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Ten Best Pizza Places in Broward and Palm Beach Counties

Pizza may be one of America's favorite foods, a food that has become more American than Italian, with slices in cities from east to west offering a different take on how to best combine three basic ingredients: dough, cheese and sauce. There's New York-style, Chicago and Sicilian. Some bake up a thi ... More >>

Top Ten Craft Beer Selections in Broward and Palm Beach Counties

American Craft Beer Week officially begins May 13 and runs through the 19; a whole seven days worth of events and special tappings to keep your taste buds excited and your liver in a state of confusion. This year marks the eighth consecutive week by the Brewer's Association. As they state, "Americ ... More >>

Ten Best Burgers in Broward and Palm Beach Counties

Some food items elicit intense reactions. New Yorkers smear any pizza anywhere outside of their dear city limits. Chicagoans eschew hot dogs without their traditional toppings. Kansas City residents scoff at any other barbecue. While each city tends to have its own special dish, good burgers can be ... More >>

Ten Best Happy Hours in Broward and Palm Beach Counties

Ahh. Happy hour. That wonderful time of day when a smiling bartender, cheap booze, and inexpensive food are intended to dissipate all of your workday's stress. Of course, you could go for a run or do something healthy to blow off some steam, but where's the fun in that? To help you out with your h ... More >>

Ten Best Inexpensive Restaurants in Palm Beach County

Blame it on the economy. Blame it on sky-high fuel costs, droughts, and that locally grown, organic craze. Really, blame it on whatever you like. No matter which way you slice it, food just isn't getting any cheaper. Especially in Palm Beach County, where only a small percentage of the populace has ... More >>

Ten Best Inexpensive Restaurants in Broward County

Eating out tends to have negative effects on the size of your wallet. And while cooking at home tends to have positive impacts on your cash flow -- and waistline -- it can eat away at your free time. If you're broke and too busy, lazy, or culinarily challenged to cook at home, we have a list of the ... More >>

Ten Best Irish Pubs & Restaurants in South Florida

It can be hard to relate to Ireland's rolling green hills and blustery (and often impossibly charming) cliffside villages, but if there's one thing South Florida understands, it's how to raise a glass and toast to a damned good time. Perhaps that's why this hot, flat state is home to so many Emerald ... More >>

Download Our Brand-Spankin'-New-and-Improved City Apps!

You know, we here at New Times are always looking for ways to spit, polish, and shine up our sites to provide you with a better news-seeking experience. We know, that makes us really awesome, but beyond that, it makes you awesome for keeping up with us. Where can you get the latest Broward news o ... More >>

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South Florida's Best Hotel Restaurants

Want access to our Best Of picks from your smartphone? Download our free Best Of app for the iPhone or Android phone from the App Store or Google Play. Don't forget to check out the full Best of Broward-Palm Beach® 2012 online. Hotel restaurants; they're the bane of any food lover's existence, no? ... More >>

New Times' South Florida Web Awards 2012: Vote Now!

We've spent the past few weeks scoping out South Florida's social media landscape in search of the best of the web. Our eyes are a bit bleary from staring at our computer screens and iPhones, but here it is: our first annual South Florida Web Awards. From the apps you can't live without to the blog ... More >>

T.G.I. Friday's App Gives You a Free Appetizer, Tips From the Bartender

According to T.G.I. Friday's, one good app deserves another and a tip for your bartender deserves one in return.That's what we discovered when we downloaded the T.G.I. Friday's app, available for iPhone and Android phones. While the app has some standard features, like a GPS locator that tells you t ... More >>

Chipotle Mexican Grill Opens Second Fort Lauderdale Restaurant Today

Chipotle Mexican Grill, the fast casual restaurant serving sustainably raised food, is opening its second Fort Lauderdale location today, at 4850 N. Federal Highway. This is the 29th South Florida location for the fast-growing chain.Starting at 11 a.m., diners can enjoy one of Chipotle's oversized b ... More >>

GSN Seeking Real People For Cooking Competition

If you're a "real person" that loves to cook, GSN is looking for you.  Their new show, Beat the Chefs, is seeking amateur chef teams consisting of a lead and two sous chefs to compete against "some of the best chefs in the business", specifically Beau McMillan, executive chef of Elements at The ... More >>

iPhone Food App Review: The Perfect Egg Timer

Clean Plate Charlie's adoration for food and drink is rivaled only by a love of the iPhone and its ability to simultaneously improve and destroy each and every meal. In the effort to help our readers wade through the inexhaustible sea of food, drink, and dining related appli ... More >>

