People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals is now in the coffee trade, selling organic coffee from Central America that’s pesticide and beast of burden free. The animal rights organization has even set up its own website for the politically-correct java. PetaCoffee.com sells three different kinds of coffee, Flying Free…
Though I would have thought beer was kicking wine’s ass, a Gallup Poll of American adults taken last year concludes that the numbers of people who typically choose beer has declined nationwide, while those who choose wine has slightly increased. Hard liquor seeds third, though more people are drinking it…
Whether they’re seasoning a whole pig or smoking tasty pig parts over hickory, the folks at Mickey’s Bar in Pompano Beach have been hosting a monthly pig roast they’re calling Hillbilly Cookout. “We’ve been pulling in a younger crowd that’s different from our usual crew,” said manager Lisa Carter who’s…
Navigating the happy hour scene on Fort Lauderdale beach is no easy task. The choices of where to go are endless however the scene once you get there is the same — salacious meat markets, skeevy (but kind of wonderful) dive bars, and South Beach bar wannabes commingle on the…
Over the weekend, after making 8 p.m. dinner reservations at a restaurant, we found ourselves being ignored for an hour, having a waiter disappear for another half hour, and having our wine list taken away before we ordered wine. Not only that, but an order correction went uncorrected for another…
Balut is the unofficial national dish of the Philippines, and it’s disgusting. I know this because I’ve eaten it. Granted, my balut might have been indifferently cooked — the Japanese chef who made it remarked that he’d “never eat that thing in a billion years” — but balut’s an easy…
“It’s weird that so many people are drinking stout in winter here, but they do,” said Jake, the manager at Tap 42, during one of several visits this past month. It’s natural to crave big beers during the cold weather. Yet we’re absolved from the cold and still, Florida sees…
“This taco shop claims to be the best taco in town,” said a coworker when she gave me the heads up and Facebook link. It was lunch time, so I headed to a bleak stretch of State Road 84 to find it. Inevitably I got lost. So you won’t, look…
As I’ve mentioned, I swoon over pho. My colleague Lisa, who’s also from DC, joins me in craving good pho that’s not readily available in South Florida. Since it was her birthday, I thought I’d make some for a crowd. Over the past few days, I whipped up a more…
The South Florida Fair opens tomorrow, bringing with it two weeks of non-stop blue-ribboned animals, carnies hawking games of chance, and neon-colored rides.Yada…yada…who are we kidding? Do we really wait the entire year to watch a cow give birth (yes, there was a bovine birthing room last year)? Or do…
We need your help and your appetite. New Times is looking for a judge for the second annual Junior Achievement World Uncorked!, a swanky event on January 21 at Broward College from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Details after the jump…
Tap 42 boasts one of the most stylish interiors of any restaurant in the area. Walls adorned with blond and brown wood offer textural interplay. A rust-colored old Texaco sign warms the space with nostalgia. Fifteen-thousand pennies serve as a backsplash against a wall of taps that snake down the…
The West Coast gets a lot of love in the craft beer world, but the Sunshine State slowly is emerging as a respectable source of quality quaffs. You can learn about one of the state’s most recognizable brewers at The Cigar City Beer Tasting event Friday at the Whole Foods…
Mario Batali is getting rid of half of what’s made him famous. No, we wish the Crayola-colored Crocs would go. Instead, the chef/restaurateur and host of our favorite show, The Chew, has agreed to lop off his ponytail — if the price is right!…
As a former high school teacher, I often think of a restaurant a little like a school. The chef is the principal or a president, and the servers are kinda like students. Their tasks might be to know the cuisine, to promote the priorities of the restaurant, and to make…
What does the new kid on the block have to do to make friends? How about offering not one, but two happy hours?Kabuki, the recently opened sushi and tapas restaurant on Clematis Street, is offering a happy hour deal worth checking into.From 3 -7 p.m. daily (including weekends), Kabuki is…
In the three days of juicing that led up to this moment, there was a lot of daydreaming about what food I would first break fast with. I imagined many different things but kept going back to my food porn stable: an elaborate veggie sub piled high with Tater Tots…
There’s nothing to stir excitement quite like a robbery, a car chase, an explosive fire, and a fugitive hiding in a canal…
We’ve got a slew of local news on the docket this afternoon. 1. For starters, Surf Road Taco announced it will close on January 28 after lunch. “Not enough business to pay rent,” says an employee. The location does not help. 2. Next up, The Rebel House January opening is…
A hot dog may be the perfect beach lunch. And since the weather has been so lovely, you too may be craving one. Hot dogs are a dish that South Florida does well, as shown by the range of Broward and Palm Beach offerings, which Clean Plate Charlie has grouped…
We admit it. Clean Plate Charlie eats fast food. We’re human, too. Even with all the good food that we eat and write about, sometimes we’re in a rush…or on the turnpike…or dreadfully hungover.When that happens, like you, we don’t want a Martorano’s meatball or sushi from Marumi…we want a…
We’ve seen some interesting pairings in our lifetimes — Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton, Cayenne pepper and mangos (delicious), cats and dogs sleeping together, chocolate in my peanut butter, but here’s one for the history books — food trucks and health clubs!Yes, at first we were confused, too. Then…
