Hallandale Beach

Pie On a Stick, Chocolate Fountain, and Old Fashioned Candy Bar at Sweet Tooth Soiree, April 12

As kiddos, our well-intentioned parents made us choke down our broccoli at dinner before we got a bite of the real evening attraction: dessert. And as grown ups, we inflict the same torture on ourselves, often without the sugary reward. After all, being an adult means swimsuit season, calorie-counti ... More >>

Five South Florida Food & Drink Events This Weekend: Easter Brunch and More

Holiday weekends are typically slowww on the food and drink event front, and Easter is no exception. That said, there are a few goings-on about town, including food-truck rallies, free winetastings, and, appropriately, the start of Slow Foods Week. After the jump, find a list of some of the happenin ... More >>

Five South Florida Food & Drink Activities This Weekend: Boca Bacchanal Bash and More

Just because you're not into the whole Ultra/PLUR/WMC scene -- and had to use Google to understand what the hell we're talking about, here -- doesn't mean you've got to stay locked up indoors for the weekend. There's plenty of fun to be had that doesn't involve kandy or clubs. To start, there's a wh ... More >>

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 >>

Dead Body Found Outside Hallandale Beach Auto Parts Store, Two Being Questioned by Police

A dead body was found behind the Advance Auto Parts store along the 100 block of North Federal Highway in Hallandale this morning. Two teens -- a 14 and 17-year-old -- were taken away by police for questioning. Police were called in at 4:30 a.m. about an altercation going down behind the auto part ... More >>

Scare Tactics: Haunted Houses From West Palm to Miami

Dine Out Lauderdale 2012 Restaurants: It Starts Monday, October 1

There's little more than a week until Dine Out Lauderdale kicks off (it starts Monday, October 1). That gives South Florida diners a little time to sort through the special three-course menus on offer at the 40 participating restaurants, which range from Hallandale Beach north to Lighthouse Point, a ... More >>

Hallandale Beach Protesters to Block Federal Highway Traffic Tonight

Workers at the Mardi Gras Casino say management has been adopting illegal union-busting tactics with its workers, and now they're planning a king-hell spectacle to bring attention to it.Event organizers say they have 500 "confirmed" participants for a rally tonight that will start at B.F. James Park ... 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 >>

Golden Matzah Bowl Names The Best Balls In South Florida

​The third annual Forest Trace Golden Matzah Bowl was held yesterday March 22. Over 100 people turned out at the upscale resort retirement community to watch both local restaurants and individuals compete for the coveted golden matzah bowl prize. Also at stake were cash donations to the winners' c ... 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 >>

Keith London to Challenge Hallandale Beach Mayor Joy Cooper in November

​Hallandale Beach City Commissioner Keith London, who just might be Mayor Joy Cooper's least-favorite person in the world political arena, is set to challenge her in the November mayoral election.London has previously called out the mayor for spending wastefully, ignoring residents, and avoiding t ... More >>

Hallandale Neighbors in a Schvitz About Proposed New Charter School

Deutsch​Around 100 Hallandale Beach residents who live near the Hallandale Jewish Center have signed a petition opposing the opening of a new K-8 charter school on the site. The school would be run by the Ben Gamla Charter School, which already has locations in Hollywood and Sunrise.Broward Bulldo ... More >>

Coupons and food deals from Baskin Robbins, P.F. Changs, Cadillac Ranch and more!

flickr/redwolf15@sbcglobal.net​Sticking to the tune of free(almost) and/or all-you-can-eat food, we have Baskin Robbins. The battle over whether Carvel has better ice cream cake and vice versa may come to mind, but,

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 >>

Poker Rooms Bringing in More Money Than Dog Racing at Some Florida Tracks

flickr.comThe future.​Even before Florida's new, expanded gambling laws took effect last month, more and more bettors in the Sunshine State were taking their cash to poker tables, and not to the wager windows at dog racing tracks, according to new statistics released by the Florida Department of B ... More >>

Hallandale City Attorney Signed Off on Controversial Contract to Realtor

Hallandale Beach City Manager Mike Good has already been shown the door, but the purge of the ethically dubious may have just begun. Now the leading reformer, Commissioner Keith London, is going after Good's enabler, City Attorney David Jove. And he's got ammo.Based on records that London provided t ... More >>

