Expect a crash course in authentic Mexican cuisine and wide smiles when you step inside Casa Frida Mexican Grill. “Do you know what posole is?” asked co-owner Victor Bocos during one lunchtime visit. The blood-red soup, the day’s special, came with slow-roasted pork shoulder, big tender kernels of hominy corn,…
Shrimp cocktail has been around as long as most people can remember. And it’s probably one of the easiest hors d’oeuvres to put together. Cold shrimp, cocktail sauce, and lemon served atop Bibb lettuce. Even the most challenged home cooks can throw it together.As tasty as it can be, even…
Follow Anthony Bourdain on Twitter and you’ll find the man has no need for a PR rep. The chef, author, and television personality Tweets his own whereabouts and successes with as much skill as any seasoned hired gun. Recently, Bourdain has peppered his Tweets with pictures from some of his…
Every now and then us food writers are reminded that although our jobs are cool, we’re not “all that and a bag of foie gras-flavored chips”. So, when we heard that a Pug was the latest hot new food critic, we had to investigate him. True, he does an admirable…
Here’s something to absolutely make your Friday complete! Not only is it the last day of the workweek… not only is St. Patrick’s Day this weekend… but it’s time for Baconalia! That’s right, folks! Denny’s is celebrating everyone’s favorite taste treat — bacon — in its annual wild and porky…
Clean Plate Charlie interrupts our regularly scheduled blog to remind our readers of one of the most important days of the year — Steak and BJ Day.Listen up, folks. It’s March 14. One month after Valentine’s Day, celebrate Steak and BJ Day tonight! It’s basically payback for any man who…
This St. Patrick’s Day, the B Ocean Fort Lauderdale Hotel is asking you to drink (and eat) outside the box. Sure you could go anywhere and have some green beer and corned beef and cabbage, but have you ever asked yourself, “why on earth would I want to consume cheap…
Click for a slideshow of the Field Irish Bar & Eatery. It can be hard to relate to Ireland’s rolling green hills and blustery cliffside villages, but if there’s one thing South Florida understands, it’s how to raise a glass and toast to a damned good time. Perhaps that’s why…
Joe’s Seafood Shack is opening the doors to its new 320-seat restaurant on March 19 at 11 a.m. If the name’s got you a little confused, yes… the chain is nationally known as Joe’s Crab Shack, but the new restaurant is called Joe’s Seafood Shack out of respect for another…
For an authentic taste of Greece, Palm Beach residents look no further than Zorba’s Taverna, a new eatery now open in Delray Beach. With decades’ worth of combined experience, owners Bobby and father Taso Orfanos joined with restaurateur Bill Maxakoulis to open Zorba’s last December. The trio is dedicated to…
Marcus Lemonis is a man of many talents. In addition to his status as a self-made millionaire, the entrepreneur and philanthropist has taken turns on multiple reality TV shows, including Secret Millionaire, Celebrity Apprentice and the soon-to-air The Big Fix. Basically, he serves as a business turnaround expert who can…
So you drank too much and stayed out far too late last night and now you have an important presentation scheduled for first thing in the morning. Sucks to be you (although we’ve been in the same boat far too many times).Panicking, you pop a few aspirin and down an…
In my short timing reviewing Broward County restaurants for the New Times it’s been rare that chefs or owners have reached out, even for favorable reviews. Inedit owners Jose and Luis Varela sent us an impassioned, near angry response to our review in the February 21 issue. It’s understandable why…
Forget what the calendar says — spring has sprung. Well, at least daylight savings time is back. That means that on Sunday, March 10 at 2 a.m. you’re going to lose one hour of much needed sleep when you move your clocks forward. We suggest taking your bleary, tired self…
Attention south Florida food truckers — or wannabes. If you dreamed of taking a truck coast to coast in a non-stop frenzy of challenges — all for the chance to win $50,000, then you’ll want to try out for season four of Food Network’s The Great Food Truck Race, hosted…
When Taco Bell launched the Doritos Locos taco, with a shell made from nacho cheese Doritos tortilla chips, stoners everywhere said a little prayer of gratitude.The product also translated into an out-of-the-ballpark hit for the fast food giant. USA Today reports that in less than one year, over 350 million…
We only knew it was a matter of time before bovines started shaking their tails to the “Harlem Shake.”This, friends, is what happens when the liberal agenda takes over good faith-based fast food restaurants. First, Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy makes friends with Shane Windmeyer, executive director of Campus Pride, and…
“Wee are Fwench, so can you please speek a liddle beet slowlee?” a 30-something mother asked of her waiter as he requested their dinner order. “That’s great!” the stocky, sweating, bald-headed server exclaimed. “We’re sort of a French restaurant; the owner is French.” It was almost impossible to take the…
At Hippocrates Health Institute in West Palm Beach, there’s lots of talk about the benefits of eating a raw vegan diet. If you’ve been following our series over the past few weeks, you’ve learned a lot about some pretty healthy, nourishing foods — including how to grow your own sprouts…
We’re not sure about that famous song in which we wish we were a meat tube. Seriously — do you really want your ultimate end to happen by being laid in a roll, doused in mustard, and eaten?No… what we really do want, however, is to trade in our used…
Mangos Restaurant and Lounge, the iconic island-style restaurant and lounge on Las Olas Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, may be in the process of being bought out by Big Three Restaurants Inc. The Orlando corporation is in the business of owning and operating franchise restaurants. Big Three is an early-stage development…
It’s getting closer. On April 19, the Las Olas Wine and Food Festival will be taking over Las Olas Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale. What’s even better? The pre-events for the festival will be here in just over a month. For those of you who like food, wine, and all things…
