30th-Annual Greek Festival: A Passport to Greece in Boca
The 30th-annual Greek Festival at St. Mark Greek Orthodox Church in Boca Raton starts Thursday, January 19, bringing the flavors and music of the islands to South Florida for four days…
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Showing 6733 - 6754 of 12695New Times‘ Beerfest VIP Tickets: Half-Price Is Nice
It’s never too early to plan for big events — weddings, birthdays, Christmas, Beerfest. We’re suggesting you place a big red circle around March 31, because that’s the day Beerfest 2012 takes over Huizenga Plaza in Fort Lauderdale…
Hibiscus Cafe: A Charming Spot for Breakfast or Lunch
This nook tucked in a retro-shopping plaza that also houses Undergrounds Coffeehaus and Hi-Life Cafe is the kind of place to take your mother or aunt to for a light breakfast, lunch, or afternoon tea. Mismatched tables, window dressings, hardwood floors, and area rugs shape a space that feels like…
Mario Batali Feeds Jon Stewart With His Mouth (video)
As you may know, Stephen Colbert has put Jon Stewart in charge of his Super PAC during Colbert’s current run for president of… something or other. Stewart, obviously taking the responsibility to heart, started his Daily Show monologue wearing a lovely crown from the Elizabeth Taylor estate (bought with Colbert…
Celebrate Pisco Sour Day at Buddha Sky Bar
February 4 is Dia Nacional Del Pisco Sour in Peru. We’re not sure if banks and schools are closed, but we imagine a country where work stops for the day to celebrate a cocktail, and we are happy.We see this as a great opportunity to improve foreign relations with our…
Paula Deen Has Diabetes (Video)
Stop the presses! The queen of butter has announced on the Today Show that she has type 2 diabetes.In an exclusive interview with Al Roker, Deen confided that she knew about the diagnosis for three years but decided to keep the news “close to my chest.” Rumors have been swirling…
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South Florida’s Best Bar Snacks
Bar snacks are big right now. I’m not just talking about wings, spart dip, and potato skins. The proliferation of small plates means that savory bites on toast, dolled-up vegetables, and crispy fritters show off the creativity, skill, and often sense of humor in the kitchen. After the jump, here’s…
Michelle Bernstein on Why There Are So Few Women Chefs
Why aren’t there more women executive chefs? Eater.com addressed the question with Dominique Crenn, the San Francisco chef who earned two Michelin stars at Luce and snagged Esquire’s 2008 Chef of the Year. She’s since moved on to Atelier Crenn, which she opened last year. “Unfortunately, there’s also not a…
Newsworthy Cafe for a Working Meal
From the owners of the Triton comes Newsworthy Cafe. This Spartan breakfast and lunch spot is created as a haven for journalists, created by the folks who write the newsletter for boat captains and crews. With all these hardcopies laying around, it’s the place to go for some newspaper nostalgia…
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South Florida Fair, Winter Series of Beer, and Other Food Events in South Florida This Week
Options this week for food-centered fun in South Florida range from the highbrow (swanky fundraising tastings) to the not-so-highbrow (deep-fried butter and the Tilt-a-Whirl) and choices in between.Assuming you’ve already gone ahead and said “screw it” to your New Year’s resolutions, there are plenty of opportunities to overindulge and throw…
JA World Uncorked! II Is Saturday at Broward College — Do You Have Your Tickets?
Junior Achievement World Uncorked! II is just days away, but you can still nab general-admission tickets for the upscale fundraiser (sorry; VIP tickets have sold out) on Saturday at Broward College in Coconut Creek. Not sure what Uncorked! entails? A quick rundown of the event after the jump…
Marando Farms Opens Bakery and Smoothie Café
Marando Farms has expanded its general store to include a bakery and a juice bar. …
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Educational Winetasting Experience at the Best Cellar
If you’ve always wanted to know more about wine and are looking for something to do this evening, look no more. The Best Cellar in Wilton Manors is hosting an educational winetasting tonight, January 14, from 8 to 10 p.m. For $15 (about the price of a movie and a…
Today’s Read: “Pole Dancing With Paula Deen, Y’All!”
McSweeney’s reposts this Paula Deen classic. The website founded by David Eggers has hooked us with addictive lists and food mag Lucky Peach. It’s almost as good as, “It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers.”From Erin Hershey’s intro featuring Paula Deen on the stripper pole: “Now, does anybody here still think that nice girls…
PETA Coffee: A Cruelty-Free Wake-Up Call
People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals is now in the coffee trade, selling organic coffee from Central America that’s pesticide and beast of burden free. The animal rights organization has even set up its own website for the politically-correct java. PetaCoffee.com sells three different kinds of coffee, Flying Free…
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Wine and Beer Are Equally As Popular: A Report
Though I would have thought beer was kicking wine’s ass, a Gallup Poll of American adults taken last year concludes that the numbers of people who typically choose beer has declined nationwide, while those who choose wine has slightly increased. Hard liquor seeds third, though more people are drinking it…
A Pig Roast, A Biker Bar, and A Sinners Union This Wednesday
Whether they’re seasoning a whole pig or smoking tasty pig parts over hickory, the folks at Mickey’s Bar in Pompano Beach have been hosting a monthly pig roast they’re calling Hillbilly Cookout. “We’ve been pulling in a younger crowd that’s different from our usual crew,” said manager Lisa Carter who’s…
East End Brasserie Kicks Off New Happy Hour
Navigating the happy hour scene on Fort Lauderdale beach is no easy task. The choices of where to go are endless however the scene once you get there is the same — salacious meat markets, skeevy (but kind of wonderful) dive bars, and South Beach bar wannabes commingle on the…
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Millionaire Breaks Waiter’s Finger Over Bad Service – What’s Your Story?
Over the weekend, after making 8 p.m. dinner reservations at a restaurant, we found ourselves being ignored for an hour, having a waiter disappear for another half hour, and having our wine list taken away before we ordered wine. Not only that, but an order correction went uncorrected for another…
Hunting for Balut in South Florida
Balut is the unofficial national dish of the Philippines, and it’s disgusting. I know this because I’ve eaten it. Granted, my balut might have been indifferently cooked — the Japanese chef who made it remarked that he’d “never eat that thing in a billion years” — but balut’s an easy…
Five Beers for a Florida Winter
“It’s weird that so many people are drinking stout in winter here, but they do,” said Jake, the manager at Tap 42, during one of several visits this past month. It’s natural to crave big beers during the cold weather. Yet we’re absolved from the cold and still, Florida sees…
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Try Some Tongue at Tropical Taco
“This taco shop claims to be the best taco in town,” said a coworker when she gave me the heads up and Facebook link. It was lunch time, so I headed to a bleak stretch of State Road 84 to find it. Inevitably I got lost. So you won’t, look…