American Craft Beer Week starts Monday and the Green Room in Fort Lauderdale will host an event tonight (Saturday, May 12) that could act as an appropriate warmup for the week of beer-centric activities ahead. Tonight the multipurpose club will host a Magic Hat Art Battle showcasing works by eight…
Charm City took home the top prize from the panel of judges at last night’s Riverwalk Trust Burger Battle, while Rok: Brgr walked away again with the fan favorite award. If you had both burgers, you might wonder how two very different burgers could walk away as winners. It comes…
Though some last-minute changes were thrown in the mix, the Riverwalk Trust Burger Battle forges full-steam ahead tonight with beefy offerings from local restaurants and burger experts. (Read about the changes here.) To give you a sneak peek of what to expect from tonight’s entrants, Clean Plate Charlie reached out…
A good neighborhood joint should alternately extend a hospitable hand to strangers while giving regulars a bit of a favored place at the bar. Music, decent food, tunes, and cheap drinks all are requirements. As part of a countdown to the Best Of Broward/Palm Beach 2012, coming in June, here…
As a countdown to the Best Of Broward/Palm Beach 2012, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations here. 36. Filet Mignon From Canyon Southwestern CaféDuring my last visit to Canyon, someone at the table asked…
With the third-annual Riverwalk Burger Battle at Huizenga Park in downtown Fort Lauderdale tomorrow, some major changes have been announced.The Burger Battle, held from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday, has learned that chef Allen Susser has dropped out of the event. The owner of Chef Allen’s Burger Bar in Palm…
It seems that Da Campo Osteria’s executive chef, Joseph Quinn, isn’t the kind to keep secrets. The chef, known for his fresh-pulled mozzarella prepared tableside at Da Campo Osteria, has decided to let some budding chefs in on his cheese-making secrets.Quinn will hold a weekly mozzarella-making class starting Thursday, May…
The Glades, the A&E television series that stars Matt Passmore as a Chicago detective sent to frolic in the South Florida sun as punishment, typically films on location using the beautiful beaches and people of Miami and Fort Lauderdale as its backdrop. Last evening, casting directors at The Glades got…
The Pelican Grand Beach Resort recently named a new executive chef, Todd Lough, who has more than 30 years of kitchen experience. Instead of taking to the usual channels to divulge the personnel change-up, the resort made the official announcement on May 2 via Facebook. A few weeks earlier, Pelican…
Comedian/actor Art Metrano, AKA Lt./Capt./Cmdt. Mauser from the second and third Police Academy movies, must have a penchant for sequels. The entrepreneur has opened his second self-serve yogurt joint in South Florida. Yogurt Ur Way Cafe opened on Hollywood Beach at the end of March. It’s the second Broward County…
Students at the Lauderhill Community YMCA, located inside Lauderhill Middle School, met today to present a healthy eating plan to members of the Broward Country School Board.The students are part of Live Well Lauderhill, a community project that raises awareness about healthy eating. The students met with Broward School Board…
American Craft Beer Week is Monday, May 14, through Sunday, May 20, and in addition to the official beer week events hosted by Brown Distributing, many South Florida bars and restaurants are tapping into the region’s growing appreciation for the fermented arts. Big City Tavern in Fort Lauderdale is riding…
There’s lots going on with Rok:Brgr Burger Bar and Gastropub this month (which happens to be National Hamburger Month). The restaurant recently confirmed that it will expand into Miami, and it’ll be defending its title this Friday at the Riverwalk Trust’s Burger Battle (it won People’s Choice Award for best…
If one were to go by the restaurant offerings this weekend, one would believe that moms and brunch are inextricably locked together in some kind of culinary tradition that forever ties motherhood to mimosas and Belgian waffles. There’s no arguing that brunch is a great way to show Mom that…
We’re counting down to New Times’ Best Of Broward/Palm Beach 2012 issue in June by serving up our top 100 favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive. If you have any nominations of your own, please add them to the comments or visit our Facebook page.Charm City Burger Co…
If you’re like us, you love cheese. From high-brow, cave-aged Gouda to low-brow string cheese, our motto is “If you put cheese on that shoe over there, we’re going to eat it.” That’s why we’re intrigued by East End Brasserie’s five-course Chef’s Table dinner hosted by executive chef Steve Zobel…
May is National Hamburger Month, and this week’s event lineup includes one hell of a way to celebrate the food holiday: the Riverwalk Trust Burger Battle. (If you can’t make it out for the showdown, find a list of other celebratory burger activities here, plus a look at where to…
We’re counting down to New Times’ Best Of Broward/Palm Beach 2012 issue in June by serving up our top 100 favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive. If you have any nominations of your own, please add them to the comments or visit our Facebook page. 38. Baby Back…
Mother’s Day is this Sunday, so you have less than a week to make reservations for brunch, the go-to way to celebrate the holiday. After the jump, find restaurants in Palm Beach County that are offering brunch specials for Mother’s Day. Reservations are required for a holiday like this, so…
Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 13, and now is the time to make reservations for the meal synonymous with the holiday: Brunch. If you want to treat mom to buffet lines filled with stacks of pillowy pancakes and pitchers of mimosas be sure to place a call sooner, rather than…
In case you’re not anticipating being utterly burned out on brunch with Mother’s Day just a week away, head today to the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Fort Lauderdale for the last SunTrust Jazz Brunch of the season. The event is 10:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. There’s…
If you’re looking for a little family fun for a good cause this Sunday, head out to the Great Food Truck Jam on May 6 at Old School Square Park in Delray Beach. From 12:30 to 4 p.m., spread a picnic blanket on the grass and enjoy lunch from seven…
