Given that Mar-a-Lago’s membership fee recently doubled to $200,000 and foreign heads of state are being entertained there, one would assume the dining to be on par with Michelin-starred establishments. Indeed, the club’s website boasts of “an extraordinary culinary experience for its members and their guests.”
On May 28, the local women’s advocacy group the Fem Collective will present the FemAle Brew Fest, what event organizer and Fem Collective CEO Frances Antonio-Martineau calls not only South Florida’s but also the country’s first craft beer festival celebrating women in the brewing industry.
Of all the dishes on the menu at celebrity chef Geoffrey Zakarian’s new restaurant, Point Royal, the lobster roll is the item worthiest of a trip to the strip of A1A where Hollywood meets Hallandale Beach. There’s no chopped or minced meat here. A whole Maine lobster is steamed until…
Easter Sunday is approaching fast. Whether the morning finds you hunting for eggs, taking pics with the Easter Bunny, or headed to sunrise service, be sure to schedule a proper brunch and toast the day with a cocktail or two. Reservations are suggested, and most prices exclude tax and gratuity.
Ariel, the Little Mermaid, is all grown up, and she’s shaking her fins for you every Friday and Saturday night at the B Ocean Resort’s Wreck Bar on Fort Lauderdale Beach. The bar has been taken over by chef Ralph Pagano, who also owns the Naked Crab at the resort.
March was a busy month for South Florida, with plenty of restaurant openings (so many it’s hard to keep track) and barely any notable closings. The month welcomed the addition of long-awaited establishments/. There was everything from craft brewery NoBo Brewing Co. in Boynton Beach to ramen hotspot Ramen Lab…
It wasn’t an April Fool’s joke, but it felt like it for hundreds of people who spent Saturday, April 1, at the Fort Lauderdale Pizza Festival. The inaugural event, which took place at the city’s War Memorial Auditorium, was successful in drawing a large and eager crowd, many of whom stood in line for hours without receiving any food or drinks. In reaction, dozens of attendees swarmed the festival’s Facebook page Sunday to report their experience. Numerous public posts to the page, including some pictured below, have since been deleted.
A few years ago, if you were heading out to the bar for an ice-cold beer, you’d be hard-pressed to find a locally brewed one on tap anywhere in the tri-county area. In 2010, there wasn’t a single production brewery in Broward or Palm Beach County and only a handful of brewpubs crafting their own suds.
Palm Beach County will gain a bit of hipster cred when restaurants located in New York City’s Bowery and Miami’s Wynwood move to the tony towns of West Palm Beach and Palm Beach.
This winter, JEY Hospitality — the team behind Rok:Brgr, PizzaCraft, TacoCraft, and Himmarhsee Public House — will add an 11th concept, Proper Sandwich Fine Meat & Provisions, to its growing roster.
Best spots for croissants, pastries and bread in Broward county.
Parisian sister and brother Emilie and Julien Van Steenwinckel own a chocolate shop and French bakery in Hollywood.
Find authentic low-country cuisine like gumbo, jambalaya, po’boys, and beignets in South Florida when the fourth-annual CrawDebauchery South Florida Crawfish Festival returns to Pompano Beach Saturday, April 1, and Sunday, April 2. Considered a celebration of all things New Orleans, the two-day festival, taking place at the Pompano Beach Amphitheater field (1801 NE Sixth St.), will offer a number of traditional New Orleans-themed eats and activities, such as a Gumbo Rumble competition and a massive crawfish boil.
What’s even better than ice cream? Nice cream, of course. In the plant-based world, “nice cream” refers to a dairy-free dessert, generally made with frozen bananas and other tasty ingredients blended in. It’s like the iconic creamy treat everyone loves, but way healthier and easier on animals.
Later this year, Fort Lauderdale will welcome a new brewery to an industrial complex just south of Sailboat Bend and the Tarpon River. Riverside Market’s founders and Native Brewing’s Adam Fine have partnered with the Restaurant People to form New River Brewing. The project has been a long time coming for Riverside Market husband-and-wife team Julian and Lisa Siegel…
Wawa is finally opening its doors in South Florida this month. After six months of growing anticipation, fans of the Philadelphia-based convenience-store chain can look forward to the official grand opening of the area’s first three stores.
While people line up for hours at trending places such as the Salty Donut and Mojo Donuts, Bake Shack (238 S. Federal Hwy., Dania Beach) has been quietly garnering a steady fan base. The little 22-seat eatery serves breakfast and lunch, but the specialties of the house are the doughnuts…
Repour’s Isaac Grillo and Kreepy Tiki Bar & Lounge’s Ayme Harrison are headed north to Palm Beach County. On April 1, the founder of Miami Beach’s popular cocktail bar will join forces with Harrison to open Death or Glory in the former Max’s Social House space (116 NE Sixth Ave.) in downtown Delray Beach.
Fort Lauderdale’s first pizza-centric event will bring lots of cheesy goodness to South Florida.
It’s a fact: People will wait in the pouring rain, the blazing-hot sun, or even the bitter cold for a chance to score a rare bottle or can of their favorite beer on its release day. Recently, more than 1,200 people showed up to J. Wakefield Brewing for its annual February Dragon Fruit Passion Fruit Berliner Weisse bottle release. Fans of the purple-pink beer arrived as early as 4 a.m. to stand in a line that snaked around the block. In mid-March, Cigar City Brewing will throw a grand fete in Tampa to release its Hunahpu’s imperial stout.
This year has already been a busy one for the South Florida restaurant scene. Two months into 2017, we have a new crop of restaurant openings and closings. In February, celebrity chefs Geoffrey Zakarian (Point Royal) and Ralph Pagano (Naked Crab) unlocked the doors to their new restaurants. There were even a few brewery openings.
When it comes to refreshing alcoholic beverages, few concoctions compete with the margarita. The mojito aside, it’s practically the unofficial drink of South Florida. Although downing margaritas all day is not generally good life advice, today is February 22 — National Margarita Day — so everyone in these parts will be enjoying them.
