I’m not hallucinating, I promise. As if we hadn’t said quite enough about hamburgers on this blog, I just got word that the Hyatt Bonaventure in Weston is introducing a new Burgers and Brews menu at their Banyan Restaurant, where they’ve put together a lineup of Angus and Wagyu sammiches …
“I want to keep fighting because it is the only thing that keeps me out of the hamburger joints. If I don’t fight, I’ll eat this planet.” –George Foreman…
We once loved chic Maison Carlos for its nostalgic take on Italian and French “Continental” cuisine. The menu felt like a ’60s throwback plunked down in the middle of Clematis Street, from the oysters Rockefeller and vichyssoise to the soupe a l’ognion and the perfectly calibrated martinis served by elegantly…
There are restaurants that define a place, that fix themselves in our hearts over time, and in Fort Lauderdale, Casa d’Angelo is one of them. Angelo and Denise Elia have run Casa d’ for 11 years, and it’s often the first restaurant locals think of for birthdays or anniversaries, to…
Thought Shepherd and Linn were serious about their chopped meat? Following the Chowfather’s forays into the belly of the burger? Planning to check out the radical gourmet hamburg menu at the Ritz Carlton for National Burger Month? Look at these New York dweebishes with their printed checklists and learn from…
We got a sad email this week from Chef Kevin McCarthy, the guy who introduced us to Southwestern cooking way back with his original Armadillo Cafe in west Davie 20 years ago, always our go-to spot for shrimp grits and chocolate fritters. The fourth and last incarnation of the animal…
Today begins our Cucina Verite Movie of the Week (see our list of upcoming films to watch along with us), and in honor of Cinco de Mayo, we start with Tortilla Soup.First, a little trivia about Maria Ripoli’s 2001 film. (1) The beautiful culinary scenes were choreographed by Mary Sue…
“When helicopters were snatching people from the grounds of the American embassy compound during the panic of the final Vietcong push into Saigon, I was sitting in front of the television set shouting, ‘Get the chefs! Get the chefs!'” — Calvin Trillin…
John Currence of City Grocery in Oxford, Mississippi, scooped up the Best Chef in the South Award at the James Beard Foundation Ceremonies last night — disappointing our three homegrown favorites: Zach Bell of Cafe Boulud, Douglas Rodriguez of Ola, and Michael Schwartz of Michael’s Genuine Food and Drink. And…
How do you spell Eeeeew? Check out Tracy O’Connor’s blog, I Hate My Message Board, where she bravely goes to a place you’d have to drag me kicking and screaming: Sweet Sue’s Chicken in a Can…
“They say California’s the big burrito; Texas is a big taco right now. We want to follow that through. Florida is a big tamale.” — Dan Rather Bonus vocab word of the day: Ort, n. A morsel left after a meal…
Where are you going to celebrate Cinco de Mayo tomorrow? (or if you’re like us, where are you starting today?) Below, our five favorite Mexican restaurants in Broward-Palm Beach. Leave a comment and tell us where you go to get your flautas fix, from your local taco truck to your…
Is everybody as blown away as I am to have two Florida chefs as the last two finalists on this season’s Hell’s Kitchen? What did we do to deserve this — I hardly know who to root for! Well, yeah, I do. I’ve got a soft spot for Paula DaSilva,…
How we agonize over this category every year when we’re putting together our Best Of issue. We may as well be trying to pick the prettiest girl, the juiciest mango, the most colorful sunset. Hundreds of places sell hamburgers in Broward-Palm Beach. Dozens are famous for the things they do…
“A hamburger is warm and fragrant and juicy. A hamburger is soft and nonthreatening. It personifies the Great Mother herself who has nourished us from the beginning. A hamburger is an icon of layered circles, the circle being at once the most spiritual and the most sensual of shapes. A…
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It’s a brave businessman, wearing balls of steel, who opens a restaurant in West Palm’s CityPlace. It helps, of course, to have done it at least once before, and Lirim Jacobi has done the deed twice. He owns Taverna Opa and City Pizza, and now he’s giving it another go…
“The same intelligence is required to marshal an army in battle and to order a good dinner. The first must be as formidable as possible, the second as pleasant as possible, to the participants.” — Aemilius Paulus, conqueror of Persia, quoted by Plutarch…
The upside of recession: Steak houses around the country are rolling out special deals to lure new customers and reward the old. The “Power Hour” at Morton’s, one of our poshest chophouses, almost defies logic. How they scrape out a profit serving “bar bites” for $5 each and a limited…
As our steak houses go, so goes the economy. That’s the conventional wisdom anyway, a tale of woe passed from Slate.com to the Wall Street Journal to the Nation’s Restaurant News. Trend watchers post charts and graphs to illustrate the synchronicity: You can trace declining profits at Morton’s and Ruth’s…
Almost makes me want to be somebody’s mother, this news: The new oceanfront luxury resort in Vero Beach owned by South Florida royals Gloria and Emilio Estefan, Costa D’Este, is putting together Mother’s Day packages Latina-style, serving Cuban-fusion cuisine for breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the resort’s restaurant, Oriente. The…
