KFC's NEW Beyond Nuggets are Inedible

KFC has teamed up with Beyond Meat to offer new plant-based Beyond Nuggets! This promotion is available Nationwide with 6 Beyond Meat Nuggets available for $7. Are these Nuggets finger lickin' good? Find out in today's review!

Blue Moon Fish Co. | Fort Lauderdale, FL | Best Waterfront Brunch in Fort Lauderdale! | FFF #24

Yoooooooooo!! What it do Fresh Fam?! It's been a while, but it's good to be back! Come smack them lips with us as we celebrate Bigs 35th birthday!! Y'all know had to do it big for Bigs! Blue Moon is one of our favorite brunch spots. This Zagat rated restaurant has the freshest seafood with top-notch service. They offer a variety of different foods, and everything is unlimited, including mimosas and bloody mary's. Also, the views of the Intracoastal Waterway make this place is a MUST TRY!!!

Live Cam / Las Olas Bridge - Ft Lauderdale

LIVE video from the Atlantic intracoastal waterway in Fort Lauderdale Florida. See boat traffic on the intracoastal near East Las Olas Boulevard Bridge, Las Olas Oceanside Park, the Atlantic Ocean, and FFL coastal weather conditions.

South Florida’s 10 Best Hot Dogs

Bread and sausage are a match made in heaven. Their marriage of textures and flavors is what makes the hot dogs one of America’s most popular foods and festive barbecue items. But truly, the classic makes for a perfect mobile, hand-held, meat good meal for any time of the day. For many, it is the ultimate guilty pleasure and few things are as satisfying as chowing down on one. 

READ MORE >>>

McDonald’s sales haven’t been this good since Bill Clinton was president

(CNN) — Higher prices and chicken sandwiches are helping boost McDonald’s sales. But earnings disappointed Wall Street Thursday morning. Last year, sales at US stores open at least 13 months jumped 13.8%, the largest annual increase since McDonald’s started reporting comparable sales in 1993, the company said Thursday. In the fourth quarter, US sales jumped 7.5%, thanks in part to menu price increases, powerful digital sales and menu items like the crispy chicken sandwich and the limited-time McRib, which became available for purchase on November 1. Last year, McDonald’s made McRib NFTs to mark the product’s 40th anniversary. McDonald’s, along with other restaurants, has been hiking prices as inflation grows. 

READ MORE >>>

The new Morea adds a touch of the Mediterranean to Fort Lauderdale beach

“I was in Greece,” recalls owner Lou Moshakos. “And while I was driving ... I had to stop at a toll booth and I saw the name, Moréa. I thought that sounds like a great name. And that’s how we chose the name. You know, sometimes we toss around a name, and no one seems to agree. And this one, it was very easy to come up with. We all agreed.” 

 READ MORE >>>

From Montreal, a new Greek restaurant to open next to Gateway Cinema in Fort Lauderdale

The answer to the buzz about what’s happening behind the papered windows next to Fort Lauderdale’s historic Gateway Cinema is in: A new Greek restaurant is under construction with a goal to open in April. The 120-seat eatery — including 45 seats on a remodeled sidewalk in the shadow of the movie theater’s iconic marquee — is by Montreal-based restaurateur Ted Dranias, well known across Quebec’s largest city for his four Petros Taverna restaurants. 

READ MORE >>>>

What's The Best Canned Soup? (Taste Test)

Today, we're tastin some mm mm good Campbell's and determining which is the best cheesy soup.  

World Biggest Million Dollar Potato Chips Factory - Latest Modern Food Processing Line & Technology

New Restaurants to Try This Week In Ft Laudedale & Miami / New Times

OPENINGS 

Issabella's offers Mediterranean-inspired fare in Miami Beach. Issabella's offers Mediterranean-inspired fare in Miami Beach. Photo courtesy of Issabella's Miami's latest round of openings and introductions includes a new restaurant from the owners of Balan's, the expansion of Chicken Kitchen and Batch New Southern Kitchen & Tap into Fort Lauderdale, and a food truck turned brick-and-mortar. 

READ MORE >>>

WATCH / The Best Pastrami Sandwich In NYC | Best Of The Best

INSIDER’s Herrine Ro and Alana Yzola visit four of the best places to get pastrami sandwiches in New York City. They visit Harry & Ida’s, Katz’s Deli, David’s Brisket House, and 2nd Ave Deli to see how each restaurant makes their famous pastrami sandwich. The two hosts try each one and ultimately decide which one is the best of the best.

Oysters: The pearls of Cape Cod

In the chill of winter, when most tourists have migrated, you'll find professional and amateur shellfishers alike uncovering oysters from the waters of Cape Cod Bay. Correspondent Seth Doane returns home to Massachusetts, where his father, Paul, an 11th-generation Cape Codder, harvests oysters by the bucket in the town of Wellfleet, to be shared with friends and family during the holiday season.

