Cooper City

Broward's Homebrew Craft Beer Scene: Can Brewers Turn a Hobby Into a Business?

Nosh Fest: South Florida Jewish Food Festival, March 10

South Florida is home to the highest concentration of Jewish people outside of Israel. This used to be true only seasonally, thanks to snowbirds, but now it is true year-round. Take that, New York!So it is only fitting that South Florida should play host to a lavish Jewish food fest every year, and ... More >>

Cops as Waiters: Get Revenge for that Parking Ticket at Tip-A-Cop Cooper City

We all know that police officers are just doing their jobs. We like safe roadways, but -- let's be honest -- no one likes to be on the receiving end of one of those safety-preserving citations. Just once, maybe you'd like to see the cop hustle to answer your questions and hand over what you nee ... More >>

Check Please, Officer

SkaPacolypse at the Talent Farm December 21

John Sims, Cooper City Commissioner Who Posted Racist Obama Message on Facebook, Says He's Sorry

Last week we told you about a stereotype-filled racist Obama "joke" posted on Facebook by Cooper City City Commissioner John Sims. He took the comments down from his Facebook page, but through the magic and wizardry of the Internetz, the world was still able to see what Sims wrote: "Just wanted t ... More >>

John Sims, Cooper City Commissioner, Posts Racist Obama Message on Facebook

Cooper City city commissioner John Sims is considered to be "outspoken." A straight-shooter who isn't afraid to "tell it like it is." He's also mind-blowingly racist. As Bob Norman reports, Sims had himself a racisorgasm and threw out every racial stereotype anyone has ever said pertaining to Obam ... More >>

Early Voting Places in Broward County and Palm Beach County

Voting. It's your civic duty. It's your right as an American. It's a big pain in the butt in your busy life. The good news is early voting got kicked off in Florida over the weekend, and runs through November 3rd. Which means, you can now stop complaining about politicians on blog comment boards a ... More >>

Train Kills Man in Fort Lauderdale, Keeps Going, Kills Person in St. Augustine

​A 19-year-old man was hit by a train early Friday near SW Second Street in Fort Lauderdale. The train, running from Miami to Atlanta, continued with a fresh crew through St. Johns County, where a second person stepped in front of it and died.Contrary to news reports by the St. Augustine Record, N ... More >>

Havana's in Sunrise and Don Arturo's in Fort Lauderdale: Modest Hospitality, Familial Foods

Havana's Cuban Cuisine Opens Second Location

Maddox offers fightin' words on his blog today about the most overrated sandwiches in America. It's a gem of a post that includes the Philly cheese steak -- "an exploration of sadness" and a "mouthful of suck"; the poor boy -- "why not put nachos and jalapeño poppers on a sandwich too, dickhea ... More >>

Latin Burger's Jim Heins On Food Truck Strategy, Roundup in Cooper City on Sunday

Latin Burger will be out at Cooper City this Sunday. ​Clean Plate Charlie reported yesterday that the Riverwalk Trust :Gourmet in the Park" food truck roundup was a success. In fact it was so successful that some trucks ran out of food and lines at certain trucks reached upwards of 45 minut ... More >>

And The Winner of The Krystal Burger Eating Competition Seat Is.......

Ryan Thiry from Cooper City will become a professional eater at Friday's Burger Battle​Thank you to everyone who entered to win a seat at the totally awesome Krystal Burger Eating Competition at The Riverwalk Trust Burger Battle this Friday evening. The winner of a place in the competition ... More >>

Broward County Will Reopen Four Parks After $100,000 Analysis Found That Closures Didn't Save Taxpayers Anything

​Broward County's ill-fated attempt to save money by closing parks midweek actually cost taxpayers $98,961, plus a year and a half of potential revenue that the parks could have brought in.  Next Tuesday, four county parks will reopen seven days a week, according to the Broward County Parks a ... 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 >>

Restaurant News: Carmine's Big Plans, Nosh in Cooper City, Get Rummy at Reef Road

​•    First, Palm Beach Gardens. Then, the world. That seems to be the mantra of local restaurateur Carmine Giardini, who's planning a national expansion of his upscale burger joint, CG Burgers. First up will be CGs in the old Bice Bistro space in the Gardens, followed by two more ... More >>

Election Day Notes

Let's start this thing off with a couple of blog votes. On Amendments 5 and 6, it's pretty easy: If you like gerrymandering, vote against them. As for me, it's a yes vote on these two. On the judicial race between John Fry and John Howes for County Court Judge in District 1, I've made a decision. T ... More >>

Broward Election Results

For those of you wanting to keep an eye on the results as they come in, click here. Early voting totals are in. They are pretty good indicators but you can see pretty good swings in some races as the night wears on. Will Keechl make it? ​In Broward, West is up over Klein by ten points (i ... More >>

