Liquor and Spirits

To Celebrate, or Drown Your Sorrows: Tax Day Drink Recommendations

Tax day is right around the corner on Tuesday, April 17.  While the lucky might be getting a check from Uncle Sam, most of us have something to pay. Either scenario is an occasion to drink. We've lined up a handful of bartender recommendations for their choices of what to drink to mark the day. ... More >>

St. Patrick's Day at The Village at Gulfstream Park: A Cocktail Recipe and Tons of Corned Beef

​How much food and beer can a crowd pack away on a day like St. Patrick's Day? Kurt Ditzler, general manager for Playwright Irish Pub at the Village at Gulfstream Park puts the estimate fairly high. "We're planning on going through a hundred pounds of corned beef and fifteen cases of potatoes," he ... More >>

Martini Madness at La Scaletta Ristorante & Pizzeria

​There's something about a martini that we adore. Maybe it's the sophistication of the glass or the ritual of watching the bartender shake the cocktail and pour the ice-cold libation, possibly leaving the shaker at the bar with a few precious additional drops of the delicious libation we are about ... More >>

Mardi Gras at Home: Beads, King Cake, Muffulettas, and Hurricanes

Robert Fresh MarketKing Cake is a Mardi Gras tradition.​Happy Fat Tuesday!  This is the day when good Christians stuff themselves with booze, food, and show their boobs in exchange for beads in a last-ditch effort to get in as much partying as they can before Lent.  Thankfully, like Chri ... More >>

Wine and Beer Are Equally As Popular: A Report

good.is​Though I would have thought beer was kicking wine's ass, a Gallup Poll of American adults taken last year concludes that the numbers of people who typically choose beer has declined nationwide, while those who choose wine has slightly increased. Hard liquor seeds third, though more people ... More >>

Thanksgiving Boozing: A Cocktail Menu For Your Cast of Characters

​You've planned your menu. You've done your shopping. You've ordered the turkey. You're baking breads. There's one more detail yet to plan: the booze. Sure you can buy a mixed case of wine or a couple of cases of craft beers. Yet there's something to be said about liquoring up the guests. After th ... More >>

Going for Blood: Food and Drink for Vampires

​October ushers in the month of ghastly visions, including those at Saturday's Endless Night Vampire Ball featured on today's slide show. Vampires' thirst for blood has inspired today's roundup of blood-themed food and drink, either in name or reality. Sound disturbing? Just this past weekend in t ... More >>

Free Drinks Tonight @ New Times Link Up Party

​If you're a social-media maven with a discerning palate, be sure not to miss New Times' first Link Up party tonight at the Downtowner Saloon, 10 S. New River Drive East. The party, which runs from 7 to 9 p.m., features free cocktails, appetizers, and Kona beer. The Link Up is New Times' way of sa ... More >>

Forget the Bacon and Blue Cheese; Here's Dean Martin's Burger Recipe

Wikimedia Commons​When it comes to cooking meat like a goldang man, it's worth taking a look back to the middle of the past century, when chauvinism and functioning alcoholism hung in the air like aerosolized fat and vegetarianism was confined to parts of town where not even Deano himself would ve ... More >>

Host a Bloody-Good Tea Party in Honor of the Royal Wedding! (Cocktails and Recipes)

google images Tea and Crumpets​As you may know, Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton are to be wed on April 29th. It's time to gather all your mates and celebrate the royal ceremony!  Please do not even consider using the rubbish that has been collecting dust in the back of yo ... More >>

Tonight: Zombie Jam at Mai-Kai

Last week, we told you about tonight's Zombie Jamboree at Mai Kai. It begins at 5:00 p.m. Are you going? We met with Tommy Merolla, brand ambassador of Botran Rum, over the weekend and got a sneak peek at what he's mixing for the competition and talked cocktails and South Florida. A first look at ... More >>

