Hollywood restaurateur Fulvio Sardelli Jr. is turning the third floor of his family’s pricey, beachside steak house into a chef’s room where he’ll soon serve tasting menus for groups as small as four and as big as 30. “For me, it’s not about eating,” he says. “It’s all about entertaining…
Miami Beach might be trendy and filled with celebrities on any given night, but the iconic strip of land is also a bit of a pain in the ass. With the swank and style comes obnoxious people, annoying tourists, even mannequins with giant breasts, and an utter lack of parking…
September is a month filled with promise. It’s time to shed the summer lethargy and get back to school, back to work — and back to dining at fine restaurants. Flavor Palm Beach is a month long celebration of dining deals at some of the best restaurants from Boca Raton…
Over the past year, genetically modified organisms (GMO) or genetically engineered (GE) foods have stirred quite some controversy in the news. It started with the vote and failure of California’s proposition 37, which called for mandatory labeling of all foods containing GMOs. When it was first filed, public support was…
The dive bar is known for many things, food not being one of them. But there are exceptions to any rule, and for these South Florida dive establishments, the menus are just as good as the cheap beer, colorful crowd, and karaoke. But at places like Swamp Grass Willie’s in…
When Hot & Soul’s husband-and-wife owners, Mike Hampton and Christy Samoy, moved to South Florida, “I didn’t know anything about Fort Lauderdale,” Hampton says. “I’d never heard of Las Olas, and we’d been to Miami once on vacation.”…
Combining two popular foods is nothing new: ice cream cake, corn dogs, even Hot Pockets. However, on May 10 of this year, the newest combo food fad took the bakery industry by storm. Created by Dominique Ansel at his namesake bakery in New York, the Cronut is a half-croissant, half-donut,…
Recently we were given a pair of VIP tickets to Pairings, the annual celebration of South Florida food and fine wine at the Broward County Convention Center on Thursday, September 26, from 7 to 10 p.m. We tried to figure out a fun way to get readers’ participation — so…
Just pick up any newspaper or peruse the internet and you’ll come up with a host of frightening stories about how your food is slowly killing you. Beef filled with hormones and antibiotics, genetically modified corn, and ingredients that would confuse anyone without an advanced chemistry degree are intimidating –…
With only one M-letter day of the week, Mindful Meat Monday and Meatless Monday are in an unspoken rivalry. The Meatless Monday group came along first with a message to cut out meat one day a week to lessen animal cruelty. The reasoning was that one meatless day a week…
Raw foodism is the new way to eat. From vegetarians to vegans to now this — eating only raw, uncooked foods, just the way nature intended. Is it really better than heated, pasteurized, and processed? Just ask Boca Raton resident Barry Rabkin, one of the founders — and also the…
The CDC defines binge drinking as a man consuming more than five drinks, and a woman four, in a span of two hours. Well, this past Saturday at Fort Lauderdale Bus Loop’s third event of the year, some attendees boasted eight drinks in that time. But don’t worry, the proceeds…
Americans have always been known for being a casual, down-to-earth nation of people. Our president once served hotdogs to the King and Queen of England. Over the years, things have gotten even more laid back. There once was a day when it was considered poor manners to wear a pair…
August is almost over, which means that we have only two more months of rain to fear. With primary and secondary school back in session last week, and college commencing over the next couple days, we’re in the home stretch of South Florida’s hellacious summer weather. Luckily, there are plenty…
Any day is an excuse to party, but anniversary parties are something special. This Saturday night Tarpon Bend Food and Tackle is celebrating 14 years and with the Catalina Wine Mixer anniversary party to boot. But that is not all, of course. Jared Michael Hobgood from Irish Kevin’s in Key…
Sure it’s named The New Miami Subs Grill and the restaurant’s front man and equity partner is Mr. 305 himself, Pitbull, but the local chain is actually located in Broward. And, with the company’s worldwide expansion plans, the brand might very well have to change its name to something a…
Who doesn’t love Michelle Bernstein? Before becoming a national phenomenon with frequent stints on Top Chef, the James Beard award-winning toque got her start right here in South Florida in the 1990s by making beautiful food that, as she points out, “isn’t heavy handed or unnecessarily complicated.”…
Let’s face it – at the end of a crazy week, we all need a drink…or two or three (screw it, we’ll take the whole bottle). If you want to keep your A.M. dinking classy, there’s no better solution than the mimosa. So, we put together a list of six…
A longtime West Palm Beach establishment, Aleyda’s Tex-Mex Restaurant, closed its doors in May. However, it wasn’t due to a dismal economy, bad service or rising operational costs. Instead, it just didn’t fit the property owner’s new vision for the shopping center just west of I-95, which has seen major…
Most people drink for the sake of drinking. But for those looking to justify a night of uninhibited intoxication to their mother and tax accountant, well the Fort Lauderdale Bus Loop has got you covered this Saturday (August 24th ): they’ve agreed to be DD, and are forwarding all proceeds…
Friday’s here, so it’s time for beer. Every Friday, so long as the creek don’t rise, this beer enthusiast will take a look at a Florida beer that, hopefully, should be readily available in a local shop or on tap at your favorite bar. The swamp ape. Florida’s bigfoot. This…
Congratulations. You got the kids back to school — if you have some, of course — and you made it through another week of work. You deserve to celebrate, with a drink. As is always the case when you live in fun-loving place such as South Florida, there are plenty…
