Email Author Eric Barton

Awards

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 23, 2007

  "Smoke and Mirrors"

• 2008 - Kansas City Press Club Heart of America Awards

  "Cauthen's Travels"

• 2008 - Kansas City Press Club Heart of America Awards, published November 22, 2007

  "In Herm's Head"

• 2007 - Kansas City Press Club Heart of America Awards, published June 8, 2006

  "High Above the Law"

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2011 Stories by Eric Barton

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  Round Two: Delray Versus Lauderdale and West Palm/Lake Worth Versus Western Broward

  published Feb 08, 2012

  We pitted the eight of our best food areas against one another last week, and a whole lot of you weighed in on your favorites. More than 1,600 votes were cast in our first Food Town Throwdown. And now More >>

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  Clean Plate Charlie's Food Town Throwdown: Tell Us Which City Has the Best Dining Scene

  published Feb 08, 2012

  Update: Click here for results from this first round of voting and to vote in the Food Town Throwdown's second round. rIt used to be that when you had company in town and wanted to go someplace trendy More >>

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  The Trump International Hotel & Tower: A $200 Million Feeding Trough for Pigeons

  published Feb 03, 2012

  Tina has been feeding the pigeons on Fort Lauderdale beach long enough to know them by sight. There's the silver one with a white crown who's the alpha male, mating with all the females and getting th More >>

• Sun-Sentinel Front-Page Story Repeats Super Bowl Prostitution Urban Legend

  published Feb 03, 2012

  If you're a regular reader of this site -- and yeah, we hope you are -- then you might have seen our lead story this week about the urban myth that the Super Bowl host city gets inundated with prostit More >>

• Kapow! Chef Claimed to Quit Over Sliders That Turn Out to Be Delicious

  published Jan 31, 2012

  Chef Roy Villacrusis made big news last week when he claimed he quit Kapow! Noodle Bar after the owners put sliders on the menu. So it only made sense that Clean Plate Charlie try these controversial More >>

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  We Make Our Demands After Fox News Plagiarized This Website

  published Jan 30, 2012

  Fox News stooped to a bit of copyright infringement last week in lifting a story from the Pulp. In response, we sent a letter to Fox this morning with a reasonable demand for compensation. rDearest Fo More >>

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  Victoria Jackson Is Crazy (About America)

  published Jan 25, 2012

  Remember the ditzy-sounding actress Victoria Jacksonr You probably know her as Saturday Night Live's worst cast member of all time. Or if you can remember black-and-white TV, you might recall her fair More >>

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  Are Hedge Fund Managers Meeting in Boca Villains or Victimsr Let Their Schedule Help Decide.

  published Jan 24, 2012

  There are two very distinct ways to think of the hedge fund managers meeting right now in Boca Raton for the annual GAIM USA conference. If you side with the Occupy Palm Beach protesters, you believe More >>

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  YOLO Wins Uncorked With "Forever-Braised" Short Ribs

  published Jan 22, 2012

  Las Olas staple YOLO clinched the top award from JA World Uncorked last night by serving a "forever-braised" short rib over a potato risotto with crispy shallots. A majority of the Clean Plate Charlie More >>

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  A Dollar for Ice in Your Bourbon on the Rocksr Yes, Says New Restaurant

  published Jan 05, 2012

  The bourbon menu at the new Tap 42 in Fort Lauderdale is perhaps South Florida's best. It has, as you might guess, 42 varieties, from the smooth Basil Hayden's to the spicy Evan Williams Green. If you More >>

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  Confession of a Former Homophobe, and What Mitt Romney Could Learn From My Bigotry

  published Dec 23, 2011

  The first gay person I ever knew had just served me pasta in his home. He hadn't bought a dining room table yet for his new apartment, so we were sitting on his living room floor with plates in our ha More >>

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  Bucky Bleeping Dent: A Yankees Villain Just Too Damn Nice to Hate

  published Dec 16, 2011

  Growing up in southern New Hampshire as I did, kids knew there was one way to curse around parents and teachers. You put Bucky before the four-letter word and then Dent afterward. As in, Bucky F-ing D More >>

