The Melting Pot is the kind of restaurant that you normally think of when you’re in an indulgent mood. For starters, you receive a vat of bubbling molten cheese, served with chunks of bread to dip into the dairy lava pit. You then quickly move through dinner, which consists of…
Public radio nerds assemble: Diane Rehm is coming to town and will be hosting morning and evening discussions, with breakfast and dinner, to benefit South Florida’s public radio station WLRN. On Feb. 8 from 7 to 11 p.m. she’ll be speaking at the Harbor Beach Marriott Resort & Spa in…
This Thursday from 7 to 9 pm, Bash Wine Cafe will be serving both beer and wine in a contest to see which one pairs better–possibly the perfect opportunity to shut up both your beer geek and wine snob friend. For $50, plus tax and gratuity, guests get five courses,…
Talk about timing. Tequesta Brewing Co. today will celebrate its two-year anniversary, just days before the kick-off to the second annual South Florida Beer Week. Florida craft fans can get an early start to basking in the glory that is homegrown brew by heading today to the microbrewery in north…
Yes, we’re stereotyping a bit here at Clean Plate Charlie, but women right now are preparing for the biggest evening in television…the 85th Annual Academy Awards. On Sunday, February 24, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane will host the awards, hopefully channeling Stewie Griffin the entire time. We can’t wait to…
BaconFest Florida is coming to town!Now that we have your attention, BaconFest, which is exactly what it sounds like (a celebration of all things pig-related), is coming to the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek on Saturday, February 23 at 6 p.m. This event, which is (duh) popular in Chicago, Kansas City…
Secret dining clubs are a big thing in major cities like New York or San Francisco. Here, not so much. Or perhaps most of them are so top secret that we don’t even know about them. Pistache French Bistro is now restarting its insiders’ supper club. And for the first time,…
Chef Andy Trousdale, an expat form northern England has been in the South Florida culinary scene for a number of years. A former yacht chef and culinary instructor at the Art Institute, he’s had ample experience with teaching culinary enthusiasts about a wide range of strange and exotic foods. As part…
Florida’s homegrown beer scene has come a long way in recent years, what with Funky Buddha on the verge of opening a shiny new facility in Oakland Park, Holy Mackerel’s recent tap room opening, and Due South Brewing blowing the lid off the local scene with less than a year…
South Florida Beer Week is coming and just about everywhere you turn in Broward and Palm Beach counties there are multiple places to celebrate our state’s growing brew culture., culminating in one giant beer festival.From tap takeovers to tastings, it’s all here. If you’re venturing south, check out our list…
It’s nearly halfway through January and we’ve had barely a whiff of a winter “cold” front, putting a damper on what would otherwise be prime soup season. But given that everyone and their dog is presently coping with a nasty headcold-flu-plague, it’s a good time to think about comfort foods…
Might as well bid adieu to those resolutions pertaining to cutting calories and saving dough. This week is filled with food truck gatherings, beer bashes, and (somewhat) novel ways to drink and dine. After the jump, find food- and drink-related events this week in Broward and Palm Beach counties. See…
When I am feeling guilty about my recent eating habits, I like to head over to Saigon Tokyo in Greenacres. Nothing gets me back on the right track like eating a huge bowl of pho, and Saigon Tokyo prepares it consistently well. First off, please don’t judge this place by…
Weekend warriors are always on a quest for awesome new ways to kick off a Sunday Funday. The new brunch menu at Johnny V — introduced during the madness of the holiday season — is a solid prospect, with indulgent-sounding dishes and the promise of never-ending mimosas (always helpful in…
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Need some extra motivation to stick to that vegan diet you resolved to follow in the new year? Mercy For Animals, a nonprofit animal welfare organization known for its hard-to-watch undercover video exposés of factory farm conditions, can help you with that. The group on Friday released a bummer of…
Clean Plate Charlie usually doesn’t give advice to criminals, but we consider this a public service. Attention would-be-bad-guys:Do not answer any Craigslist ads that start with “I am looking to purchase illegal drugs, guns, hootch, sex, or…anything.”Got it? Good. Because apparently 23 year-old Lantana resident Daniel David Pawa didn’t get…
If you’ve live in northwest Broward, rejoice in the fact that you’ll soon have a major food truck takeover next week.on Tuesday, January 22 from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m., The Gourmet Food Truck Experience brings more than 20 food trucks to the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek. From burger to…
Love it or hate it: in most states women are allowed to breastfeed in public. Unfortunately, many people are unaware of that fact–restaurant, store, and mall managers included. Being that the majority of the population is not well versed in breastfeeding law, mothers with their boobs out tend to get…
We review restaurants all the time–almost once a week. But, rarely, do the chefs and restaurants’ owners get the opportunity to respond. After this week’s review was published, we received a call from Elin Trousdale of Le Bistro. She was concerned with the description of kidneys in a dish, “the…
There it is, right there in front of you: a restaurant wine menu that’s thicker than Tolstoy’s War and Peace, and offers about 101 selections and varietals, all at varying price points. You’re having fish for dinner and on a date / dining with wine-loving friends / trying to impress…
Nowadays, everything is a polarizing issue from abortion to gun rights to fiscal cliffs. Next on the list is food. In a way, it seems crazy that something as basic as food should be so contentious, but then again what could be more personal than the food that keeps us alive? Once…
