We’re counting down to New Times’ Best of Broward/Palm Beach 2012 issue in June by serving up our top hundred 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. 67. Terry’s Famous…
This video has been sent to me a couple of time this week, filmed during a visit to Immokalee, Florida by Daniel Klein of The Perennial Plate. It’s where a third of the country’s tomatoes are grown for grocery sales.During his visit, Klein interviews Lupa Gonzalo from Guatemala, a tomato…
It is true that America is home to the Luther Burger. It is true that America invented greasy fast food and continues to love its Burgerdonalds and McKings with heart-stirring (and -stopping) patriotic ardor. It is true that our prolonged prosperity in the 20th Century, our early adoption of refrigeration,…
In this era of locavorism, we’re wondering what restaurants in our towns should get the shadow treatment. We’re nominating a rendition in whites, browns, and reds on the Primanti Bros. sandwich. Or a brown and yellow number for Jack’s Hamburgers. Other options are a YOLO gray lid with a red YO…
A new American spot, 75 Main, is slated to open in Delray April 12. The space showcases a tailored bar, white walls, bold modern art, and glass doors that open to Atlantic Avenue. An after-hours lounge bouys the back of the restaurant, lapped in coffee browns and dim lighting. A sibling to…
We’re counting down to 68. Eggplant Meatballs from Bite GastroTruckIt would be too easy to name Bite GastroTruck chef/owner’s burger in our list of favorite dishes. Besides, Kerr makes the most wonderful vegetarian-friendly sandwich on his food truck, we had to share this sleeper hit with the world — if only…
The Grind, a festival of all things burgers, hits Miami’s Wynwood arts district tomorrow evening at 7 p.m. with a host of burgers, brews, and entertainment for all.The event is billed as Miami’s hometown burger competition, but Broward and Palm Beach counties are well represented with eight restaurants with their…
[jump] – Cafe Boulud, 301 Australian Ave., Palm Beach. Call 561-655-6060.Find a new take on classic Passover fare from Friday, April 6, to Saturday, April 14, with a three-course prix fixe menu with appetizers like matzo ball soup with chicken confit and hen-of-the-woods mushrooms or pike gefilte fish with baby…
Paul Castronovo, a noted South Florida radio personality (“The Paul and Young Ron Morning Show”) and partner in the Italian winery Castronovo Vineyards, is a self-described food and wine guy who’s had the opportunity to eat at a number of South Florida’s top restaurants. After a recent talk with Castronovo…
We’re counting down to 69. Walking Taco From Tropical Taco”This taco shop claims to be the best taco in town,” said a coworker when she directed me to Facebook link to Tropical Taco. I’ve been several times since the inaugural visit, charmed by the characters, more animated as a night…
Misfit Home Brewers have been prepping for New Times Beerfest, where they’ll offer 105 gallons of home brew at their tents this Saturday. George Garcia started it all, brewing in college as a means of drinking cheap beer five years ago. Last year, he gathered Piero Rodriguez, and Robert Tejon…
There’s still plenty of time to storm Target for Easter basket supplies — Peeps! Don’t forget the damned Peeps! — but if you’re looking to secure a spot to eat an Easter brunch or dinner, you better hop to it. Restaurants serving Easter meals in Palm Beach County will fill…
Oh, to eat with abandon, with little care or consequence, when an extra order of fries on the side is necessary to stave off hunger. Note the lineup of condiments too. These guys on a lunch break from Pompano and Lauderdale High volleyed from Les Miserables to Harry Potter to…
After the Easter basket has been riffled through on Sunday, April 8, you’ll realize that Peeps and chocolate bunny ears aren’t going to do the trick for your big Easter brunch and/or dinner. Thankfully, there are plenty of choices in Broward County for those who want to dine in a…
Back in January, I reviewed Tap 42 and was met with more than 60 comments that confirmed or refuted claims of neglectful service and inconsistent meals. Since then, owners Blaise and Sean McMackin have dug in for some serious overhauls. For one, they’re in the market for a new chef after…
As the birds started singing, dozens of Pembroke Pines shoppers were lined up for the grand opening of the new Whole Foods Market in Pembroke Pines yesterday, March 28.The Pines market, located at Cobblestone Plaza on Pines Boulevard, is the 11th Whole Foods to open in South Florida. The market,…
Who framed Roger Rabbit? Was it his sexy wife who didn’t mean to be bad (she was just drawn that way), baby Herman, or some other jealous ‘toon? Find out on Thursday, April 5, from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale full-moon party on the seventh-floor tropical…
As we peruse the menu at the Pelican, my two friends and I snack on papri chaat, one of my favorite starters. Crispy papris are piled with chickpeas, yogurt, tamarind, chutney, cilantro, and tomatoes. It’s a lively interplay of crunch and goop commingling with cilantro, the pasty sweet of tamarind,…
Ditmar Perner, a manager at Biergarten Boca Raton, has been champing at the bit to host an authentic German brunch — or Frühschoppen — for nearly three months. Sunday, April 1, will mark the inaugural run, he said: “No joke.”The brunch is 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., with seats available…
We’re counting down to 70. Poke at Johnny VAhi tuna is fancied up in the presentation of this Hawaiian dish. Pan-seared and cubed, tuna is set in layers, with wakame seaweed salad in between. Yuzu vinaigrette seasons the fish, and green roe serves as garnish. Poke is traditionally sashimi-grade tuna,…
Valentino’s Cucina Italiana is slated to move down the street to 620 S. Federal Highway by May, confirms chef owner Giovanni Rocchio. The new building is 3,200 square feet — double the size of the original location, with more parking, he says, “the main reason for the move.” Rocchio says…
News from a tipster said that Gran Forno and Gran Forno Pronto had changed hands, according to a server. “Not quite,” says Leone Padula, who’s been partners with Gran Forno owner Sal Annino for 18 of its 23 years. The only thing that’s changed is that Padula took over both…
