Rattlesnake Jake’s — a Texas-style dive bar with a Floridian bent — is an anchor on Deerfield Beach’s salt-air strip. Show up in flip-flops and board shorts, pull up a stool at the worn bar top, and order a mighty-sized fish taco. Just try to eat one without bits of…
This eatery could be any road-side diner across the South. It’s the sort of place where the waitresses call you “hon” and folks in non-ironic trucker hats congregate for an honest-to-goodness lunch. It’s a South Florida institution, and we’ve lauded it time and time again for it’s stick-to-your-ribs food. So,…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com.No. 13: Wood-Fired Pizza From Sicilian OvenThe pizza at Sicilian Oven smells damned amazing. They’re small…
Taking a cue from Seasons 52, the wildly popular chain restaurant in Boca, Chef John Belleme worked with Henry’s owner Burt Rapoport to shave fats and sugars, and devise a “spa” menu. On it are entrées that don’t blow the calorie budget — unless you get carried away and order two…
This week in Dish, we look at Cabo Flats, a rollicking Mexican restaurant in Palm Beach Gardens. In February, Cabo Flats moved into the old Rosa Mexicana spot in Downtown at the Gardens. With the hopes of making Mexican work in the space, they redesigned, putting the emphasis on an…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com.No. 14: Key West Dolphin Sandwich from the Whale’s RibAs featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,…
• Joining Caruso as the second Italian restaurant opened in Boca Raton by former Chicago restaurateurs in the past few months is Capri Ristorante (39 SE First Ave.; 561-391-8044). The husband-and-wife team of Joey and Giovanna Capri have ex-Norman Van Aken and Mark Militello chef Victor Franco in the kitchen…
Last week, the James Beard Foundation announced its 2010 winners for food media and restaurants. Although South Florida had a few dogs in the race, Broward and Palm Beach didn’t come up with any wins. But Miami’s own Michael Schwartz of Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink managed to snag Best…
The deal: This sunny Italian restaurant with exposed brick and a simple, spacious dining room offers a number of $9.99 lunch specials daily…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com.No. 15: Singapore Noodles from Toa ToaDespite its name, Singapore noodles do not hail from Singapore…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com.No. 16: Chopped Pork Sandwich with Baked Beans From Johnnie Brown’sFor Johnnie Brown’s chopped pork sandwich,…
Isn’t it fun when an ingredient list consists of only four items and two of those are unrecognizable? We can all figure out what sugar and glucose syrup are, but mastic oil and E220? (Turns out the former is tree resin and the latter is sulphur dioxide.)Though the hexagonal jar…
If beer is your world, then start saving up your thirst for World of Beer, a purveyor of fine suds set to debut first in Coconut Creek (4437 Lyons Road, no phone yet) and later in West Palm Beach. According to Richard Reeves, president of the company that holds the…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com.No. 17: Lobster Roll From Kelly’s LandingSweet, succulent lobster is one of the rare foods that…
This cramped deli and restaurant looks straight out of a Bronx tenement, where every spare inch of wood and brick is covered with Polaroid photographs of patrons posing with their food. And that food is impressive: hulking sandwiches, platters of shrimp with broccoli and potato, and fat rigatoni pasta napped…
I’ve got some major beef with the potato chips served at Gratify. These chips, the bar’s equivalent of complimentary bread and butter, are crinkle-cut and fried in-house, which is admirable. But they’re also sliced so thick that, in order to get them to crisp, the kitchen has to practically burn…
I nabbed an order of “Smokehouse Hot Wings” from Art’s BBQ in Coral Springs yesterday. The place is a front-runner for our annual Best Of issue thanks to its intensely smoky ribs with genuine bark and a peppery rub. But I’d never before tried the wings, which Art’s smokes instead…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com.No. 18: Grilled Achiote-Rubbed Fish Tacos from Havana HideoutLake Worth’s primo dive bar, Havana Hideout, also…
Is there a food lover out there who doesn’t think he’d like to cater or open his own eatery or bottle his own hot sauce? Here are two places that will let you give it a whirl before committing to a retail space. Why rent a kitchen?…
Word on the street: No news is good news. According to local restaurants, Gulf oyster suppliers have said there will definitely be a point where the buggers will come off the menu almost everywhere. The only question is when.But as of now, restaurants are still serving oysters raw and on…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com.No. 19: Cracked Conch From Sheila’s Famous BBQ, Conch and MoreSheila’s Famous BBQ, Conch and More…
This week in Dish: Gratify, West Palm Beach’s newest gastropub. The restaurant, which took over the Spoto’s location in February, has an onus on small plates and drinks a’plenty. There’s craft beer, an eclectic menu that includes bar food and local seafood, and a full service bar with wine. When…
