Hump Day Special: $6 Suds and Sliders at Poorhouse

If you haven’t had a chance to try Chef Agtey’s sliders at Poorhouse, then today is your lucky day! Today, Poorhouse launches its new Wednesday “Suds-n-Sliders” special from 5:30 p.m. to midnight. The special includes three beef sliders topped with blue cheese and jalapeño bacon and a draft beer (today’s…

Poorhouse Goes Upscale With Five-Star Chef and Gourmet Sliders

Beer and Ping-Pong. Bacon and vodka. David Hasselhoff and a hand-held camera. Once in a blue moon, an unusual pairing of our favorite things comes together, bringing a smile to our face and joy to our little jaded hearts. Fort Lauderdale’s Poorhouse offers a new and unusual pairing: cool dive…

Five Reasons to Check Out Riverside Market

 Riverside Market is quite possibly one of Fort Lauderdale’s best-kept secrets. Located just across the swing bridge that connects the Sailboat Bend and Riverside neighborhoods, it’s an easy place to miss unless you’re in the know or in the neighborhood. The market has been open for more than a year…

Try This! Two New Variations on the Classic Mint Julep

Now that your liver has had a day to recuperate from Cinco de Mayo it’s time to get back on the horse and get your drink on once again! Dust off your best Great Gatsby inspired seersucker outfit because it’s time for the Kentucky Derby! You don’t have to be…

Got Leftover Peeps? Five Peeps Recipes

Warning: Peeps were harmed during the making of this blog entry! (Sorry, PETA.)While strolling down the candy aisle at your local Walgreens store, you may have been lured in by all of the mesmerizing, pastel-colored holiday candy on display. Some of the candy may come around only once a season,…

100 Favorite Dishes: No. 42 — Escargots From Aruba Beach Cafe

As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com. No. 42: Escargots From Aruba Beach Cafe Everything sounds better in French. For example, if…

100 Favorite Dishes: No. 46 — Paneer Makhani from The Palace

As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 46: Paneer Makhani from The PalaceThere are many things both good and bad that you…

100 Favorite Dishes: No. 48 — Falafel Sandwich from Falafel Bistro

As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 48: Falafel Sandwich from Falafel Bistro It’s not easy to find a decent falafel sandwich…

100 Favorite Dishes: No. 50 — Bizcoche de Maiz From Maracas

 As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com. No. 50: Bizcoche de Maiz from Maracas Where does a tired drag queen go when…

The List: Five Places to Get Your Meatloaf Fix in South Florida

 Just when we thought no one could top Charlie Sheen’s apocalyptic meltdown, singer and Apprentice contestant, Meatloaf, proved all of us wrong with a cataclysmic, F-bomb laced, rant of epic proportions on last Sunday’s episode of The Apprentice. Poor Gary Busey didn’t stand a chance against the enraged Meatloaf who…

Top Chef All-Star Sells Cookies Online

If you’ve ever watched Top Chef and thought, “Damn, that looks gooood! Wish I could try it!”  then your prayers have been answered! Top Chef All-Star and shoo-in for fan favorite this season, Carla Hall, now sells a little taste of Top Chef via her D.C.-based catering company,  Alchemy…

New Executive Chef, New Menu at Atlantic Ocean Club

There’s been a bit of trouble on the high seas since the Atlantic Ocean Club (AOC) opened in Delray earlier this year. After losing its executive chef, Jamie DeRosa, less than two months after they opened, the upscale restaurant has been a somewhat wayward ship until now. Atlantic Ocean Club…

National Pack A Lunch Day: 5 Reasons to Brown Bag It

Let’s face it, YOU are a bitchin’ rock star from Mars and what better way to prove it than by rockin’ a totally bitchin’ lunchbox for National Pack a Lunch Day?  That’s right, it’s time to dust off your Knight Rider lunchbox because March 10th is National Pack a Lunch…

The List: Five Dishes to Celebrate Mardi Gras in South Florida

It’s that time of year again when thousands of drunken college students, fratdults (grown-up frat boys), and creepy mustached men with fists full of beads and a penchant for buxom drunken girls take to the streets of New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras! Mardi Gras (March 8) is celebrated on…