Brunchables: A Boxed Meal for Your Hipster-in-Training (Video)

cheerios.jpg
Freefoto.com via Flickr
Brunch? Give 'em cereal.
It's Sunday, and your kids are hungry. Before they head out for their Mozart appreciation class or their Actors Studio Improv workshop, make sure your little hipster has a good meal.

Because breakfast is blah and lunch is lame, serve them Brunchables, the new meal-in-a-box from Oscar Meyer's Brooklyn headquarters.

Who needs processed ham and crackers, when these new Brunchables come with egg frittatas, grits, dutch pancakes, and caramelized grapefruit with mint! And every Brunchable comes with a mini Cerveza, a mimosa in a juice pack, and a mini New York Times!

Watch this video from CollegeHumor.com as you're feeding your child Pop Tarts and Cheerios, after the jump: More >>

First Bite: La Placita Restaurant and Bakery

Categories: First Bites
laplacita.jpg
A little girl wandered between tables. A couple held hands across a two-top. Cee-Lo sang from the radio at La Placita, the Colombian restaurant nestled in a corner of a Hollywood strip mall.

La Placita Restaurant and Bakery offers breads and dishes in a style found in
More >>

Old Fort Lauderdale Breakfast House: Fancy Breakfast, but It'll Cost Ya

BLT.jpg
Seems a Fort Lauderdale farm-to-table breakfast spot is a big enough deal to make news all the way down in Miami

The day after it opened, a couple of friends and I defected to visit Old Fort Lauderdale Breakfast House (O-B House) to check it out. Here's the skinny out of the gate: 

The Pluses:

Service:
Peter Hardy, a salty mate from across the pond, entertained us with tales of his 20-plus years of living in Fort Lauderdale. Service was pretty great too.

Décor: Clean, bright, and open, it's retro diner meets Pottery Barn, with marine pendant lighting and chocolate accents. The crowd was more fashion-forward than at most restaurants I've so far visited. Guys in oversized nerd glasses and gingham checked shirts dined with lovelies in maxi-dresses. Ink, per usual, was the accessory.

More >>

Jo-Jo's Tacos in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea: Small Place, Big Flavor

jojo1_2.jpg
 New York, New Jersey, and Philly were in the house on Saturday night  at JoJo's Tacos, where I put back a Corona while I waited for a seat at the bar. 

I felt like I was back in my hometown at the Jersey Shore as I chatted with Aneillo, a sales guy who moved down from Deal, New Jersey, back in November. I was also reminded that I'm in de facto Northern territory by the proliferation of the uptown Manhattan men's uniform: a black, short-sleeved, untucked, buttoned-down shirt; jeans; and loafers. Then there were the sharp elbows, as those who had just arrived jockeyed for seats, since there are plenty of greeters but no host manning the door. 

Jo-Jo's is about the sixth local taco joint to open in the past year, in the bones of what appears to have been a Waffle House. I actually found it charming. I liked the scene and the order in chaos.
More >>

Top of the Point Unveils "Summer Road Trip" Dinners

Categories: First Bites
toppoint.JPG
From the Top of the Point you can see all the way to Nantucket. The Napa Valley too. And Santa Fe and New Orleans. (Not Russia, though. Sorry, Sarah Palin.) 

Actually, though the vistas from the penthouse restaurant atop West Palm's Phillips Point East Tower are both gorgeous and expansive, they don't quite afford a view of New England, the wine country -- or the Big Easy. 

You can, however, "see" them on a plate. How? As part of ToP's "Summer Road Trip" dinners, which began in late July and run until October 1. 



More >>

East End Eats on Las Olas Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale: New Spot for Breakfast and Lunch

Categories: First Bites
eastendeats1.jpg
Melissa McCart
Though the weather may be sultry, the lobster bisque (served very hot) at East End Eats -- which opened 11 days ago -- is worth a detour. Stocked with loads of Maine lobster claw, the soup is so decadent that Vice President Joe Biden asked for quarts to take home.

East End Eats' owner J.P. Ottino says that he knows Biden as
More >>

Changes at M Bar on Las Olas: Chefs Out, Lunch In

mancinimbar.jpg
Change is afoot at M Bar on Las Olas Boulevard -- already.
M bar, which opened just over a month ago as a sibling to longtime Las Olas staple Mancini's, began serving lunch yesterday.

But that's not the big news.

More notably, the brother/sister team of chefs --
who opened the place -- Kevin and Lauren Anderson -- have left. Clean Plate Charlie learned the pair is in pursuit of financial backing for a small Miami-based temple to molecular gastronomy. (If you're not familiar with the deconstruction-heavy genre that features foods
More >>

Free Burgers Today at CG Burgers

burgertee.jpg
Flickr/ Reynolds.James.E


In early June, we told you about CG Burgers planning a grand opening of its newest location in Coral Springs. (The others are in Jupiter and Palm Beach Gardens.)

Well, the big day has arrived, and you can get your

More >>

Publix Introduces Spicy New Sub (Free Drink Coupon)

Categories: First Bites
newpublixsub.jpg
Up top: Publix's pretty new Buffalo Chicken Tenders sub in their weekly ad. Bottom: the sub I got. Not nearly as pretty, but exceptionally tasty.
It was a relatively quiet announcement, and a very bold one. But when Publix talks, even the Facebook fans listen, game time or not.

Originally featured in last week's sales ad, the announcement of their newest sub was also publicized during Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Tuesday night. While the Miami Heat lost to the Dallas Mavericks, more than 172,000 Facebook fans of Publix Subs (a page by fans of the food, not run by Publix) were introduced to the Buffalo Chicken Tenders Sub. (whole: $8.59)

Double-breaded, fried, and tossed in their own medium-hot Buffalo sauce, the sub standard has the chicken in between Swiss cheese and bleu cheese crumbles. However, like any tasty creation Publix whips up, you can add or take off anything you'd like. I got mine sans both cheeses and added provolone, lettuce, and sliced jalapenos for extra spiciness.

And for those on the go, you can call ahead to your local Publix deli and pre-order your sub. You'll thank me later when your lunchtime line is 37 people deep and you've only got half an hour to stuff your face.

For more super awesome Publix grocer greatness, if you get the new sub, download a coupon to get a free fountain drink.

Update June 10, 2011: At participating stores, the whole sub is on special for $6.99. Check your weekly ad to see if your store is available.


Follow Clean Plate Charlie on Facebook and on Twitter: @CleanPlateBPB

Four Seasons' DIY BLTs Are A-OK

blt2 (640x480).jpg
Everyone is South Florida knows things are all bassackwards here. 

Take our growing season, for example. When the rest of the country is still digging out of snowdrifts and lucky to harvest weeds, we're raking in corn and strawberries and citrus and, best of all, tomatoes. Tomatoes with real flavor, not those tasteless, mealy imitations that give agriculture a bad name. 

So to celebrate the Florida tomato season, the Ocean Bistro of the way-posh Four Seasons Palm Beach is putting together two of the best things you can put in your mouth -- tomatoes, of course, and bacon -- in a DIY menu to compose one of the best sandwiches you can ever eat. That is, of course, the BLT. 

More >>
Sign up for free stuff, news info & more!

Tools

Find A Coupon

Popular Coupons

  • Thumbnail

    $10 OFF MASSAGE!

    Body Vital Massage
    660 Linton Blvd.
    Delray Beach, FL 33444
  • Thumbnail

    MONDAY NIGHT

    Tap 42
    1411 S. Andrews Ave.
    Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316