New Times’ Best Of Broward-Palm Beach 2013 issue arrives June 13. To celebrate, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up 30 of our favorite tastemakers — restaurateurs, chefs, bartenders, and other foodies who make the South Florida food scene what it is. We’ll start with number 30 and lead up to…
All over the Northeast and South, people are preparing for the emergence of 13-year and 17-year cicadas. According to Mother Nature News, these loud but harmless creatures have been living underground since the mid-’90s, lying in wait for the opportunity to fly about and mate like crazy for two months…
BC Cafe, the restaurant that shares a caveman and some great tacos with BC Tacos food truck, has opened its doors in Davie (4801 S. University Drive). With a brick-and-mortar restaurant comes room to grow, so the café expands on the BC Tacos food truck menu with salads, sliders, wraps,…
If you’ve ever dreamed of having a cold beer deep in the jungle while ferocious animals and birds of prey look on from the distance, then you should head out to the Palm Beach Zoo this Saturday, April 27, from 6 to 9 p.m. for Brew at the Zoo, a…
Vince Tien and Alex Kuk are the two woks behind the TwoWoks pop-up dining experience being set for Monday, April 29 from 6 p.m. – 10 p.m. at Christina Wan’s Mandarin House in Fort Lauderdale (664 N. Federal Hyw, Fort Lauderdale). The talented duo were both at the forefront of…
New Times’ Best of Broward – Palm Beach 2013 issue arrives June 13. To celebrate, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up 30 of our favorite tastemakers — restauranteurs, chefs, bartenders, and other foodies — that make the South Florida food scene what it is. We’ll start with number 30 and…
As the sun set on Fort Lauderdale, the wine poured freely as thousands of people enjoyed food and drink al fresco at Friday evening’s Las Olas Wine and Food Festival. More than three dozen of South Florida’s finest restaurants were represented at the fete that benefits the American Lung Association,…
Spring is here in south Florida. That means high pollen counts, soaring temperatures, and the return of incessant humidity. With all that going on, we just want to head indoors and drink a cool cocktail made with fresh fruits.Good thing Max’s Harvest has introduced several new specialty cocktails, filled with…
Aldi, the global supermarket chain that features low-frills shopping with a focus on savings over amenities, is planning an expansion in the South Florida market. The chain, which has markets in Australia, throughout Europe, and in the United States, is expanding into Delray Beach, Lauderdale Lakes, Miami, Deerfield Beach, Coral…
Andrew Balick has been “tapped” to be the new executive chef at Tap 42. Balick will take over duties on April 29, though he is executing the gastropub’s menu for the Las Olas Food and Wine Festival.The young chef has quite the pedigree, by the way. His resume reads like…
Today is April 15, the annual deadline to file your income tax returns. Though there’s really no one who actually likes filing taxes (let’s face it — even if you get a refund, the fact that you have to save a shoebox of receipts each year is enough to kill…
Are you a Heat fan? Sure, that questions sounds easy, but since many south Floridians come from the northeast, there could, potentially, be just as many Boston Celtics fans out there. Look around you and put your conspiracy theory goggles on. Didn’t the guy in accounting run the Boston Marathon…
Free sammy and soup shot.Forget Christmas — today is National Grilled Cheese Day.Whether you like it with brie and apple or you’re a traditionalist and your sammy of choice has to be American on white bread (with a cup of tomato soup), the simple act of toasting bread and cheese…
Just when you thought it was safe to eat ice cream..We recently came upon a list of “eight ingredients you never want to see on your nutritional label” on menshealth.com. As we perused the usual suspects — sodium nitrates, food dyes, partially hydrogenated oil — we came across an additive…
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. The famed Mayo Clinic says that eating breakfast could promote weight loss by jump-starting an adult’s metabolism.Eating breakfast is even more important for children. The Mayo Clinic says that children who eat breakfast are more likely to concentrate better, have better…
The federal government’s budget cuts are being felt everywhere these days — including in the White House kitchen.In an interview with reporters, the White House’s assistant chef and senior policy adviser for the healthy food initiative, Sam Kass, announced that he was being furloughed, according to the Associated Press. Kass…
Farmer Jay is a public relations dream for the local locavore movement — a smart, personable farmer who’s passionate about sharing tips on healthy eating.You would think that between running Farmer Jay Organics and writing for New Times, the man would just want to curl up with a good book…
The time has come, South Florida. New Times writers are busy choosing our picks for the best food, music, shops, services, and anything else that can be categorized for our annual blockbuster Best Of Broward-Palm Beach. But for all our hard work, there are some of you who think you…
Oh, SunFest, how we adore thee. The last big festival of the season, SunFest brings art, music, and three floating bar(ge)s to West Palm Beach for one extended weekend as a last fling before summer makes it just too unbearable to have outdoor fun!This year, music headliners will include Train,…
On Saturday evening, hundreds of beer lovers in South Florida came together in Esplanade Park to sample the finest beers, enjoy great live music and have a great time at New Times’ Beerfest. Even the weather cooperated. Mother Nature is clearly a beer lover, because the evening was cool and…
Every year, when April Fool’s Day rolls around, Clean Plate Charlie is faced with the same dilemma: Do we write a prank blog post? The answer, of course, is yes.The best April Fool’s posts are the ones that could possibly be true as you read. Then, a few nuggets of…
The 16th-annual New Times “Original” Beerfest is coming to Fort Lauderdale’s Esplanade Park tomorrow, April 6, from 6 to 11 p.m. We can feel the excitement in the air as we prepare to drink plenty of good beer, eat delicious food, and listen to some of the best live and…