• RIP Jeff Stratton, Award-Winning New Times Staffer and Groundbreaking Honduran Journalist

  published Dec 15, 2011

  Former New Times Broward-Palm Beach staffer and award-winning journalist Jeff Stratton passed away suddenly this week in Honduras.Stratton, 47 years old, died from apparent complications from a stoma More >>

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  Bimini Boatyard Hires Jason Shipman As New Executive Chef

  published Dec 15, 2011

  Bimini Boatyard, long a Fort Lauderdale favorite waterfront restaurant, has hired Jason Shipman to replace chef-turned-author Michael Bennett. Shipman is a Johnson and Wales grad who got his break in More >>

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  New Times Best Of App Gets Love From Wired and Apple

  published Dec 14, 2011

  Just a few years ago, the web presence of New Times was the digital equivalent of a kid in a bowler hat yelling out the news next to the haberdashery. Now, we've got a sweet new homepage, award-winnin More >>

• After Serving 107,000 Burgers, Rok:Brgr Celebrates Its First Birthday

  published Dec 05, 2011

  It has been a good year for Rok:Brgr Burger Bar and Gastropub. Accolades have been rolling in, including winning Best New Restaurant in Broward from New Times and a People's Choice award at the Riverw More >>

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  Austin Stock: A High School Athlete in Trouble or Victim of a Newspaper Headline Huntr

  published Dec 01, 2011

  A cub reporter at the Sun-Sentinel landed a major headline back in mid-November. Writer Dieter Kurtenbach claimed he had uncovered documents and found sources that showed a star high school quarterbac More >>

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  Oversexed in South Florida: The Full Results of Our Sex Survey (NSFW)

  published Nov 30, 2011

  If you've given a read to this week's cover story in New Times, you know we South Floridians like our kinks. OK, maybe you knew that already. But the results from our first sex survey give credence to More >>

• Prius V Test Drive: How Many Hippies and Bags of Manure Can This Thing Hold Anywayr

  published Nov 25, 2011

  We don't do a whole lot of car reviews here at the Pulp. So when JM Family Enterprises asked if we'd be interested in test-driving a Prius V for the weekend, our initial reaction was simple: only if w More >>

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  In Defense of Bankers: Why Occupy Protesters Shouldn't Target Those Who Cash Our Checks

  published Nov 21, 2011

  One banker, we'll call him Steve, was walking out of the corporate office in Orlando recently when a protester got in his face. There were three or four Occupy protesters who spotted Steve with a coup More >>

• ARC Broward Adds "The Traveling Plate" Supper Club to Culinary Institute

  published Nov 18, 2011

  The newest supper club to hit South Florida has a new twist. Instead of the underground restaurants run out of a random kitchen by some foodie, this one's for a good cause. ARC Broward, which helps pe More >>

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  Misfits Homebrew and Breckenridge Vanilla Porter Among New Times Beerfest Winners

  published Nov 14, 2011

  Forget the drunk fest that the New Times Beerfest used to be, with the longest lines at the light beers that have a faint flavor of something brewed. This year, the crowds seemed to seek out the craft More >>

• East End Brasserie in Fort Lauderdale: First Look

  published Nov 11, 2011

  "Hello, bonsoir," said the manager as he breezed through the dining room of the East End Brasserie last night. His mix of English and French would seem appropriate for the 2-week-old restaurant. The m More >>

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  Think You Know Beerr Tell Us Why You Should Be a Judge at Beerfest 2011 (Updated)

  published Nov 10, 2011

  Update: The winners have been announced! Click here.rYou probably have a friend who claims to be an expert in politics and another in where to go out to eat and another in... well, any conversation th More >>

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  New Times Beerfest Judges: Nine Expert Drinkers, Including These Two Lucky Readers

  published Nov 10, 2011

  Greg Heller, a financial analyist and major beer fiend, and Stevette Hay, a former brewpub employee and local chef, are our two readers who will join an esteemed panel to help judge the New Times Beer More >>