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Florida Keys

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Mystery Sponge-killing Disease Now Seen From Palm Beach To Lower Keys

    From Sombrero Reef down in the Keys to the waters of West Palm Beach, red barrel sponges are disintegrating at worrisome rates. The culprit is unknown, and state scientists are busy trying to figure out just how widespread the disease outbreak is.At the end of April, Ed Tichenor of Palm Beach C ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 17, 2012

    Nontraditional Irish Music Meets Traditional Irish Pub

    From Sombrero Reef down in the Keys to the waters of West Palm Beach, red barrel sponges are disintegrating at worrisome rates. The culprit is unknown, and state scientists are busy trying to figure out just how widespread the disease outbreak is.At the end of April, Ed Tichenor of Palm Beach C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    Quarterdeck To Open on Dania Beach Pier

    As part of a multi-million dollar project to renovate Dania Beach Pier and the surrounding marina and beaches, City Commissioners have entered into a 10-year lease agreement with Quarterdeck Restaurants.Quarterdeck's Paul Flanagan told Clean Plate Charlie that the Dania Beach Quarterdeck should be o ... More >>

  • News

    May 3, 2012

    The World's Coral Reefs Are Being Decimated, All for a Few Gaudy Trinkets

    As part of a multi-million dollar project to renovate Dania Beach Pier and the surrounding marina and beaches, City Commissioners have entered into a 10-year lease agreement with Quarterdeck Restaurants.Quarterdeck's Paul Flanagan told Clean Plate Charlie that the Dania Beach Quarterdeck should be o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    Nature Conservancy, Surfrider Foundation Hosting Meeting Thursday on Marine Sanctuary Management

    Care about the health of local waters? Got beef with how the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary is being managed? Don't want to see the Atlantic turned into a barren, polluted wasteland?Then pay attention to what The Nature Conservancy and the Surfrider Foundation are doing this week. 

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    Burmese Pythons Can Survive in Saltwater. Damn.

    ​As if snakes large enough to swallow -- or at least try to swallow -- alligators in the Everglades aren't frightening enough, U.S. Geological Survey researchers delivered a bit of unsettling news this week about Burmese pythons. These massive beasts can't be held back by saltwater. The resea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    Florida Keys Cops Were Driving Cabs Undercover for Months

    yellowcabnyc.com​Imagine for a moment all of the strange things that have to happen in the backseat of a taxi in the Florida Keys.Now imagine that the driver of that car may not have been some burned out beach bum, but instead an undercover cop.We'd like to think the detectives from the Monroe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    Cops: Someone Tried to Rob a Burger King With a Sock

    playsational.comThis is a sock with buttons and string. Or, as the guy who tried to rob Burger King last night would call it, "a gun."​As we've documented here before, crimes in the Florida Keys are often strange, usually involving drugs, missing clothes, or some strange combination of both.Ye ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2011

    Tis the Season for Stone Crabs at Area Seafood Markets, Billy's Stone Crabs

    MiamiNewTimes​The official start of stone crab season is October 15 and will run for the next seven months. Fishermen are hoping for a bounty like last year's, which yielded 2.74 million pounds, up from previous years' catches. Early reports from the Gulf show the season is 

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    Cop Going With Family to 9/11 Ceremony Says Julio Mompeller Exposed Himself on Highway

    Monroe County Sheriff's OfficeJulio Mompeller allegedly delayed a Florida Highway Patrol trooper and his family on their way to a 9/11 ceremony, by pulling out his penis on the highway.​An off-duty Florida Highway Patrol trooper says he was on his way to a 9/11 ceremony with his wife and kid when ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    Human Poop is Killing Coral in Florida Keys and Caribbean, Study Says

    ​Okay people, who crapped on the coral?A study led by a biologist from Florida's Rollins College says human sewage has been leaking into the ocean, and is likely the cause for putting the Caribbean Elkhorn coral on the endangered species list.The research says Serratio marcescens, a bacteria f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    Florida Keys Man Who Snorted White Mystery Powder Died of Cocaine Overdose

