These days, it seems the best restaurant names are one-part adjective, one-part animal. Like the Sybarite Pig in Boca Raton. The Tipsy Boar in Hollywood. Or The Gluttonous Goat near Mizner Park. Just pick a farm animal, give it twist, and you’re done. That theme continues next month with the…
Aspiring homebrewers in Broward will now be able to find a local resource to learn how to brew. Craft Beer Cartel, located in the Riverside neighborhood of Fort Lauderdale, will begin offering a monthly brewing class, with the first beginning on Saturday February 28th from 1 to 4 p.m. Led…
It wasn’t all that long ago that Delray Beach was just like any other South Florida beach town — excepting, of course, Palm Beach proper. Oh, how times have changed. In 1985, the Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) began its plans to revitalize the city by cleaning up the…
Matchbox, an upscale casual restaurant concept, is coming to Sawgrass Mills. The restaurant chain, owned by Matchbox Food Group, currently has five locations in Washington, D.C., and one in Palm Springs, California. The restaurant is looking to expand into the South Florida market, with the first Broward location slated for…
Ben & Jerry’s, the Vermont-based ice cream known company for its celebrity-inspired flavors (remember Schweddy Balls?) has announced a new flavor named after late night’s brightest star, Jimmy Fallon. The ice cream, aptly named the Tonight Dough, was introduced last week during the season-two premiere of Fallon’s Tonight Show. Ben…
Do you brew your own beer? Do you drink your own beer? And do you make your friends drink your homebrew too? If you’ve ever wondered what someone other than your best beer buddy would think about your craft creations, a Broward County homebrew supply store might off you the…
Dorie Greenspan has had quite the career. The six-time James Beard and IACP award winner has worked with some of the biggest names in food: Daniel Boulud, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, pastry chef Pierre Herme, and Julia Child, to name a few. Though she has widely explored the world of fine French…
Roho Kitchen, catering purveyors and event space hosts in Davie, is teaming up with nanobrewery the Mack House on February 26 for a five-course beer dinner. The affair, starting at 7:30 p.m., will be presented by Mack House manager Kyle Hatfield and Roho Kitchen’s chef, Jorge Montes. See also: The…
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival wrapped up its four-day domination of Miami Beach on Sunday. The 14th-annual event, which raises funds for Florida International University’s Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management’s Wine Spectator Restaurant Management Laboratory and the Southern Wine & Spirits Beverage Management Center, sees the…
This year, Whole Foods Market has opened three new South Florida stores: one in downtown Miami, one in Pompano Beach, and, most recently, another Broward County store, in Davie. Now, Palm Beach County residents will have a chance to partake in some super savings (and free giveaways) this week when…
No need to cry over spilled milk (and Tucker Duke’s Lunchbox peanut-butter-and-jelly bonbons). The Deerfield restaurant has officially announced it will be reinstating its Tucker Tuesday deal the first Tuesday of every month. The limited-run $5 burger special began back in December and was supposed to run only through the…
If you pull up to Calypso Restaurant & Raw Bar on a Saturday evening, the parking lot will be empty. The lights will be off. And there will be no one waiting for a table. This is not a bad sign, however. The longtime Pompano Beach restaurant hasn’t held weekend…
With the heavy focus the craft beer community has on barrel-aged, soured, and multihopped beers, it’s refreshing to take a moment and explore a style that’s built upon a solid foundation of simplicity. World of Beer, a Florida-based beer bar that offers hundreds of different beers at its trendy establishments,…
There’s one thing about making booze that’s not like brewing beer in Florida: You can’t make it at home without breaking the law. And that was the inherent problem for Avi Aisenberg and Joe Durkin when they began their venture into South Florida Distillers, a distillery that recently opened for…
Around and around we go; today is the start to yet another lovely workweek. Hopefully, you have a bit of a spring in your step from some indulgent weekend activities. If not, don’t fret; there are still plenty of events to keep you busy through your working days. Whether you…
While regular ice cream eaters have (at least) 31 flavors to choose from, those on a nondairy diet face a more limited menu for frozen treats. But thanks to So Delicious Dairy Free, there are five new flavors rolling into local grocer’s freezers, and thanks to cashews, they’re supercreamy. The…
Forget Delray Beach’s Garlic Fest. Now that it’s come and gone, all we can think of — and salivate over — is the city’s next food-focused event: the inaugural Bacon & Bourbon Fest. Three years in the making, the event will celebrate bacon-infused fare and American bourbon for a truly…
The next best thing to a free margarita is a very inexpensive margarita. To celebrate National Margarita Day on February 22, every Zona Fresca in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties is practically giving them away for only $0.22 each. You will need to bust out pennies for this deal…
Our annual food guide, Taste, hits newsstands Thursday, February 19. In this year’s issue, you’ll find guides to local food neighborhoods; interviews with local coffee roasters, chefs, and chocolatiers; and a handy roundup of South Florida’s breweries. Readers of Clean Plate Charlie don’t have to wait. Here’s a sneak peek…
Congratulations, you made it through yet another working week. You might as well give yourself a pat on the back to celebrate — or better yet, a drink or three. Whether you want to attend the 21st-annual Lake Worth Street Painting Fest, raise some money for a charity with your…
When you walked out of the house this morning, you might have felt a strange sensation of shivers and goose bumps. That, fellow Floridians, is not some strange illness. You’re simply cold. The good news? This freeze will only last for a day or so. Break out the only sweater…
It’s #FloridaBeerFriday, when we take a look at a beer brewed in the Sunshine State, giving analysis to the burgeoning craft-beer movement of Florida. This week is tough, because we’re going to delve into a beer that was once bottled and has since appeared only a few times in the…
