A new look, new menu, and new name are all in the cards for Delray Beach’s popular French bistro-bakery Café de France.By the end of the year, chef-owner Olivier La Gloahec aims to have completed a major expansion of the chic but tiny eatery, adding some 70 seats on a…
If you haven’t yet been to Northwood Village, the funky historic walking district in West Palm Beach, tonight is a good evening to check it out. From 6 to 10 p.m., there’s an Art & Wine Promenade in the 400 and 500 blocks. That means complimentary winetastings in some of…
Foodies/literary geeks (often one and the same) might overdose on sensory/intellectual goodness when legends and legends in the making of the food-writing world convene in Key West for the 29th-annual Key West Literary Seminar. This year’s theme is “the Hungry Muse.”The seminar is scheduled for Thursday through Sunday, January 6…
A cookie diet sounds delicious. Like everyone else, I imagined some gooey chocolate-chip cookies, maybe some macadamia nut.The reality was much spongier — although not bad.After writing about Smart for Life’s new gluten-free cookie diet and learning the cookies’ ingredients, I decided to try it out for myself. So for…
Pictured above: Crispy marinated pork loin with cucumber, green onion, and sweet chili sauce nestled into a house-made Chinese bao (bun) from Dim Ssam A-Go-Go, one of the latest gourmet food trucks to hit the streets…
A menu of accessible modern American cuisine and décor modeled after the Prairie School movement of Frank Lloyd Wright mark the latest restaurant to set up shop in the Town Center mall in Boca Raton. Pinon Grill (6000 Glades Road; 561-391-7770) makes its debut this Saturday in sprawling mall’s Terrace…
To see more photos, click here. It’s Saturday night, and you’re driving around Palm Beach County looking for pizza. Where do you go? That’s the question my friends Eric and Cristina had posed to me a few weeks ago when I visited them at their home in Boynton Beach. According…
The place: O’Shea’s Irish Pub, 531 Clematis St., West Palm Beach. Call 561-833-3865. The hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. The deal: All drinks are a dollar off. Regular prices run from $3.75 to $7. The digs: Every town has at least one Irish pub. It’s part…
This Friday, November 12, from noon to 2 p.m., hip-hop star Ludacris will sign bottles of Conjure Cognac at Super Duper Liquors in Lauderhill (4188 N. State Road 7, Lauderdale Lakes 33319). According to a news release, “In 2009, Ludacris created and launched Conjure with renowned cognac house, Birkedal Hartmann,…
Finally, the sustainable-urban-farming movement is taking root in Broward County! The Urban Farmer, a hydroponic urban farm and learning facility, opened its doors to the public Saturday, October 30. Jessica Padron says she was inspired to start the business when she had a child. “A few months after my daughter…
For the more frugal diner, the idea of lavishly throwing inordinate amounts of moolah at women and meat may seem a bit superfluous. Patrons of Rachel’s Adult Entertainment & Steakhouse in West Palm Beach don’t seem to mind, though. Perhaps this is where winning recipients of the Florida Lotto come…
Reader “NT” nailed our “Where Are We Eating?” post: The answer is of course Tokyo Blue, a new restaurant/lounge in the Ocean Manor Resort. The restaurant has a broad menu of Japanese classics, mixed and match with Thai, Peruvian, and contemporary influences. It has a full sushi bar with everything…
Ordinarily, when you’re standing at a carving station and you say something like, “Give me some of that meat,” it’s a pretty straight-forward conversation. But if you’re at a swingers club, like Trapeze in western Broward, it seems every word takes on a new, more complicated meaning.If you saw the…
Ever wonder what it smells like standing outside of a diet-food-product facility? Right, neither did I. Until I was invited to take a tour of one. I figured it would probably smell a lot like plastic with a bit of money scent and a whiff of sadness. Ah, but once…
On Sunday, November 14, head over to Markham Park in Sunrise for the ninth-annual Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival. Find everything from Caribbean music and cultural performances to chef competitions, sporting events, kids activities, and, of course, jerk food. The festivities at what is reportedly the largest Caribbean food festival in…
A conversation I had with a friend recently had me thinking: His claim was that, despite the proliferation of coal-fired and gourmet pizza joints, the great majority of restaurant pies falls squarely in the “average” category. “About 85 percent of the time,” he instructed, “one pizza is really no better…
South Florida’s relationship with local foods is a conundrum: The soil is rich and the climate is suitable for plenty of organic, local produce to be available year-round, yet accessibility to that would-be cornucopia is limited. The mission of the Yellow Green Market, which opened in Hollywood this fall, is…
Happy Monday, folks. It’s time for another entry in our series, Where Are We Eating?Not much information needed here. Just tell us where we took this swank-looking pic.Leave your email in the comments field and we’ll award the first correct answer with a New Times swag package…
The rich just keep getting richer, on Atlantic Avenue as well as Wall Street. Or at least, that’s one way of looking at coming debuts of two more high-style, high-concept eateries on what’s become Delray Beach’s increasingly trendy Restaurant Row. Set to open in the next few months are Atlantic…
The big celebration of all things Italian is this weekend at Abacoa in Jupiter — the Feast of Little Italy returns for its eighth year.The festival, with every Italian food imaginable and many not, takes over the streets of this community in the style of the famed San Gennaro street…
Teaming up with the United Way of Palm Beach County, Sweet Tomatoes, the cafeteria-style restaurant favorite of seniors and college kids everywhere, will open their newest store with a $5 all-you-can-eat lunch today.The value-priced Sweet Tomatoes chain offers a 45-feet-long salad bar, with a variety of soups, desserts and breads,…
The place: American Rock Bar & Grill, 1600 E. Hillsboro Blvd., Deerfield Beach. Call 954-428-4539. The hours: 4 to 8 p.m., 8 p.m. to close every night. The deal: The evening happy hour gets you three for one; the later one gets you two for one. They both cover wells,…
