Posted on 10 May 2012
By RICHARD DAVID CHAMBERLAIN Walk down Sunrise Blvd. in the vicinity of NE 18th Ave. on any Friday night and prepare to marvel at the line stretching around the block from the front door of Il Mulino Cucina Italiana. In what can only be described as a local tradition passed from one satisfied customer to [...]
Tags: A Local Italian Tradition Hits Its Stride, Dining: IL MULINO CUCINA ITALIANA, RICHARD DAVID CHAMBERLAIN
Posted on 04 May 2012
By RICHARD DAVID CHAMBERLAIN A week ago Sunday was National Earth Day, and what better way to celebrate, we thought, than eat at Energy Kitchen, an eco-friendly restaurant with a fresh approach to a healthy diet. The idea here is a simple one: everything on the menu is 500 calories or less. Nothing is [...]
Tags: Dining, Eating Healthy without the Guesswork, ENERGY KITCHEN
Posted on 11 April 2012
By RICHARD DAVID CHAMBERLAIN The sign says “Greek Diner Gyros and Subs” in giant white letters against a blue background. Only upon careful examination do the words “Victoria Park” sneak into view. This restaurant, a one-time Miami Subs franchise, is a local favorite, and while the signage is new, the menu is a tried-and-true mix [...]
Tags: Greek Diner Gyros and Subs, RICHARD DAVID CHAMBERLAIN, VICTORIA PARK GREEK DINER
Posted on 11 April 2012
FORT LAUDERDALE/WILTON MANORS ALIBI 2266 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors Gayborhood tradition since 1997. Comfortable, inviting atmosphere with indoor video bars, outdoor drinking and dining. Drink specials all week, with mammoth 22-ounce Long Island Iced Teas for $3 on Thursdays. BILL’S FILLING STATION 2209 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors Videos, pool tables, dart boards, dance floor, happy [...]
Tags: bar guide, Central FL, local, Regional, South FL
Posted on 28 March 2012
By RICHARD DAVID CHAMBERLAIN When Oscar Wilde said, “After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relatives,” he must have been channeling Market 17. This elegant eatery located in the Portside Yachting Center is the brainchild of siblings Kirsta and Aaron Grauberger, who in any other life would have been born in [...]
Tags: Dining, FL, fort lauderdale, market 17, RICHARD DAVID CHAMBERLAIN
Posted on 22 February 2012
MICHELE’S DINING LOUNGE 2761 E Oakland Park Blvd. Oakland Park FL 33306 954-533-1919 By RICHARD DAVID CHAMBERLAIN Michele’s Dining Lounge, a haven of fine food and jazz music that recently celebrated its first anniversary on Oakland Park Blvd., has added a classy Sunday brunch to its assortment of weekly culinary events. With a single stroke [...]
Tags: Chef Michael Kridlow, MICHELE’S DINING LOUNGE, Restaurant Review, RICHARD DAVID CHAMBERLAIN
Posted on 16 February 2012
By RICHARD DAVID CHAMBERLAIN As the song lyric goes, you never lose affection for people and things that went before. And you hope that in some instances, that affection grows with time and experiences. That is what springs to mind after a recent Sunday brunch at the new Tropics on Wilton Drive, now owned and [...]
Tags: RICHARD DAVID CHAMBERLAIN, tropics, wilton drive
Posted on 10 February 2012
By RICHARD DAVID CHAMBERLAIN If we were in the Bavarian Alps and dropped into the oom-pah-pah ambience of Checkers Old München on the Boulevard, it would be nothing particularly special. Just another German Ale House with hearty food and steins of lager. But put the same place in Fort Lauderdale—or more specifically, Pompano Beach—and you’ve [...]
Tags: Checkers Old München, German Ale House, pompano beach, Restaurant Review, RICHARD DAVID CHAMBERLAIN
Posted on 25 January 2012
By Richard Hack In a city full of Chinese restaurants, it is always a joy to find that gem of a place that combines extremely delicious and inventive Asian cuisine with a sophisticated ambiance that beckons to the more romantic among us. Tucked away on chic Las Olas Blvd., along the Hammarshee canal, Wild East [...]
Tags: Dining, diningthewildeast, food, los olas, Restaurant Review, RICHARD HACK
Posted on 12 January 2012
J-Mark’s 1245 N Federal Hwy Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304 (954) 390-0770 By TIM SLIVINSKI It is nearly a rhetorical question: Have you been to J Mark’s yet? After all, on any typical evening, it seems that you run into several of your friends and acquaintances when you walk in. antibiotics no prescription And that, of [...]
Tags: Dining, j marks, review, TIM SLIVINSKI