Thursday is New Times’ second-annual Pairings, a food- and winetasting extravaganza at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. The festival will gather food from South Florida’s top chefs and pair it with unlimited wine in a posh setting. VIP tickets are no more, but general admission tickets are still available…
The State of Florida requires that every food-service operation be registered and licensed with the Florida Department of Business and Regulation. But that hasn’t stopped a handful of local eateries from skirting state practices and operating entirely off the grid. But don’t worry, intrepid eaters: Leave it to our FDBR…
Courtesy of DarbsterEven better than the real thing: Vegan Buffalo wings from Darbster.This week in Dish, we look at Darbster, a vegan restaurant located on the banks of the West Palm Beach Canal. Owners Allan Gould and Ellen Quinlan redesigned the old dive-bar spot at 8020 S. Dixie Highway and…
It’s been a Burger Beast kind of weekend, with the Fall for the Arts Street Food Fair on Saturday. But it’s not over yet, as the Burger Beast will host his second-annual Burgie Awards tonight at 8 at Transit Lounge in Miami (729 SW First Ave.).The event not only marks…
Photos by Paula Niño.The Fall for the Arts Festival took place Saturday at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, bringing together good tunes, arts activities, and a small street-food festival featuring more than a dozen food trucks from across South Florida. Organized by the Burger Beast, the event…
Corelino’s Pizza opens in Lantana beach.A great milk shake is only a few steps away with these pictorial instructions.We go behind the line with a homeless chef. Here’s the inside scoop on the closure of Soma Center’s West Palm location.Our review this week is on Trata Greek Taverna on Las Olas.Now…
Photos by John LinnHoly arepas, Batman!The Colombian snack arepas are great street food fare. But they’re also easy to make at home. All it takes is a griddle, some masa, and a little love. To prove how simple they are, I made a batch of nontraditional arepas stuffed with mashed…
Last night’s episode of Top Chef that took place in Singapore was easily the best of the season. It featured a series of stunning looking dishes from all four remaining cheftestants that were cooked in a backdrop full of beauty and culture. Everything looked so tasty, it made me want…
Unrepentant beer drinkers, rejoice! Each week, Clean Plate Charlie will select one craft or import beer and give you the lowdown on it: How does it taste? What should you drink it with? Where can you find it? But mostly, it’s all about the love of the brew. If you…
To see more photos from Trata Greek Taverna, click here. You know that old saying from the Reese’s peanut butter cup commercial: Peanut butter and chocolate are two great tastes that taste great together! During a procession of appetizers at Trata Greek Taverna on Las Olas Boulevard, it was more…
This place is called Munchen, as in Old-Munchen, German for Munich. Spirited good times are cooked up at this Pompano Beach eatery, which feels just like a beer bar set in the historic Bavarian capital. The small restaurant is lined with beer bottles and decorative steins and anchored by a…
East Coast represent, son!On one side, you’ve got the big, bold flavors of aggressive hops and extreme vertical malts. On another, you’ve got the creative blends of old-world styles kicked up with American ingenuity. That’s the sort of parlance that will be on display at Lola’s on Harrison’s East Coast…
As a food blog, we’re supposed to be an appetizing read. But there’s nothing appetizing about the three Broward eateries shut down over the past week by the Florida Department of Business and Regulation. Health Inspectors deemed the following three restaurants so unsafe for consumers that they needed to be shut…
Got an interesting post or bit of news to share? Email it to Charlie and we’ll include it in Eating Around the Blog-o-Sphere. Anthony Bourdain dishes on his blog about the 100th episode of No Reservations, which aired Monday night and featured Paris. Michael Ruhlman, food writer and good buddy of Bourdain’s,…
With Pairings coming up next week, we’ve got one final set of tickets to give away to the all-you-can-eat food and wine event. Then it’s time for wine, beer, and so much more on September 16 at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.All you have to do to get…
This week in Dish, we look at Trata Greek Taverna. The restaurant, opened on Las Olas last January, removes all the flashy bellydancing and napkin throwing from the Greek formula. Instead, it focuses on simple, homey Greek food with an eye for authenticity. The menu is full of complementary flavors…
Happy Labor Day, everyone! While today historically signals the end of summer, the chance of the sun’s retreating from its oft-brutal assault on South Florida is nil. So may as well bunker down and prepare with creamy, cold treats — preferably, this milk shake. Its benefits over an ordinary milk…
How to make the perfect roasted chicken with just salt and a little know-how.Five wines to bunker down with for hurricane season.Here’s seven milk shakes made with beer that you’ll love.The burger at Gilbert’s 17th St. Grill is big, bold, and full of Angus beef.Now that spiny lobster is in…
• Get ready for posh Mexican cuisine on the beach. Upscale cantina Dos Caminos will move into the newly renovated Sheraton Fort Lauderdale Beach Hotel this November, bringing with it the slick, modern vibe of its New York and Las Vegas counterparts. Expect authentic dishes like lamb barbacoa and cochinita…
Labor Day weekend is here, signaling the end of one heck of a brutal summer. It’s also a chance for one last summer party — including sipping beers on the patio, grilling hot dogs or burgers, and listening to groovy tunes (might I suggest some reggae for this occasion?). But…
With New Times’ annual Pairings food event just two weeks away, things are getting pretty exciting. The list of participating restaurants has grown pretty large to include places like Steak 954, Sette Bello, and Rock ‘N’ Roll Ribs. I’ve just received a list of dishes that covers what many of…
Unrepentant beer drinkers, rejoice! Each week, Clean Plate Charlie will select one craft or import beer and give you the lowdown on it: How does it taste? What should you drink it with? Where can you find it? But mostly, it’s all about the love of the brew. If you…
