Clearwater

First Look: Over 100 Small Plates at Ceviche in Delray Beach

When you think of ceviche, think of Ceviche in Delray Beach. The restaurant recently opened its doors with a quiet grand opening last October, and we at Clean Plate Charlie think it's a crying shame we didn't know about them sooner. The family of Florida establishments has branded itself as an upsc ... More >>

Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza Hosts Craft Beer Tasting Dinner this Wednesday

While burgers go rather deliciously with beer, we sometimes get dreamy and wonder how our cold ones might go with some fancier alternatives. While the standard Italian meal typically includes wine with those pasta and marinara dishes, it might be radical to mix toss the carafe and bring in some brew ... More >>

Royal Caribbean Passenger Lost at Sea, Coast Guard Says

The U.S. Coast Guard says it's searching for a passenger who reportedly fell overboard from Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas mega-cruise ship about 47 miles east of Fort Lauderdale.The 21-year-old woman from Bartlett, Tennessee -- whose name has not been released -- was reported missing on Sunda ... More >>

South Florida at the Bottom of New Job Creation Rankings

​More than one in five South Florida residents said their employers were firing workers in 2011, according a Gallup poll released this morning.In a Gallup ranking of the nation's 50 largest metropolitan areas, the "Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach" area ranked 44th out of 50 for job creati ... More >>

Hooters and The Elbo Room: Two Florida Institutions Get Facelifts

ElboRoom​Two Florida institutions associated with boozing and boobs are getting lifts. 

Gary Johnson Schedules an Appearance in West Palm Beach Hosted by South Florida Tea Party

Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson​After his polling numbers dropped this fall and he was no longer being invited to the debates with other GOP presidential candidates, the probability of former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson's running as the Libertarian Party candidate in 2012 looks a bit more lik ... More >>

It's National Chicken Wing Day: Free (BOGO) Wings at Hooters

flickr/kom_thai​I do not recall all the national food days (National Hot Dog Day, National Ice Cream Cone Day), but I am happy to partake in the deals.  With a little research I unveiled a history lesson: the first Chicken Wing Day took place in Buffalo, NY on July 29, 1977. Six years later ... More >>

Five Customers Whom Restaurant Owners Should Ban

Seattle Municipal Archives via Creative Commons"You think that's bad? Let me tell you about my brother's goiter. Your hearing aid is broken? OK -- I'll speak up." ​ Last week, a Clearwater Skyline Chili made headlines when the owner tapped into the post-Casey Anthony verdict fury by banning Pinel ... More >>

Florida Restaurant, Skyline Chili, Bans Casey Anthony Jurors for Delivering "Not Guilty" Verdict

eater.comFlorida restaurant bans Casey Anthony jurors ​No shoes, no shirt, no service. That's usually where restaurant owners draw the line when it comes to turning away hungry patrons. But how about "not welcome" for a "not guilty," verdict?

Hooters Boca Raton: Can a Place Known for Short Shorts Hold Up to a Critical Review?

On Feeling Bad for Jacqueline Howett

​I'm a little late chiming in on this, but man, I kind of feel bad for Jacqueline Howett.If you don't know Jacqueline Howett yet: Hi! Welcome to the internet age! Howett is a British-born author and poetess who publishes her own books for the same reason I eat my own cooking: No less blinkered sou ... More >>

Sun Sentinel: Child Molesters are Hilarious

It's not funny, sir.​Poor Barbara Hijek! She's been toiling away on her FloriDUH blog over at the Sun Sentinel for what, by her reckoning, is over 4,100 entries. That takes a lot out of a gal. So you ought to be nicer to her about the minor (yet boneheaded) flub she committed two days ago by repor ... More >>

Celebrity Spotting: Jerry Seinfeld Dined at Vic & Angelo's Last Night

​Well, well... Here's the biggest celebrity dining news in Palm Beach County since Kelly Ripa went to Rocco's Tacos... Anyway, our source tells us that Seinfeld chatted "with General Manager Eduard Cristal -- pictured here with Seinfeld -- about his entree of Chicken Telephono (chicken, fresh mo ... More >>

Q&A With "Drinking Made Easy" Host Zane Lamprey

​Zane Lamprey has traveled from sea to shining sea, around the globe and back for the purpose of educating television audiences on a topic close to the comedian's heart -- drinking. The host of HDNet's "Drinking Made Easy" and former host of "Three Sheets" has tallied 77 episodes of globetrotting ... More >>

