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. 75. Margherita Pizza…
The Third Annual Haitian Empty Bowl Fundraiser is planned for Saturday throughout downtown Lake Worth. The venture is a progressive meal of sorts, with roughly 20 local restaurants and specialty food shops donating samples to the cause, which will raise money for kids in Haiti. Joyce Brown, an organizer for…
With the New Times’ Beerfest just a few short weeks away, Clean Plate Charlie is focused on all things beer and particularly the beer scene as it stands in South Florida. To get an understanding of where our region and our state are fall in line with national trends, we…
Today is The Meatout — or, the Great American Meatout as it is sometimes known — an international event designed not to make you feel like a jerk for eating that bacon cheeseburger, but rather, to raise awareness of the health benefits associated with a plant-based diet. In the spirit…
You can celebrate the start of spring — the vernal equinox, if you’re feeling fancy — on Tuesday by spending the day tending your garden or doing some sort of get-close-to-Mother-Earth ritual. Or, you could head to an Outback Steakhouse for a free bloomin’ onion as part of the restaurant’s…
Beer, beer, beer: There are still about two weeks until New Times’ Beerfest, but you can prepare for the event with one of the beer-focused events planned this week in Broward and Palm Beach counties. Of course, there are other food and drink goings-on, but beer certainly takes center stage…
Beer is finally starting to earn some real respect, no longer having to always play second fiddle to its “more refined” rival, wine. So now that craft beer is enjoying a renaissance in the United States (and yes, even here in South Florida), it’s time to work on the image…
With dozens upon dozens of trucks and a rally or roundup many, if not most, days of the week, South Florida has loudly proclaimed its affection for the food truck. Whether you dig on the savory or the sweet, there’s probably a roving kitchen that can make it happen for…
Mizner Plaza Pizzeria has opened in the eastern-most space of the plaza for which it is named. The slot is no stranger to pizzerias and has seen many (Casino’s Pizza, Pizza Hut, and most recently, Jonathan’s Corner) come and go over the years. Mizner Plaza Pizzeria opened earlier this month…
If all of the corned beef and cabbage at all of the St. Patrick’s Day parades, festivals, and parties isn’t enough to satiate your appetite for beef, you can always make it an Arby’s night. The fast food beef emporium is celebrating St. Patrick’s Day weekend with an only mildly…
Earlier this week, Melissa McCart reported on the seasonal revamp at D’Angelo in Fort Lauderdale. While it’s hard for those of us who live in South Florida to chart it at times, yes, indeed the seasons are shifting. Many restaurants will take it as an opportunity to shake things up…
The craptacularness of restaurant websites is a well-explored topic, including here on Clean Plate Charlie, where we’ve certainly voiced our displeasure with pervasive issues like impossible-to-find phone numbers, prices, and location info. Unfortunately, no matter how loudly food writers and frequent diners whine provide constructive criticism on the topic, little…
Happy hour is never more than a few moments from the average clock-puncher’s mind, and when we catch wind of a chance to guzzle margaritas (and beer, wine, whatever) at a lower price, our ears perk up. Uncle Julio’s Fine Mexican Food in Mizner Park — you know; that place…
UPDATE: In my haste for the return of Draper and co., I indicated the series would be returning a week earlier than it is in reality. Mad Men season five premieres next Sunday, March 25. Ever wonder why Don Draper and his Mad Men cohorts could get through a two-plus-martini…
Cooking show host and cookbook author Eric Villegas will lead a series of demos at the Taste of Home Cooking School on Thursday, March 29, in West Palm Beach. The Taste of Home Cooking School traverses the country combining elements of entertainment spectacle with practical recipes for home cooks. The…
How much food and beer can a crowd pack away on a day like St. Patrick’s Day? Kurt Ditzler, general manager for Playwright Irish Pub at the Village at Gulfstream Park puts the estimate fairly high. “We’re planning on going through a hundred pounds of corned beef and fifteen cases…
With St. Patrick’s Day knocking on the door and the New Times “Original” Beerfest 2012 mere weeks away, we’ve got beer on the brain. Which is why the “Cooking With Beer” demonstration this Friday night at Publix Apron’s Cooking School in Boca Raton sounds so enticing. For $45, you’ll get…
We’re counting down to New Times’ Best Of Broward/Palm Beach 2012 issue in June by serving up our top hundred 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. 81. Macarons from…
Pulling on the “Kiss Me, I’m Wasted” T-shirt and a green-and-white striped top hat for St. Patrick’s Day won’t score you any points for creativity, but on a holiday that’s become as mainstream and boozy as this, does it really matter? Hell no. So down those green Jell-O shots and…
Green beer, hot sake, and fine wines all will be flowing this week in South Florida, with everything from St. Patrick’s Day parties, to the Hatsume Fair 2012, to a wine tasting in Fort Lauderdale on the agenda. There also are a few events catering to the healthy/ethical/meatfree/bunny-hugging sector. Read…
Taco Bell, everyone’s favorite drive-through to hit after a night of serious drinking, released its Doritos Locos Tacos nationwide (including throughout South Florida) with a midnight debut last Thursday. A story on forbes.com begs the question of whether the new product — essentially a taco with a giant Nacho Cheese…
In case you haven’t yet had your love of Cheetos and Slim Jims sullied by the “ethical dining” documentary industry, here’s your chance. The Multiple Sclerosis Foundation will host a free screening of last year’s documentary “Forks Over Knives” Wednesday night at Cinema Paradiso in Fort Lauderdale…
