As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com.No. 22: Pâté Trio from Le PatioServed in an ornate, porcelain duck, the pâté trio from…
The Spot: The Cheesecake Factory Nearly half a dozen spots in Broward and Palm Beach. The Hours: Monday – Friday, 4-6 p.m. The Deets: Cheesecake offers a small plates menu with more than a dozen restaurant favorites, including the roadside sliders and the guacamole made to order. Homemade mojitos, spiked…
For three straight weeks, Monday morning has welcomed me with open rainy arms. Either there’s some sort of conspiracy that I missed the memo on, or Mother Nature continuously has a strong case of the Mondays. I cure my case of the Mondays (especially the rainy ones) by baking. Banana…
On Bizarre Foods, host Andrew Zimmern travels the world eating eyeballs, testicles, bugs, and rotted meat. But the show isn’t just Fear Factor with a balder, plumper version of Joe Rogan. The program is supposed to illustrate the difference in foodways between us and other cultures. And sometimes those differences…
If you’ve seen Long John Silver’s TV spots, you might be wondering if the fast-food joint’s “Johnny V” pitchman was South Florida’s own Johnny V, aka, chef Johnny Vinczencz. “I’m Johnny V. I’m rich,” one of the spots begins. “Why? I’m smart. I choose the $1 Baja fish taco.” He…
Now that it seems finally safe to haul out the grill and charcoal and fire up some barbecue, it’s also time to start thinking about what wash down all those desiccated hunks of burnt and blackened animal protein with. There’s beer, of course: the breakfast of champions. But there are…
For writers, there are times when, no matter how clear an idea seems in your head, you just can’t commit it to paper. Everything comes out as unidentifiable gibberish. It’s daunting, especially after having invested hours of time and energy into a piece. But the best thing to do in…
Many a beer-guzzling barbecue fan mourned the loss of Elwood’s Dixie Bar-B-Q in Delray Beach when it closed last year. But picking up right where it left off is Johnnie Brown’s, a burger and ‘cue joint named after famous Floridian Addison Mizner’s pet monkey. There, the live music isn’t quite…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com.No. 23: Aloo Pie From Lovey’s RotiThis popular Trinidadian street food is not a pie, per…
A fan of clean beaches, or the doggy beach in Jupiter that’s one of few in SoFla? Check in on Saturday, May 8, at Riverwalk in Jupiter for the Friends of Jupiter Beach Food and Wine Festival. A number of restaurants from the north end that usually don’t strut their stuff…
What has four corners, is filled with meat, and can travel anywhere you go? Why, a South African Meal in a Pie, of course. These feature flaky/light pastries with meaty fillings like spinach and feta, bobotie (that’s curried beef with dried fruit), or lamb and potato. At only $4.95 a…
I can’t count the times I’ve thought to myself, “This craft beer sure is tasty. But you know how it could be improved? If Bruce Campbell was drinking alongside me.”Well, actually, I can’t think of a situation in life that wouldn’t be improved by a little bit of Bruce Campbell…
Move over Whole Foods. There’s a new organic market in town.The Publix, featuring a number of amenities unique to Greenwise Markets, will open this Saturday, May 1. The store, located at 1181 S. University Drive in Plantation, is moving into the former Alberton’s Supermarket. It will compete directly with the…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com.No. 24: Maple-Bacon Donut From the OfficeDelray Beach’s The Office features a menu full of porcine…
No fool, Carmine Giardini. The restaurateur and grocer is covering every dining base possible with the opening of CG Burgers and Carmine’s Coal Fired Pizza in Abacoa. He’s got the gourmet market, trattoria and pizzeria, and Noche supper club in Palm Beach Gardens. He’s one of a few behind Cabo Flats, a fairly new…
It’s tough for any business to make dramatic shifts midstream. But that’s just what happened at Cafe Sharaku, a French-Japanese fusion restaurant in Fort Lauderdale. When it first debuted in 2007, New Times panned chef/owner Iowa Kaita’s dishes as complicated and overindulgent. But since then, Kaita’s simplified the menu, offering…
• Just to prove that pizza really is the new black comes word of yet another upscale pizzeria to set up shop in PBC. It’s Henry’s Brick Oven Pizza (3676 Collins Drive, West Palm Beach, 561-433-9390) from Enrico “Henry” Olmino, founder of Mario’s of Boca and Mario’s East. Expect all…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com.No. 25: Swordfish Carpaccio at D’AngeloD’Angelo, the latest restaurant from Fort Lauderdale’s poppa of Italian cooking,…
The name Fred Harvey might not hold the same weight these days as say, Rachael Ray or even Bob Evans. But during the late 1800s, Harvey’s name was synonymous with culinary excellence. Operator of the first chain of restaurants to service the burgeoning railroad industry, Harvey set incredible standards for…
Bust out the plywood and the Sterno — Hurricane Grill and Wings is coming to Boca Raton. The chain known for its 30 flavors of hot wings and affinity for microbrew is kicking off its latest, corporate-owned location in the Palms Plaza (22191 Powerline Road, Boca Raton). A week’s worth…
The 24-hour news cycle has long since moved on from the January earthquake that devastated Haiti and the agony of its aftermath, but for Haitian native and former Top Chef contestant Ron Duprat, forgetting is not that easy. So he’s teamed up with four South Florida Whole Foods Markets to…
Here’s the image you need to print out and bring to your local Jamba Juice for a BOGO (buy one, get one) special that lasts through the weekend. The promotion is being offered to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the company and its “better-for-you” chain-food choices. (Watch those carbs!) We…
