Slated to open October 27 in restaurant formerly known as Trina in the Atlantic Resort & Spa, East End Brasserie will debut with chef Steven Zobel as executive chef. A born and raised New Yorker who left the helm at the fancy, 40-seat French restaurant Triomphe in Manhattan, Zobel gives…
In the dining room of Dapur on a square white plate, a seafood tower leans like Pisa. A crispy homemade rice cake serves as the base, with separate layers of neon avocado, sweet lump crab, and spicy tuna. It’s topped with a tendril of green melon skin that cascades down…
During classes at her breezy second-floor yoga space Red Pearl, you can count on Karen Gavrilov to get you into your very best downward-facing dog. After class, though, Gavrilov’s hidden talent is her knack for food finds. You can often hear her dishing with students on the new place to…
A drunk man with a backpack full of weapons threatened to blow up Buccan last night, reports the Palm Beach Post. John Hughes, 40, caused a ruckus at the bar and restaurant last night at 9:30 at the eatery named New Times’ Best New Restaurant in Palm Beach for 2011…
While the comfortably familiar tradition of Oktoberfest rages on — how are those lederhosen holding up, by the way? — there are also a few new events to check out this weekend, including a new concert series in Delray Beach. Friday night will see the launch of “Mix of Music…
”You’ll likely never get this quality fish here again,” said Takeshi Kamioka, owner of Wilton Manor’s Gaysha, just after 11 p.m. at the sushi bar last night.The pink, veined toro was marbled with fat. The piece…
We’ve got two free tickets to give away for The Delray Bash this Saturday in Old School Square Park from 7 to 9:30 p.m. The culinary event that benefits the American Lung Association features food and drink from restaurants including The Office, The Falcon House, BurgerFi, Buddha Sky Bar, and…
Calling all sommeliers: DB Bistro Moderne in Miami is still in search of a wine expert with five years’ experience who will serve as “a liaison between the guest, our extensive wine list and cellar” with “a thorough understanding” of how the menu and wine list interact. Check it out…
East End Brasserie is set to open on the ground floor of the Atlantic Resort & Spa in Fort Lauderdale on October 27.Executive Chef Steven Zobel, formerly of New York City’s Triomphe, promises to “introduce a taste of France and the relaxed vibe of the Côte d’Azur to the Fort…
Yes, you read that correctly… Maxim Magazine named the queen of butter television’s hottest female television chef on its Dirty Briefs blog. Deen beat out some of the sexiest women in cooking, including Giada DeLaurentiis and Padma Lakshmi, to come out on top of the list.What makes Deen so damned…
Today is the opening for SpoonFed, chef Glen Manfra’s restaurant born from his temporary joint, the Pop-Up. Perched at 217 E. Atlantic Ave., SpoonFed offers…
My cravings for a Negroni and variations such as the Americano have gone unrequited since I moved to South Florida. The bitter apertif, a Negroni dates from 1920s Italy and was invented by Count Camillo Negroni of Florence. Though restaurants such as Dapur…
In the event you’ve been by Riverside Market for an Oktoberfest beer or six, you’ve likely seen the sign on the door the past few weeks: “No consumption of beer or wine in house or on the premise.”…
Derek Zoolander (AKA Ben Stiller) dropped in on his new boyfriend, Stefon, during Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live.After Stefon shared some tips on trendy new places for tourists to visit while in the Big Apple (a nightclub in a haunted synagogue named Quack run by reggae superstar Rasta Primavera…
Though chef Ted Inserra is holding down his chef gig at Old Fort Lauderdale Breakfast House, he’s been on double duty behind the line at Jack Mancini’s M Bar with chef Kevin McCarthy. “I’m there a couple of nights a week to help get things organized and to pitch in,” said Inserra. “Kevin…
Tropical Acres starts demolition today, about six weeks after the early-morning accidental fire that started in the restaurant’s laundry area. Owner Michael Greenlaw says that the demolition is relegated to a 1,400-square-foot section of the roof and that all walls are structurally sound. …
Lily is an adorable hot pink muppet in a little blue dress. Lily is also very hungry. In a departure from the usual songs about the ABCs, Sesame Street aired a special last evening on childhood hunger. Growing Hope Against Hunger introduced Lily, a muppet girl who said her family…
Did the hit-or-miss weather throw a wrench into your weekend plans? Truth be told, the forecast for this week isn’t looking all that stellar either, but that’s no excuse to launch into full-on hermit mode. Lots of fun things are planned for the week, from breast-cancer awareness and fundraising events…
A 31-year-old man threw a hot dog at Tiger Woods at yesterday’s golf tournament at CordeValle in San Martin, California, as he ran toward the seventh green. The motive is unclear: perhaps a phallic reference to Woods’ epic infidelities? Woods was getting ready for his putt, said the golfer. “Next thing…
We’ve scoured the internets to find today’s selection of food news from the Sunday papers and elsewhere. According to Good Magazine, Florida is one of three states with the fewest number of families to report struggling to feed themselves and their kin. At percentages falling between 7 and 9.9 according to Census Bureau statistics,…
Patty Canedo is a chef in Palm Beach. She writes frequently about her kitchen exploits in this column, Half-Baked. Photo by Patty Canedo October is my own personal Christmas. Vendors unfurl their pop-up tents, hang tattered signs that have been hibernating, and rally to the same side streets every weekend — until March. Every…
Last night, we asked you, our readers, to become food critics during the first Clean Plate Charlie Night. Held at PL8 Kitchen (formerly Himmarshee Bar & Grille), dozens of you voted on the dishes of the new small-plates-style menu.The results in a nutshell: You liked almost everything. Of the 33…
