Dining out is a big part of South Florida culture and nightlife. For all our beach-going ways, we like to eat. But living in tourist paradise is a double-edged sword: the food is great, but you pay for it. Dine Out Lauderdale is a promotion aimed at locals and tourists…
When it comes to frying chicken nobody — and we mean nobody — does it quite like the Koreans. (Apologies to all the Southern fried chicken fans out there, and those buttermilk-based, generation-spanning recipes.) If you’ve had the opportunity to try it, you’ll know that Korean-style fried chicken differs greatly…
Some say the meatballs at Genco Sandwiches are so good, it’s almost a crime. At least, that’s what you might think after taking a look at the Lauderdale-by-the-Sea deli’s Instagram account, where you’ll see a daily Godfather-themed mugshot post of a hungry patron. Not all of them were booked for…
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…
“Brewing beer was always a hobby,” says Greg Lieberman. “I never thought that one day I would actually open a brewery.” Like many people in the growing South Florida craft brewing industry, 36-year-old Greg Lieberman decided to follow his dreams. Unlike most people, he left a solid job he loved…
Miami resident Michal Amedia grew up eating bologna sandwiches. Not the bologna you’re familiar with, however — you know, the kind you find in round plastic packages or sliced at your local grocery store deli case. In the Midwest, where Amedia hails from, true bologna is something of a regional…
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…
The month of July saw a number of new restaurant openings across South Florida. The most hotly anticipated openings included Tap 42 in Boca Raton (the second location for the growing gastropub chain), Swell Pizza in Delray Beach (the latest venture for Pizzeria Oceano’s Dak Kerprich), and Riverside Market South…
Here’s one way to help solve the invasive wild hog problem in South Florida: buy a mobile pig roast franchise. Don’t worry, it’s classy; this is an upscale, white linen pig roast. PigOut Catering is a Canada-based company known for popularizing mobile meat roasting with a classy and convenient catering…
We’ve all had ramen. For most Americans, it comes from styrofoam cups or familiar plastic packaging in flavors like “oriental” and “seafood.” We eat it when we are short on time, hungover, broke, or living in a dorm. The Japanese would shake their heads at this; for them, ramen is…
Healthy is happening right now, and in the food world that means juice bars. A year ago, the juice bar craze was just taking off in South Florida, with several popping up across the area. Today, things are only busier in the world of juice. The concept is often an…
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…
Uber — the everymans’ ridesharing service taking the country by storm — is about to come to an end in Broward County. On July 31, Uber plans to withdraw its services in Broward County due to a rideshare ordinance that puts a number of restrictions on Uber drivers operating in…
At Toa Toa Chinese Restaurant, you can start your meal with what seems like dessert: egg custard tarts, silky, yolk-stained custard cradled in rich, flaky pastry crust. But this is not dessert. This is Hong Kong-style dim sum. When Americans think of Chinese food, most picture white cardboard boxes and…
It was a craft-minded celebration for Fort Lauderdale this weekend when three of the county’s small-batch artisans came together to celebrate LauderAle Hand Crafted Beer’s one year anniversary and the release of its first bottled beer. Known as Broward County’s first and only nano brewery, LauderAle threw itself a one…
In August, Boca Raton-based Savor Our City Culinary Tours will expand with a new destination: Wilton Manors. The series of historical walking food tours began in 2009 and are led by founder Denise Righetti and a team of knowledgeable foodies and wine enthusiasts – many with hospitality, culinary, and food…
According to a report known as the 2015 Kids Count — issued by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, an annual publication that assesses child well-being nationally and across the 50 states — one in four South Florida children are living in poverty. And where there is poverty, there is hunger…
This week American Social Las Olas launched a new dinner menu with new dishes that offer a sophisticated twist on classic American comfort food. The revamped recipes incorporate the culinary favorites served at the restaurant’s original Brickell location founded by Paul Greenberg and Richard Mijares, with nearly half the menu presenting…
Nothing says Southern-style comfort fare quite like a bucket of fresh fried chicken. That floured, battered, deep-fried bird has so much American nostalgia swirling around it, it’s a dish that’s about as American as burgers, wings, and pizza. Crisp well-seasoned skin is the mark of a well made piece of…
Chipotle is giving away free burritos starting July 21 through the end of August. All you have to do to get free food is play Chipotle’s new online quiz game “Friend or Faux.” Do so, and you’ll get the restaurant’s “buy-one-get-one-free” burrito deal, and be entered for a chance to win…
South Florida bartenders: Do you have what it takes to go head-to-head with the area’s best mixologists, bar chefs, and drink masters? If so, you might want to consider competing in the locally-based and organized Bar Brawls, an elimination-style competition taking place in Delray Beach in September. Bartenders will brawl…
Argentine food is easy to love: flavorful chargrilled meats soaked in a sauce of aromatic parsley, olive oil, and garlic and chased with bottles of strong red wine or a light, lager-style beer. It’s meat-and-potatoes simple. It’s man food. It’s good. And it’s exactly what you’ll get at the 7-month-old…