All Espresso Drinks Explained: Cappuccino vs Latte vs Flat White and more!

What's the difference between popular espresso drinks like Cappuccino, Latte, Flat White or Cortado? We also covered all black coffee options based on the single or double espresso shot. You will see all the coffee drinks side-by-side!

Two Delray Beach restaurants named in Yelp’s Top Restaurants of 2022

Two of the best restaurants in the country live in Delray Beach – and a third lives in West Palm Beach – if you believe this week’s Yelp rankings of its Top Restaurants in 2022. While we’re loathe to dignify yet another national website claiming to know our restaurants better than we do, in this case, the Yelpers are right, even if their choices are a bit head-scratching.

 READ MORE >>>

You think it’s too early to make Valentine’s Day restaurant reservations? Nope. Here’s some help.

Dear Procastinator, we get it. There’s a lot going on in your life and Valentine’s Day on Monday, Feb. 14, seems sooo far away. 

It. Is. Not. Cupid’s favorite holiday will be here before you know it and you really can’t book a table too soon. Sure, it’s true that SoFlo is a foodie paradise with loads of dining options, but it is also true that the warm subtropics is a chill destination for people around the world. In other words, it’s not just locals competing for that reservation. 

 READ MORE >>>

New restaurants: Meso Beach House in Delray, Matchbox and Big Buns Damn Good Burgers in Fort Lauderdale

READ MORE >>>

‘Atmos’ immersive dining brings European dishes to South Florida without the need to book a flight👍

These days, people are thinking twice before traveling overseas. What if you could enjoy the sights, sounds and foods of foreign lands without leaving SoFlo? Dinner in Rome sounds great. Dessert in Paris. Take a lover in Spain. Oh, wait, no, that’s a different story, but it all sounds really good, right? 

Don’t worry if you can’t get away, because Atmos is bringing the best of the rest of the world to your table. Don’t be jealous of these folks. They’re not really eating dinner off the coast of Italy. They’re chowing down on authentic European dishes at Atmos immersive dining, inside Fort Lauderdale’s Sistrunk Marketplace.

READ/WATCH MORE >>>

Are you ready to Yacht Rock?! Here’s why 3,000 people will be wearing pink on Fort Lauderdale beach this weekend

What’s with the giant tent on Fort Lauderdale beach this weekend? Why is everyone wearing pink? What are they all drinking? Why is Belkys Nerey singing Hall & Oates? These are the kinds of good questions inspired by Seaglass: The Fort Lauderdale Rosé Experience, the newest annual destination event on the city’s oceanfront, which barely got a chance to introduce itself in 2020, taking place a few weeks before pandemic lockdowns, which then canceled last year’s return.   READ MORE >>>

New restaurants: Timon Balloo’s The Katherine in Fort Lauderdale, Truli Italian in Coconut Creek

Chef Timon Balloo, the James Beard semifinalist who launched Miami’s Sugarcane a decade ago, is ambling up to downtown Fort Lauderdale with this seafood- and vegetable-focused restaurant named for his wife. The intimate restaurant debuts Jan. 20. 723 E. Broward Blvd., TheKatherineRestaurant.com 

READ MORE >>>

New Royal Caribbean Ship Features Southern Dining, 20+ Restaurants

Royal Caribbean has announced new dining details on its upcoming vessel Wonder of the Seas, which just so happens to be the largest cruise ship in the world. Setting sail this March, passengers will be able to choose from over 20 dining venues, including a brand-new restaurant called The Mason Jar Southern Restaurant & Bar. 

The Mason Jar Where southern comfort food meets Royal Caribbean’s hospitality, The Mason Jar invites guests to share a meal and drinks in an inviting, casual setting. The new specialty restaurant sets the scene with a farmhouse style complete with rustic decor, live country music, and a porch decked out with a swing for lounging. At the center of it all: a bar serving up an assortment of southern specialties. 

READ MORE >>>>

New Candles Smell Like Campbell’s Soup

While most of us are patiently waiting for warmer weather and summer fun, even those who don’t like the cold have to admit there is something magical about the winter. The sparkling snow, cozy socks and your favorite comfort foods, like a warm bowl of soup, all add to winter’s charm. Capturing that cozy winter vibe is the idea behind a new line of merchandise from Campbell’s. The soup brand has launched two limited-edition candles based on two comforting winter meals: Tomato Soup & Grilled Cheese and Chicken Noodle Soup. 

READ MORE >>>> 

The Largest Open-Air Food Market In The Country Is Coming To South Florida

Florida residents, get ready for the ultimate food market to pop up in Miami this coming spring. Smorgasburg, as it’s known in New York and now Los Angeles, is opening up shop in Miami for a once-a-week open-air food market that is the largest of its kind in the entire country. If you’re a food lover, you do not want to miss out on this incredible offering. 

