If you felt so inclined, you could leave your wallet at home for Suga Wack’s performance at Thursday night’s Boynton Beach Art Walk. You may, however, consider bringing along some furniture (preferably a folding lawn chair) for the endeavor, because it’s going to be a long night, according to Rolando…
Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation has a way of drawing in top names in the culinary community. The Palm Beach County version of the charitable event will take place tonight at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach with showings from local restaurants like…
Today is the first official day of summer. Never mind the fact it’s felt that way for a few months: With the summer solstice upon us, things just got real. With the changing of the seasons — and a pretty strong need to put warm bodies in the seats –…
The hunt for happy hour is a never-ending quest for any value-conscious booze hound. This is especially true for anyone hoping for a happy hour menu with more interesting choices than Miller Lite and onion rings. Last week’s journey led my friend and me to the doors of Fusionarie Japanese…
While some in foodie circles have alluded to a growing boredom with the whole “farm to table” thing, it’s difficult to fathom how one could tire of the often-superior flavor of a product that has been locally sourced. This is particularly true when the kitchen on the receiving end of…
It becomes apparent rather quickly when one enters Talia’s Tuscan Table in Boca Raton that this place isn’t the product of a corporate formula. Nor, is it a destination for fine dining. This reality has been known to turn off some diners who don’t know how to react to Talia’s…
This week’s schedule is populated with wine tastings, beer dinners, and charitable culinary events (not the least of which is Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation Palm Beach featuring lots of local “food celebs”). After the jump, read more about Taste of the Nation and find other food and…
It was with mild trepidation that my fiance and I ventured to Rice and Dough in downtown Fort Lauderdale for our first visit. Husband and wife team Amy and Goran Perovic opened the lunch and dinner spot this spring as part pizzeria/sandwich shop (dough) and part sushi bar (rice). We wondered…
Tired of dropping $12 for an appetizer-sized portion of smashed avocado and salt? You should be, particularly when you likely could do better (or at least as well) on your own at home. So said the entry for winner of Best Guacamole for the New Times’ Best Of Broward/Palm Beach…
The not-so-secret ingredient at Ovenella — an Italian restaurant that focuses on traditional entrees and pizza cooked in a wood-fired oven — is garlic. The aromatic bulb appeared in spades during a recent dinner at the Boca Raton joint. It arrived as whole, roasted cloves with the complimentary bread basket…
When the New Times’ Best of Broward/Palm Beach 2012 issue went live this week it became clear that the publication has a lot of love for breakfast in its many incarnations: Lavish or spartan, cheap or gourmet, a multitude of breakfast choices found a place in the New Times’ good…
As noted in the Best Pizza 2012 item that went live this week, naming a best pizza place is “like kicking the hornet’s nest.” Nine times out of ten, the “who has the best pizza?” discussion will devolve into a heated debate and will likely include at least one mention…
If dad’s the sort who loves competition and imbibing obscene amounts of food, check out the first-ever Palm Beach Chili Cook Off this Saturday at Meyer Amphitheater in West Palm Beach. A.J. Sosa, director of operations for Off the Hookah and one of the event’s organizers, said the event will…
The New Times’ annual Best Of issue debuted this week and Clean Plate Charlie will continue to examine the best of the best in Broward and Palm Beach counties throughout the year. This week’s list looks at some of the best places to steer the evening should someone else offer…
Kapow! Noodle Bar has charmed its south Palm Beach County audience, launching a popular happy hour and cultivating a loyal following that expands beyond its Mizner Park borders. The restaurant fared well in this year’s Best Of Broward/Palm Beach awards, taking home top honors for Best New Palm Beach County…
We’re counting down our top 100 favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive. If you have any nominations of your own, email them here. 19. Housemade Rosemary and Olive Oil Gelato at Tanzy Separate from — but adjacent to — the luxurious iPic Theaters, this modern Italian restaurant draws…
Adult education can often mean important but dry-as-toast endeavors like learning how to formulate Excel spreadsheets or conjugate verbs. The winetasting lecture and event tonight at Virginia Philip Wine Shop & Academy in West Palm Beach is a different kind of instructional session for grownups. Specifically, you’ll learn all about…
In narrowing the field for the 2012 Best Of nominees for Best Place to Eat Every Day, there were several key factors to consider. In addition to being budget-friendly, the winning candidate needed to provide enough variety to keep the palate interested and an atmosphere that lends itself to fostering…
“We sell more octopus than anyone I know of in Florida,” claims Ernie Patti, owner of Ernie’s Italian Chophouse in Lighthouse Point. Although the veracity of that statement cannot be determined at this time, Clean Plate Charlie recently spoke with Patti and Ernie’s Italian Chophouse executive chef, Gary Wood, about some of…
If all goes according to plan — always a bit of a gamble in the restaurant world — Rebel House in Boca Raton should open its doors within the week. The date is subject to the outcome of a few final inspections and other final touches, but partners Evan David…
The first order of business for the week should be to secure reservations for Father’s Day if your plans include treating Dad to a special meal that you don’t have to prepare. Clean Plate Charlie has put together a few handy lists to help you to narrow the field. Find…
Summer — if one were to go by the calendar — hasn’t yet arrived, though you’d be hard-pressed to find someone in South Florida who hasn’t yet felt its effects. The realities of the season already are making themselves known in my plot at the Boca Raton Community Garden, which…
