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Alex Fanaian, FAU Fraternity President, Accused of Being a Drunk and Naked Idiot

Nerds, rejoice! A frat bro was served his comeuppance! The day is ours! Alex Fanaian, former president of the FAU fraternity Iota Nu, was arrested on Sunday after police found him naked, bound with metal hangers, totally schwasted, bro, and having just sprayed a fire extinguisher all over his nei ... 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 >>

Galt Mile Wine and Food Festival Is This Saturday

In case you missed the overwhelming extravaganza that was the South Beach Wine & Food Festival -- or the Alka Seltzer did its trick and you're planning where to go this weekend, take note Fort Lauderdale because the inaugural Galt Mile Wine & Food Festival - A Seaside Affair! is coming your ... More >>

New Year's Eve Guide for Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach County

South Florida Food and Drink Events This Week: Holiday Fun and More

If you're reading this now, it likely means you're running down the clock at work, sipping from a Thermos of spiked eggnog and counting the moments until sweet, holiday vacation time is yours. Those who are sticking around town this week will find there's not a whole lot going on. Clean Plate Charli ... More >>

South Florida New Year's Eve 2013 Dinners: Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Delray Beach, and Beyond

Look, we're not gonna knock procrastination: It's one of the finest art forms available. But if you're tempted to put off making your New Year's Eve plans until 4:57 p.m. on Monday, December 31, you might as well pack it in and call it a year. To avoid the danger of a dud of a NYE, check out the o ... More >>

Snow Ball

South Florida Dining Events This Week: Chef Hedy Goldsmith Book Signing and More

So, there's this whole election thing happening this week. But if you've already participated in your civic engagement this time around and you're looking for something else to get up to this week, check out the Clean Plate Charlie roundup of food and drink related events taking place in Broward and ... More >>

Ticket to Drink and Ride

Five South Florida Dining Events This Weekend: Baseball & Brews and More

To look at this weekend's list of South Florida dining -- and drinking -- events, you'd be forgiven for thinking Clean Plate Charlie has a minor obsession with beer. To that we say...and your point is? From the all-American pairing of beer and baseball to traditional German beer shenanigans, this we ... More >>

South Florida Dining Events This Week: SAIA at Sunset and More

If you're able to tear yourself away from the 2012 Olympics coverage long enough to venture out you'll find an assortment of booze-focused events this week in Broward and Palm Beach counties. Of course, if you want to go out and still be able to watch televised handball you can find a list of South ... More >>

A Glutton's One-Stop Destination

Earth Day in South Florida: Food and Drink Activities for Tree Huggers

Earth Day is Sunday, and according to Groupon, the planet will be celebrating its 400th birthday. After contemplating that failure in math and/or marketing humor, consider using this weekend to get out into the community and learn about ways to make an impact locally and globally, particularly when ... More >>

Cheap Drinks in West Palm Beach: The Bus Loop Makes Its Debut This Weekend

Northern Palm Beach County will soon get to see what all of the party-bus fuss is about when the bus loop so popular in Fort Lauderdale and Delray Beach expands to West Palm Beach. The first West Palm Beach Bus Loop will roll out Friday with routes connecting participating bars in CityPlace, on Clem ... More >>

'90s Food Trends: Have These Ever Died?

​The ubiquity of plaid and the renaissance of Pearl Jam, U2, and Nirvana in some circles is making me nostalgic for the '90s. What's a food writer to do but eat and drink a way through the decade? Though some '90s food and drink are making a comeback, many dishes are decidedly dormant. After the j ... More >>

Cocktail Culture Exhibition Now at Norton Museum of Art

​Kirti Poddar via Flickr Creative CommonsWhet your appetite for drink at "Cocktail Culture."​As if you need an excuse to partake in a festive martini or highball this time of year, Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach is hosting an ode to all things shaken and stirred with Cocktail Culture. ... More >>

Delray Beach's Buddha Sky Bar Launches "Pink Menu" for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

​In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we've taken the liberty of finding the best places to eat, drink -- and donate -- for a good cause.Here, a few local establishments that will be cooking -- and pouring --for a cure:

Happy Hour: YOLO in Downtown Fort Lauderdale

​"You only live once, but if you drink enough, once is enough." - A drunk I met in Europe YOLO in downtown Fort Lauderdale is the swanky spot you take someone you want to impress. Maybe the upper management after work? Maybe the cute new girl from work? (Though I'd caution on the latter, as r ... More >>

