Americans love a good battle; witness how the competitive element has infiltrated every aspect of our lives, not the least of which is food. Burger battles, cupcake wars, cookie contests — an element of competition can make a great thing even better and craft beer is no exception. Tap 42…
Snow birder New Yorkers may get to avoid the snow and slush by setting up shop in South Florida for the winter, but to hear talk of it, the transplantation comes with a price. Said price being they have to put up with subpar bagels, pizza, and sundry foodstuffs for…
Lots to eat and drink (mostly drink) this week in South Florida, so let’s get right to it. After the jump, find a roundup of food- and drink-related events happening this week in Broward and Palm Beach counties. See Also: – Plantation to Get a New Weekly Food Truck Rally…
The kid who refuses to eat: Every family has one. (Or a few, if you’re lucky.) The chicken sits on the plate, picked at until it gets cold and inedible. Pieces of meatloaf are surreptitiously fed to the family dog at every turn. Vegetables? Forget about it. If this sounds…
Here’s the thing about New Year’s resolutions: Hanging a new Twilight calendar on the wall doesn’t give one any special powers to quit smoking or stop dropping F-bombs with the kids in the car. But even if you’re the sort who’d never vocalize a resolution, there’s a good chance that…
It’s times like these — when one needs a really good joke about tea-bagging — that one wishes Clean Plate Charlie had Daniel Tosh on the payroll. Wynkoop Brewing Company out of Colorado announced this week that it will begin nationwide distribution of its infamous Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout. “Rocky…
So, you survived the holiday season madness and are ready to reclaim your weekends as your own. Clean Plate Charlie has gathered up a few food- and drink-related events going down this weekend in Broward and Palm Beach counties. After the jump, find a few ways to keep busy and…
Boca’s reputation as a place for old rich people to live out their final days on gated golf courses makes it easy to forget that the city is home to a major university. And wherever there are college kids, there’s a thirst for cheap beer and plenty of it. Enter…
A new year is a great opportunity to practice the “out with the old, in with the new” mantra. If you’re like most people “the old” includes piles of obsolete junk hidden in dark corners of the house or stuffed into impossible-to-open drawers. In every secreted-away collection of crap exists…
Is everything too loud this morning? If you partied so hard on New Year’s Eve that your hair hurts, you need to act fast to ensure New Year’s Day isn’t spent shriveled in a ball on the couch. Clean Plate Charlie has been searching high and low this week to…
How will you spend the last day of 2012 and the first week of 2013? Clean Plate Charlie has rounded up a few food- and drink-related options to consider this week, most of which center around New Year festivities (go figure). Find some celebratory options after the jump. See Also:…
You can’t look back on a year without taking a moment to reflect on those who won’t forge ahead to greet 2013. At Clean Plate Charlie, that means a roundup of bars and restaurants that shuttered their doors in 2012 in Broward and Palm Beach counties. Some (Charcuterie Too) are…
As we prepare to close the books on 2012, it’s time to look back over the roll call sheets for the year to see who came to Broward and Palm Beach counties in the last 12 months. The burger glut of 2011 has cooled a bit, but there were still…
Post-holiday stupor (and bank balance) put you in the market for something mellow this weekend? Perfect, because things are prettttty quiet in the pre-New Year’s Eve buildup. Clean Plate Charlie has rounded up a handful of food- and drink-related activities this weekend in Broward and Palm Beach counties. Most are…
The restaurant industry is the gift that keeps on giving, and December was no exception. Santa’s little elves were busy this month, bringing more than a dozen new restaurants to Broward and Palm Beach counties. In addition to that, there are a few new projects on the “up and coming”…
Free jazz and the chance for brunch on the New River in downtown Fort Lauderdale. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, January 6. First Sunday of every month, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Starts: Jan. 6. Continues through Dec. 8, 2013…
The Blind Monk in West Palm Beach will host a New Year’s-themed winetasting at 7 p.m. Monday, January 21. Mon., Jan. 21, 7 p.m., 2013…
Roberta Sabban hosts a winetasting event from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, January 10, at Store Self Storage and Wine Storage. The theme is Best of Italy. Tickets cost $45 in advance or $50 at the door. Call 561-627-8444. Thu., Jan. 10, 6-8 p.m., 2013…
Did you hear the one about the embittered comedian who stewed for years as he watched his contemporaries climb the ranks in the entertainment industry? Well, he started a podcast from his garage — aided by a few cats and decades’ worth of resentment — and went on to conquer…
Much as you try, you cannot avoid getting sucked into watching any episode of Seinfeld that crosses your path. Sure, the clothes are painfully dated, and there’s some lingering discomfort whenever Michael Richards slides across the screen, but it’s just so familiar, and yet somehow still funny, that it’s pointless…
Delray Beach Center for the Arts hosts free concerts and food trucks every Friday night. Listen to free music and get dinner from a food truck starting at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, January 4, at Old School Square. Fri., Jan. 4, 6:30 p.m., 2013…
In the era of the nerd, everyone’s trying to claim a slice of the geek pie. Real nerds, however, don’t need to reiterate their status; they just are. And a bona fide geek will be certain to catch every reference on the wall at the Nerdcore Fandom Group Art Show,…
