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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...
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Sillerman, SFX, and ID&T in Miami, Possibly Announcing TomorrowWorld Festival Location
March 20, 2013 in Crossfade
Robert F.X. Sillerman.It seems only fitting that the rising kingpin of electronic dance music, Robert F.X. Sillerman, is using Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week as a platform to...
A Real Mexican Kitchen in Fort Lauderdale
March 19, 2013 in Clean Plate Charlie
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Inedit Owners: We're Doing It "The Way Our Forefathers Did"
March 11, 2013 in Clean Plate Charlie
CandaceWest.comInedit Co-Owner Luis Varela.In my short timing reviewing Broward County restaurants for the New Times it's been rare that chefs or owners have reached out, even for favorable reviews. Inedit owners...
For Kim Rothstein, Martha Stewart Might Know Best
March 07, 2013 in Clean Plate Charlie
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Review: Voodka Swings and Misses
March 05, 2013 in Clean Plate Charlie
CandaceWest.comVoodka's $29 foie gras burger.Voodka's interior, with its vaulted ceilings, glittering chandeliers, and oversized faux leather couches, catches the eye of almost all who walk by on East Las Olas...
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Haifa to Hallandale: Falafel Benny's Got the Best Balls
February 27, 2013 in Clean Plate Charlie
All photos by Zachary FagensonFalafel Benny.Through Falafel Benny's narrow, squat entrance was a room of mostly men yelling at each other in thick Israeli accents. "How is the falafel?" owner Benny...
Ms. Cheezious Wins Trucks at SoBeWFF... Again
South Beach Wine & Food Festival
February 25, 2013 in Short Order
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SoBeWFF Southern Brunch: "Best Food of the Festival," says Schrager
South Beach Wine & Food Festival
February 25, 2013 in Short Order
All photos by Zachary FagensonThe mimosas went away and the iPads came out when Yearwood went on stage.People often say Miami isn't quite part of the South. Yet Magic City...
SoBeWFF's Oyster Bash: Shuck Buddies and a Sassy Ming Tsai
South Beach Wine & Food Festival
February 23, 2013 in Short Order
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Inedit in Hollywood: Tapas and A Show
February 22, 2013 in Clean Plate Charlie
CandaceWest.comInedit Co-Owner Luis Varela.You never know what you might find inside Inedit, the Spanish restaurant that opened in late 2012 where Jorge Luis Fernandez's La Barraca once stood. On weekends you'll...
SoBeWFF 2013 Events Everyone's Talking About
South Beach Wine & Food Festival
February 22, 2013 in Short Order
Guy Fieri's Parody Menu Deserves a Revisit From NY Times' Pete Wells
February 20, 2013 in Short Order
