A new restaurant concept is coming to Fort Lauderale from Valentino chef-owner Giovanni Rocchio, named Broward Palm Beach New Times 2015 best chef. Rocchio and partner Elke Quintana recently announced the groundbreaking of their latest concept, One Door East, located next door to the chef’s longtime Fort Lauderdale establishment located…
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…
Taco Tuesday just a got a little more interesting, Broward County. On Tuesday, July 21, Nacho Bizness — the Fort Lauderdale-based food truck known for its gourmet tacos — will be hosting its first pop-up Taco Tuesday at The Village Cafe in Fort Lauderdale. And while any excuse to celebrate…
When Starbucks announced they’d be doing cold brew, we knew it was only a matter of time before everyone would be ordering the drink like it was something new and different. But it’s not: there’s plenty of places in Broward and Palm Beach that offer up the cold brew coffee…
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…
A traditional Spanish fruit punch with wine, sangria’s roots date back to coastal Spain where — centuries ago — both the ingredients and the wine were available in abundance. A time-honored concoction, it’s basically a fruit punch made with wine, a drink best enjoyed outdoors and served “family-style” for friends…
Could Pompano Beach be South Florida’s next seaside vacation destination? With the addition of two new custom-built oceanfront restaurants, the Pompano Beach House and Oceanic Dining, open their doors next year, it very well might be. With the opening of eateries such as the Rusty Hook Tavern, located off the Intracoastal…
Swell Pizza, the new take-out and delivery pizza shop from Pizzeria Oceano chef-owner Dak Kerprich, is open in Delray Beach. The shop has been operating under the radar (and even without an official sign) from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday for several weeks, locals and Oceano followers…
The scene at Louie Bossi’s Ristorante Bar and Pizzeria in Fort Lauderdale is fueled by intense energy. On a recent weekday evening, every inch of the main dining room is jammed like the Dolphin Expressway at rush hour. Except here, people seem perfectly agreeable with being elbow to elbow. From…
A guy walks into a bar and orders a beer… Not, it’s not another bad joke. It’s good news actually. The guy is Sammy, the first customer to order a brew at the newly-opened Riverside Market South in Fort Lauderdale. And his craft beer of choice: Due South’s Category 5…
Hundreds of burger enthusiasts made their way to Sanborn Square in Boca Raton on Saturday, July 11 to experience the fourth-annual Boca Burger Battle, where a total of 19 establishments from Miami to West Palm Beach battled it out for the title of “Grill Master.” The melée pit restaurants, chefs,…
Pizzacraft is set to open in downtown Fort Lauderdale in late October 2015. It’s the latest concept from JEY Hospitality, the people who brought you Rok:Brgr, Himmarshee Public House, and Tacocraft Tacqueria and Tequila Bar. This new establishment will be located just steps from the city’s courthouse, Broward Center For Performing…
It’s a steamy summer evening, and with an exhausting week at its end, you’re positively yearning for a drink. Right? And preferably something cool and refreshing. While an ice-cold brewski or chilled cocktail will do, a glass of the quintessential summer drink sounds even better. That’s right. We’re talking sangria. Even if…
This summer, foodies can find a new and exciting dining experience from the well-known Fort Lauderdale establishment Hardy Park Bistro, which is hosting a series of pop-up dinners coined “Summer Nights X HPB” at several unexpected locations across South Florida in the coming months. In 2013, chef-owner Philip Darmon opened…
The fresh-baked pastries, cakes, pies, and cookies at Fort Lauderdale’s Warsaw Coffee Company are pretty tasty. So good, in fact, that pastry chef and partner Jason Morale said he tends to sell out of many of his goods by midday. And just one bite of his Fruity Pebble oatmeal raisin cookies,…
When it’s hot outside, the last thing you want to do is attend another outdoor food festival; which is why the third annual Palm Beach Summer Beer Fest happening later this month is indoors. The day-long event will take place on July 25 from 1 to 5 p.m., and will…
When you sit down for dinner at Cypress Nook Bavaria Haus Restaurant — a charming little German-American restaurant in Pompano Beach — and spot curry on the menu, it could throw you off-guard. That is, if you aren’t familiar with Germany’s traditional plebeian dish of sliced pork sausage drenched in…
It’s been almost a year since we announced Tap 42, the Fort Lauderdale-originated gastropub offering up 42 craft beer taps, would be opening a second location in Boca Raton. And the wait is finally over: Tap 42’s parent company, TapCo. Restaurant Group, has announced the official grand opening date of its…
Around and around we go; today is the start to yet another lovely workweek. Hopefully, you have a bit of a spring in your step from some indulgent weekend activities. If not, don’t fret; there are still plenty of events to keep you busy through your working days. Whether you’re looking…
Out with the old, and in with the new. That’s the plan for longtime South Florida establishment Bimini Boatyard Bar & Grill, which will close its doors later this week as part of a rebranding effort to develop a more modern waterfront dining destination. Known for decades as one of…
Warning: This news has the potential to make you extremely hungry for fresh seafood, and possibly upset you. You can’t order pizza at Pizzeria Oceano anymore. For the past several months, the Lantana restaurant best known for its slow-food approach to pizza has slowly moved its main course off the…
We hear the chefs at Salt7 in Delray Beach have been working for months on a new burger recipe, one they hope will make them two-time champs for the title of “Best Grill Master” at this year’s Boca Burger Battle. Last year, the restaurant took the top prize with its Motley…