A Brief Lesson in How a Press Release Gets a Blogger's Attention

Flickr: dadadreamsLoose slots mean everybody's got a chance to get lucky.​This blogger gets dozens -- nay, hundreds -- of press releases per day, and 99 percent of them are rubbish. You must be wondering what makes that one percent stand out. If I had to give a single answer, it's double entendre. ... More >>

Morning Juice: Investigators Still Circling Broward Schools; Video Shows Tunidors Turning on Each Other

​Your daily spin through the local headlines:Even with Broward County School Board member Beverly Gallagher on her way to prison, there are indications that the investigation has only just begun, as the district's legal office is being asked by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to provide ... More >>

Hallandale Contract With Realtor May Have Violated City Law

Hallandale Beach City Manager Mike Good gave a consultant agreement to a local real estate agent, Joe Kessel, worth up to $36,000. But a city ordinance indicates Good was forbidden to do so without first getting commission approval.A 2006 ordinance describes exactly what contracts and purchases the ... More >>

Hallandale Mayor Still Tiptoeing Around Controversial Consultant's Deal

Photo: City of Hallandale BeachMayor Cooper says Kessel played a role in the city's purchase of land at Sunset Park.​It's been awfully hard to get Hallandale Beach Mayor Joy Cooper to talk about the consulting contract that her city manager gave to real estate agent Joe Kessel in 2008. When I reac ... More >>

Morning Juice: Candid Camera at Cheetah; Glamorous Performer Loses Dignity in West Palm Nursing Home

​On this chilly, spooky Friday the 13th, let's see what's in the news:Scott Rothstein alleged fraud may have been in the neighborhood of $1 billion. Special Agent in Charge John Gillies says there are "tentacles" and wants our help identifying them. So keep your eyes out for that. [WPLG]Eww. Halla ... More >>

Color Bind: Are Police Looking for Johnny Cash?

flickr.com Johnny Cash: Dressed in Black We've written about the local media's awkward refusal to mention the race of violent, uncaptured suspects in police stories a few times. (Here and here.) It's odd that a newspaper would inform its readers how violent an individual might be and menti ... More >>

Hallandale Mayor Responds to Criticism of City Manager's Big Pay Day

Last year, Hallandale Beach City Manager Mike Good officially, and briefly, retired -- a move that allowed him to cash in some 25 years of accumulated sick and vacation time. This, according to Hallandale Beach Mayor Joy Cooper, is how in 2008 Good's gross income reached the astonishingly high figur ... More >>

It's the Battle of Tattooing!

(Sadly, only the biggest of my fellow Star Wars dorks will catch the pun in that headline. Anyway...)On one side of this intergalactic conflict, the Florida Professional  Tattoo Artists Guild. The nonprofit corporation has been active in legislative issues that affect the state's tattoo industr ... More >>

Sen. Sobel Caught in Tattoo Snafu

flsenate.govSobelA state bill that aims to make the tattoo industry safer is certain to have the opposite effect, according to the local tattoo artists organizing quickly to oppose it. Senate Bill 1130, sponsored by Florida Sen. Eleanor Sobel, the Hallandale Beach Democrat, would make it tougher for ... More >>

To the Victor Go the Spoils

Be a part of the glory at the Groove On Battle of the Bands

Ambushed by Seminole Blackjack

Shut Up and Shuffle

Two Important Stories

Dribble and Drag

Jenne's Last Monday?

Las Dull-as

Letters for July 13-19, 2006

You Scratch My Back, I Write You a Bill

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

Did John Gotti Do Anything Right?

Iron Law at Happy Times

Bad News, Unhappy News

Patriot Acts

Broward's Jennifer Van Bergen joins Michael Moore in bashing Bush

Dip into the Salsa

Givin' props to Puerto Rico

Perfecta Meets Prada

The old Gulfstream becomes a shopping mall

Adios, Abortionist

Joyce Tarnow is history

Cleaning It Up

Not-so-cute Place Names

Dirty Trash

Every day is Trash pickup day in Broward

Letters for December 19-25, 2002

About face

Poutine Spirit

The signature dish at La Gaspésienne strikes straight to the heart

Best Solo Musician

Fabio Zini

Bandwidth

You can't keep a good Button down

Bandwidth

Bandwidth spends a night at the Metal Factory

Letters to the Editor

Letters for August 17, 2000

Hoop Nightmares

Local homeowners say they don't want basketball played at night in Jefferson Park because it disturbs the peace. The players say the real reason is even uglier: race.

Sweetly Hybrid

Eddie Hills and Sushi Thai