READ MORE >>>

FORBES / South Beach Wine & Food Festival Founder Shares His Top Event Picks For 2022

The Food Network & Cooking Channel South Beach Wine & Food Festival Presented by Capital One (SOBEWFF®) is gearing up for its 21st year with a star-studded lineup featuring Food Network & Cooking Channel personalities and more than 400 chefs and wine and spirit producers. These talented chefs and stars are coming together for a weekend of food and booze-filled events consisting of walk-around tastings, intimate dinners, late-night parties, brunches, lunches, master classes, wine seminars and more. Widely recognized as one of the country’s largest and most popular, the four-day Festival returns to the sand February 24 to 27, 2022 with 90+ events spanning Miami-Dade and Broward counties. 

READ MORE >>>

Feasts from burden: South Florida’s food festivals still pack a punch after rebounding from COVID

That faint, sweet-salty aroma of elephant ears, bacon, garlic and tacos reaching your nostrils is no lie: South Florida’s bounty of food festivals are back. Starting with the deep-fried decadence of this weekend’s South Florida Fair (Jan. 14-30) and ending with more battered sea creatures at the Pompano Beach Seafood Festival (April 22-24), the calendar once again brims with food and drink, COVID be damned. Call it a remarkable rebound, a testament to the resilience of the South Florida food community, which endured two straight years of COVID delays, postponements and outright cancellations. Just about every festival on this list has survived one pandemic burden or another. 

READ MORE >>>

How Louisiana’s Biggest Crawfish Farm Sells Three Million Pounds of Crawfish Every Year — Dan Does

Rice farmers like Mike Frugé of Cajun Crawfish in Louisiana figured out that the two year growing cycle of crawfish synced perfectly with the two year cycle of the rice crop. He shows us how his rice fields are seeded with baby crawfish every other year, creating a new source of food and income for farmers in the area.

 

Can restaurants provide different prices not listed on the menu?

(WSVN) - The menu said the meal was one price, but the restaurant charged a different price. Can they do that? If you get the new COVID variant, do you get paid time off from work? Answers to these and other questions in tonight’s Help Me Howard with Patrick Fraser. Alexandria and her sister were running an errand, and decided to pick up lunch. Alexandria Lindsay: “And we saw a little shop, and we’re like, ‘let’s go eat there, it looks really good.'” 

READ MORE >>>>

Fat Tap Beer Bar and Eatery in Oakland Park abruptly shuts down after six months

A scant six months after opening on Oakland Park’s downtown Dixie Highway drag, Fat Tap Beer Bar and Eatery has poured its final pint. The neighborhood gastropub and brewery, which debuted in late June, has permanently shut down, unable to draw a strong beer-drinking audience as COVID continues raging across the state, owners Robert and Yvette Robayna posted this week on Fat Tap’s social media. 

READ MORE >>>

Fort Lauderdale’s got Moxies: Canadian restaurant to land on Las Olas Boulevard

Moxies, a popular Canadian restaurant chain, will shuffle onto Fort Lauderdale's Las Olas Boulevard with poutine, hamburgers, steaks, sushi cones and a one-pound serving of nachos. 

READ MORE >>>

‘Drunken Pig’: Here’s Lickie Stickie BBQ’s secret weapon to winning Fort Lauderdale barbecue battle

Chef Juliette Johnson had just finished handing a plate of beef brisket to a couple in line at the farmers market when the husband confessed to pouring her Lickie Stickie BBQ sauce on everything, including his wife. “The line gets laughing and his wife got hot in the face and nudged him in the side, and I’m like, ‘You’re in trouble now, buddy!’ “ Johnson says. “She didn’t deny it, either! Not in 10 years have I heard someone say they put it on their wife.”

READ MORE (Sun Sentinel) >>>>

‘We just can’t catch a break’: A perfect storm at South Florida restaurants as omicron surges

A stampede of hungry holiday diners, a raging omicron variant and fewer staff to contain the tide. A perfect storm is mounting at South Florida restaurants at the most critical time on the calendar. For Angelo Abbenante, owner of Lynora’s Italian restaurant in Boca Raton, Christmas weekend brought a recipe for holiday chaos. Only four servers showed up to work the booked-solid dining room. A party of 18 canceled last-minute at his Jupiter location. 

READ MORE (Sun Sentinel) >>>

Calypso Restaurant, a longtime Caribbean haven in Pompano Beach, sold to new owners

The longtime owners of Calypso Restaurant, the Caribbean haven for fresh Bahamian conch, peppery jerk wings, peel-and-eat shrimp and cutters, have sold their business after 32 years. Chuck and Lora Ternosky tell the Sun Sentinel that they’ve sold the neighborhood café and raw bar at 460 S. Cypress Road to the owners of South Florida-based Mad Hospitality Group. Ternosky says Mad’s two owners, Matt and Dominick, officially took over the restaurant Monday, but he declined to provide last names. 

READ MORE >>>

The Types of Salt You Need to Stock in Your Kitchen

Ingredient expert Jack Bishop gives a primer on salt.