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…
Eel doesn’t really look like any other fishy-type thing served at a sushi restaurant. But having it delivered warm and covered in that sweet eel sauce atop a dragon roll is quite different from attempting to eat it from a can. The packaging looked innocent enough, and besides the eel,…
“Are you really so unhappy working here that it’s necessary to be a douchebag?” I thought. I was out to dinner with a friend at a local restaurant, and the chef was sitting with us. He’s a pretty well-known guy, and the restaurant had opened fairly recently, and I assumed he…
Charlie was at the private opening of the new Sicilian Oven in Coral Springs last night. The second location of the popular and (quite frankly) outstanding pizza joint is now in business at 10140 W. Sample Road, formerly home to DiSalvo’s Pizza (which makes sense since that restaurant was owned…
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…
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…
You may not need three forks to demolish 18 ounces of USDA Prime bone-in ribeye, but if you want to try it at Hallandale’s ambitious Village at Gulfstream Park, you’ll need to head for the new III Forks steakhouse (501 Silks Run, Ste. 1130, 954-457-3920). The fourth Florida meatery of…
The worst service I’ve ever encountered came while eating at the famed Columbia Restaurant in St. Augustine. The waitress, who looked like a Latin version of Joan Rivers, was an absolute trip. I remember asking her how a particular fillet of snapper was prepared, to which she responded, “Are you…
It’s safe to say the thin, breaded meat cutlet known as schnitzel is not quite as buzz-worthy as pancakes, the specialty of another, well-known international house. But even if it doesn’t always get the respect it deserves, the schnitzel is undoubtedly more popular worldwide; whether it goes by the name…
The South Beach Wine and Food Festival kicks off next week, and if you’re planning on going but haven’t purchased your tickets yet, you’re still in luck. While many events are sold out completely, a number of them still have tickets available.In October, we detailed the top five SoBe W&F…
It’s been just over a month since the Office debuted in Delray Beach, the latest restaurant from David Manero and former Mark’s chef Mark Militello. And a recent visit showed that the upscale gastropub is starting to hit its stride.I made the trek to Delray on a recent Friday night…
After a few delays, Elevation Burger, the sustainable, free-range, grass-fed beef burger joint, is finally coming to the Walk in Coral Springs in March.The burger chain sounds sort of like Five Guys gone green. Elevation’s slogan is “ingredients matter,” and at least according to initial literature, it means it. It…
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…
Farmers’ markets are a wonderful thing: politically, ecologically, economically, and gastronomically correct. We love the idea of them; we love the quality product we can get at them. What we don’t do is shop a whole lot at them. After all, most farmers’ markets are open only on weekends, usually…
Pinot Grigio is the cream of wheat of the wine world–bland, boring, inoffensive, with as much character as a politician running for re-election. Most of the time, anyway. One of those other times is when you crack a bottle (and you do crack it; it’s a screwtop) of the 2008…
Cafe Boulud is hosting a wine pairing with two Walla Walla, Washington, wineries this Thursday at 7 p.m.Amavi Cellars and Pepper Bridge Winery will showcase their output alongside chefs Zach Bell and Matthew Petersen’s cuisine. The four-course meal will run $85, not including tax and gratuity. Reservations can be made…
This week in Dish, we review Wild Olives in Boca Raton, a collaboration between celebrity chef Todd English and local restaurateurs Lirim Jacobi and Dixon Li. A spinoff of English’s premier, Italian/Mediterranean eatery, Olives, the Boca restaurant took over where the celebrated Opus 5 left off in the Boca Center…
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…
Unless you missed the arctic blast the past few days, it’s a little cold outside. And it’s going to stay that way for at least the next week and a half. In the spirit of this unusually long winter in South Florida, I’m planning on warming my insides with my…
If you’re not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter for Broward and Palm Beach counties, here’s a taste of what you missed this week. Click here to subscribe. When you get right down to it, the business of barbecue is ribs, and ribs are certainly the business…
That’s right: The retail megachain will no longer sell any farm-raised salmon at its grocery outlets. Instead, all salmon sold at Target stores will now be wild-caught Alaskan salmon only.Pretty conscientious for a national retailer.Now, all the frozen, fresh, and smoked salmon you find at Target will be the wild…
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…
