This week, Clean Plate Charlie continues its countdown to the annual Best Of issue by asking readers to vote for their South Florida favorites, from pizza to bar beer selections to Best Restaurant in Broward County. When you get done voting for your favorites, find a few food and drink…
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. 92. The Fermi…
Happy Mardi Gras! Today is your excuse to down an entire box of glorified doughnuts without anyone being in any position to judge. It’s also a day to dine on an insanely sugary cake loaded with food coloring and stuffed with an asphyxiation-sized plastic baby, all in the name of…
Would a former New York Mets star dine in a Yankees themed steak house in a casino in Coconut Creek? This is the question my dinner guest and I mulled over for the latter part of our meal at NYY Steak in the Seminole Casino in Coconut Creek on Thursday…
If a beer with your pizza is good, many beers — and of a wide variety of ’em — is even better. The upcoming Cigar City Brewery Night will see the Florida craft brewer invading the newly opened Puccini’s Pizzeria in Delray Beach for one night. The event blends together…
So — Valentine’s Day, huh? Whether you’re looking to dump someone, you’re a cheap date (or you’re trying to figure out if your date is being a tightwad), aren’t afraid of bad ideas, or you’re interested in actually doing something nice with a special someone, there are many directions you…
If you’re still riding high on NY pride after the Giants’ big victory in Sunday’s Super Bowl, you may want to give a look at the newest steak house to hit Broward County. The recently unveiled $150 million expansion of Seminole Casino in Coconut Creek includes the first Florida location…
Last Friday, Lifehacker posted a recipe for a healthy breakfast that was so stunningly simple, to call it a recipe might be a bit fanciful. Lifehacker credits reddit user fungzor for the easy, healthy combo wherein an egg is baked in the hollow of a halved avocado.The setup is easy. Preheat the oven…
Things to do this week include booking a reservation for Valentine’s Day — something that needs to happen quickly if you don’t want to be shut out of the game — or making plans for a special pre-Valentine’s outing. There are plenty of fun date ideas for the weekend, but…
The hour is drawing nigh. It’s time to book your reservations for Valentine’s Day dinner or risk being turned away at the door, a rejection that will increase the odds of a rejection later that evening. If the cheapskate Valentine’s Day isn’t an option, there are numerous choices for romance in…
Margaritas and palm trees belong together, so it’s no wonder South Florida is awash in tequila goodness. Clean Plate Charlie takes a look at some of the best margaritas in Broward and Palm Beach. These are finalists in the Best Of issue that will hit the stands in June –…
Shaken, stirred, dirty, doused in fruit juices, and outfitted with spiffy window dressing, there are endless ways to get a martini — or at least a cocktail going by the name — in South Florida. Clean Plate Charlie takes a look at some of the best in Broward and Palm…
Need to butter up your amore on Valentine’s Day? One option is an evening of wine and sexy sax at Love in the Park at Huizenga Plaza in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Entry to the event will get you and your date a bottle of wine from Tuscany Wines and tapas-style treats,…
Ahhh, Valentine’s Day. The quintessential Hallmark Holiday, invented to divest coupled folks of hard-earned cash (in turn for typically meaningless trinkets) and to remind singles of how sad they should be about being alone on during this most wondrous day of the year. As baffling as Valentine’s Day seems — so few people seem…
For months, there have been rumored and rescheduled opening dates, but at long last, Rocco’s Tacos and Tequila Bar will open its Palm Beach Gardens restaurant. Get a peek this Wednesday with a grand-opening celebration open to the public. Find more details after the jump. In case you don’t get enough…
During a recent lunch meeting over tacos, the Clean Plate Charlie crew debated the relative merits of the entertainment juggernaut known as the Super Bowl. While some looked at the sporting extravaganza as a sort of second Thanksgiving — wake up late, start drinking early, and stuff yourself silly with fattening…
It’s been said that seafood in South Florida isn’t as big a draw for the locals as it is for out-of-towners, a topic that can be debated as you are pulling apart pieces of crab leg at the Stone Crab and Seafood Festival this Saturday on the lawn of the…
Vegan Black Metal Chef, the internet cooking star who proves that a meat-free lifestyle isn’t exclusively the territory of New Age hippies or cute college chicks, is back. Posted Monday, episode seven of the online series finds VBMC, the brainchild and alter ego of Brian Manowitz, preparing the “Indian Feast…
This is South Florida Beer Week, and tons of beercentric activities like tastings, tap takeovers, and pairings are planned throughout Broward and Palm Beach counties (and in Miami, if you feel like making the drive). You can find details on a few select events after the jump. Not a fan…
As South Florida explores its taste for craft beer and gourmet brew tastings, we’re seeing more opportunities for local lessons in how an ale or a stout can complement a steak or cheese plate just as well as a bottle of vino could. On that topic, this coming Monday, PL8…
Options this week for food-centered fun in South Florida range from the highbrow (swanky fundraising tastings) to the not-so-highbrow (deep-fried butter and the Tilt-a-Whirl) and choices in between.Assuming you’ve already gone ahead and said “screw it” to your New Year’s resolutions, there are plenty of opportunities to overindulge and throw…
Junior Achievement World Uncorked! II is just days away, but you can still nab general-admission tickets for the upscale fundraiser (sorry; VIP tickets have sold out) on Saturday at Broward College in Coconut Creek. Not sure what Uncorked! entails? A quick rundown of the event after the jump…
