The West Coast gets a lot of love in the craft beer world, but the Sunshine State slowly is emerging as a respectable source of quality quaffs. You can learn about one of the state’s most recognizable brewers at The Cigar City Beer Tasting event Friday at the Whole Foods…
Enjoy a reasonably priced night out and help totally adorable pets in need of forever homes at the Whiskers and Wine event benefiting Warm Hearts Pet Rescue and Good Karma Pet Rescue. The wine mixer includes appetizers, and there is limited space available, so organizers suggest an early RSVP…
No doubt at this point you’ve got a handle on what you’re doing for New Year’s Eve. Right? Right?! Slackers can find more than 100 ideas for NYE in the handy Broward-Palm Beach New Times calendar.But what about if you’re one of the peeps in the service industry who will…
As if you need an excuse to partake of a festive martini or highball this time of year, Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach is hosting an ode to all things shaken and stirred with “Cocktail Culture.”The 150-plus-piece exhibition features ads, accessories, fashion, and objets d’art that prove…
The weekend looms large with Christmas Eve and Christmas Day overshadowing most other food and drink events in South Florida. Speaking of Christmas Day, you may still be able to score a reservation for a South Florida restaurant open on Christmas if you act fast. Word to the wise: Christmas…
The newest World of Beer to hit South Florida quietly opened in mid-November in Wellington. This Saturday, the new bar will celebrate with a grand-opening block party with official hoopla including a ribbon-cutting, live bands, food from local eateries like Dean Anthony’s and DeVine Bistro, and of course, beer. Lots…
Here’s the deal: For whatever reason, you don’t feel like making your own damned Christmas meal this year. Maybe you’re on vacation with the fam, enjoying a subtropical sojourn before the snowy, crappy reality of winter kicks in. Or maybe you don’t celebrate Christmas but you wouldn’t mind getting a…
Naughty Santa shenanigans, hula dancing holiday hotties, happy hour toy drives at surf bars — must be December in South Florida. This week’s calendar is filled with opportunities to get into the spirit, whether you’re looking to slam a few craft beers with some hip pals in Fort Lauderdale, celebrate…
Want to make everyone else’s holiday parties look like they were catered by Denny’s? Sharpen your edge this holiday season by investing in a couples’ cooking class. The Plantation and Boca Raton branches of Publix Apron’s Cooking Schools offer “Couples Cooking: Entertaining” on the December class schedule with menus that…
In some ways, this is a relatively quiet week in terms of events, but with a few big names on the bill — the Palm Beach Food & Wine Festival and Steve Martorano’s battle of the meatball, to name a few — there’s still choices for food and booze hounds…
What to get the food snob on your holiday list when a membership to the Stinky Cheese of the Month Club won’t do? How ’bout an early gift, by way of a ticket to one of the five events that are part of the Palm Beach Food and Wine Festival…
When the thought of yet another leftover turkey, mashed potato, and pumpkin pie sandwich makes you green around the gills, it’s time to travel outside the house for sustenance. This week, you can officially start getting your Christmas on with holiday activities in Fort Lauderdale — including a cookie showdown…
Robyn Lindars, a Clean Plate Charlie contributor also known by the handle “Grill Grrrl,” recognizes how intimidating the grill can be for novices, including women who may traditionally cede that territory to the males in their lives. In fact, Lindars first got into the grilling game professionally after attempting to…
Start stocking up on Altoids, and mark your calendar for February 10 to 12, when the iconic Garlic Fest returns to Delray Beach, once again rendering the town safe from vampires…
This is a pretty quiet week in terms of food and drink events in Broward and Palm Beach Counties. Well, except for that whole Thanksgiving thing that’s said to be taking place on Thursday. Maybe you’ve heard?While the calendars remain pretty sparse this week and through the weekend, there are…
Last night, Dos Caminos, located inside the Sheraton Fort Lauderdale Beach Hotel, hosted a free dinner for the media with executive chef Ivy Stark at the helm. Stark is responsible for the menu at all six Dos Caminos locations (four are in New York and the other is in Las…
With Thanksgiving only a week away, those of us who aren’t dining in a restaurant for the gut-busting holiday may be busy planning elaborate menus or stocking up on cans of green beans and pumpkin puree (not to mention, box upon box of wine). Regardless of your responsibilities to get…
Noodle fans in Boca Raton have been champing at the bit for the opening of Kapow! Noodle Bar in Mizner Park. The brainchild of Rodney Mayo and Scott Frielich (of Dada, Tryst, the Dubliner, Respectable Street, and Vagabond, to name a few) and Vaughan Lazar of Pizza Fusion, Kapow! is…
If you love the idea of slamming a plateful of food-truck tacos and hitting the Silver Streak, the Tequesta Fest may be your opportunity to do just that. The Tequesta Fest, from 1 to 7 p.m. Saturday at Paradise Park, will have carnival rides, live music, and a dozen food…
Thanksgiving dinner is great, but what about all that weighing the turkey and calculating how many hours per pound you have to cook it and then figuring out all of the sides that will complement the bird? Seriously — who can be bothered?If you’re celebrating Thanksgiving in Fort Lauderdale or…
Is your family still reeling from memories of Thanksgiving-dinner failures past? Flying solo for Thanksgiving 2011? Or maybe you just hate the idea of having to clean up a table of turkey shrapnel and spilled wine? If spending Thursday, November 24, in the kitchen isn’t in your cards, there are…
Nothing much stands between the cornucopia of stout, ale, and lager selections at the New Times Original Beerfest and you but a few hours. Roughly 48-ish or so hours, to be exact, but still. In case it wasn’t obvious, the Clean Plate Charlie crew is pretty fond of our beer-y…
