L Bar, the upscale cocktail lounge in the lobby of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, offers an alternative to those not looking to wear a sombrero and shake maracas this Cinco de Mayo. In addition to serving its traditional libations, L Bar also has a secret tequila menu…
You know what they say: April showers bring May flowers — and in South Florida, a few more restaurants and bars too. Spring ushered in more than warming temperatures. The season also welcomed a wide swathe of new establishments, most notably Michael Schulson’s Monkitail, the second celebrity-built concept to open at the Diplomat Beach Resort following Geoffrey Zakarian’s Point Royal.
It’s just before 9 a.m. and Marcel Az still hasn’t had breakfast. Standing on the sidewalk outside Fort Lauderdale’s Noor Bakery, the slender, baby-faced trucker cups his hands around his eyes and desperately signals for help. When the door of the beige building with a red clay-tiled roof clicks open,…
Monkitail, created by Philadelphia-based chef and restaurateur Michael Schulson, opens to the public tomorrow, Friday, April 28. The eatery’s debut brings a contemporary izakaya — or Japanese gastropub — with sharable small plates and sushi, as well as an array of specialty cocktails and sake, to Hollywood’s Diplomat Resort. “Living…
Food delivery services are nothing new in Miami, with companies like UberEats, Postmates, and Grubhub transporting everything from doughnuts to burgers from a restaurant to someone’s doorstep. As of February 2017, California-based service DoorDash joined in too, alluring potential customers through restaurant partnerships with Doraku, Novecento, and Harry’s Pizzeria, as well as Meat Market, which, until DoorDash, never offered delivery.
Today is Tax Day — Tuesday, April 18 — the deadline for filing 2016 taxes. Whether you owe money to Uncle Sam or you’re celebrating with a refund, here are the Miami spots rewarding you with Tax Day specials.
Given that Mar-a-Lago’s membership fee recently doubled to $200,000 and foreign heads of state are being entertained there, one would assume the dining to be on par with Michelin-starred establishments. Indeed, the club’s website boasts of “an extraordinary culinary experience for its members and their guests.”
On May 28, the local women’s advocacy group the Fem Collective will present the FemAle Brew Fest, what event organizer and Fem Collective CEO Frances Antonio-Martineau calls not only South Florida’s but also the country’s first craft beer festival celebrating women in the brewing industry.
Of all the dishes on the menu at celebrity chef Geoffrey Zakarian’s new restaurant, Point Royal, the lobster roll is the item worthiest of a trip to the strip of A1A where Hollywood meets Hallandale Beach. There’s no chopped or minced meat here. A whole Maine lobster is steamed until…
Easter Sunday is approaching fast. Whether the morning finds you hunting for eggs, taking pics with the Easter Bunny, or headed to sunrise service, be sure to schedule a proper brunch and toast the day with a cocktail or two. Reservations are suggested, and most prices exclude tax and gratuity.
Ariel, the Little Mermaid, is all grown up, and she’s shaking her fins for you every Friday and Saturday night at the B Ocean Resort’s Wreck Bar on Fort Lauderdale Beach. The bar has been taken over by chef Ralph Pagano, who also owns the Naked Crab at the resort.
March was a busy month for South Florida, with plenty of restaurant openings (so many it’s hard to keep track) and barely any notable closings. The month welcomed the addition of long-awaited establishments/. There was everything from craft brewery NoBo Brewing Co. in Boynton Beach to ramen hotspot Ramen Lab…
It wasn’t an April Fool’s joke, but it felt like it for hundreds of people who spent Saturday, April 1, at the Fort Lauderdale Pizza Festival. The inaugural event, which took place at the city’s War Memorial Auditorium, was successful in drawing a large and eager crowd, many of whom stood in line for hours without receiving any food or drinks. In reaction, dozens of attendees swarmed the festival’s Facebook page Sunday to report their experience. Numerous public posts to the page, including some pictured below, have since been deleted.
A few years ago, if you were heading out to the bar for an ice-cold beer, you’d be hard-pressed to find a locally brewed one on tap anywhere in the tri-county area. In 2010, there wasn’t a single production brewery in Broward or Palm Beach County and only a handful of brewpubs crafting their own suds.
Palm Beach County will gain a bit of hipster cred when restaurants located in New York City’s Bowery and Miami’s Wynwood move to the tony towns of West Palm Beach and Palm Beach.
This winter, JEY Hospitality — the team behind Rok:Brgr, PizzaCraft, TacoCraft, and Himmarhsee Public House — will add an 11th concept, Proper Sandwich Fine Meat & Provisions, to its growing roster.
Best spots for croissants, pastries and bread in Broward county.
Parisian sister and brother Emilie and Julien Van Steenwinckel own a chocolate shop and French bakery in Hollywood.
Find authentic low-country cuisine like gumbo, jambalaya, po’boys, and beignets in South Florida when the fourth-annual CrawDebauchery South Florida Crawfish Festival returns to Pompano Beach Saturday, April 1, and Sunday, April 2. Considered a celebration of all things New Orleans, the two-day festival, taking place at the Pompano Beach Amphitheater field (1801 NE Sixth St.), will offer a number of traditional New Orleans-themed eats and activities, such as a Gumbo Rumble competition and a massive crawfish boil.
What’s even better than ice cream? Nice cream, of course. In the plant-based world, “nice cream” refers to a dairy-free dessert, generally made with frozen bananas and other tasty ingredients blended in. It’s like the iconic creamy treat everyone loves, but way healthier and easier on animals.
Later this year, Fort Lauderdale will welcome a new brewery to an industrial complex just south of Sailboat Bend and the Tarpon River. Riverside Market’s founders and Native Brewing’s Adam Fine have partnered with the Restaurant People to form New River Brewing. The project has been a long time coming for Riverside Market husband-and-wife team Julian and Lisa Siegel…
Wawa is finally opening its doors in South Florida this month. After six months of growing anticipation, fans of the Philadelphia-based convenience-store chain can look forward to the official grand opening of the area’s first three stores.
