Central America

Copacabana Supper Club in Fort Lauderdale: Nightlife as It Once Was, and Could Be

El Tamarindo Pizza in Deerfield Beach: First Look

El Tamarindo owner Yecson Amaya didn't want his new Deerfield Beach location to be like any other. Even his other restaurants bearing the same name. "We change it up with each location. In Fort Lauderdale, we have panini's. In Hallandale, we have coal-fired pizza." So what makes the Deerfield Beac ... More >>

It's Boat Show Time! Ten Places to Dock and Dine in South Florida

There's a reason Fort Lauderdale is host to one of the largest boat shows in the world. With over 300 miles of navigable inland waterways, Greater Fort Lauderdale is known as the Venice of America.A lot of the region's land space is taken up by multimillion dollar waterfront McMansions with 100-foot ... More >>

Boynton Shaman Miguel Chiquin: Don't Believe Mayan Calendar Hype

This being South Florida, ya takes yer mystical experiences where ya finds 'em. So it was in a nondescript Boynton Beach medical building last Friday night that two dozen local souls gathered to get the lowdown on the much-talked-about Mayan calendar and its supposedly apocalyptic implications. In t ... More >>

Tony Galeota: From Running Porky's, Miami's Most Notorious Strip Joint, to Rotting in a Panamanian Jail

Mai-Kai Hosts Premium Rum Tasting

Is there any better way to take an instant vacation than with a rum drink? The spirit of choice for both pirates and poets, rum can instantly evoke visions of lush tropical islands and palm trees swaying in the breeze.One of the most versatile spirits in the world, rum runs the gamut of taste, poten ... More >>

Steve Southerland Swam With Skinny Dipping Congressmen in Sea of Galilee, According to Sources

According to multiple sources reporting to Politico, Republican Florida Rep. Steve Southerland, Panama City, went to Israel on a fact-finding mission last year with a bunch of GOP freshmen congressmen and then went swimming while others went skinny dipping at the place Jesus supposedly walked on wat ... More >>

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Faces Lawsuit For Not Protecting Ten Florida Species

Ten relatively obscure species found in the Sunshine State have landed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in a legal tussle.The black rail, the Georgia blind salamander, a siltsnail, and the purple skimmer are among the animals that Fish and Wildlife has failed to adequately protect, accor ... More >>

Florida Chock-Full o' Foreigners: Six Fun Facts From New Census Data

Sound the alarm! Slide down the polls! Gold Five to Red Leader, we have inbound data sets!That's right, ladies and gentlemen, the U.S. Census Bureau released a new batch of data yesterday, and the Pulp has done some spreadsheet surfing to bring you the hottest numbers from the report. You'll laugh, ... More >>

Spirit Airlines to Charge $100 For Carry-On Bag, Here's How to Pack

The penny pinchers at Spirit Airlines have come up with a new way to ruin your flying experience. Starting in early November, the Miramar-based discount carrier will charge up to $100 for a carry-on bag. The fee only applies if, like us, you procrastinate packing, sprint through the airport, and end ... More >>

South Florida's Status as the Country's Melting Pot Makes for Some Great Ethnic Eats

PETA Coffee: A Cruelty-Free Wake-Up Call

​People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals is now in the coffee trade, selling organic coffee from Central America that's pesticide and beast of burden free.  The animal rights organization has even set up its own website for the politically-correct java. PetaCoffee.com sells three differen ... More >>

Local Roaster Oceana Coffee Opens in Tequesta

​Oceana Coffee debuted last week in Tequesta, one of the only local roasters in the area. It's the brick-and-mortar result of three years of work for Amy and Scott Angelo, who spent time tasting beans, learning sourcing, experimenting with roasters, and building the cash to start the shop. The cou ... More >>

Food and Drug Pairings: Hiding Contraband Edition

kvue.com​This being Florida, drug news seems to make headlines more often than elsewhere. And the trend will likely increase as South Florida will become an even more dominant hub for drug traffic. This week The Washington Post reports that old drug smuggling routes between our state and the Carib ... More >>

First Bite: Dapur in Fort Lauderdale

jumponmarkslist.com​The outside of Dapur is smoker-friendly. Retro-chrome and vinyl bar tables frame one side of the entrance, a fountain with greenery on the other. Papery chandeliers light the mood: all this before a diner even opens the door. Inside, speakers that would dwarf a child& ... More >>

Saturday Three-Step

Rick Scott: Forget the Oil Spill -- Let's Go Fishing!

Florida Governor's OfficeSlick Rick catches his own BP Special.​On the first anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster that spilled 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, Gov. Rick Scott celebrated by going fishing.Sounds strange, but Slick Rick didn't have much choice. He favors ... More >>

Are You a Believer in Miracles?

