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…
The Place: Morton’s The Steakhouse – Three locations in Broward and Palm Beach Counties. The Hours: Daily, bar only. Boca, Fort Lauderdale: 5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.; 9 p.m. – close. West Palm Beach: 5 p.m. – close. The Deets: Select wines, beers, Morton’s “Mortinis” – the restaurant’s take on…
Nostalgia can be a wonderful thing. For example, a million or so years ago, when I was living in the Sonoma wine country, my bimonthly trip along Westside Road in the Russian River Valley usually turned into the Zinfandel Tour. Davis Bynum, Hop Kiln, Mill Creek, Dry Creek, Lambert Bridge,…
One man’s perfect burger is another man’s imperfect burger. Then again, one man’s “perfect burger” could change from hour to hour. One minute, I might crave a chef’s concoction like the bistro burger at Big Bear Brewing Co. — a beast mounted with Brie and bacon, slathered with a whole…
Quickie’s, an old-time drive-through with locations in Pembroke Pines and Hollywood, has a unique approach to making burgers. All of its one-third or half-pound patties are cooked over hickory to give them a smoky, wood-fired flavor. Those juicy burgers are then topped with onion crisps and Quickie’s own special sauce,…
Boca Raton’s The Lodge is a great place for a get together. It’s comfortable, the staff is friendly, and it’s got one of the best beer selections around. That’s why we named it our Best New Bar in Palm Beach just last week. And it’s also why the Boca Beer…
Last week, Charlie reported that Mexican hangouts Rocco’s Tacos would be offering a summer-time deal of all-you-can-eat tacos for $14.99 on Tuesdays. The promotion, valid at both the West Palm and Boca locations, seemed like a good deal at the time. But Charlie promptly rescinded its recommendation of the deal…
Leave it to the engineers to come up with this one. A couple of decades ago, a bunch of old Pratt-Whitney guys who were into beer began this bar pedal (not a crawl, get it?) around north Palm Beach County. It’s been kept up in some form annually since then…
No doubt many folks are watching the World Cup this morning as the U.S. takes on Algeria in a match that will decide the fate of both teams. Here at home, people will probably watch the game curled up on the couch or sitting in a pub munching on bags…
Fourth of July is right around the corner, which means getting your friends together in your backyard for a little bit of grillin’ and chillin’. Hot dogs, hamburgers, chicken, and barbecued pork are all the norm for this meatcentric holiday. And that stuff is all fine and good — everyone…
UPDATE: SORRY, BUT THE GRAND OPENING HAPPENED LAST SATURDAY, JUNE 19. HOWEVER, SOMA CENTER IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS. On Saturday, the Clematis Street outpost of the SOMA Center, a holistic center and café whose original location is in Lake Worth, will have its grand opening.Meditation and yoga classes, workshops, raw…
This week in Dish we visit Relish, West Palm Beach’s newest burger joint: Do you have trouble making decisions? If so, Relish will give you fits. To start, diners must choose from 12 types of burgers: beef, all-white-meat turkey, tuna, mahi-mahi, crab, shrimp, black bean, mushroom, lamb, buffalo, veal, or…
In the bad old days, restaurant criticism was the province of professionals, learned men and women with highly evolved palates who got paid by (mostly) newspapers to evaluate the food of local eateries without fear or favor, neither seeking nor accepting freebies, relaying their sophisticated judgments to the masses by…
Coal-fired pizza has become the norm in South Florida thanks to pizza joints like Anthony’s Coal-Fired that cook with anthracite. The intense heat of coal brings the temperature in these ovens up toward 1,000 degrees. Ideally, it creates a crackly thin crust with bits of char all over it.Fans of…
The deal: This Mediterranean market in Fort Lauderdale has a full-service deli that makes excellent sandwiches with fresh cold cuts…
My family and I went out for an early Father’s Day dinner Saturday night at Marumi Sushi in Plantation, recently named our Best Restaurant in Broward County. Dad was thrilled since it was only his second visit and he really wanted to try Marumi’s fresh, whole fish again. For $1.20…
• Only weeks after closing his Bova Ristorante when partner and Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein crashed and burned, Tony Bova is back in the dining game with Vivo Partenza (1450 N. Federal Highway; 561-750-2120) in the same Boca Raton space. The menu is a mix of traditional and more contemporary…
Jeremiah Buchanan and Zandra Lindgren met about ten years ago when he went to Sweden as an exchange student and stayed with her family. “I knew right then he was the guy I was going to marry,” Zandra recalls.They stayed together through high school and while both of them set…
One might think that this weekend’s annual Mango Festival in Deerfield Beach might actually be about … oh, I don’t know… mangoes? But after calls to promoters went unreturned, a look at the website revealed that the event actually seems like a big R&B concert, not a foodie festival. Desperately…
This week on the blog:Taste Gastropub is cooking some ‘cue on Mondays.What’s more American than a Third of July Fish Fry?Get your cheap lunch fix at the Whole Enchilada.We wrap up our interview with bestselling vegan chef Tal Ronnen.The Cooking Channel hits the ground running with new shows and classic…
When I told a coworker about my choice to pick Marumi Sushi as Best Restaurant in Broward, he was elated (he’s a fan). “Of course, I love Marumi,” he said to me. “But I also think it’s great that you’re choosing a tiny, ethnic restaurant as opposed to a typical…
• Taco Tuesdays have arrived with force at Rocco’s Tacos in Boca Raton and West Palm Beach. That’s when you can dig into the restaurant’s All-You-Can-Eat taco offer. For $14.99 per person, comers can dish on Rocco’s signature chicken, pork, steak, beef, shrimp, or mahi tacos, each outfitted with all…
