Havana

25. Chrissy Benoit of the Little House Boynton Beach

New Times' Best Of Broward-Palm Beach 2013 issue arrives June 13. To celebrate, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up 30 of our favorite tastemakers -- restaurateurs, chefs, bartenders, and other foodies who make the South Florida food scene what it is. We'll start with number 30 and lead up to South Fl ... More >>

"Fart Blossom" Chili and Paella: New Owners Debut New Menu Items at Diner's, Drive-Ins and Dives-Featured Havana Hideout in Lake Worth

When Chrissy Benoit told me she had sold Havana Hideout to open her newest venture, The Little House in Boynton Beach, a small part of me panicked. What did that mean for the future of the beloved Lake Worth establishment -- the same place Guy Fieri had targeted for an episode of Diner's, Drive ... More >>

Annual Home Brewer's Brew Off: Only 100 Advance Tickets For Sale

Calling all home brewers: the 5th Annual Home Brewer's Brew Off is currently looking to fill a few remaining spots for the upcoming locals-only home brewer competition taking place on Sunday, Nov. 4.If you have an amazing recipe for your favorite ale, stout, porter or pilsner, now's the time to shar ... More >>

Bahama Breeze's Legendary Island Cocktails: Staycation in a Glass

It's time to plan your summer vacation and there's not enough cash in the piggy bank to book that trip to St. Bart's.  Who cares about a villa in Barbados when you can hop over to Bahama Breeze and take a trip to the Caribbean with their new line of Legendary Island Cocktails?Eight cocktails fr ... More >>

Oceans 234 Kicks Off Havana Nights White Party Series

OK -- so the Dirty Dancing sequel, Havana Nights, didn't measure up to the original awesome movie (even though Mad Men's Roger Sterling was a pretty cool silver fox of a dad). We still love Havana Nights as a concept for throwing a really great party -- and so does Oceans 234.Starting this Saturday, ... More >>

The Haitian Empty Bowl Fundraiser Is Saturday, March 24, in Lake Worth

​The Third Annual Haitian Empty Bowl Fundraiser is planned for Saturday throughout downtown Lake Worth. The venture is a progressive meal of sorts, with roughly 20 local restaurants and specialty food shops donating samples to the cause, which will raise money for kids in Haiti. Joyce Brown, an or ... More >>

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

South Florida's Best Coffee Shops

​ People are particular about coffee, whether they take it light and sweet, black, or muddy. Then there are the matters of beans: how recently they were roasted, whether they're fair trade, or whether any of it matters once they're in the cup, brewed by a Krups machine, a French press, or drip fun ... More >>

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 >>

Adopt-a-Kitchen Program to Help More South Florida Foodies Get a Start in the Restaurant World

Chrissy Benoit, owner of Havana Hideout and the Production Kitchen. ​How would you like to roll out in your own food truck? Maybe build a small business baking your grandmother's amazing chocolate chip cookie recipe? Or that dressing all your friends and family just can't get enough of?For a numb ... More >>

The Top Five Places to Get Sangria in Palm Beach County

​It's a steamy summer evening, and with an exhausting week at its end, you're positively yearning for a drink, right? And preferably something cool and refreshing.While an ice-cold brewsky or chilled cocktail will do, why not try a glass of the quintessential summer drink: sangria.Even if you don' ... More >>

Havana Hideout Brew-Off Results

Havana Hideout's Chrissy Benoit​A trio of West Palm Beach hopheads planning to turn pro as High Noon Brewing were the big winners in last Saturday's Spring 2011 Brew-Off at Chrissy Benoit's tiki-delic Havana Hideout.  Keith Spencer, Patrick Urrutia, and Doug Gamester, whose Marxist leanings a ... More >>

Havana Hideout to Host Fourth Biannual Brew-Off

​Beer isn't just for breakfast any more, nor is it only for professional sudsers peddling everything from artisan brewskis to industrial pisswater.  For four years now, Lake Worth's Havana Hideout has been showcasing the beers of the area's best amateur brewers, hosting spring and winter Brew ... More >>

Play Bingo While Barhopping in Lake Worth

Flickr: DevastatiaWear one of these for an extra advantage.​This Saturday, July 3, from 2 to 6 p.m., participants are more than welcome to wear sunbathing attire during the Beach Blanket Bingo event - in fact, any man or woman in a bikini gets to mark spot B69 at the beginning of the moveable bing ... More >>

The Good Old Dias

100 Favorite Dishes: Grilled Achiote-Rubbed Fish Tacos From Havana Hideout

​As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com.No. 18: Grilled Achiote-Rubbed Fish Tacos From Havana HideoutLake Worth's primo ... More >>

Music, Booze Reign Supreme at Havana Hideout Cigar Garden/Bar and Brogues on the Avenue

Havana Hideout Owner Reveals Inspiration Behind 'Paper Plate Cuisine'

Photo by Patty CanedoHavana Hideout owner Chrissy Benoit.​At first glance, you may miss Havana Hideout, nestled in toward the end of downtown Lake Worth. However, this tucked-away little jewel sparkles as an homage to "paper plate cuisine." If the music doesn't catch your ear or the inviting couch ... More >>

They're Havana Party

Revolico Moves Cuba's Black Market Online

Afghan Star

Hide Out While You Still Can at Lake Worth's Havana Hideout

If you're not a subscriber to our weekly Cafe Bites dining newsletter for Broward and Palm Beach, here's a taste of what you missed this week. Click here to subscribe.Some secrets South Floridians like to keep to themselves. Lake Worth hole-in-the-wall Havana Hideout has a few of them. Like its choc ... More >>

Lone Havana-based U.S. Newspaper Reporter Is Coming Home

In yet another symbol of the fall of American newspapers, the man billed as the "only U.S. reporter based in Havana" is leaving Cuba.    Sun-Sentinel Executive Editor Earl Maucker told staff during a meeting on Friday that the newspaper is shutting down its bureau in Havana ... More >>

Keeping Up With the Maestros

The Boca Museum scurries to match all the fine Latin American art exhibitions around

Cuban Flautist Orlando "Maraca" Valle Wants to Party

Questions For Earl Maucker

Jim Naugle’s Worst Nightmare

Havana Is Open

And you don't need a boat to get there

Various artists

Si Para Usted: The Funky Beats of Revolutionary Cuba (Waxing Deep)

Baghdad Boy On Havana Hustle

"Driven to Dine " Offers a Haute Luck Dinner

Covering Cuba: Tamayo Vs. Bauza

Unsolved Mysteries of the (Foodie) Universe

Miscellaneous news to chew over.

Black-Owned Media Want Share of Campaign Money

Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions.

Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions.

Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions.

Best Place to Ditch the Kids

Parents Night Out

Best Cigar

Cigar Outlet

All that Jazz

Little Havana lands in Delray

Best Cuban Sandwich

Mama's Latin Café

Murdered in Havana

After the Catholic Church banished him, Cuba welcomed him. But the vibrant new life George Zirwas created for himself soon ended in tragic death.

Best Late-Night Dining

Havana Restaurant

El Béisbolista

No one has lived through more of South Florida's baseball past than Vicente Lopez

Best Cuban Sandwich

Tropical Café

Undercurrents

Why is the Sun-Sentinel’s Cuba bureau so kind to Fidel?

Doo-wop Fantástico

Los Zafiros: The Drifters of Cuban music

In Search of the Mach Turtle

A reporter tags along as a South Florida PI searches for a missing trawler in Cuba, then finishes the job by battling with the boat's owner

High on the Hogs