Gaybies: Gay Couples in Florida Turn to Foreign Surrogacy

Bay City Miracle: The School Board Shooting Video

This is the video from the school board shooting in Panama City. It's chilling to the bone, but one question stands out: Why didn't security guards knock this homicidal idiot off before he got off so many shots? (Gimmesamore in the comments says the guard is a hero and for the record ... More >>

Gays Still Can't Marry in Florida, but Straights Sure Can Divorce

flickr.com​Though certain Florida politicians would have you believe they are dutifully "protecting" marriage with laws preventing gay people from legally marrying, a new list of America's 50 Divorce Capitals has more cities from the Sunshine State than anywhere else.The website, The Daily Beast, ... More >>

Latin American Dictators Love South Florida

Beverly Jacobs, Chef/Owner of Bamboo Fire Cafe, Dishes on the Six Best Things She Ever Ate

Jacobs feasts on a breakfast of red snapper with tostones in Nicaragua. ​Beverly Jacobs is well known among South Florida chow hounders as the chef/owner of Bamboo Fire Cafe, a cozy, home-style Caribbean restaurant in downtown Delray Beach. In addition to cooking up some of the finest, made-to-ord ... More >>

And the Worst Beer in America Is...

A 40-ounce to freedom is the only chance I have...​Drum roll please.Olde English "800" Malt Liquor. Yep, users at ratebeer.com have voted pretty much unanimously, giving the "swilly" malt liquor a dismal 0.97 average out of a possible 5 (the lowest possible is 0.5). Users of the website have ranke ... More >>

Morning Juice: Quit Biting Me!

​Sometimes bad news strikes, occasionally it creeps up from behind, sometimes it smothers, and every once in a while, it bites, like it seems to have done down in Key West and could start happening up here as well.One thing no one wants to wake up to is dengue fever, that tropical, mosquito-borne ... More >>

An Immigrant's Heart

To survive the ordeal of escaping Guatemala, Julia needed a big heart. But not this big.

Greyhound at Palm Beach Kennel Club Tested Positive For Cocaine

flickr.com​A greyhound that raced frequently at the Palm Beach Kennel Club over the last two years tested positive for cocaine at least once while racing in South Florida.The dog, a 70-pound black male named Tempo Super Stud, raced in 12 races in Palm Beach between August 2008 and September 2009, ... More >>

El Guanaco Taqueria y Antojitos Brings El Salvador to Fort Lauderdale

Morning Juice: Hollywood Finds a Beach Bum; Pythons 100,000 - Humans 39

​Let's see what's in the news this morning.All these political scandals lately and none involving Hollywood? Well, the City Commission wasn't going to stand for that! Yesterday commissioners fired Gil Martinez, director of their beach community redevelopment agency, after accumulating evidence he ... More >>

Latin Festival: Food, Music, and Blood Pressure

Keeping Dance Kosher

Epic Opening Tonight

Area 31 makes its debut tonight on the 16th floor of Brickell Avenue's Epic Hotel. Executive chef is John Critchley, who trained under Boston's renowned chef Ken Oringer (Clio) and was known to make a mean morcilla at his own Beantown tapas bar. The sommelier is Emily Wines (from San Franciscos's Fi ... More >>

Culinary Travels in Costa Rica: Part 1

A view of Volcan Arenal from a hiking trail that traverses old lava flow from its 1992 eruption. Arenal is the third most active volcano in the world. We hiked through rainforests and gasped at volcanoes, lounged on white sand beaches and wound our way around perilous mountain passes. Oh yes, we al ... More >>

Drink Coffee, not Elephant Urine

Burger King Pitches Penny To Tomato Pickers

Sun-Sentinel Kills National/Foreign Desk

Think Big

Your Fish Is My Command

Want it? McCormick & Schmick's can get it.

The Switzerland of Pupusas

Best Salvadoran Restaurant

Atlakat

A Fruity Inebriate

Just Like the Rest of Us

"Hispanic heritage" is hard to find at ArtServe and Gallery Six By Michael Mills

A Savior Out West

Best Restaurant in Palm Beach

The Restaurant at the Four Seasons Resort, Palm Beach Readers' Choice: 32 East

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Best Place to Take Out-of-Towners

Butterfly World

Clear as Folk

Pickin', grinnin', lovin', and sinnin', playing music in the sun

Fun with Fruit

The Tropical Fruit Festival sweetens the weekend

Serviceable Salvadoran

La Molienda offers tasty Salvadoran fare-if you steer clear of seafood

Ricky Who?

Watcha Tour