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Tom Moynihan of d.b.a./cafe Follows in His Father's Footsteps
May 22, 2013 in Clean Plate Charlie
d.b.a./caf breaks the notion that good food and drink must be accompanied by a fancy setting and fancy prices. Cut up wine boxes line the kickspace under the bar. More...
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Whole Foods Coral Springs Launches Craft Beer Tap Bar
May 16, 2013 in Clean Plate Charlie
Images courtesy Whole FoodsThe craft beer choices.A Coral Springs Whole Foods is the fifth branch of the national supermarket chain to offer a tap bar with a rotating selection of...
Broward Homebrewers Aim to Take Their Craft Out of the Garage
May 15, 2013 in Clean Plate Charlie
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14. Suzy Batlle of Azucar Ice Cream
May 14, 2013 in Short Order
You won't find tostones at Azucar on Calle Ocho. Nor will you turn up flan, at least not in its usual form. Suzy Batlle's ice cream shop, inspired by the...
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16. Muriel Olivares of Little River Market Garden
May 10, 2013 in Short Order
The eating world is paying more attention to food's origin than ever. Yet the locavores' work is far from done. There's been plenty of debate on whether locally grown and raised...
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Julieta Bocos of Casa Frida is South Florida's Mexican Ambassador of Food
May 08, 2013 in Clean Plate Charlie
At Casa Frida Number 18 on our Tastemakers list, Julieta Bocos wants you to taste Mexico. Not the Mexico fast food chains try to sell, and not the Tex-Mex most...
Salt Life Offers a Taste of The Ocean in a Multimillion Dollar "Shack"
May 07, 2013 in Clean Plate Charlie
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Susan Kim of Gabose Would Vote Meatballs Off the Island
May 07, 2013 in Clean Plate Charlie
Thanks to Susan Kim, you wouldn't be out of line if you called Lauderhill, Florida's Little Korea. Though the west Broward enclave isn't quite as dense with Korean business as...
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Updated: Panther Coffee's Miami Beach Shop Opening May 13
May 06, 2013 in Short Order
Image via Belle Isle Blog.Inside Panther Coffee's second store.Update: Panther Coffee co-owner Leticia Pollock said the Sunset Harbour shop received its certificate of occupancy from Miami-Dade County Thursday morning. They'll...
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Brew at the Zoo in Photos: Fast Pours, Long Lines, Mexican Sombreros
May 06, 2013 in Short Order
All photos by Zachary FagensonBeer snobs, you are not alone.If you are what you drink, then most of South Florida's beer snobs are fruits or just plain bitter. Hoppy, pungent IPAs...
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21. Frodnesor of Food For Thought
May 03, 2013 in Short Order
Since 2009 David Rosendorf -- better known as Frodnesor on Twitter or by his blog, Food For Thought -- has offered even-keeled commentary on Miami's ever-changing scene. As a co-founder...
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Kaluz Combines Good Food With Even Better Service
April 30, 2013 in Clean Plate Charlie
It was shocking to find Kaluz packed and bustling on a Monday night. It was more shocking to find a chic, multimillion-dollar restaurant with a well-rounded menu and detail-oriented servers...
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28. Fulvio Sardelli of Sardelli's Italian Steakhouse
April 24, 2013 in Clean Plate Charlie
Fulvio SardelliNew 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...
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German Bread Haus Bakes Bavarian Delights in Fort Lauderdale
April 24, 2013 in Clean Plate Charlie
Zach FagensonThe pink-and-red gingerbread-looking house on East Commercial Boulevard could have been plucked out of Epcot Center's German pavilion and dropped in the middle of Fort Lauderdale. Sure Norma and Dieter...
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Jack Mancini Tests West Las Olas' Trendy Waters
April 16, 2013 in Clean Plate Charlie
CandaceWest.comJack Mancini (left) and housemade agnolotti with roasted squash and lamb.Jack Mancini's namesake restaurant on East Las Olas Boulevard was a rare, long-standing institution on a street where some restaurants...
SweetTooth Soiree: A Bad Sugar High at Gulfstream
April 15, 2013 in Clean Plate Charlie
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A Taste of Jamaica Without the Travel
April 10, 2013 in Clean Plate Charlie
CandaceWest.comAunt I's co-owner Tanya "Top Cat" Cunningham; akee and saltfish.There's a huge Jamaican and West Indian population in the western part of Broward County. While immigration to South Florida is...
Good Time Had by (Almost) All at the Museum of Discovery and Science's Annual Food Fete
April 09, 2013 in Clean Plate Charlie
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Make Your Own Lobster Mac 'n' Cheese With The Tipsy Boar
April 05, 2013 in Clean Plate Charlie
CandaceWest.comThe Tipsy Boar's Lobster Mac 'n' Cheese. You can do it at home. Seriously.National gourmet macaroni and cheese month is now behind us, but it doesn't mean we have to...
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Alberto Cabrera (Of Bread + Butter) to Open Frita Shop in the Gables
April 05, 2013 in Short Order
Cabrera.After two years of delays, Alberto Cabrera has found a space for his long-discussed Frita Shop at the corner of Ponce de Leon Boulevard and Salamanca Avenue. Opening sometime this...
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The Tipsy Boar: The Sardellis Roll the Dice on a Hollywood Gastropub
April 03, 2013 in Clean Plate Charlie
CandaceWest.comThe Tipsy Boar's lobster mac 'n' cheese ($18).At The Tipsy Boar Gastropub the Sardelli family, long known for refined Italian fare, has set foot on a new path. There are...
Rochester NY: Fried Comfort Food and Friendly Folks Galore
April 02, 2013 in Clean Plate Charlie
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Weston Dining Entrepreneur Plans Pizza Empire
March 28, 2013 in Clean Plate Charlie
All photos by Zachary FagensonInside DelVecchio's new Weston store.Sure it looks as though South Florida is recovering from the real estate meltdown that led to the region being labeled as...
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Robert F.X. Sillerman on Why He "Loves to Dance" and Only Cares About Fans
March 22, 2013 in Crossfade
AP Photo/Greg CampbellRobert F. X. Sillerman in front of Graceland.In Miami to announce SFX Entertainment's near $100 million acquisition of the producer of TomorrowLand and Sensation White, ID&T Worldwide, Robert...
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EDM's Dubfire Talks Food and Techno at Juvia
March 21, 2013 in Short Order
All photos by Zachary FagensonDJ/Producer Dubfire (far right) offered up beats with a view.Most Winter Music Conference parties revolve around barely clad revelers hopped on stimulants dancing for hours next...
