Let’s face it: West Palm Beach has never been known for its food scene. No one ever raves about his fabulous dinner out on Clematis Street; you won’t see people making destination dining trips to CityPlace; and while nearby Palm Beach “island” glitters with swank restaurants, hip lunch spots, and…
“You must have a horse,” the Publix cashier says wide-eyed to Andrea Meister, who is purchasing ten pounds of carrots, a bulky bag of apples, four bags of kale, and another bag of spinach. Meister’s face turns bright red, and she leaves the explanation of her vegetable purchase a mystery…
As annoying as it may be for bartenders — it takes precious time away from serving other customers — muddling fresh fruit and herbs makes a huge difference in cocktails. From traditional mojitos to ubiquitous new specialties like cucumber basil martinis, freshly pressed ingredients are available all over the place…
It’s a story everyone has heard before: Renzo Salini worked in real estate, and when the bubble started to burst in 2006, he decided to get out of housing and open a restaurant, SaxSay Deli. While he certainly wasn’t the first or only person to do so, he was one…
The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival comes to town on October 18, bringing with it an amazing assortment of films for nearly an entire month. There’s prestige in this festival, many of the films will be making their US or world premiers right here in South Florida. In other words,…
Different people crave different things; some love salty junk food; others love stuffing their face with meat; hey, there are some people who actually hunger for veggies — it’s OK, we hate them too. The worst of the hankerings, however, is the desire for sweets. Even though most of us…
The Great American Beer Festival was held this past Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Denver, Colorado, and South Florida brewers descended on the Mile-High City complete with their A-games, but it wasn’t enough to secure any medals. Due South Brewing Co. and Funky Buddha Brewery represented the Broward/Palm Beach area,…
Tijuana Flats has introduced the pink taco to its menu. For this month only, in honor of breast cancer awareness month, the Orlando-based Tex-Mex chain is offering customers pink-shelled tacos for an additional buck. Now, clearly, putting any double-entendre menu item is going to garner laughs. And general manager Carolyn…
A few weeks ago Clean Plate Charlie told you Boca Raton would be welcoming a new, all-organic, cold-pressed juice bar and raw food lunch stop. Known as Raw Juce, this week the store will be celebrating its opening week, so we caught up with Melanie Haraldson, Raw Juce’s very own…
Forty-seven flavors of ice cream is pretty cool, and so are the hand painted tickle-me-pink walls. The giant kaleidoscopic lollipops and miniature choo-choo train are worthy of shout-outs too, but the bathroom at Sloan’s Ice Cream Parlor is where the magic happens. The glass wall exposes the toilet throne to…
Around and around we go again. 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’s still plenty of events to keep you busy through your working days. Whether you’re…
What the heck is in our food? With so many strange hard-to-pronounce scientific words appearing on food labels, it’s tough for consumers to know what they are actually eating. Look no further, dearest. World Food Day is this Saturday to deliver daylong tidbits on food sustainability and how to avoid…
According to Global Finance, the United States is the seventh wealthiest country in the world, sitting just behind Hong Kong and before the United Arab Emirates. Last year, 49 million Americans — 14.5 percent of the total population — lived in food insecure households; that included 15.9 million children and…
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’re looking to work on your green thumb, eat for charity, or go French with plenty of decadent food…
Zombies might want to eat your brain and take over the world. But at Zombie Ice Food Truck the only cerebral damage you’ll experience is in the form of a brain freeze. And that’s only if you eat it too fast –which will probably happen because it’s ginormous, sweet, and…
Friday’s here, so it’s time for beer. Every Friday, so long as the creek don’t rise, this beer enthusiast will take a look at a Florida beer that, hopefully, should be readily available in a local shop or on tap at your favorite bar. The festival of Oktoberfest is one…
Are you bored with South Florida? Are you looking for a career change? Have you always wanted to work in the (wink, wink) hospitality industry? We just discovered that Larry Flynt’s Hustler Club is hiring — and they’re made a delightful little video that simply entices us to pack up…
In South Florida — just like anywhere else — restaurants come and go all the time. Whether it’s operator error, lack of funds, a bad concept, too innovative an idea, or whatever else, if you’re hitting your one-year mark, you’ve got to be doing something right. Myapapaya juicery and kitchen…
Don’t have a cow, Broward. Seriously. There’s no need, because there’s a reservoir of fresh milk for sale right in your backyard. Just search “breast milk” on Craigslist and pages of lactation pumping devices pop up. But discretely woven between these listings is actual human breast milk for sale by…
Bartenders have so many positive attributes, it’s hard to recognize everything they do: They make us feel better after a long, hard day, lend us an ear when we’re in need, make us feel special by remembering our favorite drink, get us drunk — obviously — and sometimes just give…
Ahh. Halloween; that time of year when it’s perfectly acceptable for normal adults to run around like a bunch of hooligans partying their asses off. Unfortunately, everyone else is also in the same mentality, making the bars absolutely insane. If you’re trying to avoid the onslaught of naughty nurses, sexy…
Before Shawn Neifeld opened Mojo Donuts, South Florida’s hottest doughnut shop, with his wife, Shelly, he spun records at strip clubs Cheetah and Miami Gold. Before that, he owned a gambling magazine, an ice cream shop in Lauderhill, and CD stores in the ’90s. Most of the time, he was…
