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South Florida Dining and Drinking Events This Week: Cigar City Night and More

Lots to eat and drink (mostly drink) this week in South Florida, so let's get right to it. After the jump, find a roundup of food- and drink-related events happening this week in Broward and Palm Beach counties. See Also: - Plantation to Get a New Weekly Food Truck Rally Beginning in October - Ame ... More >>

Paladar Latin Kitchen & Rum Bar: Opening Tonight at Gulfstream Park

If there is anything Florida has down pat, it's Latin food and rum. With our demographics, that most certainly makes sense. This week brings south Florida's newest Latin-inspired restaurant: Paladar Latin Kitchen & Rum Bar.See Also:- Food Network Kitchen Opens at Fort Lauderdale International Ai ... More >>

Ron Kerr and Bite Gastrotruck to Work Both Sides of the Border

Ralph Pagano leaves Gulfstream Park for Alba.To many people in either Broward or Miami-Dade, crossing the invisible border that divides the two counties is a rare occurrence. Maybe it's because each county is a self-contained place to work, live, and play, or maybe it's the distinct vibe that define ... More >>

Fourth of July Fireworks: Your Broward County Guide to Explosions

Tomorrow is the Fourth of July! A glorious celebration of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by our founding fathers some 236 years ago. It is a day of great historical weight, and there is no better way to commemorate the occasion than to sit in a field and watch things blow up.And whe ... More >>

Tanzy to Open in Early May in Mizner Park in Boca Raton

Tanzy is scheduled to open in early May in Mizner Park in Boca Raton. The 7,000-square-foot restaurant/bar will be located in the downstairs portion of the space previously occupied by Sunrise Cinemas and currently undergoing renovation to become an iPic Theater. The new restaurant/movie theater com ... More >>

Canned Beer Pairing, Cigar City Brewing Dinner, and other Food and Drink Events This Week in South Florida

​Beer, beer, beer: there are still about two weeks until New Times' Beerfest, but you can prepare for the event with one of the beer-focused events planned this week in Broward and Palm Beach Counties. Of course, there are other food and drink goings-on, but beer certainly takes center stage. Afte ... More >>

The Big Trend for 2012 May Be the Death of Restaurant Trends

Crazy-Fancy iPic Movie Theaters Coming to South Florida

​The "ultimate movie redefining entertainment" is coming to South Florida. Boca-based luxury movie theater company iPic Theaters announced plans yesterday for theaters in Boca Raton and Hallandale Beach, the Miami Herald reports.The theaters will feature leather recliners, blankets, booze, and gou ... More >>

Backstage in South Florida: The Saw Doctors, a Fort Lauderdale Show to Get Psyched About

​Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions, and observations about the local scene. This week: Salivating over the Saw Doctors...  One of the disadvantages of living in a place as far removed as South Florida is the fact that we're well off the beaten pat ... More >>

Food & Drink Events This Weekend in Broward and Palm Beach

Phillip Pessar via Flickr Creative CommonsThe trucks don't take a holiday. ​With Halloween just days away, most of the weekend's food and drink related activities in Broward and Palm Beach Counties are geared to costumes, candy, and the undead (oh, and the nautical. The 52nd Annual Fort Lauderdale ... More >>

Florida Highway Patrol, ICE, Target Dark-Skinned People, Lawsuit Claims

www.vectorportal.com/subcategory/168/HANDCUFFS-VECTOR-IMA...​A 12-year resident of Broward County says that cops picked on him because he is dark complected and of Trinidadian origin -- and that they went so far as to detain him on bogus fraud charges, according to a recently filed lawsuit. Bhola ... More >>

National Lasagna Day Is Thursday

Thick pasta layers drown in a pool of rich meat sauce while creamy ricotta and feathery Parmesan mingle about. Bubbly, gooey, chewy. Burnt, crisp edges crunch as herby tomato juices hope to run down chins amok... Mmhhh, lasagna. Am I making you hungry yet?

In The Biz - Interview with Playwright Irish Pub's Kelley Saul

​Playwright Irish Pub in The Village at Gulfstream Park is the sister-pub to iconic Playwright in South Beach.  Both pubs offer over a dozen beers on tap (including Guinness, of course), but only Playwright at Gulfstream offers live horse racing action right outside the window.  ... More >>

Lemonade Stands Sprout Up in Hollywood To Fight Childhood Cancer

​Every year, employees of global tech firm PerkinElmer team up and run lemonade stands for a day. They're not just playing hooky. They're raising awareness and money by teaming up with Alex's Lemonade Stands, a 501(c)3 charity that helps kids with cancer.Back when she was only four years old, Alex ... More >>

Antonio Balta Got 20 Years for Leaving His Baby in a Hot Car. Was the Sentence Too Harsh?

