Food & Drink

Every once in a while, officials from the Hotel and Restaurant division of the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation office get to sleuthin’. They’re looking for “food misrepresentation cases” — usually restaurants selling you one thing but serving you another.Inspectors catch the bait and switch about 50 times…

It’s odd to say, but kimchi is one of the hottest foodstuffs around the country at the moment. The Korean staple of cabbage fermented in a spicy sauce is about as unsexy and antihip as food gets. And yet, kimchi — and Korean food in general — is just about…

This week in Dish: The Living Room, a cozy little pub/restaurant in West Boynton Beach. With a quirky, decorative touch and plenty of mismatched tables made to look like miniature living rooms, it’s the kind of restaurant you can really feel at home in. Sometimes too much so. Check out…

Jamba Juice put out a viral ad campaign recently by posting a YouTube video for the new “Cheeseburger Chill” smoothie. The ad was a fake, meant to mock McDonald’s and its new line of fruit smoothies. But it also got me thinking: How bad could it be? So this morning,…

There’s no shortage of good barbecue restaurants opening these days. With places like Sheila’s Famous BBQ Conch and More in Lake Worth and the second installment of Texas Hold ‘Em coming to the Gateway in Fort Lauderdale, there’s good ‘cue within reach of just about everyone. Now add East Coast…

We were cruising Craigslist this morning (for “friendship,” we swear) and stumbled across this mighty odd post from a supposedly famous chef in need of an attorney (preferably female). Any guesses on this person’s identity?Lawyer Needed for Public Figure: I was told I’m supposed to be a famous chef. People…

Not going to get much in the way of hints here, folks. All I can tell you is that it’s a partial service restaurant, and this is the front counter.Click on the image to make it larger. Just don’t try any CSI-type maneuver and “enhance” the pixels until you can…

• The “farm to table” movement that’s hotter than organic habaneros in many food-conscious cities is coming to Fort Lauderdale with the expected September debut of Market 17 in the SE 17th Street space formerly occupied by Fish. Owners are brother and sister Aaron and Krista Gauberger (he, ex-Seasons 52;…

The new World of Beer in Coconut Creek has made quite a splash since opening. Check out our inside look into the place, and read about how its lack of a proper kitchen is making a big impact on Promenade businesses. Cheap lunch is just around the corner at Mr…

On a recent road trip to the Big Apple, we went in search of a refreshing beverage to cool our ​innards, those same innards that were burnt to a crisp compliments of the thick heat seeming to come up from the sidewalk and down from the sky simultaneously. Yes, even…

Chef Dean James Max, executive chef at 3030 Ocean with restaurants in Cayman and Cleveland, is a Florida homeboy at heart. Talk to the charismatic chef and it’s easy to see that his love for Florida’s unique foodways — particularly its seafood — run strong. So it’s no surprise that…

To see more photos from Martorano’s Italian-American Kitchen, click here. We had just been seated at a small, white-clothed table at Martorano’s Italian-American Kitchen. The four of us — starving thanks to our late-night reservation and screaming over the blasting sound system — couldn’t help but laugh at the title…

High-heat, coal-fired ovens have lit up all over South Florida, bringing charred crusts and specialty toppings to just about every strip mall. Among them is Scarfone’s, a modern pizzeria in the mold of Anthony’s that recently debuted its second location in the Promenade at Coconut Creek. The cavernous bar and…