Tacos & Tatas at Rocco’s Tacos These days, everyone knows Rocco Mangel — founder of the Rocco’s Tacos Tequila Bar chain — for wearing his tequila-pouring shoes. If you catch him on the bar at any one of his restaurant locations, you know the shots will be flowing free that…
In the past year Pompano Beach has become a place of interest in South Florida. Some say it could even become one of the area’s next seaside vacation destinations thanks to Pompano Beach Fishing Village, what will include the addition of two new custom-built oceanfront restaurants — the Pompano Beach…
Rapidly expanding Pie Five Pizza Co. is coming straight outta the oven — and the state of Texas — to a city near you. In the lone star state, Dallas-based Pie Five Pizza Co. is best known for its made-to-order artisan pizzas that are guaranteed to be “finished in five”…
October is finally here, and we couldn’t be more excited. Why? Because it’s finally time for season, and that means long lines at the hostess stand, stalking people leaving your favorite restaurant for their parking spot, and basically writing off happy hour at any downtown bar for the next five months…
If you’ve had dreams of some kind of sensuous treat — not zucchini, fettuccine, or bulgur wheat but a big, warm bun and a huge hunk of meat — then a cheeseburger in paradise might be just the remedy, heaven on Earth with an onion slice. And you’ll finally be…
Ask anyone from Thailand if he dines out at American Thai restaurants and he’ll most likely tell you no. Americans, many Thais will concur, don’t know real Thai food. Sure, you’ve probably eaten at a local Thai restaurant or two, feeling adventurous for ordering any of the rainbow of red,…
With so many restaurants in South Florida and more opening all the time, just picking where to go for dinner on a Saturday night or lunch on a Wednesday can be an overwhelming task. Sometimes, you just need a reason. This ongoing list of the favorite dishes from food writers…
South Florida bartenders, let’s get ready to rumble. Next week, the Max Group will give 24 local mixologists a chance to showcase their skills in front of foodies and fans alike during the inaugural Bar Brawls competition. The weekly bracket-style battle was inspired by Esquire Network’s Knife Fights and will…
Have you ever tasted a banket (an almond-paste Danish pastry), or bossche bol (a popular European puff pastry filled with whipped cream and coated in melted chocolate)? If not, now you can enjoy each thanks to Dutch bakers Patty and Ralph Smolders, who recently opened a stateside version of her…
Brunch. It’s the best meal of the week, and not just because of the bottomless mimosas and bloody marys. It’s because so many restaurants pull out all their best deals — and most indulgent meals — for the weekend crowds. Dishes range from house-cured bacon and pork belly eggs Benedict,…
Calling all health-nuts in Broward County: fresh-pressed juices, superfood-rich smoothies, and raw vegan eats are now available via the Jugofresh juice bar located inside the Fort Lauderdale Whole Foods Market. The Miami-based chain recently opened its first Broward County location last month, and since then has been serving up a…
Sure, that start of the week is a bummer. But next week, not all is lost. Tuesday, September 29 is National Coffee Day, which means you can get a free cup of joe to start your week off right. Here are a few deals you can find around Broward and…
If at first you don’t succeed try, try again. That idiom rung true for Hurricane Alley Raw Bar & Restaurant owner Kim Kelly, who launched her Chowder Truck-N-Snack Shack on Saturday, September 19. Several months ago, Kelly petitioned the Boynton Beach City Commission for permission to station her new food…
The past few years have been good for Korean food. Signs of the country’s culinary conquest of America are everywhere these days. Kimchi is the new coleslaw, Korean barbecue has replaced the Japanese hibachi for birthday-party throwdowns, Korean BBQ is a menu option at Subway, and thanks to Roy Choi’s…
World of Beer in Coconut Creek recently debuted the franchise’s signature Tavern Fare menu, a variety of “elevated comfort food” made in-house. The Coconut Creek location, which first opened in 2010, was selected to be the first bar in South Florida to feature this innovative new pairing menu, with food made…
It’s 5:55 p.m. on a balmy Friday night in mid-August, and the first few guests are beginning to arrive at Kitchen in West Palm Beach, a bohemian-chic eatery nestled into the corner of an unsuspecting shopping plaza at the corner of Belvedere Road and South Dixie Highway. There’s a young…
With so many restaurants in South Florida and more opening all the time, just picking where to go for dinner on a Saturday night or lunch on a Wednesday can be an overwhelming task. Sometimes, you just need a reason. This ongoing list of the favorite dishes from food writers…
This month, 135 cities across the country will show you 135 ways to make their own version of the perfect breakfast using an English Muffin during a national recipe competition featuring seven Florida chefs. That competition is known as the Hometown Breakfast Battle, what stands as the country’s largest national…
Some food holidays are just more important than others, and anything with burgers is definitely one of them. Whether you’re willing to admit it or not, cheeseburgers are at the top of the indulge without guilt list and National Cheeseburger Day on September 18 just gives you an extra reason to…
Dinner, drinks, brunch — and now lunch. To cater to the seasonal masses, Delray Beach’s one-year-old Apeiro Kitchen & Bar will be introducing a new weekday lunch service beginning Thursday, September 24. The lunch menu will be served Monday through Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Delray Marketplace…
Sushi is certainly one of those things where you don’t want to be cheap. And although we’d all love to afford a weekly sushi splurge or omakase spread, most of us don’t have that kind of cash. Lucky for West Palm Beach lunchers, that’s no longer the case. According to…
To usher in the fall season, Benny’s on the Beach in Lake Worth has unveiled a new dinner menu, and according to Mercedes Castro, director of public relations for Benny’s on the Beach, the upgraded assortment of dishes created by executive chef and restaurant co-owner Jeremy Hanlon offers an extensive…
