Every week, we take a look at a craft beer brewed in Florida. Follow #FloridaBeerFriday for more reviews of Sunshine State brews. Get out there and #DrinkLocal. This week, I’m sharing a look into a beer style that’s a personal favorite and one that I have seen come into many…
Mondays Arts Park Arts Park (1 Young Circle, Hollywood) hosts about 25 food trucks every Monday night from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Past food trucks include Daddy’s Grill, Don Mofongo, Il Fiorentino with HipPOPs Handcrafted Gelato Bars as a recurring truck. Visit burgerbeast.com. Downtown Lake Worth On the second Monday…
Wawa has finally started digging into South Florida, which means soon Broward and Palm Beach County residents will be able to order Wawa fan favorites like the hot meatball and cheesesteak hoagies, Buffalo chicken bites, salted caramel latte, and Sizzli breakfast sandwiches. If you’re not familiar with the Philadelphia-based gas…
From the people that brought you the ability to never again step foot inside a stinky-cab, comes UberEATS: the newest food delivery branch of the ever-expanding Uber family. UberEATS launched in Miami, Hallandale, Hollywood, Dania Beach, Ives and West Park this past week, making South Florida one of the first areas…
Tri-tip is a lean cut of beef that’s taken from the bottom sirloin, or the large slab of muscle situated in between the top sirloin and the flank. It’s a West Coast delicacy with which most South Floridians are not familiar, unless you’re a true meat connoisseur. Although uncommon, tri-tip can…
On the edge of Hollywood in a nondescript building sits a humble Jamaican restaurant. It’s modest décor and blowing fans are reminiscent of simpler times in the Caribbean mountain village where its owners grew up sharing meals and traditions with family. Cousins Akono, whose given name is Howard Taylor, and…
When Palm Beach resident Wayne Street went diving this past May, he didn’t expect to find a real treasure chest. While it didn’t contain jewels or gold doubloons, it did reveal a different kind of pirate booty: rum. Black Coral Rum, to be specific, or rather it was a treasure chest filled…
A smörgåsbord of doughy delights is on its way to Boca Raton; Parlour Vegan Bakery has chosen the city for its second location, opening this fall. The eatery, which serves up unique items like frosted toaster pastries, butterbeer donuts, pizza rolls, creamsicle cupcakes and lots of other goodies — both…
Monday Chef’s Table Dinner Pizza Craft and Apothecary 330 (330 Himmarshee St. #101, Fort Lauderdale) team up for an exclusive event. Staring at 7 p.m., guests can enjoy bite size bites and a cocktail demonstration at Apothecary 330. Then, they can head to Pizzacraft for a six-course dinner. Entrees include…
It used to be that a cup of coffee was just that: a paper cup of liquid caffeine. Nothing special, it tasted relatively the same from your local greasy spoon, to your favorite diner. Heck, you’d even suffer through 12 ounces of gas-station sludge if it meant getting your morning…
Chef vs. Chef is a 16-week competition at Max’s Harvest pitting local chefs against one another, cooking up surprise ingredients for a panel of judges – and our tasting pleasure. In week three, Chefs Adam Brown of The Cooper in Palm Beach Gardens faced off against Aaron Goldberg of Bogart’s…
Every week, we take a look at a craft beer brewed in Florida. Follow #FloridaBeerFriday for more reviews of Sunshine State brews. Get out there and #DrinkLocal. This week, I’m moving back to basics and starting up the beer style ladder with a look at the lager, a type of…
Friday Food in Motion From 5 to 11 p.m., head down to Peter Feldman Park (310 NE Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale) for an evening green market. There will be copious amounts of food trucks and free beer for those 21 and up. Feel free to bring your own board games…
Bar Brawls, which pits the very best bartenders from across South Florida in an elimination-style contest of impromptu mixological skill, is back for a second season, this time at Max’s Grille in Boca Raton on Wednesday, October 12. Last year’s competition was such a success, that once again The Max…
Widely recognized as one of the foremost Italian chefs in South Florida thanks to his flagship Italian restaurant, Casa D’Angelo, restaurateur Angelo Elia is now in the bakery business. In the first week of July, the Italian-born chef opened his first dedicated bakery and cafe in Fort Lauderdale. Angelo Elia…
32 East bar manager John Fitzpatrick wasn’t always behind the bar, but after more than 20 years behind a number of different ones, from New York City to South Florida, today it’s his profession of choice. “You could say I’ve been redirecting dispositions in Manhattan and South Florida for nearly…
If you’re looking for a one-of-a-kind Saturday afternoon dining experience- that won’t break the wallet – you can’t do much better than Kuro’s Saturday lunch special at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood. The new-style Japanese restaurant recently added Saturday lunch (noon to 3 p.m.), which creates opportunity…
In our modern age of food snobbery — one bombarded by foodie Instagrammers and Yelp Elites — it’s becoming increasingly difficult to convince people that a franchise restaurant can offer good food for a good price. The men behind Flagler Village’s Brass Tap Beer Bar are looking to change that…
Summer is officially here, and so are the summer menus. With the advent of climbing temps, abundance of seasonal produce, and far less crowded bars, dining rooms, and outdoor patios, many local establishments are rolling out new menus replete with summer goodies and specials. Think of it as a way…
Not many people know PB Catch chef de cuisine Aaron Black was — at one time — a mechanical engineer. A few years into his career, lacking that creative “push,” Black decided to enroll at the Florida Culinary Institute to follow his real passion: cooking. Today, the chef is best…
When it comes to fresh seafood, nothing screams South Florida like a platter of fresh-caught mahi, plump pink Gulf shrimp, and an invasive lionfish or two. Long before farm-to-table, there were dockside establishments serving just-caught snapper and oysters farmed a few miles up the coast. Our seafood restaurants have been…
June was a busy month for South Florida restaurants. Who are we kidding though? It seems like every month is a busy month when it comes to the restaurant industry in Broward and Palm Beach counties — especially when it comes to new restaurant openings (and some old favorites closing)…
