How Seminole Hard Rock chef Buddha Lo wowed Padma Lakshmi on ‘Top Chef: Houston’

After surviving the elimination challenge on a recent episode of Bravo’s “Top Chef: Houston,” Buddha Lo crafted a dessert that knocked the judges flat. The executive chef of Marky’s Caviar Lounge at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood baked a scratch everything bagel topped with salmon tartare, cream cheese bavarois and buttermilk scallion dressing with help from his teammate, Los Angeles chef Jackson Kalb. Lo then made a dessert that mimicked the look of an everything bagel: white chocolate panna cotta, strawberry jelly, and strawberry bon bons with cream cheese. 

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The Fitz Bar & Lounge is a new hidden gem in downtown Fort Lauderdale (Shhh, let’s keep it that way!)

Just opened along the Brightline tracks in an off-the-beaten-track area of downtown Fort Lauderdale, the Fitz should be your new favorite bar. There is nothing extraordinary about the place, a narrow brick-lined room wedged among nondescript warehouses in Tarpon River, its beers, cocktails and elevated food-truck bar menu served under a bank of TVs flickering with old-school 1980s-2000s music videos. 

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UPDATED: Here’s a list of Easter and Passover restaurant specials

With so many dining options here in foodie-fabulous SoFlo, we thought we’d help you out with a list — in no particular order — of some of our favorite restaurant offers for Easter and Passover in Broward and Palm Beach counties. Passover is April 15-23 and Easter is April 17. 

Keep in mind that many restaurants will also have their regular a la carte menus as well. Also remember that prices may not include taxes and gratuities. And keep coming back to this post to see updates and additions.

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James Beard Foundation announces top U.S. restaurants - and nine South Florida chefs made the list

South Florida is aglow in the culinary limelight again, and the latest proof are the nine local chefs nominated as semifinalists for 2022 James Beard Foundation Awards. The prestigious foundation honors the top chefs, bakers and tastemakers in the country. The Feb. 23 announcement marks the first list of James Beard nominees in two years, coming together after an extensive 2021 audit to root out bias and feature more racial and gender diversity among the finalists. 

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What's The Most Hated Food? (Taste Test)

Ranking EVERY SINGLE EPCOT Restaurant

Fireman Derek's Key Lime Pie for Pi Day

From 'Dirty Dining' to 'Clean Plate': Restaurant's new owner turns it around

Here is a list of places that had ZERO VIOLATIONS on their unannounced, routine food safety inspection in Broward County in January and February.

Barstool Pizza Review - The Pizza Spot (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

Barstool Pizza Review - The Riverside Market (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

After doing The Pizza Spot, Dave is looking for a place to finish out the week and stumbles across The Riverside Market, and it may have been serendipity.