swing, which means diners can gorge on a three-course lunch for $20 or graze on a three-course dinner for $30 or $35, depending on your dining strategy. North County is heavy on classics, served a stone’s throw from spas, hotels, and golf resorts. After…
As we’re counting down to the New Times Pairings event this Thursday at Broward Center for the Performing Arts, I’ve been perusing lineups as they’re posted over at Wine Watch. Some trends so far: Restaurants are counting on pork buns, sliders, meatballs, and tacos to please crowds. Lamb makes an…
Last week, I said I wasn’t sold on Lauderdale’s takeout sushi options — even Sushi 1, the joint that seems to be a favorite according to many folks in the comments. After I blogged, I decided to ask an expert to help us out, so I hit up Trevor Corson, author…
Flavor Palm Beach is in full swing, which means diners can gorge on a three course lunch for $20 or graze on a three course dinner for $30 or $35, depending on your dining strategy. Central County offers up some of the fancier dining options and biggest deals. Click to…
Congratulations to Kristi with a K for snagging the judgeship for The 4th Annual New Times Pairings. She’ll be joining a panel of gastronomes to decide on the best dishes of the festival. Kristi won for this comment:My name is Kristi and I would make a great choice for being…
Flavor Palm Beach is in full swing, and according to OpenTable, reservations for some of the more coveted seats are wide open. A twenty dollar bill buys a three course lunch and $30 to $35 pays for three course dinner through the end of the month. After the jump, I’ve…
I’ve been told that Sushi 1 is the best takeout sushi in the area. That it’s Japanese-owned and jam-packed at lunch are confirmations. The three times I’ve been I’ve found the sushi to have been… fine. I miss ginger-colored ginger as opposed to the neon-pink kind and rolls made with…
When Jamie Long reviewed Carpe Diem by Cafe de France earlier this summer, she wrote of the restaurant’s old world charm and the menu’s adherence to French classics: croque monsieur and pate sandwiches for more casual fare, foie gras and coq au vin as the heavy hitters. The name change…
Farm-to-table dining has become so mainstream that Levi’s is collaborating on a T-shirt collection with Alice Waters, the gastronomic icon who pioneered the movement when she founded Berkeley’s legendary Chez Panisse restaurant in 1971. These days, big cities like New York and Chicago are choked with farm-to-table restaurants that promote…
The guys behind Boca Raton’s most anticipated restaurant opening will narrow down their chef pick for Kapow! Noodle Bar this week, says partner Vaughan Lazar (Pizza Fusion), one of three partners behind the Asian fusion concept, a joint project conceived by Rodney Mayo and Scott Frielich.The pool of “hundreds” of…
A “serious company” seeks Kind of a Ice Cream Guru [sic]. Can you run an ice cream kitchen in Broward? Perhaps you’ll be the next Jake Godby, the savant who comes up with and actually sells flavors like government cheese, peanut butter curry, and Jesus Juice to save your soul…
This past summer-between May 31st and yesterday- the area’s readers have been more interested in the opening of burger joints-or really, just about any joint- than porn filmed at a pizzeria. Read on for the season’s most read local restaurant news of the summer. The results may surprise you…
Attention, Bobby Flay fans. Primp for your chance to interview with the man himself along with Food Network host Anne Burrell for the network’s open casting call for the third season of Worst Cooks in America.What’s required of you?…