    Apparently cocaine is, indeed, a hell of a drug.​The Monroe County Sheriff's Office has confirmed that the cause of death for 53-year-old Thomas Swindal -- who died after snorting an unknown white powder from a brick he found floating in the Florida Keys -- was a cocaine overdose.The autopsy resul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2011

    Judgment Day? South Florida Chefs Share Their Last Meals

    Judgment Day?....not so much, actually.​It's 6:00 pm on May 21st in New Zealand and people at the far end of the planet are Tweeting that the Apocalypse hasn't arrived like crackpot radio evangelist Harold Camping (who, by the way is rumored to have raised $100 million during his end-o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2011

    Make This Stone Crab and Artichoke Dip For Your Football Watch Party

    Courtesy of Linda Gassenheimer Stone Crab and Artichoke Dip​You've invited a bunch of friends over to watch the games this weekend. That also means you're going to have a half dozen hungry guys and gals in your living room and if you don't feed them they're going to start eating the furnit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2011

    Fuel up for Football: Make These Amazing Pork Sliders

    Flickr/AO101101 Pulled Pork Slider​Watching football requires a lot of work- there's the wearing of the lucky jersey (or hat), goal dancing, cursing at the television...all that works up quite an appetite. Why phone in for bad pizza delivery when you can have these amazing pork sliders? C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    Heavenly Hogfish and Tomatoes: A Recipe From Linda Gassenheimer

    ​This week we featured a two-part interview with chef and author Linda Gassenheimer, who's latest book, "The Flavor of The Florida Keys", hit stores last month. Check out the other parts here and here. Linda agreed to share a recipe from her new book with Clean Plate Charlie readers.

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Chef, Author, and Radio Host Linda Gassenheimer: Interview, Part I

    Linda Gassenheimer​Linda Gassenheimer is a chef, noted author, and radio and television personality who makes her home in Coral Gables. Her Miami Herald column, Dinner in Minutes, is syndicated to more than 4 million readers each week. Gassenheimer is producer and host of the weekly radio fe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    Key Largo Stone Crab Festival Set for January 29-30, 2011

    flickr: larryjh1234​This is the one time it is okay to get excited about a case of the crabs, so take advantage! The second annual Key Largo Stone Crab festival kicks off Jan 29-30 at

  • Dining

    September 9, 2010

    Trata Greek Taverna in Fort Lauderdale: Great Food, No Gimmicks

    flickr: larryjh1234​This is the one time it is okay to get excited about a case of the crabs, so take advantage! The second annual Key Largo Stone Crab festival kicks off Jan 29-30 at

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    No Oil Spill Here: Lobster Miniseason Awaits Hordes of Fat, Incompetent Fools

    Mighty good eatin': The Florida spiny lobster.​The last Wednesday and Thursday of this month traditionally means two things: boiled crustaceans with lots of melted butter, and drowned divers, capsized boats and bouts with the bends. That's because the official Florida lobster miniseason (Ju ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    Has Oil Entered Gulf Stream, Reached Fort Lauderdale?

    B. BrownOil off of Port Everglades ​Yesterday, a Fort Lauderdale-based yacht captain was boating about 12.5 miles offshore from Port Everglades when he and his passengers noticed the oil slick pictured above.  According to the captain, the slick was about a half-mile long. It was unlike anyth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    Food Event on the Radar

    Four Seasons Chef Darryl Moiles wants you to raise a glass to the Florida coast.​• With oil continuing to spill into the Gulf and moving towards Florida's coastlines, our local waters are in dire straits. It's appropriate, then, that June 8 is World Oceans Day, a world-wide recognition of the im ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    KeysSpill.com Needs Volunteers

    Florida's not out of the woods yet regarding the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In fact, Gulfstream currents could carry oil as far as the Florida Keys in a little over a week. That means fisheries located in South Florida could be affected soon. (For more on how the oil spill is affecting local resta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2009

