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Kashi Ashram: Claims of Rape, Child Abuse, and Kidnapping

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 >>

New Times Beerfest 2013: Here's Your Guide to Beer, Food, and Fun

The 16th-annual New Times "Original" Beerfest is coming to Fort Lauderdale's Esplanade Park tomorrow, April 6, from 6 to 11 p.m. We can feel the excitement in the air as we prepare to drink plenty of good beer, eat delicious food, and listen to some of the best live and local talent south Florida ha ... More >>

New Times Beerfest: Here's Your Guide to Beer, Food, and Fun

The 16th-annual New Times "Original" Beerfest is coming to Fort Lauderdale's Esplanade Park tomorrow April 6, from 6 to 11 p.m. We can feel the excitement in the air as we prepare to drink plenty of good beer, eat delicious food, and listen to some of the best live and local talent south Florida has ... More >>

In Libel Case, Federal Judge Ursula Ungaro Bars Newspaper From Covering the Haitian Prime Minister

Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. in Jupiter Celebrating One-Year Anniversary Today

Know how marathoners and other athletes carbo-load as part of a pre-game strategy? With Super Bowl Sunday on deck, mere mortals should be given carte blanche this weekend to do the same. Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. in Jupiter has your back. Not only is the place swimming in carb-loaded treat ... More >>

Twinkies in Danger: Hostess May Liquidate Today

Growing up in Brooklyn, there were only two kinds of bread available at any given day -- fresh baked loaves of Italian bread for the grownups -- and Hostess Wonder Bread for us kids. Read Also: Bankrupt Twinkie Manufacturer Warns of Hundreds of Florida LayoffsIn fact, Hostess was pretty mu ... More >>

Tap 42: Have You Tried a Beer Cocktail?

If you have trouble remembering the cautionary drinking rhyme " liquor before beer, you're in the clear; beer before liquor, never sicker", here's a new rule that's easy to remember-- drink 'em together, even better. Meet the beer cocktail--a combination of craft beer, liquor, fresh herbs and fruit ... More >>

Confessions of a Meat-Eating Vegetarian

I recently accepted an offer to judge a burger competition, as I do from time to time.  Recently, our food critic Melissa McCart asked me a question about the deep, dark secret I usually keep from Clean Plate Charlie readers, "you're a vegetarian. How are you going to judge burgers?"Allow me to ... More >>

I Am the Avalanche at the Speakeasy on March 31

Bacon Infused Milk Shakes? Make Your Own -- With Vodka

Wearenotmartha.comThere's booze (and bacon) in the blender.​It's almost a crime that there are no Jack-In-The-Box restaurants in Florida.  The whole creepy child's toy concept used to scare the living daylights out of me when I was a kid.There were three fast food restaurants in a row where I ... More >>

Pocket of Lollipops Performs Trauma Hawk Art Co-op at Dada on Sunday

​Starving as an artist sucks. Starving, period, sucks. That's why it's so sweet that Dada is hosting Trauma Hawk, a co-op event for artists to sell their usable art, made mostly with recycled materials, this Sunday. They'll make money and do things like eat with it.  Artist and musician Maite ... More >>

Five Beers for a Florida Winter

"It's weird that so many people are drinking stout in winter here, but they do," said Jake, the manager at Tap 42, during one of several visits this past month. It's natural to crave big beers during the cold weather. Yet we're absolved from the cold and still, Florida sees brisk sales of winter bre ... More >>

Grimaldi's Coal Brick Oven Pizzeria Opens on Clematis

Grimaldi's ​Travel the country in search of the perfect pie, and you'll probably come up with a simple fact -- New York pizza is somehow indefinably better. Many claim it's the water that makes New York pizzas (and bagels) superior. Others say the coal-fired ovens of old generated the perfect envi ... More >>

Misfits Homebrew and Breckenridge Vanilla Porter Among New Times Beerfest Winners

Photo by Christina MendenhallClick here for a slide show of photos from Beerfest. ​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 beers, with th ... More >>

Trend Alert: You Want Fries on That?

