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. 31. Sunrise Roll…
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. 38. Baby Back…
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. 49. Avocado Mousse…
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. 66. Super Mozzarella…
When I think back on my golden years in college, I remember all of the good times that I had with strangers friends. Days spent camping out for seats at basketball games, grossly misusing credit cards, and repeatedly surviving untreated alcohol poisoning are all fond memories. I was cool back…
Wolfing down bowls of garlic-flavored ice cream isn’t for everyone. If you’re skipping Delray’s Garlic Fest this weekend but still want to chow down, Deck 84 hopes to entice you with their new, breath-friendly brunch menu items. …
Navigating the happy hour scene on Fort Lauderdale beach is no easy task. The choices of where to go are endless however the scene once you get there is the same — salacious meat markets, skeevy (but kind of wonderful) dive bars, and South Beach bar wannabes commingle on the…
When making dinner plans with friends, I usually ask something along the lines of, “What type of food are you in the mood to eat?” Recently, after two botched outings with friends, I’ve realized that the first thing I should ask is, “Are you gluten-intolerant?”Last month, I met with a…
Chef Jorge Fernandez brings the tastes, sights, and sounds of the Iberian Peninsula to South Florida with the debut of his new restaurant, the Spaniard Tapas Bar and Café. The restaurant, located in Boca Raton, adjacent to Royal Palm Place, serves traditional tapas items like cured meats and cheeses as…
Thinly veiled as a means to “give Mom a break” or to avoid doing dishes from now until 12-12-12, going out for Thanksgiving dinner is the perfect way to minimize optimize the quality family time for which you are so thankful. Like planning a destination wedding, dining out for Thanksgiving…
Due to our current recession economic downturn, there has been a resurgence of potluck groups nationwide. Wiener Wednesday is just one of many new potluck groups popping up all over South Florida. When I first found out about Wiener Wednesdays from Deirdre Funcheon, managing editor at New Times, I dropped…
Looking to start a bar fight at your favorite neighborhood haunt? If so, there are several tactics to use that are guaranteed to result in hurt feelings and/or fisticuffs.These tactics include but are not limited to– poorly executed your-mama jokes, extolling the virtues of Neil Diamond, and hurling insults about…
Labor Day weekend has finally arrived and you know what that means — BBQ, beer, one less day spent enduring annoying co-workers, and of course, enjoying your annual Waffle House birthday festivus. This Labor Day, Waffle House turns the big 5-3. Tricked out hash browns, doubled-down patty melts, and 24-hour…
Last night marked the opening of PL8 on Himmarshee Street in Fort Lauderdale. PL8 is the new, small plate-concept restaurant from owner Dave Nicholas and chef Brandon Whitestone formerly of the now closed Himmarshee Grille. PL8’s menu features economic downturn-friendly, small plate items that can be shared with friends or…
On Monday, in South Florida, thousands of hormonal, angst-ridden youth made their way back to school for another year of FCAT-prep higher learning. If you just groaned a little it’s probably for one of two reasons…..
The Old Fort Lauderdale Breakfast House (O-B House) wants to help you rise and shine when it opens for business this Friday. “We want to be the go-to place for breakfast during nonconformist hours,” said the restaurant’s owner, Rodney Ely. The O-B House, located on Himmarshee Street in downtown Fort…
The latest food truck round-up took place last night in Fort Lauderdale’s Esplanade Park, and if there was one common complaint it was that the turnout was actually too good. Hundreds of people queued up to try gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches, inhale short rib-smothered tater tots, and tweak off of…
Resist the urge to ask pressing questions about the 15-foot jellyfish tank or the current availability of West Coast oysters at Steak 954 and let the restaurant’s chef de cuisine, Jason Landon Smith, do the talking. This Thursday, July 21, Smith will school you on more important matters like, among…
You have a secret, a skeleton in your your closet. Brace yourself, you are about to be exposed. You! yes you, love “vintage” candy. What is vintage candy? Like you don’t know! Let’s face it, you’re not getting any younger but we’ll indulge you…just for today. Vintage candy is that…
Get your thumbs ready, because this Friday, July 15, New Times is hosting a tweet-up party at Rare on Las Olas. Get the hookup for being a loyal New Times Twitter and social media follower (thumbs-up to you Facebook “Likers”!). The top-secret password — “New Times” — will grant you…
Good news carnivores! Fort Lauderdale’s newest steakhouse, Texas de Brazil, opened this week! Located directly across from the Galleria Mall, the new Brazilian steakhouse is easy to miss from the road even if you are looking for it! A word of advice- once you hit Galleria Mall start driving like…
If you’re anything like me, your food pyramid is inverted and looks more like a yield sign. The “food groups” in your yield sign probably have little to do with portion control or balance and everything to do with convenience and indulgence. It may look something like this…..
