Guess Where We’re Eating and Win Pairings Tickets

With Pairings coming up next week, we’ve got one final set of tickets to give away to the all-you-can-eat food and wine event. Then it’s time for wine, beer, and so much more on September 16 at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.All you have to do to get…

Order Up: Trata Greek Taverna

This week in Dish, we look at Trata Greek Taverna. The restaurant, opened on Las Olas last January, removes all the flashy bellydancing and napkin throwing from the Greek formula. Instead, it focuses on simple, homey Greek food with an eye for authenticity. The menu is full of complementary flavors…

An Insider’s Take on Soma Center’s Restaurant Shuffle

The Soma Center Cafe in Lake Worth has long been a favorite spot for healthy eating in Palm Beach County. New Times named it Best Vegan Restaurant this year, praising the deliciously fresh, innovative dishes and warm, free-loving atmosphere.But behind the counter at the crunchy, laid-back café, insiders say, chaos…

Behind the Line With a Homeless Chef

Ken Grippo has been homeless since January 2009. Before then, he lived in Manhattan in a two-bedroom apartment making $85,000 a year as a chef.Then he moved to Florida and within a week was living in the COSAC Homeless Shelter in Hollywood. To pay his “rent,” he was put to…

How to Make a Rich, Killer Milk Shake in Pictures

Happy Labor Day, everyone! While today historically signals the end of summer, the chance of the sun’s retreating from its oft-brutal assault on South Florida is nil. So may as well bunker down and prepare with creamy, cold treats — preferably, this milk shake. Its benefits over an ordinary milk…

Corelino’s Pizza Opens in Lantana

It’s the hottest thing to hit the pizza world since Wolfgang Puck smeared a crust with crème fraiche and topped it with smoked salmon and caviar.  That would be the coal-fired oven, both figuratively and literally the hottest, as it can crank up to a fearsome 800 to 900 degrees,…

Doggy Bag: This Week in Charlie

How to make the perfect roasted chicken with just salt and a little know-how.Five wines to bunker down with for hurricane season.Here’s seven milk shakes made with beer that you’ll love.The burger at Gilbert’s 17th St. Grill is big, bold, and full of Angus beef.Now that spiny lobster is in…

Recipe: Braised Beef Short Ribs

​Andrew Lampasone, owner of Wine Watch in Fort Lauderdale, enjoys a good meal with his wine.  This braised beef short rib recipe is a winner at their catered events and at his home dinner table.  Braised Beef Short Rib au Thyme JusThis recipe needs 2 days of marinading and has…

Low-Labor Ideas for Labor Day Weekend

Labor Day weekend is here, signaling the end of one heck of a brutal summer. It’s also a chance for one last summer party — including sipping beers on the patio, grilling hot dogs or burgers, and listening to groovy tunes (might I suggest some reggae for this occasion?). But…

Steak 954, Sette Bello, and More Unveil Their Pairings Dishes

With New Times’ annual Pairings food event just two weeks away, things are getting pretty exciting. The list of participating restaurants has grown pretty large to include places like Steak 954, Sette Bello, and Rock ‘N’ Roll Ribs. I’ve just received a list of dishes that covers what many of…

I’m Eating What?! Sizzlin’ Bacon Sunflower Seeds

​OK, now the bacon craze has just gone too, too far. We were down with the whole bacon-infused bourbon thing; we thought the maple-glazed doughnut with a bacon topper and deep-fried bacon munchies were fun novelties; and the whole bacon ice cream fad gave us a giggle. But now, food…

Happy Hour: Kahuna Awa Kava Bar in Deerfield Beach

The place: Kahuna Awa Kava Bar, 123 NE 20th Ave., Deerfield Beach. Cal 954-663-0757.The hours: 2 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The deal: Two-for-one kava drinks. The digs: The Kahuna gives off an upscale vibe from the outside that belies the casual, relaxed mood inside. It does the Polynesian…

Beer of the Week: Happy Anniversary

Unrepentant beer drinkers, rejoice! Each week, Clean Plate Charlie will select one craft or import beer and give you the lowdown on it: How does it taste? What should you drink it with? Where can you find it? But mostly, it’s all about the love of the brew. If you…

Clay Conley to Debut Buccan on the Island

It looks like both chefs from Azul, the über-luxe eatery in Miami’s posh Mandarin Oriental hotel, (will) have restaurants in Palm Beach.  Michelle Bernstein was first with her eponymous eatery in the opulent but financially troubled Omphoy resort. Now her successor, former Todd English culinary director Clay Conley, is leaving…

Jimmy’s Bistro in Delray Beach: Stuff Yourself Silly

To see more photos from Jimmy’s Bistro, click here. My date and I had resolved to eat light at Jimmy’s Bistro in downtown Delray Beach. We vowed to order just one appetizer and split it and to skip dessert. But choosing just one starter was proving harder than we thought…

Goyo El Pollo Fills Alligator Alley Space

This quiet restaurant in the old Alligator Alley space is actually the second location of this Hollywood eatery (now reopened), popular for rotisserie chicken and comida Peruana. The space draws in Latin families who eat a wide range of Peruvian specialties, like fresh-made ceviche and papas à la huancaina, a…

St. Lucia Chairman’s Reserve Rum: A Liquor Preview for Pairings

Most folks probably think of rum as the liquor you shoot on a dock while eating cracked conch, pour into vats with fruit juice, or watch getting mixed at one of those bars with the spinning daiquiri machines. And then there’s a rum like St. Lucia Distillers Chairman’s Reserve Rum…

Sandwich Contest Can Earn You $25k

Now, you’ve had a good sandwich in your day. Here in Fort Lauderdale, LaSpada’s and My Market and Deli make some of the finest. But regular folks can become sandwich artisans too. If you’ve ever created a kitchen-sink concoction you’re proud of, you could be a winner.A company based in…