July proved to be a kind month to the restaurant world. Many new spots opened their doors with a pile more on deck. Fortunately, only a few shut down for good. To keep you informed of the overall comings and goings of the South Florida restaurant scene, we bring to…
Cookie Monster has never been the perfect model of patience. The blue monster with a weakness for baked goods is usually seen freaking out whenever a chocolate chip is in the room. But, in this time of childhood obesity, that’s not the most responsible way to portray a beloved icon…
What’s a well-done pizza mean to you? A bit of char at the bottom? Melty, bubbling cheese with a fine film of smoked-in flavor across the top? A nice crunch when you bite into it? At Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza, it means cooking pies in a specialty, 800-degree anthracite coal…
It’s official! Taco Bell’s new Doritos Locos flavor has a launch date. The fast food company that specializes in “food you’ll love now but regret once you’re sober”, has announced the date of its new Doritos Locos taco on Twitter: Read Also: Taco Bell Teases a New Doritos Locos Taco…
Well craft beer fans, it looks like your options on the shelves have expanded in the state Florida after Brock Wagner, founder of Saint Arnold Brewing Company in Texas, admitted in an interview with the Houston Chronicle that he is looking to expand into Colorado as well as the Sunshine…
Can you eat meat without having to kill the animal? Mark Post, a Dutch stem cell researcher, thinks you can and on Monday he will present the world’s first lab-grown hamburger at an arts fair in London. But don’t take a bite just yet, the patty purportedly has cost about…
Rock lobster. Spiny lobster. Caribbean lobster. They’re all monikers for what every Sunshine State home-grown knows only as Florida lobster, a species that inhabit the western Atlantic from North Carolina to Brazil, otherwise known as warm water lobsters. Tomorrow, August 6th marks the start of a special time of year:…
Another day, another rainy weekend down the drain. It’s summer in South Florida: there’s not much else you can expect. Fortunately, we have indoor events and tons of A/C. If you’re looking to get your drink on — or just stuff your face — there are still plenty of events…
Dubbing themselves “a drinking club with a running problem,” Fort Lauderdale’s Hash House Harriers went on their usual Monday-night run last week. Runners never know in advance the exact route their leader has planned, but they sometimes get a hint. This week, they knew the run would be TSA-themed. The…
Miami Spice is under way! The two-month long promotion, organized by the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors’ Bureau, allows food lovers to enjoy three-course menus at some of Miami’s best restaurants at incredible value pricing. This is the second year that Miami Spice is implementing a two-tier pricing system, where…
With America’s top court striking down key portions of the Defense of Marriage Act and the military repealing its “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy recently, you’d think that gay people in this country would catch a break at work. But not John Bostick apparently, an employee at a Bradenton Crack…
Lisa Shairi via Instagram”We ate till it hurt.”It’s pretty clear that you enjoyed last evening’s Iron Fork and Miami Spice Kick-Off event, presented by the Downtown Development Authority. How do we know? By the awesome Instagram photos you took. And you guys got creative; from night shots of the beautiful…
The week is finally over once again and the weekend is upon us. There are so many events for the food loving and cocktail craving among us, it’s hard to know where to start. Whether you are looking to get the inside scoop on some specialty brewed craft beers, do…
With a nod to hiring local talent, Funky Buddha Brewery announced yesterday that it hired Florida native Alex Postelnek to be its lead brewer. As a lead brewer, Postelnek is responsible for supervising day-to-day production, maintenance, and quality control of the beer at the brewery’s new Oakland Park facility. See…
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. August 1st was National IPA Day…
Picture this. You’re at a cocktail party. In one hand, you’re holding a glass of Pino; in the other, you’re trying to balance a heaping plate of hors d’oeuvres. There’s cutlery and napkins sliding around in the mix too. Not even MacGyver could eat under these conditions. It was Sarah…
Lovers of Whole Foods Market’s fresh produce, five-step animal welfare rating system, and community programs in west Broward will have a lot more to love when WFM in Plantation moves to a larger space in Davie. The company has just announced plans to relocate its store in Plantation to a…
In this day in age, when a strand of anonymous hair is found in one’s food, there is a knee-jerk reaction to report it on Yelp. But since the Broward-Palm Beach Yelp launched last March, the user-generated review site can be more than a catharsis to restaurant debacles, in fact…
Iron Fork and the official Miami Spice kick-off celebration is 7 p.m. tonight (6 p.m. for VIP) at the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami and it’s promising to be the foodie event of the summer (and no, we’re not just saying that because it’s our sister publication, Miami New Times’…
The sandwich. Where did it come from? How has it evolved? And why is it a staple meal, no matter what country, culture, or ethnicity? There’s just something about the endless food combinations you can create and then stuff between two slabs of bread. All the food groups in one…
Contrary to popular belief, getting older is pretty fantastic. By now you’ve moved into a nice crib, have a decent job, and maybe you’ve even found a life partner to go half on awesome stuff with with whom to settle down. Alternatively, you may have amassed a gaggle of cats…
Your local brewery wants you to join “The Club.” Due South Brewing Company, the Boynton Beach brewing powerhouse, will be opening its wide-embracing arms to 100 lucky people to join its just announced ‘members-only’ club with a membership rate of $75 a year. See also: – This Week in Beer…