​Are French fries the next add-to-everything item? Just as eggs have become the latest haute garnish on burgers, fried rice, pizza, you name it, it seems French fries are making an appearance as a topping rather than a side. Here are five things I've seen recently that signal an oncoming trend.&nb ... More >>

South Florida's Ten Best Beer Bars

​All this talk about New Times' Beerfest has us craving craft brews. The event, on Saturday, November 12, in Esplanade Park in downtown Fort Lauderdale from 7 to 11 p.m., offers festgoers the opportunity to try hundreds of pours for $30 ($40 at the door) or $70 ($80 at the door), with a portion of ... More >>

Happy Hour: Laser Wolf In Downtown Fort Lauderdale

Jatinder Channa​Want a Patron shot and a Corona? Hit up Himmarshee St -- there's nothing here for you, bro. If you haven't heard, Laser Wolf is the laid-back beer bar half a mile away from the congestion and confusion of Riverfront. It's one of Fort Lauderdale's few places that serve good be ... More >>

One Nice, Artsy Brother Has to Deal With the Other in "White Irish Drinkers"

Glenn Beck Endorses Allen West For Presidency

Beck, teaching.​Glenn Beck has endorsed Allen West for the presidency. Also, he's endorsed Michelle Bachmann for veep, Ron Paul for Treasury Secretary, and "Rambo for everything else." (America must hope Beck would rethink the latter notion if he sees the last John Rambo flick.) This came during t ... More >>

"Monogamy": So Much More Than a Hipster Blow-Up

Rachel Goodrich at Propaganda 3/27

Artists, Musicians, Yogis, Unite!

Where We Were Eating: The Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co.

​ Maybe I made this too easy on you guys. Congrats to Dennis for correctly guessing The Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. in Delray Beach. This location has been here just over a year, but the Palm Beach Gardens location had a grand opening last month. They also have a spot inside the Bank Atlan ... More >>

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Paging Larry King: Free Iced Coffee Tomorrow at The Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. in Palm Beach Gardens

Theodore Scott​No word on whether pitchman Larry King will be on hand for the event, but the Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. is opening this Wednesday December 8th in Palm Beach Gardens at 4:30pm. They will be hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony honoring the first franchise location, and attendees ... More >>

Jewish Food Festival in Cooper City This Sunday (Nosh Fest II: Electric Matzo Boogaloo)

Jessica Spengler ​Secret: Some of us Gentiles are crazy about Jewish food. So much so that we'll even date Jewish girls just so we're sure to be invited for brisket at her grandmother's apartment in Delray Beach every year. That's the thing about the second-annual Nosh Fest, South Florida's Jewish ... More >>

What "At World's End" Lacks in Polish, It Makes Up in Energy and Odd Charm at FLIFF

Matt & Kim's Keyboard Punk Joy at Culture Room

Beer of the Week: Shipyard Pumpkinhead Ale

​Unrepentant beer drinkers, rejoice! Each week, Clean Plate Charlie will select one craft or import beer and give you the lowdown on it: How does it taste? What should you drink it with? Where can you find it? But mostly, it's all about the love of the brew. If you have a beer you'd like featured ... More >>

Maxwell and Jill Scott Bring Soul to American Airlines Arena

Straight-Friendly Wilton Manors: Naked Grape Wine Bar and Red's Bar

Food Event on the Radar

​• Himmarshee Bar and Grille and Whole Foods are like two peas in a pod. The pair are teaming up yet again for a beer dinner on April 26 that will feature local and national craft brew. Sample masa-crusted Chimay cheese along with local Holy Mackerel ale, maple-chipotle braised pork belly with D ... More >>

Double Agent? Hallandale Realtor May Have Represented Buyer and Seller in Deal for Park Land

Joe Kessel, a real estate agent who since July 2008 has been under contract as a consultant for Hallandale Beach, collected $15,700 in commission that same year after the city purchased a lot at 814 SW Eighth Ave., according to documents provided to Juice.The purchase for what would become Sunset Pa ... More >>

Chicken Little Hatches Radio-Active Performance

MillionYoung Makes His Miami Club Debut at Vagabond

Uncle Louie G's Ice Cream Shop Opens on Clematis Street

​If you're not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter for Broward and Palm Beach counties, here's a taste of what you missed this week. Click here to subscribe. This scoop really is a scoop -- Uncle Louie G's is the latest eatery on Clematis Street's new Restaurant Row.The tiny ... More >>

Three Days, 25 Stages, 600 Hours of Music

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The Comic From Hell

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Building a Better Beerfest

Lip Shtick

Cooking Like a Rock Star

No need for nostalgia at Giovanni Rocchio's Valentino's

Carolina's on My Mind

There's more than one way to skin a recession: Coal Pizza

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Dessert Hearts

Canyon is worth its wait in gold-dust

Romance Floats

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