Food & Drink

The first luxury caterer to participate in Miami Spice, Bill Hansen Catering offers a $39 menu from Corporate Executive Chef Dewey LoSasso. Entre?e selections include coffee-seared filet mignon with roasted peanuts, Glenlivet Scotch barbecue sauce and Miami Shores rosemary roasted potatoes; summer berry barbecue duck with goat cheese polenta and Florida honey chili barbecue sauce paired

Through Sept. 30, Dine Out Lauderdale highlights Greater Fort Lauderdale’s buzzing restaurant scene with special $35 and $45 menus. Want a taste? Check out details on three local restaurant menus.   Lona Cocina y Tequileria, led by chef Pablo Salas, makes casual Mexican highend on the waterfront. Choices from the Dine Out Lauderdale lunch menu

More than 35 restaurants in Delray Beach will take place in an upcoming monthlong event to showcase their dishes through a variety of discounted deals and prix-fixe lunch and dinner menus. The fifth annual Downtown Delray Beach Restaurant Month, which kicks off Aug. 1, will offer both in-house and takeout specials (given the ongoing pandemic).

During a time in which each day has been feeling more or less the same, making Friday night special is more important than ever. Enter, the Friday Night Feast, a new package from Davie-based Chef Alan Bergman Catering’s ABC Lobster Co. Every Friday, ABC Lobster Co. prepares a meal fit for royalty. It includes 1

RUSTY PELICAN Key Biscayne Beverage director Oscar Maya offers a tribute to the resurgence in gin by featuring five unique renditions of the classic gin and tonic on the cocktail menu. He shares this light and refreshing spin for fans of the spirit to make at home.   Gin #4—Cucumber and Hibiscus (pictured above) 1.5

BROWARD COUNTY The restaurant: TooJay’s Deli Where: 2980 N. Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale; 801 S. University Drive, Plantation; 2880 N. University Drive, Coral Springs Takeout treats: Launched in Palm Beach nearly 40 years ago, TooJay’s currently serves guests throughout Florida and offers convenient takeout, catering, delivery and curbside pick-up at all its restaurants from 11 a.m. to 7

It’s no secret that the culinary industry has endured one roundhouse right after another since the outbreak of COVID-19. According to the National Restaurant Association, more than 8 million restaurant employees have been furloughed or laid off; the industry, as a whole, lost some $80 billion in U.S. sales through April. The national numbers are

BROWARD COUNTY The restaurant: Olympia Flame Diner (pictured above) Where: 80 S. Federal Highway, Deerfield Beach Takeout treats: This family-owned diner and all-day-breakfast spot has been a local favorite for nearly three decades. In addition to the throwback warmth of its staff and ownership (siblings Patty Miranda and George Katsenos handle the business), the draw

MIAMI-DADE   The restaurant: Ariete Where: 3540 Main Highway, Coconut Grove Takeout treats: New American cuisine is cast under the magical spell of talented chef Michael Beltran. The menu is an eclectic blend of comfort dishes (pastrami-style short rib), Latin-inspired (plantain gnudi) and bold spins on iconic classics (candy cap mushroom flan.) Ariete also is

Eating House Miami, located at 804 Ponce de Leon Boulevard in Coral Gables is working to provide fresh food options for Miami locals who are adhering to social distancing recommendations. This local restaurant has developed a selection of Eating House Meal Kits for make-at-home, three-course meals portioned to feed a family of four. These meal

It’s hard to imagine a time when ordering a cold beer on a hot day would be considered a crime. Yet Jan. 17 marked 100 years since the passing of the Volstead Act, putting into effect the 18th Amendment banning the manufacture, transportation and sale of alcohol.  While the law intended to bring about a

What makes for the perfect cocktail? Fragrance, flavor and a sparkle of good mood, says Daniele Dalla Pola, who leads the bar at Esotico Miami, the highly anticipated tiki-inspired restaurant and lounge by Miami’s Graspa Group. Located in the Arts & Entertainment District downtown, Esotico (1600 NE First Ave., Suite 102) offers an eclectic mix