Like many south Florida residents of a certain age, Mizner Park’s Max’s Grille is getting a little “work” done.The restaurant is undergoing a host of renovations in preparation for the 2012 fall dining season. Changes and enhancements include new flooring, decorative columns, freshly painted walls with a new color scheme,…
It’s official — your days of waking up late and still managing to cruise into work on time have ground to a halt. School is back in session and the streets are filled with cheerful parents who had spent the past ten weeks dreaming of the day that their beloved…
In case your Facebook feed hasn’t yet alerted you to this a thousand times over, Florida is bracing for a hurricane. Maybe. And while it’s too soon to say what wrath Isaac hath wrought, one thing is certain; things are gonna get wet. (There’s no way to not make that…
Ever get the sneaking suspicion that corporations — or hell, even the mango vendor at the local farmers’ market — are conspiring to use your fear of ingesting chemicals to get you to spend more money on food? Those who worry that they’re being misled about the veracity of certain “organic”…
Clay Conley has had a busy year this year. On top of his James Beard nod, he opened another restaurant, Imoto, the ‘little sister’ to his highly acclaimed Buccan. And he had the number one pick of our 100 Favorite Dishes. That being said, he decided to give us the…
We don’t understand people who don’t like celebrating their birthdays. After all, a birthday means people singing to you off-key, wearing funny hats, possible gifts, cake, and now free pizza!Grimaldi’s Coal Brick Oven Pizzeria wants to celebrate your special day by giving you a free large one-topping pizza for your…
Rebel House in Boca Raton: Join the Insurgency and Its Pork-Belly Tater Tots
It seems like everyone and their mother has a book deal. Don’t believe us? Well, let’s see…nearly every Real Housewife has one (even the ones who can’t seem to be able to read on the show), Mr. Winkle the dog is a constant best seller, and now Ruth Bourdain has…
It has been said that brunch is the most important meal of the week. We say anytime it’s socially acceptable to drink vodka and Champagne before the sun sets is a good thing. Speaking of good things, how about indulging in a brunch filled with locally sourced ingredients and humanely-raised…
Here’s something every beer lover can appreciate: BeerText, a service that tells you anything you could ever want to know about the beer you’re drinking.It’s not an app in the traditional sense — you don’t have to go online, and there’s no need to download anything. That means you can…
The kids are finally back in school and out of your house after a long hot summer vacation. And while school might not be a child’s favorite way to spend a day, most kids at least find the first week back to be exciting. It’s kind of like the way…
For more than a decade, New Times has offered South Florida’s most extensive food coverage. From our food blogs, Short Order and Clean Plate Charlie, to Voice Places directory of restaurants to our weekly reviews, the coverage equals or betters any in the American Southeast. Journalism awards have certified this.But…
Another mansion went up for sale in South Florida and unlike those other run-of-the-mill castles, this one was owned by Presley Anhesuer, heir to the Anheuser-Busch company. Going price: $15 million. Unlike that other mansion in Miami that was thought to be owned by the beer magnate (it wasn’t), this…
When a Florida city — or hell, the entire state — gets a top spot on a national list or earns a designator of “Most (Fill-in-the-Blank),” the results usually aren’t pretty. Not convinced? Click here, here, and here for examples to prove the point. So it was a pleasant change of…
The folks at Due South Brewing Company in Boynton Beach discovered that hosting food trucks every Friday night was such a good idea, that they decided to have them on the weekends too. From 5 p.m. ’til 9:30 p.m. this Saturday, On The Slide will be the first food truck on scene…
Shake Shack, the fast casual burger and fries restaurant chain by Danny Meyer, inspires carnivorous lust from the thousands of fans who wait in long lines for their fix of Shack burgers and concretes…
Paige Nast is only 21, but she makes a Manhattan cocktail like she’s been drinking them for twice as long.She refuses to make drinks the “cheater” way (she’s never touched a bottle of Rose’s Lime Juice), and her penchant for using only fresh herbs and local produce in her recipes…
If you’re a fan of Bravo’s Real Housewives of New Jersey, break out the sequined bikini, the hairspray, and the pasta sauce because you won’t want to miss Teresa Giudice’s Fabulicious cruise on Holland America’s Zuiderdam.The eight day cruise sets sail from Port Everglades on December 28, visiting Turks and…
In the inaugural entry in Clean Plate Charlie’s semi-regular series of iPhone app reviews, Charlie weighed in on the fun-to-use but not entirely indispensable Perfect Egg Timer app. This week’s review looks at the buzz-killing but necessary Fooducate, one of Apple’s top-rated nutrition apps of 2011. (It’s also available for the…
Tomorrow morning, get up bright and early, wear your brightest outfit, and come out to Old Fort Lauderdale Breakfast House for some coffee, a nosh…and a chance to be on the Today show!…
Burnout and frustration are par for the course when it comes to most jobs. But we can choose what to do with that suffocating negative energy: suck it up and stay out of fear, or decide to roll the dice and bet on ourselves for a change?Frankie Dogs owner Chris…
Read also: Is Trader Joe’s Coming to Palm Beach Gardens?Last week we shared a rumor that had South Florida salivating over the thought of buying tomato-free corn salsa, frozen kale, and cheap wine from salespeople clad in tiki shirts.We’re referring, of course, to yet another rumor that Trader Joe’s was…
