What goes best with beer? Is it popcorn? Pretzels? Chicken wings? Scratch all of those. According to Julien Siegel, co-owner of Fort Lauderdale’s Craft Beer Cartel, yoga and beer are the best pairing. When Craft Beer Cartel opened last year offering a plethora of home brewing equipment, craft beer, and…
Craving a hot bowl of matzo ball soup? A thick-stacked reuben sandwich? Or maybe a lox and cream cheese bagel as thick as a bible? You can find them all at a new deli concept that opens its doors today in Fort Lauderdale’s FAT Village. That deli is Top Hat…
Five years ago, 26° Brewing Co. co-founder Greg Lieberman began making beer as a hobby. Today, the self-taught brewer is making more than 900 gallons per batch at his Pompano Beach brewery, set to open later this week. Finally, after more than a year of renovating and preparation, thirsty patrons…
Another year, another New Times Pairings has come and gone. The 2015 installment of the annual foodie event featured over 40 restaurants served up samples of some amazing food, paired with a fine wines, craft spirits, and beer. Last night, the eighth-annual Pairings took over the Broward Center for the Performing…
The wait is almost over for the grand opening of downtown Delray Beach’s newest hotspot. Rocco’s Tacos will be celebrating the grand opening of its seventh location later this month when doors officially open on Wednesday, September 30. The Delray Beach Rocco’s Tacos — located in the former home of…
The restaurant industry is a tough business. In South Florida, where the summer slump after tourist season can often be a kiss of death for many establishments, this is especially true. The summer might be slow, but it can also provide an opportunity for a new place to establish itself,…
Celebrity chefs. Culinary trendsetters. Upscale digs. Luxury accommodations. You’ll get all this — and more — during the Palm Beach Food & Wine Festival, which returns December 10 through 13 at event locations throughout the Palm Beaches. The annual foodie-focused festival will bring together a series of events over…
The heady aromas emanating from 2406 Wilton Drive are thick enough to cut with a knife. Sit outside long enough or pass by too slowly and you won’t be able to resist the temptation to follow them to their source. That source is pizza, specifically pies baked in a simple…
These days you’ll find all sorts of crazy ingredients in your cocktails: foams, jellies, seeds, syrups, and spices — heck, even edible flowers. There are, however, few things less intriguing than a drink made with a spoonful of squid ink. But that’s what we’ve come to expect at Kuro, the…
This November, it won’t be man versus food. Instead, it will be South Florida versus the grill during the sixth-annual John Offerdahl’s Broward Health Gridiron Grill-Off Food & Wine Festival. The Gridiron Grill-Off is an annual event that features a showdown-style competition that pits Miami Dolphins legends and celebrity chefs…
Love bacon? An event in honor of the hog’s most famous part will return for its second year thanks to Riverwalk Fort Lauderdale and Covenant House Florida. The second annual Bacon Bash returns to Fort Lauderdale this fall, a foodie-focused event that’s all about the bacon, taking place in Esplanade…
Pastry chef DJ Colby dreams in flavors; ice cream flavors, to be exact — many of which you can find in the display case at his one-year-old Wilton Manors ice cream shop. That creativity guarantees Wilton Creamery offers a rainbow of flavors you won’t find at your average scoop spot…
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…
Does your favorite South Florida mixologist have what it takes to be named the “best” bartender in South Florida? You may find out soon during the Max Group’s tête-à-tête-style showdown starts later this month between some of the area’s most talented bar chefs. Delray Beach’s Max’s Social House has unveiled…
For years we’ve been patiently awaiting this moment: ordering an Egg McMuffin past 10:30 a.m. Yes, we’re ashamed to admit that we’re stoked about McDonald’s recent announcement to sell breakfast menu items all day, every day, at each of its more than 14,000 restaurants nationwide. It seems like we’re never…
At Jacques-Imo’s Cafe in New Orleans you can order shrimp and alligator cheesecake for an appetizer. It’s just the sort of wild, exotic, Cajun-Creole-Bayou-style eats you’d expect from a foodie-forward city like Nola. But it’s here — in Florida, where roughly 1.25 million alligators reside — where gator should be…
Looking for a job? Look no further than Boatyard in Fort Lauderdale, the new waterside dining concept located at 1555 SE 17th St. in Fort Lauderdale. Boatyard — the new concept that has replaced 25-year-old Bimini Boatyard Bar & Grill — is hiring in preparation for a fall grand re-opening…
During work hours at the Boynton Beach law firm Tomberg, Hanson & Halper, legal assistant Mike Edmonson and attorney Dean Halper often found themselves bouncing around the idea of opening their own restaurant. Their concepts ranged from the tried and true — like sandwiches — to the weird. “Pizza in…
The heat wave is almost over, another uneventful hurricane season is just about to end (knock on wood), and football season kicks off September 10. Most of all, restaurateurs (and food writers) across South Florida are rejoicing because season is about to unleash itself upon the local food scene, bringing…
When there’s a hurricane watch in South Florida, people don’t get worried. They get prepared. For many Floridians, the most important items to stock up on aren’t water, gas, or even food. Instead, we make sure to have all the necessary components for a proper storm-themed party. At the top…
When a friend invites you to lunch with the idea of bringing you someplace you’ve never dined at before, are you the type to go along for the ride, certain they’re right? Or do you scoff and say, “Sure, a place I don’t know anything about? Try me.” If we’re…
Restaurateur Jaime Pesaque has been busy the past few years, building a Peruvian food empire that rivals that of Gastón Acurio, the country’s own ambassador of Peruvian cuisine. With signature restaurants in Lima, Uruguay, Hong Kong, and Miami Beach, the young chef recently expanded his SuViche brand — which first…