Young Girl in Pigtails Robs Two Wilton Manors Businesses

It's the old trick-'em-with-candy-and-steal-their-iPhone routine, a favorite among delinquent children and young girls in pigtails. And it happened twice last week in Wilton Manors. According to the Sun-Sentinel, police are looking for two underaged perps who burglarized two separate businesses at ... More >>

Is It Porn? HotSpots Magazine: Full of Man Candy but No Frontal Nudity

Is Local Gay Publication HotSpots Porn? Feds Might Think So

Earlier this month, the Justice Department arrested a 26-year-old Boca Raton resident John Michael Romero Mendoza for allegedly using the iPhone app BoyAhoy to arrange a sexual tryst with a 15-year-old boy.According to the criminal complaint, Mendoza's car was stocked with "condoms, lubricant and ho ... More >>

Sunrise Company Invents Snorkeling-Proof iPhone Case (VIDEO)

iPhones, for all their glorious, touch-screeny goodness, are fragile little things -- it hangs up on your mom if you hold it in your left hand, data speeds are spotty with some carriers, and the screen cracks easier than a jailhouse snitch with an upcoming parole hearing. But for all you folks who w ... More >>

The iPhone Is Everywhere, Especially at the Dinner Table

My first memory of a cell phone at the dinner table was a friend of my older brother's, "Joe." He always managed to drop by when my brother was otherwise occupied -- cleaning fish guts off his hands after fishing, whatever -- and Joe would have to kill time at my family's kitchen table. This usually ... More >>

Marco Rubio and Florida University Salaries: There Are Apps for That

astriker.comJesus, an iPhone kind of guy.​If the youngsters out there need something a little more high-brow than a fart-noise application for their iPhones, there are now apps for that.Sen. Marco Rubio announced the release of the aptly named "U.S. Senator Marco Rubio" application for the iPhone, ... More >>

Five Reasons Your Waitress Hates Coupons

"You want to use a COUPON?!"​Thanks to shows like TLC's "Extreme Couponing," being frugal has become the new trend.Thrifty consumers practically get off on seeing how much they can acquire for the least amount of money. The more goods obtained and the cheaper the bill the better they feel about li ... More >>

SoFlo Company Develops NearBeer iPhone App to Locate Deals on Your Favorite Brew Bars

Nicole Danna​Finally, someone has created an app beer-lovers can actually use: One that helps you locate your favorite beer bar. The next time you're in search of a bar with the best selection of ice-cold brewskis to wash away the summer heat, simply consult NearBeer.

The World According to GOP Presidential Candidates

​In case you didn't notice -- between coverage of the Casey Anthony trial, Anthony Weiner, and Anderson Cooper probably wearing a skin-tight shirt -- CNN held a debate between hopeful Republican presidential candidates last night.You can guess what happened when Rick Santorum, Michele Bachmann, Ne ... More >>

Broward School District: Parents on Cell Phones Are Driving Like Morons Around Kids

csmonitor.comWho can be bothered looking out for kids when you've got this awesome phone to use?​If you drop off your kid for school and drive away with the kid's backpack stuck in the door and don't notice you're dragging your kid along the street because you're too busy texting, it's probably ti ... More >>

Check Out Our Brand New Best Of iPhone App

Need something to do on the weekend? We know all the best place.​Hey, is that a Best Of app in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?Ok, that was lame. We know. As you may know we do an issue every summer called our "Best Of" issue where we work with you (the readers) to decide what the best ... More >>

Check Out Our Brand New Best Of iPhone App

Need something to do on the weekend? We know all the best place.​Hey, is that a Best Of app in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?Ok, that was lame. We know. As you may know we do an issue every summer called our "Best Of" issue where we work with you (the readers) to decide what the bes ... More >>

Where We Were Eating: Taqueria Dona Raquel

Dori Zinn​While your iPhone map application may have you driving down Dixie Highway in sketchy parts of Pompano Beach for some original Mexican food, don't fret. The arrival at your final destination, Taqueria Dona Raquel, is worth it.

