Friday’s here, so it’s time for beer. Every Friday, so long as the creek don’t rise, this beer enthusiast will take a look at a Florida beer that, hopefully, should be readily available in a local shop or on tap at your favorite bar. There are days when I really…
Hold onto your pints Floridians because Founder’s Brewing finally makes its debut across the state, arriving to vendors beginning the week of August 19. The Grand Rapids brewery chose Brown Distributing in Florida to bring their product to the masses. This is a full roll-out that includes taps and bottles…
It has all the makings of a really bad horror movie: mobile homes, a creepy puppet, a freakish man-child/ventriloquist, a Christian television show for kids, and a plot to cook and eat little children. Too freakishly unbelievable, you’d say as you read the description and took this clunker out of…
Usually when a restaurant closes, we’re left twiddling our thumbs looking for something to fill the void of our rumbling stomachs. For the most part, internet research will lead you to an eatery reminiscent of the one you used to love, but restaurants are like snow flakes, no two will…
The great thing about beer is that you can find it everywhere. It’s the ‘American’ drink; thanks to our beer-making founders from Britain, our welcoming arms towards the German immigrants in the 19th centuries, and it’s relatively blue-collar appeal in the beverage market. The city of Davie holds some of…
The story of the French Chicken Farmer reminds one of the 1950s sitcom Green Acres. You know, the show about the couple who moves from a glamorous life in New York City to try their hand at working the rural country farm? Only this story begins with a pair of…
The three bouncers that allegedly participated in the brutal beating of several patrons at Dirty Blondes were terminated from their positions nearly two weeks after the incident happened. According to New Times’ news blog, Dirty Blondes owner AJ Yaari fired the bouncers and issued the following statement: “We do not…
The sweet perfume of molasses and slow-burning hickory wood punches you in the face when you step inside Elliot Wolf’s new restaurant, Red Cow, near the impossible-to-navigate intersection of Sunrise Boulevard and Federal Highway. As you take your seat in an apple-red chair, you don’t realize that first shot was…
Attention parents: relief is on its way, your kids are going back to school within the next few weeks. Whether you stay at home or have to send them off to camp, having the little ones — or not-so little ones — home for the summer, keeping them entertained day…
Having the prefix master before your title indicates you know what you’re doing. Master gardeners are experts in the field of horticulture. Master’s degree prove a persons authority in a given field. The Masters Golf Tournament brings together the best golfers in the world. You get the point. Adam Seger…
We hear it all the time, “The only way to solve our food problems is to start gardening at home.” That’s great and all, but we live in Florida: our soil sucks, it’s hotter than hell, and we have pests that could eat a small dog. That being said, there…
Have you been watching Emeril’s Florida? If not, you should. Aired on both Food Network and Cooking Channel, this gem of a show is sometimes buried at weird hours of the day… but that’s why DVR’s were invented. In this series, chef Emeril Lagasse, best associated with the city of…
One of Delray Beach’s most anticipated food events, Tastemakers returns this Thursday and Friday, from 5 to 10 p.m. The massive two night event takes over Atlantic Avenue and all of Downtown Delray Beach. Stroll from restaurant to restaurant sampling the best the area has to offer in food and…
Ah, brunch. It’s relaxing, rejuvenating, and refreshing; the perfect antidote to your aching case of the Sunday morning blues. Fortunately for you — and your terrible headache — South Florida is full of hundreds of brunch options ranging from raging all-you-can-drink parties to chic and sophisticated. One of Broward County’s…
The economy is finally growing (a little); however, there are still plenty of people looking for jobs. Fortunately, the restaurant industry in South Florida and the rest of the country is poised for growth with an expected 2.9 percent sales increase this year. Although an increase in jobs in any…
Another week down, another case of beer destroyed. This is not to say that this week in beer news didn’t make you drink a few extra. On the weekends we hope that you at least didn’t forget to chug. Last week we saw a few local things going on: Funky…
Fort Lauderdale’s dining scene has evolved quite a bit over the past decade or so. It was not all that long ago that the majority of restaurants included sports bars and pubs with a few fine dining establishments littered amongst the chicken wings and loaded nachos. Luckily, we’ve come quite…
As summer begins to wind down (yes, it’s August already!), Fort Lauderdale’s craft beer mecca is pulling out all the stops to make sure that it doesn’t end with you thirsty. The Riverside Market is hosting events galore. Based on the success of their previous offering, Riverside is bringing back…
Thankfully, we’re in the last stretch of summer, which means we can look forward to the start of school, cool evenings, and the sixth annual em>New Times Pairings event. The annual event, which pairs dozens of the best food from Broward and Palm Beach restaurants with fine wine, will be…
The team behind Tee Jay Thai Sushi in Fort Lauderdale and Wilton Manors and Thai House in North Miami Beach, will soon open Sky Thai Sushi on a Broward thoroughfare whose turnover is second only to the seedy hourly motels on Fort Lauderdale Beach. Sky should begin serving in about…
Most of us may know cannabis as either a drug, a plant, or simply a flower. But now it’s apparently being regarded as a vegetable, particularly because of the double whammy of health benefits not only from consuming the plant but also juicing it. Cannabis, better-known in America as marijuana,…
The sweet perfume of molasses and slow-burning hickory wood punches you in the face when you step inside Elliot Wolf’s new restaurant, Red Cow, near the impossible-to-navigate intersection of Sunrise Boulevard and Federal Highway. As you take your seat in an apple-red chair, you don’t realize that first shot was…