Rubio Reaches Out to Parking Lot Loiterers

If you're running for U.S. Senate like Marco Rubio, it's hard to break the habit of speechifying, even if you're just stepping outside your car and walking into a new campaign office in Clearwater. But just stick with it a few minutes. A few sympathetic people are bound to stop and listen. Maybe th ... More >>

Charlie Crist Ducks Questions From Conspiracy Theorists

There's Charlie Crist trying to warm up an otherwise frosty crowd in Clearwater. None chillier than the men behind the camera, who (judging by the herky-jerky camera) are quivering in anticipation of rubbing elbows with the governor and U.S. Senate candidate.Awesome intro music, by the way. I thoug ... More >>

Former Broward Sheriff Candidate Criss-Crossing State in Trek for Chief's Job

Rick Lemack​Richard "Rick" Lemack was this close (642 votes) to becoming the Democratic nominee for Broward Sheriff. In August 2008, the ex-assistant police chief and assistant city manager of Hollywood, Lemack lost to Scott Israel, who then lost to Al Lamberti. We told you last month that Lemack ... More >>

Killer of 16-Year-Old Hollywood Girl Sentenced

Photo: independentmail.comTosca and Talia Ashley​An Anderson, South Carolina, man was sentenced today to 40 years in prison after he entered a guilty plea to the April 2007 murder of Talia Ashley, a 16-year-old runaway from Hollywood.Anderson's Independent Mail reports that Stanley Dehart, now 30, ... More >>

Breast in Show: The Hooters Swimsuit Pageant

Flickr User: pageantcastSara Hoots, Miss Hooters 2008On Saturday, the media couldn't get into Tehran, but they sure as hell were welcome at the Hooters 2009 International Swimsuit Pageant, staged this year at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Fort Lauderdale.A rather spectacular ... More >>

Delicious, Delicious Sexism

Booze Hound - Scully's Tavern

The She-Zebra

Will Erin Meehan be the first female ref in the NFL?

Ralphie Shows He's The Real Deal

Foley's Priest Unmasked

Letters for September 7-13, 2006

American Boys

John Fogerty and Willie Nelson

Letters for August 4-10, 2005

Dropkick Murphys

Singles Collection Volume 2: 1998-2004 (Hellcat)

Artbeat

Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions.

Artbeat

Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions.

Of the Duality of Bears

Even at its most abstract, Anne Chu's art gravitates to the yin-yang dynamic

Don't Throw Rocks at Him

Artist Todd Goldman is a boy, but he isn't stupid

Rock the Vote

A father assesses his anarchist son's chances of becoming Lake Worth's next mayor

Viva Los Straitjackets!

The masked avengers are back to put you in a rock 'n' roll stranglehold

Unreal Realism

Two painters on display at MoCA squeeze, smear, or fiddle with images to make them their own

Eddie "The Chief" Clearwater featuring Los Straitjackets

"Son, you got a Mexican wrestling mask on your head"

Off the Mark in the Off-Season

MoCA's latest exhibition from its permanent collection doesn't live up to the museum's high standards

Virtually Nothing

South Florida's museum Websites offer scant samplings of their collected works

Summer of Love

A powerful male/female dynamic gives life to MoCA's latest permanent-collection show

Girl, Manipulated

The digitally tweaked photos of "Carly TV" are technically impressive but to what end?

Near Myth

MoCA's celebration of the '80s painting revival shows too few signs of life

Monkee Business

The Monkees

Bandwidth

Next thing you know, those meddling kids will be eating ice cream in the streets!

Hyperreal Life

MoCA's latest collection of installations will literally bring you to your knees

Bandwidth

DJ Catalyst, Brian Renda, Cat Stevens, 'NSync, Gonemad appearing with Lost and Headway, Bandit, and the Fearless Records Tour

Seduced by Stella

"Frank Stella at 2000: Changing the Rules"

Variety Show

"Heads Up! Hilights From the Permanent Collection"

Get Surreal

Bearing Witnesses

Religious leaders in West Palm Beach see the work of Satan in the Jehovah's Witnesses' purchase of Municipal Auditorium

Night & Day

March 19-25, 1998