Scandalized City Manager of Hallandale Will Run for Cooper City Commission

Mike Good is back on the Broward political scene.​Talk about your unlikely political comebacks. Juice has learned that Mike Good, who left his post as as Hallandale city manager under a cloud of scandal, plans to run for a commission seat in another city that has had its own share of scandal: ... More >>

The Dangerous Durian: Stinky as It Wants to Be

​South Florida abounds with tropical fruit, crazy, exotic fruit many American citizens have never seen (or smelled). You've no doubt encountered guava, carambola, dragonfruit and guanabana -- all yummy fruits, to be sure.But a recent report from Southeast Asia generated some worry: what if weird, ... More >>

Mustard Seed Germinates in Plantation

Despite an economy that has many local restaurateurs down to seeds and stems, a second Mustard Seed Bistro has sprouted up in Broward.  Tim and Lara Boyd's original Cooper City Seed now has a sibling in Plantation, taking over the former Grapevine Gourmet space. This new Seed is a more casual a ... More >>

Morning Juice: Commuter Train Bill on Track for Signature; Rothstein Banker Hopes Deniability Is Plausible

​A look at what's in the news on this morning in South Florida:Frank Spinosa, the TD bank executive who handled Scott Rothstein's investor funds, was fired last month and his attorney says Spinosa's name was falsified in fraudulent documents provided to investors. [Sun-Sentinel]Broward parents' pr ... More >>

South Florida Jewish Food Festival: A Likely Place for Fine Kugel

Photo by Flickr user marilyn819​If there's one dish that symbolizes Jewish food, it's the kugel. Sure, the matzo ball is better known, and a well-baked brisket can just about revive the dead. But the kugel is everything good Jewish cooking ought to be -- simple comfort food cooked in one dish. If ... More >>

Morning Juice: Old Dolphins Learn New Tricks; Train Barrels Into Car in Fort Lauderdale

​Here's what's churning in Friday's local news cycle:Parents of students at Pioneer Middle School in Cooper City are furious over proposals by the Broward County School District to bus students out of that school to relieve overcrowding. But what are they complaining about? Local 10's Janine Stanw ... More >>

Doggie Bag: This Week in Charlie

This week according to Chucky:Like we always say, "the greasier the spoon, the better."​Troy's Bar-Be-Que in Boynton Beach has great ribs and pork, but skip the sides.Women love the Frenchified eats at Mustard Seed Bistro in Cooper City.More eateries hit the skids this week, as Italian Oven Cafe a ... More >>

The Mustard Seed Bistro in Cooper City Works With a Very Specific Crowd

Also on the FBI Yacht: Linda Ferrara

Linda Ferrara, a former Cooper City commissioner and longtime School Board appointee and volunteer, was among what is really turning into a rogue's gallery of attendees for the party on the Intracoastal thrown by the FBI in December. Drinking At The Public Trough ​Funny ... More >>

Broward Kids Sweep Junior PGA Championships

pga.comThompson and Vogel are bringing some hardware back to West Broward​By now, everybody knows about Alexis Thompson, the Coral Springs girl who at 14 is among the most promising female golfers in the game. To no one's surprise, she dominated this past weekend's Junior PGA Championship in Mainv ... More >>

Philip Morris Gets Smoked for $8 mill

That's the handsome reward for the widow of a Cooper City man killed by lung cancer. 

Dan Marino Reports: Smoking Trial Goes Out, UF Admissions Blows, Killer Lighters

Dan Marino has ninja problems. Dan Marino Says: Mistrial Declared in Tobacco CaseA Broward County judge has declared a mistrial in the tobacco lawsuit filed against Philip Morris by the widow of a guy from Cooper City. That's the big news this morning, at least according to The Juice's news partner ... More >>

Tales of a Traveling Troubadour

Shawn Snyder finds a perfect mix of move and groove

Mein Klinton

Sips & Dips

Muddy Politics

A sure-fire technique to rile a city: Accuse people of anti-Semitism

Anti-Simsitism Hits Cooper City

Your Questions Answered

Why I'd never skewer La Brochette

Ol' Man Wiley Had a Farm

The patriarch of Waldrep Farm wouldn't go near the place nowadays. Will anybody else?

From The Election Desk

Riviera Beach Revolution

Rise Up for Recess

Cooped-up kids, unite! You have nothing to lose but your desks.

Best Pool Store

Pool Depot

Letters for March 6, 2003

Braying for Success

The Rise and Fall of the Hallmark Kid

By age ten Ryan Lipner was managing his father’s Hallmark store. So how did this would-be greeting card tycoon end up in jail before his 18th birthday?

Letters to the Editor

Letters for June 28, 2001

Basic Extinct

The food at Gryphon is bad, the service is worse. If management doesn't start caring, the Cooper City restaurant won't last long.

Letters to the Editor

Letters for October 19, 2000

You've Got to Be Kidding

Mustang Sally's

Let's Do Brunch

Penn Dutch Restaurant, Sundy House, Churchill's, Jamrock Café

A Strip-Mall Oasis

Kick Out the Jams