Pay For Your Starbucks Addiction With New Smartphone App for iPhone, Blackberry

Flickr/Ahmad Ziyad Maricar Starbucks calling...​It's 8am and you're seriously hung over from the night before. You're late for work, but first you need one of those new Trenta-sized iced coffees at Starbucks. You try to pay the Barrista but you can't find your wallet (which you serio ... More >>

Want to Pop Bottles on New Year's Eve? There's an App for That

​Pretty much all worldwide celebrations nowadays involve mass texting. While I'm not an advocate of such a lazy and boring practice, I am a recipient. I expect many at midnight this Friday, December 31. Maxim has realized the bland mass text craze and created the Champagne Popper -- a free iPhone ... More >>

Five Free Food Apps for Smart Phones

​I would die in combat if I didn't have my iPhone, and I mean that sincerely. Next to my dog, my iPhone is my favorite thing in life. It's gotten me through the trenches of downtown Miami. It's made sure I didn't overdraft money from my bank account. It's found the closest Chipotle in a place I di ... More >>

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Eating Around the Blog-o-sphere

Got an interesting post or bit of news to share? Email it to Charlie and we'll include it in Eating Around the Blog-o-Sphere.A local beer blog called Beer Review Dude interviews Holy Mackerel owner Bob Gordash at last week's tasting event at World of Beer.Worst Pizza will host another pizza tweetup ... More >>

How Many Oranges Does it Take to Power an iPhone?

​Back in middle school science class, you might have used an orange to power a light bulb or two potatoes to run a digital clock. The reason it works is the acid in the fruit creates a chemical reaction between two metal electrodes, which produces electricity. A single orange, lemon, or potato may ... More >>

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Happy Hours Go Mobile With New App

​ There are few things I appreciate more than my iPhone. One of them is alcohol. Luckily, my employers felt the need to combine my two favorite things, and thus we introduce my new best friend: the Happy Hours App. Available for iPhones and Droids, the free application lets you choose from dozen ... More >>

Palm Beach Lawyer Had Too Many Fancy Phones, Created an App

Photo courtesy Christopher HopkinsFather of the CLaw.​Mark your calendars, ladies and gents, as the day a Palm Beach lawyer didn't charge you for a service -- not a lump sum, not by the hour, not by your first- born. Christopher Hopkins, an attorney with Butzel Long on Worth Avenue, has developed ... More >>

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Phone Drones: The Frustrations and Perplexities of Placing a Phone Call in South Florida

​"They f*** you with cell phones!" says Joel Kodner, one of the most outspoken members of our South Florida Twitterverse. He's quoting Joe Pesci's character in Lethal Weapon 4, who was ranting about poor reception, dropped calls, and the rapidly decreasing size of the gadgets themselves. That was ... More >>

The Cold Weather and South Florida Tech

Steve Hoefer Grathio.com​​It's been cold lately. Recently, I was in New York to visit family and it was, obviously, much colder there than it is here. Be that as it may, we South Floridans are not used to the cold and the recent temperatures are breaking all kinds of records. Several people have ... More >>

Top iPhone Apps for Losing Weight After the Holidays

​Happy New Year everyone! Now that the imbibing is done, the holidays are past, and we're looking at the next decade, you might be looking at what you did to over-indulge this holiday season. Let the New Year's resolutions and weight loss promises begin!To help you with your plans to lose the holi ... More >>

Broke? Buy More Stuff, the Post advises

Flickr User: diamond girl 77New Depression? Time to buy Tiffany's.It's no secret that daily newspapers are getting hit hard by the New Depression. Their entire economic model relies on print advertising that is rapidly disappearing. Now, the Palm Beach Post seems to be using its news space to shill ... More >>

How to Make Your iPhone Get Down and Dirty

Flickr user: jitterdougYour phone can help you find this man.So maybe it wasn't the best idea for a straight woman to experiment with Grindr, the new iPhone app that's supposed to help gay guys hook up. I had my roommate (the only tech savvy person in my household) download it on her phone, and was ... More >>

Reporter Bound for D.C. Seeks Gotcha Questions, Ball Gown, Proper Footwear

When I was a wee college student at FSU, my best friend and I decided to road-trip to DC for President Clinton's inauguration.  There we were, two unprepared, underdressed 18-year-olds waiting for hours upon hours in the freezing cold for little more than a nanosecond's glance at a speeding lim ... More >>

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