The only thing better than a glass bottle of supersweet soda is a glass bottle of supersweet soda that doubles as a toy. Ups to our buddy Jonathan for making us aware of Ramune Drink, a fun Japanese product and something we never would have bothered with if he didn’t insist…
The Place: Jesse’s Xtreme Sports Bar, 5442 W. Atlantic Blvd., Margate. Call 954-917-2855. The Hours: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 2 to 7 p.m. Thursday open to close. Friday 2 to 9 p.m. The Deal: Half-price wells and calls. Fifty cent discounted price on all beers. The Digs: Jesse’s is the…
South Florida isn’t exactly a locavore’s paradise– “locally grown” around here usually means mangoes filched from your neighbor’s tree in the dead of night (at least for me). But maybe that’s beginning to change, or at least we’re finally starting to get some credible sources of locally grown food. New…
This Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Whole Foods Market – Boca Raton (1400 Glades Road, Suite 110) will host a bottle signing and wine-tasting for radio personality Paul Castronovo’s new wine label, Castronovo Vineyards. This is the first public tasting event to celebrate the wine’s launch since its…
Hello tweeters — you know who you are. Have you time to put down the Blackberry and raise a glass? If not, it’s time for professional help. For the rest if you, come meet the crew and have a few drinks: New Times’ Tweet-Up Party promises to provide good times.That…
Sure, we all know that certain wines and food go well together. But would you be able to choose which goes better with barbecued braised short ribs: a hoppy IPA or a smoked porter? According to Gratify American Gastropub’s executive chef, Fritz Cassel, a rich, smooth porter is the perfect…
I’m a chef in Delray Beach myself, and I can tell you that the buzz in neighboring kitchens recently has been about Deck 84, the new addition to the Atlantic Avenue waterfront, by restaurateur Burt Rapoport. When I walked in to meet chef Chuck Gittleman Thanksgiving week, he was running…
You might not think a dish as elementary as garlic bread would be featured on one of the Food Network’s most popular shows. But, like Alex Guarnaschelli, if you’ve tasted the garlic bread at Rosario’s Ristorante in Boca Raton, it doesn’t seem odd at all. As a regular on “The…
Real Chinese cuisine in Palm Beach County? Well, stranger things have happened. At least they will if all goes according to plan at the new China Beach Bistro (409 Northwood Rd., 561-833-4242), an upscale restaurant dedicated to …
I have to wonder if the people behind Tokyo Blue have ever heard of the Japanese concept of ma. It’s the idea that, in art as well as in life, what you leave out is equally as important as what you add. Think of ma as negative space — the…
In the first annual Grand Chef Throwdown at the Palm Beach Food & Wine Festival last night, Roy Villacrusis’s cuisine reigned supreme. Villacrusis, chef-owner of the new (and terrific) Kubo Asiatic Cuisine in North Palm Beach, smacked down former Top Chef contestant Howie “Bulldog” Kleinberg and local private chef Jeremy…
For most diners, selecting a restaurant boils down to food and ambiance. The menu is created by the chef, but the real stars may be interior designers, who touch all your senses and keep you in your seat. With Art Basel just finished, it’s appropriate to showcase Karen Hanlon, an…
Morton’s, the Steakhouse is making it easy for you to celebrate the new year. The restaurant is holding a contest for food and wine aficionados to win a complimentary cocktail reception in the restaurant’s Bar 1221 for ten people! The contest runs through December 31. The only thing required to…
This Sunday, from 4-7 p.m., Lola’s on Harrison St. in Hollywood is hosting the second annual Lolapalooza. The event, which benefits the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of South Florida, brought in 250 people last year and raised $1,000.This year, Lolapalooza expects close to 500 folks to show up. The whole…
Shopping and sharing consume our holidays so much that we rarely get to stop and taste the sweets. Thankfully, the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek has a strict no dessert left behind policy. More than 50 of them, and that’s not sugarcoating it. From December 9 to 25 on Thursdays to…
Tonight, local celebrity couple Gloria and Emilio Estefan are doing the red-carpet thing in Hollywood. Yes, our Hollywood. Cb5, a “seasoned boutique restaurant concept firm,” is busting out Bongos with the Estefans, who’ve done the same in Miami and Orlando. Since it’s a celebrity night, expect nothing less than a Cachao band,…
Yesterday, we posted this photo and challenged you to guess where we were eating — and “Dani” won! Turns out it was the 11th Street Annex, which its proprietors describe as “a coffee shop meets teahouse meets gourmet lunch spot meets gathering spot.” The menu changes daily. Located on 11th…
Andrew’s chef, Roberto Hernandez, brings impressive credentials: he cooked at Barton G’s, Mar el Lago, and the Blue Door. The space is impressively big and stately — 50 seats outdoors, more than 200 inside, with live music filling the room every night of the week.(And since it’s Boca, you can…
No word on whether pitchman Larry King will be on hand for the event, but the Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. is opening this Wednesday December 8th in Palm Beach Gardens at 4:30pm. They will be hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony honoring the first franchise location, and attendees will receive…
Come Christmas we wouldn’t be surprised if Santa left us a lump of coal. Coal wouldn’t be so bad because we could use it to set his sleigh on fire. But if we got a fruitcake we’d be dissapointed really, really mad.Whomever decided that gifting a “hunk of dense bread…
This low-key, cozy Fort Lauderdale eatery serves only lunch. The menu — usually five or six items — changes daily and is scrawled on a board on a wall near the door. The chefs — they self-deprecatingly refer to themselves as “two ugly sisters” — pluck herbs from a small garden out front,…
Even with all of the recent press clippings toting the rise of the “power vegans” (Bill Clinton and Mike Tyson included), successfully maintaining a business catering specifically to such eaters is somewhat of a magical feat. That’s why when one of these operations makes it past the initial excitement of their…
