Tap 42 in Fort Lauderdale has named David Peck as its new executive chef, restaurant partner Andy Yeager confirmed in an email interview this week. “We are happy to have (Peck) as part of our team and look forward to continued improvement in all facets of our operation,” Yeager said…
American Craft Beer Week starts Monday and the Green Room in Fort Lauderdale will host an event tonight (Saturday, May 12) that could act as an appropriate warmup for the week of beer-centric activities ahead. Tonight the multipurpose club will host a Magic Hat Art Battle showcasing works by eight…
Though some last-minute changes were thrown in the mix, the Riverwalk Trust Burger Battle forges full-steam ahead tonight with beefy offerings from local restaurants and burger experts. (Read about the changes here.) To give you a sneak peek of what to expect from tonight’s entrants, Clean Plate Charlie reached out…
A good neighborhood joint should alternately extend a hospitable hand to strangers while giving regulars a bit of a favored place at the bar. Music, decent food, tunes, and cheap drinks all are requirements. As part of a countdown to the Best Of Broward/Palm Beach 2012, coming in June, here…
The Pelican Grand Beach Resort recently named a new executive chef, Todd Lough, who has more than 30 years of kitchen experience. Instead of taking to the usual channels to divulge the personnel change-up, the resort made the official announcement on May 2 via Facebook. A few weeks earlier, Pelican…
Comedian/actor Art Metrano, AKA Lt./Capt./Cmdt. Mauser from the second and third Police Academy movies, must have a penchant for sequels. The entrepreneur has opened his second self-serve yogurt joint in South Florida. Yogurt Ur Way Cafe opened on Hollywood Beach at the end of March. It’s the second Broward County…
If it’s not illegal to guzzle a Budweiser or Corona during American Craft Beer Week, it should at least be considered a party foul of the highest degree. The annual celebration of all that is good and true about the flavorful and lovingly crafted brews of the good ol’ U.S…
Every bar, burger joint, and gastropub tries to lay claim to serving the best burger in the state, but unless they can prove it in the heat of battle, it’s really just a hollow proclamation. See which South Florida burger-braggers are willing to put their money where their mouths are…
American Craft Beer Week is Monday, May 14, through Sunday, May 20, and in addition to the official beer week events hosted by Brown Distributing, many South Florida bars and restaurants are tapping into the region’s growing appreciation for the fermented arts. Big City Tavern in Fort Lauderdale is riding…
There’s lots going on with Rok:Brgr Burger Bar and Gastropub this month (which happens to be National Hamburger Month). The restaurant recently confirmed that it will expand into Miami, and it’ll be defending its title this Friday at the Riverwalk Trust’s Burger Battle (it won People’s Choice Award for best…
If one were to go by the restaurant offerings this weekend, one would believe that moms and brunch are inextricably locked together in some kind of culinary tradition that forever ties motherhood to mimosas and Belgian waffles. There’s no arguing that brunch is a great way to show Mom that…
We’re counting down to New Times’ Best Of Broward/Palm Beach 2012 issue in June by serving up our top 100 favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive. If you have any nominations of your own, please add them to the comments or visit our Facebook page.Charm City Burger Co…
May is National Hamburger Month, and this week’s event lineup includes one hell of a way to celebrate the food holiday: the Riverwalk Trust Burger Battle. (If you can’t make it out for the showdown, find a list of other celebratory burger activities here, plus a look at where to…
Mother’s Day is this Sunday, so you have less than a week to make reservations for brunch, the go-to way to celebrate the holiday. After the jump, find restaurants in Palm Beach County that are offering brunch specials for Mother’s Day. Reservations are required for a holiday like this, so…
Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 13, and now is the time to make reservations for the meal synonymous with the holiday: Brunch. If you want to treat mom to buffet lines filled with stacks of pillowy pancakes and pitchers of mimosas be sure to place a call sooner, rather than…
In case you’re not anticipating being utterly burned out on brunch with Mother’s Day just a week away, head today to the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Fort Lauderdale for the last SunTrust Jazz Brunch of the season. The event is 10:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. There’s…
Who would mess with a beloved South Florida institution like Jaxson’s Ice Cream Parlor Restaurant? That’s the mystery today as the crew at the storied Dania Beach fixture work with local police to determine the whereabouts of the Jaxson’s truck, which was stolen just before 1 a.m. today from the…
We’re counting down to New Times’ Best Of Broward/Palm Beach 2012 issue in June by serving up our top 100 favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive. If you have any nominations of your own, please add them to the comments or visit our Facebook page. 39. Spain Cheese…
As Clean Plate Charlie pointed out earlier this week, May is National Hamburger Month. You can read our list of ways to celebrate the occasion here. But if you’re not a meat eater, there’s no reason to be left completely out of the fun. After the jump, we’ve got a…
As part of the countdown to the Best Of Broward/Palm Beach 2012, coming in June, we’ve assembled a list of ten of the best specialty food markets in South Florida. These are the places to turn when Publix, Whole Foods Market, and even Fresh Market simply won’t do. Did we…
Tickets go on sale at 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 8, for the next Traveling Plate supper club hosted by ARC Broward Culinary Institute. The dinner is Wednesday, May 23, at the Parker Playhouse in Fort Lauderdale and seating is limited to a total of 50 guests.Reservations are $60 per person…
Cinco de Mayo is Saturday, and there are many ways you can choose to celebrate what often devolves into a holiday of drinking too much and making poor decisions about one’s ability to dance on a bar. (Which, more power to you: Have fun, and call a cab!)Find a list…
