The restaurant world is full of uncertainty and one of the most unpredictable aspects is projecting an opening date for a new endeavor. It’s a rare case of a restaurant or bar rolling out the welcome mat as quickly as they’d like. Ryan Sentz of Funky Buddha perhaps said it…
Kickstart South Florida is a new feature highlighting local food-related crowd-funded projects on Kickstarter.You may have met Robyn Almovodar on the streets of Miami, serving food from her food truck dubbed The Palate Party Fresh Mobile Cafe, where she serves up her famous soft-shell crab sandwiches, or meatball sliders smothered…
It’s another quiet afternoon at Spice Galore — until a new customer bursts through the back door nearly sprinting to a row of glass jars containing various spice blends. Her first words as she hurries across the small space: “I’m SO excited! I’ve been feeling like a crack head ever…
Pizza fiends in West Palm Beach no longer have to make the drive south to get their hands on Mellow Mushroom’s delicious Magical Mystery Tour pie or unreasonably tasty soft-baked pretzels. The Mellow Mushroom in CityPlace threw open its doors on Monday, January 14, and things are in full swing…
Hooters, the casual restaurant chain that gave the world orange nylon shorts, hot wings, and the term “breastaurant”, is getting some reconstructive surgery of its own.The restaurant chain is starting on a campaign to join the 19th 21st century with new items designed to attract female customers (like — no…
Chipotle Mexican Grill, the fast/casual restaurant that prides itself in serving “food with integrity” is stating that food costs and other operating costs have risen for the chain — and they might pass those additional costs on to you — the consumer.In a presentation at the 2013 ICR XChange yesterday,…
After several years of cooking for some of Miami’s most well-known hotel restaurants, including Cascata Grill at Turnberry Isle and the former Solea at the W Hotel in South Beach, chef Steven Acosta has returned to Fort Lauderdale’s Il Lugano Hotel to take over the kitchen at da Campo Osteria.Since…
In the gastropub world, a porky nod in the title tends to elicit feelings of excitement: The Ravenous Pig in Orlando, The Purple Pig in Chicago, Noble Pig Sandwiches in Austin, you get the picture. Hollywood just received it’s newest porcine-inspired gastropub: The Tipsy Boar.The new spot, which opened a…
South Florida is home to some amazing chefs. Numerous James Beard award-winners and nominees can be found behind the line at tons of local restaurants. But one would be hard-pressed to find a face more recognizable than Michelle Bernstein. Aside from her weekly PBS show Check, Please! South Florida, Bernstein…
UPDATE: Tickets go on sale at 8 p.m. tonight. Exclusivity breeds excitement, particularly in gourmand circles. That explains the historic trend for fast sell-outs for Traveling Plate Supper Club events. Registration for the first Traveling Plate event of 2013 opens at 8 tonight (Thursday), so if you’re hoping to snag…
Gigi’s Music Cafe in Sunrise is like walking into your favorite hometown cafe where the menu is nothing but family recipes, and the diner-style bar serves beer or wine. There’s even a small stage where you can sing your heart out during karaoke, or strum away at the guitar on…
We grabbed a seat in a beige booth at Toa Toa Chinese restaurant in Sunrise for a dim sum brunch and found what you might at any similar eatery. On each table were pairs of paper-wrapped chopsticks, set next to small plates and teacups. To the side was a small…
When it comes to Broward county dim sum restaurants, the world is your chicken foot. Some offer steamed, fried and sautéed bites in the traditional pushcarts while at others you pick your meal from a checklist. The three-to-four-bite dishes are mostly standardized with everything from shrimp dumplings to baked and…
Public radio nerds assemble: Diane Rehm is coming to town and will be hosting morning and evening discussions, with breakfast and dinner, to benefit South Florida’s public radio station WLRN. On Feb. 8 from 7 to 11 p.m. she’ll be speaking at the Harbor Beach Marriott Resort & Spa in…
BaconFest Florida is coming to town!Now that we have your attention, BaconFest, which is exactly what it sounds like (a celebration of all things pig-related), is coming to the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek on Saturday, February 23 at 6 p.m. This event, which is (duh) popular in Chicago, Kansas City…
When I am feeling guilty about my recent eating habits, I like to head over to Saigon Tokyo in Greenacres. Nothing gets me back on the right track like eating a huge bowl of pho, and Saigon Tokyo prepares it consistently well. First off, please don’t judge this place by…
Weekend warriors are always on a quest for awesome new ways to kick off a Sunday Funday. The new brunch menu at Johnny V — introduced during the madness of the holiday season — is a solid prospect, with indulgent-sounding dishes and the promise of never-ending mimosas (always helpful in…
Need some extra motivation to stick to that vegan diet you resolved to follow in the new year? Mercy For Animals, a nonprofit animal welfare organization known for its hard-to-watch undercover video exposés of factory farm conditions, can help you with that. The group on Friday released a bummer of…
If you’ve live in northwest Broward, rejoice in the fact that you’ll soon have a major food truck takeover next week.on Tuesday, January 22 from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m., The Gourmet Food Truck Experience brings more than 20 food trucks to the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek. From burger to…
Love it or hate it: in most states women are allowed to breastfeed in public. Unfortunately, many people are unaware of that fact–restaurant, store, and mall managers included. Being that the majority of the population is not well versed in breastfeeding law, mothers with their boobs out tend to get…
We review restaurants all the time–almost once a week. But, rarely, do the chefs and restaurants’ owners get the opportunity to respond. After this week’s review was published, we received a call from Elin Trousdale of Le Bistro. She was concerned with the description of kidneys in a dish, “the…
Nowadays, everything is a polarizing issue from abortion to gun rights to fiscal cliffs. Next on the list is food. In a way, it seems crazy that something as basic as food should be so contentious, but then again what could be more personal than the food that keeps us alive? Once…
