Vote for the Best Restaurant of Palm Beach County of 2012

The 2012 poll has closed. Click here after June 14 for the results. Here’s your chance to vote in our New Times Broward-Palm Beach Readers’ Poll 2012 for your favorite restaurant in Palm Beach County. The results will appear in our annual Best of Broward-Palm Beach issue June 14. Click…

What Makes for the Perfect Bar? An Excuse to Drink Helps.

There were a legions of lousy bars in my hometown in Washington, D.C., in contrast to the library of great ones in South Florida. “The Perfect Bar” in this month’s Garden and Gun notes that the South nurtures them because it encourages so many excuses to drink:The South has produced…

Ditching Vegetarianism? Five Meaty Ways to Sell Out

When I think back on my golden years in college, I remember all of the good times that I had with strangers friends. Days spent camping out for seats at basketball games, grossly misusing credit cards, and repeatedly surviving untreated alcohol poisoning are all fond memories. I was cool back…

99. Italian Sandwich From Smitty’s Old Fashioned Butcher

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. 99. Italian Sandwich…

Coconuts and G&B Oyster Bar To Combine Menus Tonight

Coconuts and its next door sibling, G&B Oyster Bar will be combine menus for the most part as of tonight’s dinner service, confirms partner Merv Jonota. All oysters shucked at G&B Oyster Bar are available at Coconuts, as are the small plates on the oyster bar menu. Larger entrees like…

Welcome Lime Fresh Mexican to the Burrito Barrio on Friday

The newest outpost of Lime Fresh Mexican Grill will open Friday in Fort Lauderdale. Though it was slated to debut today, final inspections have delayed the grand opening. The menu is made-to-order Mexican grill standards: half a dozen appetizers, four salads, three soups, and a myriad of quesadillas, burritos, and…

Red the Steakhouse to Open in Boca Raton

In South Beach, the area south of Fifth Street (SoFi if you like acronyms) is the place to get a serious steak. In that patch of land, you’ll find Prime One Twelve, Smith and Wollensky, and Red the Steakhouse.  Red the Steakhouse differentiates itself from the others by providing high-caliber…

Texas Hold ‘Em BBQ to Open Tapped Out Beer Bar

The SW Seventh Street location in Fort Lauderdale of Texas Hold ‘Em has closed during lease negotiations with the building owner, confirmed Jeremy “Jay” Armstead on the phone this morning. “Texas Hold Em’s desire is to open Tapped Out, featuring micro and craft beers, in that location,” said Armstead. “If…

$4,500 Buys a Chef-Led Trip From Miami to Cuba in April

If you’ve got some money laying around and you’re looking for an interesting long weekend, Cuba Libre — the restaurant and rum bar with outposts in Orlando, D.C., Philly, and Atlantic City — has joined with Insight Cuba to lead a chef-led trip to the island from April 20 to…

Why Is Florida the Only State With Its Own Chef?

The Lifestyle section of yesterday’s Washington Post via the Associated Press gave a shoutout to our state as the only one with its own chef. Justin Timineri is “on the cusp of celebrity,” this “cheerleader of Florida food.”  Why celebrity? As a spokesperson for one of the top three farming…

Gluten-Free Food Expo This Saturday at South Florida Fairgrounds

Pasta and bread are some of the foods that are universally liked in the world.  Almost every culture has a noodle dish or makes some rustic farm bread. But people with gluten intolerance can’t enjoy products like wheat, barley, and rye, which contain gluten and related proteins. This has started…

100. Braised Eggplant at Sushi Bon

It’s that time of year again when we count down to New Times’ Best Of 2012 issue in June. Starting today, Clean Plate Charlie will serve up 100 of our favorite dishes. If you have any nominations of your own, please add them to the comments or visit our Facebook…

Order a Fat Breakfast Any Time of Day

I thought bacon was among the fattiest savory breakfast items aside from Hollandaise until I moved south, where dishes-to-clog-an-artery- in-one-sitting is a running competition. I was reminded of this when I went to the Floridian for breakfast with my very lean, citified friend from Washington, D.C. There, we’d eat pho…

Whole Foods Market Looking for Broward’s Best Parent and Kid Chefs

If your kid would rather whip up some souffle in the kitchen than play Guitar Hero, you’re doing something right. Whole Foods Market thinks so too, which is why it’s searching for the best parent and kid chefs in Broward county.The Whole Foods Market Healthy Entrée Challenge is open to…

Learn to Make Grilled Cheese With an Iron From “College & Cook”

Open publication – Free publishing”A college food magazine needs to exist,” said Miamian Audrey Scagnelli in a dorm room at her alma mater, George Washington University. Scagnelli is founder of College & Cook, an online magazine assembled by undergrads from Florida Gulf Coast, Georgetown, Washington University in St. Louis, Le…

Free Americone Dream At Ben & Jerry’s Today

Ben & Jerry’s is getting all indignant about campaign contributions by big businesses.  The Vermont-based ice cream maker, known for their pop-culture-referenced products (anyone for a Late Night Snack or some delicious Schweddy Balls?), is asking fans of their treats to sign a petition designed to overturn the 2010 Supreme…