Food & Drink

It is no secret. We have major issues with our food system: pesticides we eat, pollution from fertilizers, genetically-modified food, trans-fats, you name it. One such issue, animal cruelty, is often taken up by animal rights groups through ad campaigns — many of them shocking and grotesque. A series of…

Dining in the dark: some people will never get sick of the concept; others turn up their noses, saying it’s been done for years and to many the novelty has worn off. When Market 17 brought dining in the dark to Fort Lauderdale a few years back our own New…

I tried to get the story behind World Market & Café out of owner Mikhail Galkin. He refused to talk, and instead challenged me to peruse the Eastern European market on Federal Highway in Hollywood, and see if I could find anything familiar. Indeed I did. I spied sliced pickled…

Hot dogs aren’t just hot dogs at Das Dog in Jupiter. They’re gourmet dogs.Das Dog first opened in the Abacoa Town Center in May 2011, where it began with a short menu of just several specialty hot dogs featuring fun, creative toppings.The spot was an instant hit with the locals,…

There is certainly no dearth of places to eat in downtown Delray Beach. Thai, Italian, French, sushi, organic, farm-to-table, fine dining, or counter service … A new restaurant opening in the area almost isn’t even news. But recently, just off the main path of Atlantic Avenue on Second Avenue, in…

If you haven’t already seen Food Matters, the 2008 documentary that uncovers the dangers in what we’re putting into our bodies for sustenance, you should. The movie features a host of doctors, scientists, and nutritionists sharing their insights on how illnesses and diseases like stroke, cancer, and depression can be…

The Sardelli family spent five years and their life savings to buy an empty lot and build a four-story building just east of Federal Highway and steps from Hollywood Beach. From the outside, the $1.6 million Sardelli Italian Steakhouse looks like an Italian villa plucked from the countryside and dropped…

Starbucks has long had a reputation of serving a good albeit expensive cup of coffee. That business model has served the chain well, with each store seeing lines of people trading their hard-earned money for lattes, coffees, and teas. Recently, though, Starbucks outdid itself by introducing its most expensive cup…

A recent change to the noise ordinance governing downtown Delray Beach might mean the end of live music at Deck 84. According to Burt Rapoport, managing partner of Deck 84 and president of Rapoport’s Restaurant Group which owns the downtown eatery, the sudden change came as a surprise. “A policeman…

There are few things in this world that go together better than football and grilling. After all, what could be better than watching the game while chowing down on a rack of ribs or tailgating in the parking lot with a brew and a burger?…

In south Florida, there are few names that have made a long-lasting impact on the culinary industry. Chef Dean James Max is one. His name comes up not just for his talent in terms of churning out beautifully prepared sustainable seafood dishes, but for his impact on the next generation…

After opening just three and a half months ago along East Oakland Park Blvd. a block away from the ocean, Thasos Greek Taverna has changed up its top toque. Gone is William D’Auvray who opened the upscale Greek eatery with chef/consultant Giorgio Bakapsias. Both were from North Carolina. In their…

In an opulent, Italian-style villa steps away from Hollywood Beach Fulvio Sardelli Jr. is doing what he was born and bred to do: cook. The Sardelli family has fed South Florida for decades. They started in the 1980s, at Franco’s Pizzeria in Davie. Fulvio Sr. then began dishing out the…

Though Hurricane Sandy left south Florida relatively untouched, her legacy lives on. The storm, coupled with a full moon, caused the ocean tides to swell and come over the Fort Lauderdale beach wall, flooding A1A and causing water damage to some local restaurants…