When you’re a United States Congressman you can pretty much count on the best table at any restaurant. South Florida has no shortage of amazing places to eat, so why would an esteemed member of the House Judiciary Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee be grabbing eats at Whole…
Another spring brings the annual Las Olas Wine and Food Festival, which took place this past Friday April 29 downtown Fort Lauderdale. The event is a yearly benefit for the American Lung Association, shutting down the restaurant-heavy section of Las Olas Boulevard to tents and pedestrians. This year, the festival…
It was an unseasonably hot and humid winter day in 2009 when Chelsea Marando dug up the last pennies and dimes she could find buried within her cousin’s pickup truck. She used those 69 cents to buy a poster board on which she wrote “Farmer’s Market” with a black arrow…
When it comes to local produce, eggs, meat, or even dairy, there’s only one crop around that’s sweeter than all the rest: honey. A rich source of carbohydrates with 17 grams per tablespoon, it’s first and foremost an ideal energy food. Also a humectant, the amber-hued liquid is known to…
The Las Olas Wine & Food Festival will take over Fort Lauderdale’s most prestigious boulevard once again. As in years past, this Friday, April 29, LOWFF wends its way through four downtown city blocks, offering event-goers a chance to sample food, wine, and spirits from more than 100 different vendors;…
For just over a year, mixologist Paul Ramirez has been mixing up the scene at Palm Beach resort restaurant, Brandon’s. A talented chef behind the bar, Ramirez has been mentored by some of the world’s best flair mixologists, and made cocktails for a few of the country’s most respected restaurants…
It’s just before 5:30 p.m. on a warm spring day in the sleepy Fort Lauderdale neighborhood of Sailboat Bend. A line of people young and old has been forming at the front gate of the house located at 1101 Middle St. They’re eager dinner guests, patiently waiting to enter the…
There’s a couple in Lake Worth making wine – Florida wine. That translates to a neon-pink fruit wine made by fermenting the flowers of a tropical plant. It’s guaranteed to give you a nice buzz without the threat of a nasty hangover the next day. “Our goal is to help…
In the heart of Oakland Park — a short walk past Mandala Yoga Center, The Alchemist coffee shop, and La Frutera Garden Bar — patrons visiting the city’s cozy, gated artist enclave known as The Yard can now find a new artisan market. At the end of a swirling, rainbow-painted…
Happy Weed Day! To those in the know, 420 is the not-so-covert term used to signify that it’s time to gather together and consume some of nature’s bounty. Well-known in what used to be the counterculture but is increasingly become the mainstream, April 20 is celebrated as a holiday dedicated…
Chicken and waffles may have been so 2013, but everything old is new again thanks to a West Palm Beach-based food truck. The Waffle Wagon co-owners Kelley Leafe and Salvatore Accardi are serving up this classic combination, along with a number of sweet and savory waffles from their newly-launched food…
We all know the Italian red-sauce restaurants. Since you were old enough to twirl your own forkful of spaghetti, they’ve been dealing out dishes like béchamel-bound lasagna, creamy-bloated fettuccine Alfredo, or chicken and eggplant parmigiana. The only way you can overlook the often subpar ingredients is to drown your plate…
Doughnut lovers, Boynton Beach’s Bond & Smolders bakery has a surprise for you. As of this week, you no longer need to place a delivery order to get your hands on Nani’s Dough doughnuts. Thanks to an impromptu meeting, Delray Beach-based pastry chef phenom Nani Edry is now offering his gourmet artisan…
There’s an Indonesian restaurant operating under-the-radar at The Yellow Green Farmer’s Market in Hollywood. And it’s about to erupt. At least, that’s the allusion co-owner John Anthony gives when explaining the meaning behind the restaurant name, Krakatoa, also the name of the volcanic island located between the islands of Java and…
Back in 1978, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield opened an ice cream shop in a converted gas station in Burlington, Vermont. Their only experience? A $5 correspondence course in ice cream making. On their first anniversary, the two were so elated that the little shop was still in business, they…
Now here’s something you don’t see every day: drive-through barbecue. But there it is, a window at the west side of the Burning Oak’s red stucco building in North Lauderdale, a spot that once housed a Fish & Hook. Today, customers can roll through and order massive smoked turkey legs,…
Ramen-loving vegans looking for a solid bowl of soup finally have a place to call home. At One Kombucha in North Palm Beach you can now find a sort of pop-up ramen shop, where owner and brewer Danny Mancini is making some pretty solid takes on the beloved bowl of…
The Ritz-Carlton is hoping to lure the locals to its oceanfront Fort Lauderdale establishment Burlock Coast Seafare & Spirits with new weekend brunch and weekday happy hour specials. Overseen by chef de cuisine Gavin Pera and beverage director James Camp, the new offerings will highlight the restaurant’s artisanal approach to…
Florida-based Hurricane Grill & Wings is literally spreading its wings with a new fast-casual concept dubbed Hurricane BTW, the brainchild of chief executive officer John Metz. The original Hurricane Grill & Wings opened in Fort Pierce in 1995, and has since expanded to more than 80 locations in Florida, Alabama,…
“We are fast moving to a post-animal economy.” Or so says Ingrid Newkirk, co-founder and President of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals — the world’s largest animal-rights organization. “Even a plastic doll didn’t want to be seen at Sea World,” Newkirk says, referring to Mattel’s recent decision to…
While West Palm Beach’s Pistache French Bistro is best known for its classic Parisian cuisine, not many people are familiar with the longstanding restaurant’s chef de cuisine, Isaac Cerny. Along with the newly renovated bar and refreshed look, the restaurant has also rolled out a new cocktail menu and bar…
She’s back: Hell’s Kitchen season 13 champion LaTasha McCutchen is returning to 3030 Ocean for a limited time — and with a special new menu. In 2014, McCutchen — at the time a chef at 3030 Ocean — captivated audiences (and even managed to impress the mercurial Gordon Ramsay) with…