    Jimmy Buffett Writes the Worst Team Song Ever

    Why don't we get drunk and...stop writing horrible songs? The Miami Dolphins announced today that Dolphins Satdium will henceforth be known as LandShark Stadium. We won't even get into the fact that the Marlins and the Dolphins play in that stadium, and Sharks eat both of those animals. (I bet ... More >>

  • News

    June 12, 2008

    Shark Huggers

    Tourists can't wait to get next to them – even if they are eating machines

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2008

    Last Night: Erykan Badu and the Roots at Mizner Park

    Tourists can't wait to get next to them – even if they are eating machines

  • News

    February 7, 2008

    Bambi Bump-off

    Who's killing the endangered key deer? The bloody mess has caused a scandal in paradise.

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2006

    Douchebag of The Month: Tom Oosterhoudt

    Who's killing the endangered key deer? The bloody mess has caused a scandal in paradise.

  • News

    August 10, 2006

    Reef Madness

    Thanks to the Delray-Boynton pipe, there's a nitrate-stoked party down there.

  • News

    December 8, 2005

    Reel Beeg Feesh

    If the snakes or caimans or microbes don't get you, the jungle adventure of a lifetime will

  • News

    November 10, 2005

    The Bad Bet

    It turns out murdered gambling boss Gus Boulis had plenty to hide

  • News

    September 8, 2005

    Letters for September 8-14, 2005

    It turns out murdered gambling boss Gus Boulis had plenty to hide

  • Dining

    July 7, 2005

    Let's Get Lost

    Six ways to do it in the Keys

  • News

    May 22, 2003

    Letters for May 22, 2003

    A classic polemic

  • News

    May 8, 2003

    Out with the Truth

    With his voting record at issue, why won't U.S. Congressman Mark Foley just say that he's gay?

  • News

    October 11, 2001

    Letters to the Editor

    Letters for October 11, 2001

  • News

    December 7, 2000

    Bones of Contention

    The battle for the soul of the Graves Museum isn't over yet, and Gypsy Graves herself is back in the trenches

  • News

    August 3, 2000

    Undercurrents

    The city is worries about the image of the groovy, cosmopolitan beach area.

  • Culture

    June 22, 2000

    Juris Imprudence

    "Boca Museum Artist Guild Juried Competition and Exhibition" and "49th Annual All Florida Competition and Exhibition"

  • Dining

    June 15, 2000

    Foodstuff

    Millionaire's Concierge

  • Calendar

    June 15, 2000

    A Stroke of Computer Genius

    The exhibition "Ernesto Rodriguez/Rick Novak"

  • News

    January 20, 2000

    A Family Portrait

    Meet Luis and José Cid, Elian Gonzalez's cousins, just a couple of good, old-fashioned American criminals

  • Goods and Services

    March 11, 1999

    Best Place to Plot Your Course

    Bluewater Books & Charts

  • News

    October 29, 1998

    Net Loss

    With encouragement from a Broward foundation, scientists hope to restore the struggling billfish population

  • News

    September 24, 1998

    Bikini Thrill

    What began as a spring break attraction is now a full-time profession offering money and acclaim. But there's no future in it.

  • Music

    May 7, 1998

    Do You Believe in Retro?

    What began as a spring break attraction is now a full-time profession offering money and acclaim. But there's no future in it.

  • News

    April 9, 1998

    Man Your Battle Stations

    WXEL wages a ceaseless and ill-fated campaign against its larger public-television rival WPBT and SunFest

  • Dining

    February 26, 1998

    Buddhist Foodists

    WXEL wages a ceaseless and ill-fated campaign against its larger public-television rival WPBT and SunFest

  • News

    January 15, 1998

    Captains Outrageous

    A simmering feud among Pompano Beach's dive-boat operators erupts into violence

  • News

    November 20, 1997

    Undercurrents

    A simmering feud among Pompano Beach's dive-boat operators erupts into violence

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