Free is Good: Guac at Cantina Laredo, Wine at III Forks, Celebrities at City Oyster

​Want the scoop on South Florida food news as it happens? Sign up to be a Broward Palm Beach Insider and receive our weekly newsletter and text alerts. • You know what tastes good? Free. This Summer, you can get a sample of that courtesy of Cantina Laredo. Just text the word "Cantina" to 89686 a ... More >>

Tonino Lamborghini Caffe Corsa Closes in Gulfstream Park

​Tonino Lamborghini Caffe Corsa, the restaurant named after the son of auto industry icon Ferruccio Lamborghini, has closed its doors for good. The restaurant located in the new, outdoor shopping mall the Village at Gulfstream Park married authentic Italian food with the kind of sleek design the y ... More >>

Cigar City on Draft at Dania Jai Alai

Florida's most buzzed about beer meets the World's Fastest Game, head on.​Dania Jai Alai is like the ultimate Den of Iniquity: if you want vice, they've got it. There, you can gamble on ponies or poker, watch balls zip around at 150 miles-per-hour in "The World's Fastest Game," and smoke cigars to ... More >>

Food Events on the Radar

Scott BarfieldThe chefs at Chima will tend the grill for Riverwalk Trust's Get Downtown.​• Fort Lauderdale's largest, outdoor happy hour is back on April 9. The Riverwalk Trust's Get Downtown series, now in its 12th year, brings the party to the streets with food, entertainment, and drink all fo ... More >>

The Meat of the Matter at Texas de Brazil in Hallandale Beach

Photo by Flickr user mainochurrascaria​Now that Mr. Persnickety and I are nearing the sixth month of our courtship, I've started to become obsessively concerned that he try new foods nearly every time we go out to eat, and I have become more vocal in my insistence that he join me on my quest to un ... More >>

Thank God It's Over, but 2009 Does End With the Promise of Better Things to Come

Vittles Galore Coming to the Village at Gulfstream Park

​Lots of us foodies just can't wait until February rolls around now that we know the Village at Gulfstream Park is going to open with scads of promising new restaurants. Media folks were treated to a sneak preview of the massive complex Tuesday, followed by one of those pop-your-button lunches onl ... More >>

Employees at Gulfstream Park Traded Gambling Money for Cocaine, Investigators Say

Gulfstream and Mardi Gras at Odds Over Gambling Bills

If you're looking for a safe investment in this rough recession, I'd consider betting on gambling. Both the Florida House and Senate are considering new legislation that would ease restrictions on gambling in this state. At the same time, horse tracks like Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Be ... More >>

Morning Juice: Divorced and Friendless in Boca, Chess Champ Would Be Unknown if Not So Hot

Divorcing Couples Forced to Live Together, Apparently Have No 'Buddies'The economy is so bad that couples going through divorces are forced to live with each other because they can't sell their houses. Here's an excerpt from the Associated Press story that explains the problem and includes a couple ... More >>

Casinos Are a Kid's Best Friend

If only every town in Florida had a casino. Then our little tykes in need might have some Christmas dough to spend and sports teams to join.The lucky little ones in Hallandale Beach have Gulfstream Park, the horse racetrack and casino. Although they're not yet old enough to play poker or tug on ... More >>

Wait, Let Me Change Hats

Geller does costly deals but shuns "L" word

Sporty Delight

Former Gulfstream VP: I Didn't Know About Slot MachineThefts

The P Word

The Gulfstream Story: What Really Happened?

MNF on ESPN? OMG BRT!

Cops and Community: Dysfunction Junction

You Scratch My Back, I Write You a Bill

Gottlieb and Geller reward Hollywood for its generosity with a big, fat payback.

The Divine Wager

Dante at Gulfstream

Tailpipe

Crackin' Crack

Ponies Are Running!

Pee, Sweat, and Maggots

United For Fun

Washington on the Couch

Should the Men in White Coats come for our political system?

Blonde Ambition

Show us your roots, baby!

They're Off!

The races return to Gulfstream

Fishin' for Marlin

Baseball goes topsy-turvy

Movie Mojo

It's not about smoke and mirrors

Stayin' Kinda Alive

Despite Three Dog Night, the pool of Gulfstream bettors continues to shrink

Cheap Shots

Rick Nielsen is not content to pull his old hat tricks anymore

A Horse Race

Trainer Ken McPeek won the Sunshine State's biggest competition. That is, after he woke up.

End of the Line

Back in the era of over-easy rock, these guys engineered some kind of success

Best Jockey

Michael J. McCarthy

Night & Day

January 7 - 13, 1999