Drinking and Being Driven

Guy DiBona, Good Samaritan, Needs Your Help With Medical Bills

Police say that Brian Krebs, pictured, killed one man and attacked five others​A man who tried to breakup an April 17 bar brawl that left one man stabbed to death and five others injured has learned that being a Good Samaritan comes at a high price.Guy DiBona, 44, was one of the Fishtales patrons ... More >>

South Florida's Best Cocktails: We Travel Between Beaches and Barstools to Find the Best of What's Shaken and Stirred

Top Ten Signature Cocktails at Local Bars

Barrel O' Fun at the Mai-Kai.​You already know South Florida is delightfully alcohol-soaked: We've got dives that boast 23-hour licenses and clubs that don't shut down until 4 a.m. We've got ubiquitous fishbowls of syrupy beach booze, robust beers found at snobby gastropubs and microbreweries, and ... More >>

Bar Talk: Bartender Jeff Catalano at Deck 84 in Delray Beach

Nicole DannaBar Speak with Jeff Catalano at Deck84​Jeff Catalano has been bartending since his college days in Connecticut. No experience necessary, he landed his first gig about five years ago at the Thirsty Dog in Storrs, a popular bar and favorite among University of Connecticut students.  ... More >>

It's a Boozy Kind of Summer at These Events

Beer's the only thing sweating more than you this Summer.​This Summer has been crazy. It's either so rainy that the streets look like giant Slip and Slides, or so hot out that even your sweat is sweating. I guess, if anything, that translates into good boozing weather. When you're stuck inside by ... More >>

Allen West Slinging Drinks for Forgotten Soldiers

If you noticed that the service at the Fort Lauderdale Blue Martini was really, really slow on Sunday, that's probably because it was amateur hour behind the bar. YouTube celebrity and congressional candidate Allen West was mixing drinks as part of the bar's Forgotten Soldiers Outreach event.That "R ... More >>

Drinkin' Beer at Ye Olde Falcon Pub, the Lodge Beer & Grill, and Brother Tuckers

Boca Raton: Real Life Cougar Town

PhotobucketPromo pic of ABC's hit show "Cougar Town"​Long before Demi met Ashton, Boca Raton has been a cougar's lair. You see those botox-boosted, silicone-pumped ladies prowling everywhere, especially Mizner and Blue Martini, occasionally displaying a barely pubescent piece of arm candy.That was ... More >>

Jim Leyritz Publicly Denies Responsibility For Drunk Driving Accident

ESPN's Jeremy Schaap (the best sports journalist in television for our money) put together a fantastic package on the former Yankees catcher and one-time World Series hero that included Leyritz's first televised remarks about the drunk driving accident that killed a Fort Lauderdale woman two days ... More >>

Jim Leyritz Publicly Denies Responsibility For Drunk Driving Accident

ESPN's Jeremy Schaap (the best sports journalist in television for our money) put together a fantastic package on the former Yankees catcher and one-time World Series hero that included Leyritz's first televised remarks about the drunk driving accident that killed a Fort Lauderdale woman two days ... More >>

If the Sexy Shoe Fits...

Dine Out, Wine Pairings, and More Upcoming Events

​There are so many food-related events going down in the next couple months, it almost makes you wish you had a doppelganger clone that you could send to do your bidding, er... tasting. At the very least, two stomachs could come in handy. You might need to outfit your clone with some kind of shock ... More >>

Truluck's brings its fresh-yet-simply-favored seafood to the Galleria Mall

Eat and Greet

Search Warrant Released in A1A Porsche Killings; LeVin to Be Cleared?

Fort Lauderdale Police have released the search warrant in connection with the deaths of two British tourists last month, struck by a white Porsche that was drag-racing on Seabreeze Boulevard. It appears that LeVin and his friend, Derek Cook of Tamarac, switched cars before the accident, the Sun-Sen ... More >>

Liquid Anecdote

Sensory overload and fruity cocktails provide the cure for what makes us blue.

Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival Schedule

Go Blue, Bitches!

Blue Martini is the place for lady hunting.

CityPlace Uncorked

Get Sexy in Your City

Maybe It Really Is America’s Venice?

Risky Business

Jinja makes a stab at CityPlace

From The Mailbox

Truth in (Sexual) Advertising

If only potential mates came clean before things got dirty.

Rules of Engagement

In the battle of the sexes, don't forget to make your beds, girls

Doing It to Your Earhole

Is waxy buildup muffling your tunage? Try sticking a flaming candle in your ear.

Head Games

A case study of the male in three parts

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

In with the New

Gumwrappers unwraps the rock

2004: A Club Odyssey

Where ya goin'? Where ya been?

Displaced from CityPlace

The folks who run the West Palm marketplace chase away black kids