Back in the dark ages, before it was one of the most profitable restaurants in the country, Washington, D.C.’s Old Ebbitt Grill ended up in a restaurant’s nightmare, having sickened several patrons with bad oysters. The result was a shutdown of the oyster bar and total revamp by a then-newly…
Assaggio del Forno, an eatery positioned to “take diners on a food journey” around Italy, is scheduled to open February 20 in Regency Court in west Boca Raton. Patrick Broadhead, formerly at Max’s Grille, has been named executive chef.Translated as “taste of the oven,” the west Boca restaurant will showcase…
Grafitto South has just opened in Wellington’s International Equestrian Village in the former White Horse Tavern. The restaurant, which features cuisine with an Italian slant and homemade breads, is the first South Florida endeavor for Milwaukee-based restaurant group SURG.SURG Restaurant Group currently owns six restaurants in the Milwaukee area, including…
Remember that time when multimillionaire John Castle allegedly got so angry at a waiter that he broke his finger in a senseless act of rage? It seemed like just another incident in which a server was mistreated by some rich person with a superiority complex. But there may be more…
Update: Click here for results from this first round of voting and to vote in the Food Town Throwdown’s second round. It used to be that when you had company in town and wanted to go someplace trendy, you talked about South Beach or Key West or anywhere but Broward…
Pat the Foodie is making its way around the internet, a parody of Pat the Bunny in the same vein as Go the F**k to Sleep. Like its inspiration, readers can touch things, though it’s along the lines of scratchy beards and chicken feathers. Daily Dish from the LA Times…
It’s my least favorite Hallmark holiday coming up, also known as Valentine’s Day. It is, however, a fantastic excuse for decadence of all forms, particularly chocolate and booze. We’ll start with chocolate, for which we’ll turn to Chloe Doutre-Roussel, one of the world’s chocolate experts and author of The Chocolate…
Visit this Las Olas location on Tuesdays and chef Adam Dombrowski of Rocco’s Tacos is doing double time. Armed with appetites, patrons line the lot to valet for the $14.95 all-you-can-eat day. The Fort Lauderdale location opened a year ago this month.The crowds — and owner Rocco Mangel’s success –…
Last Friday, Lifehacker posted a recipe for a healthy breakfast that was so stunningly simple, to call it a recipe might be a bit fanciful. Lifehacker credits reddit user fungzor for the easy, healthy combo wherein an egg is baked in the hollow of a halved avocado.The setup is easy. Preheat the oven…
“I’m not eating that disgusting bottom feeder,” said my friend, who happens to be a marine biologist. As a part of my Florida adventures of eating like regular people, I joined friends at Heart Rock Sushi, where fish is so inexpensive, it’s surreal. They steered the ordering, during which I…
We’ve got a pair of tickets to give away to Garlic Fest, the quirky Delray Beach event that celebrates the odiferous vegetable. Why celebrate a flavor that keeps away vampires and ensures trench mouth breath that rivals the taste of stale cigarettes?Like other maligned foods, garlic has an interesting history…
It’s almost a crime that there are no Jack in the Box restaurants in Florida. The whole creepy-child’s-toy concept used to scare the living daylights out of me when I was a kid.There were three fast-food restaurants in a row where I grew up in Brooklyn. McDonald’s, Burger King, and…
It’s National Yogurt day today (and you thought it was hangover-from-Super-Bowl Day, didn’t you)! Every time we think yogurt has jumped the shark, it makes a comeback. There are still a million frozen yogurt shops, but now the trend is toward fro-yo that actually tastes like yogurt — tangy and…
Happy day after Super Bowl. Yesterday, the country ate 1.25 million chicken wings. Today, it’s wing sauce and blue cheese smoothies. Read on for today’s food-related links.1. The National Restaurant Association projects that restaurant sales will grow by 3.5 percent in 2012, with two out of five consumers reporting they’re…
Things to do this week include booking a reservation for Valentine’s Day — something that needs to happen quickly if you don’t want to be shut out of the game — or making plans for a special pre-Valentine’s outing. There are plenty of fun date ideas for the weekend, but…
This weekend, two teams will engage in head-to-head competition for a ring. You, however, can get yours for free.That’s right! Burger King is giving away rings this weekend. Crisp, golden, fried rings. Onion rings, to be exact.Today and tomorrow, February 4 and 5, just stop into any Burger King and…
The hour is drawing nigh. It’s time to book your reservations for Valentine’s Day dinner or risk being turned away at the door, a rejection that will increase the odds of a rejection later that evening. If the cheapskate Valentine’s Day isn’t an option, there are numerous choices for romance in…
One of my roommates is a highly driven young entrepreneur raised in Asia by American parents, and he is an enthusiastic consumer of all ingestibles, be they solid, liquid, or smoke. Like me, his favorite foods are uni and foie gras. Like me, he loves excellent craft beer, appreciates delicately…
Who’s it gonna be — New England, with its creamy chowders, lobster rolls, and clam bakes? Or New York, home to hot dogs, pizza, and wings?Oh, sorry. You thought we were talking about the Patriots and the Giants? We’re looking forward to the game, sure, but we gotta admit, it’s…
Clean Plate Charlie is pitting our eight best dining areas against one another in a March Madness-style bracket. Later this month, we’ll crown a winner — an undisputed champion city that can boast to have the best food scene in Broward and Palm Beach counties. Below, read up on No…
If you think the pinnacle of games is this Sunday, then maybe you haven’t heard about Clean Plate Charlie’s Food Town Throwdown.Clean Plate Charlie is talking smack and taking names — pitting our favorite food neighborhoods against each other in a raging death match of wits and eats. OK -…
Clean Plate Charlie is pitting our eight best dining areas against one another in a March Madness-style bracket. Later this month, we’ll crown a winner — an undisputed champion city that can boast to have the best food scene in Broward and Palm Beach counties. Below, read up on No…
