Joyce Brown of the Downtown Cultural Alliance in Lake Worth affectionately likens the city’s eclectic, “noncommercial” arts district to a “little Greenwich Village.” That comment will inevitably trigger a knee-jerk scoff from some New Yorkers, but you can test the comparison personally during “Evenings on the Avenue” this Friday in…
It’s the lord of lederhosen. The duchess of dirndl. The granddaddy of German debauchery. The American-German Club of the Palm Beaches’ 39th Annual Oktoberfest fires up on Friday for two weekends of over-the-top, fall-down-drunk good times. As the longest-running and largest Oktoberfest in the region, this is a well-oiled machine…
The cocoa bean may be the most universally accepted vice. Tell a friend you’re powerless in the face of chocolate and she won’t try to stage an intervention. Hell, she’ll probably want to join you in fueling the addiction at Saturday’s Festival of Chocolate. The two-day event includes a vendor…
More than a dozen of the region’s top-rated chefs are coming together for the Signature Chef Auction, to benefit the March of Dimes, on Friday, October 12. Chefs such as Mike Saperstein, Jim Leiken, and Chris Miracolo will lend their talents to the event, which lasts from 7:30 to 10…
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Considering how many restaurants have failed (very quickly) in the spot now occupied by Biergarten Boca Raton, one could be forgiven for initially greeting the business with a hint of reservation. But a year after opening in Royal Palm Place, the German joint is ready to celebrate its second annual…
Dine Out Lauderdale kicked off on Monday for six weeks of (somewhat) cheap dining in Fort Lauderdale (or Fork Lauderdale, as organizers like to refer to it). Clean Plate Charlie recently caught up with Jessica Savage, media relations director for the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau — which…
Dine Out Lauderdale is on: Today kicks off the six-week-long opportunity to check out some of Fort Lauderdale’s most popular (and in some cases, expensive) restaurants. Also happening this week are a variety of events centered around beer (it is Oktoberfest time, after all), wine, and even sake. Read on…
The restaurant roll call for September could just as easily be called the “coming soon” chronicles. Sure, there were a few spots to open, and a few to close, but mostly, it’s news of impending projects that fill the ledger. With many of the restaurants and clubs expected to open…
Bacon’s domination of the internet may lead one to believe otherwise, but there are folks in this world who don’t dig on the swine. Or the beef, chicken, turkey, and fish, for that matter. For these non-meat-eaters, World Vegetarian Day, October 1, is the time to shine. The date –…
Coffee fanatics can spend many, highly-caffeinated hours debating the merits of French roast versus American, iced versus hot, or shade-grown organic fair trade versus Folgers, but one genre of coffee is universally adored: Free. Today, Saturday, September 29, is National Coffee Day, and while some places — like 7-Eleven –…
Dirndls are being carefully laced up. Steins are being chilled. Pumpkin patches are…doing whatever it is a pumpkin patch does to prepare. Fall is here, for reals, and the event calendar in South Florida this weekend reflects that. From Oktoberfest to fall harvest, Broward and Palm Beach counties are all…
The west side of Broward is always playing second fiddle to its beachside county cousin. But Steve Simon and the rest of the Food Truck Invasion team are looking to show a little love for folks west of I-95. Beginning Tuesday, October 16, Plantation will have a new weekly food…
They’re in desperate needs of braaaiiinnsss, but they’ve still got some heart. The Zombie Brotherhood will slowly lumber together Saturday for the Zombie Motorcycle Club Full Moon Ride, an apocalyptic-sounding venture that very much supports the living (proceeds from the themed ride benefit Florida-based charity Camp Boggy Creek). Suit up…
Behold the mooncake. This tasty little Chinese delicacy — not to be confused with its humdrum American “cousin,” the MoonPie — factors heavily into the Chinese Moon Festival, which goes down Saturday afternoon at the Norton Museum of Art. Instead of the MoonPie’s cardboard-like shell and rubbery marshmallow insides, you…
Bacon lovers — which, judging from the entirety of the internet, covers roughly 95 percent of you — were majorly bummed when, earlier this month, 40,000 pounds of bacon were ruined in a highway accident in Illinois. In light of information from Britain’s National Pig Association (NPA), that homegrown bacon…
As one event (Flavor Palm Beach) winds down this week, South Florida revelers are gearing up for Oktoberfest and other autumnal fun, much of which involves beer in one way or another. After the jump, find a roundup of food- and drink-related events this week in Broward and Palm Beach…
7-Eleven is no stranger to clever marketing schemes, but their 7-Election campaign — which kicked off earlier this month — is, like, genius level selling. Now through Election Day (Tuesday, November 6) cast your vote by spending money while a subsidiary tallies the election; just like in real life! The…
There’s little more than a week until Dine Out Lauderdale kicks off (it starts Monday, October 1). That gives South Florida diners a little time to sort through the special three-course menus on offer at the 40 participating restaurants, which range from Hallandale Beach north to Lighthouse Point, and as…
Today is the official first day of fall — the autumnal equinox, if you will — and it feels just like it, right? Not so much? Whatever; doesn’t mean you can’t celebrate the non-existent-for-now season with a sampling of cool weather flavors (and no, that doesn’t mean candy corn Oreos)…
From dining with divas to meeting the makers, there’s more than one out-of-the-ordinary event on the food and drink schedule this weekend in South Florida. After the jump, find a roundup of things to do this weekend in the realm of drinking and dining in Broward and Palm Beach counties…
Food nerds and locavores, rejoice. Thousand Pound Egg, a specialty food store in Victoria Park, is hosting a complimentary open house/street party Saturday evening to introduce local gourmands to the blossoming business district on NE 20th Avenue in Fort Lauderdale. The gathering also will give shoppers a chance to mingle…