Bar Talk with Lindsay Yates from Vic and Angelo's in Delray Beach

Delray Beach bartender Lindsay Yates​There are some people who are just born to be good bartenders -- whether it's their chosen line of work or not. Luckily, this week's Bar Talk bartender from Delray Beach happens to be one of those people. This girl's not your typical hot chick behind the b ... More >>

Bacon-Infused Liquor: Make Your Own at Home

Bacon-Infused Spicy Vodka Bloody Mary​Mmm, bacon. The salty, smoky meat can make anything better... even our favorite cocktails.A technique called Fat-Washing can be used to infuse the flavor of any fatty meat (such as bacon) into liquor. It's become popular in restaurants to infuse the fat of bac ... More >>

"Skinny Cocktail" Recipes -- Drinks at RA Sushi Through January

​Yes, cocktails contain calories and if you're downing a few of them, it adds up. Over the holidays, folks tend to imbibe more than usual and then, before they know it, they're sitting on the tarmac with Kevin Smith, slimming down enough to fit in a seat.RA Sushi -- with locations in Pembroke Pine ... More >>

Recipe: 4 Orange Sugar 'n Spice Sidecar

​A few years ago, agricultural officials tried to chop down every backyard orange tree in the state. Yours probably got the axe. Too bad -- you could have started your own distillery.4 Orange Premium Vodka is the first vodka made from four different Florida orange varieties. According to its press ... More >>

Recipes for Holiday Drinks at Texas de Brazil

​If you are in the mood for the flavor of Brazil to go along with your holiday festivities, then Texas De Brazil is the place for you. This Brazilian Steakhouse is now offering holiday martinis with great names such as Misseltoe Delight, Christmas Dream, and Candy Cane Martini to go along with its ... More >>

Restaurant News: Big Deals at Big City Tavern, March of Dimes' Chefs & Wine Extravaganza, ZED Offers Freebie

​•    Determined to make its happy hour even happier, downtown Fort Lauderdale's Big City Tavern has rolled out a new martini menu and roster of half-priced appetizers. The "8 for $8" martinis are offered from 4 to 7 p.m. daily and range from a "health cocktail" with blueberry vod ... More >>

Hollywood: The Walk of Fame

This melting pot of a city has its range of bars.

Buzzed in Paradise: Pirate Republic Seafood Bar and Grill

This melting pot of a city has its range of bars.

Single Malts At Two Chefs

Art Basel brings so much cool stuff to Miami each year, but also throngs of people and a whole lot of hype. Tonight, however, far from the madding crowd, Two Chefs in South Miami will be offering a single malt sampling that is eminently reasonable in price: Twenty dollars will allow you to "Taste 5, ... More >>

The Great Voodoo Tiki Tequila Taste Test

Art Basel brings so much cool stuff to Miami each year, but also throngs of people and a whole lot of hype. Tonight, however, far from the madding crowd, Two Chefs in South Miami will be offering a single malt sampling that is eminently reasonable in price: Twenty dollars will allow you to "Taste 5, ... More >>

Booze Hound - Boteco

Art Basel brings so much cool stuff to Miami each year, but also throngs of people and a whole lot of hype. Tonight, however, far from the madding crowd, Two Chefs in South Miami will be offering a single malt sampling that is eminently reasonable in price: Twenty dollars will allow you to "Taste 5, ... More >>

Marriage is Like Mushrooms

The Love Boat departs on the hour from Little Palm Island

Amy Wino Looks Worse

The Love Boat departs on the hour from Little Palm Island

In the Saddle

The Love Boat departs on the hour from Little Palm Island

The Twilight Singers

A Stitch in Time (One Little Indian)

Sexi Mexi

Two new Boca restaurants head south of the border

Mautone's Martinis

Two new Boca restaurants head south of the border

Best Place to Sip Cognac

Side Bar

Best Cheap Thrill

The mechanical bull at Davie Junction

Drive-By Truckers

Decoration Day (New West)

Margaritamill

The drinks are the best thing about this cantina

Best Sports Bar

Bru's Room

Readers Choice: Bru's Room Sports Grill

Best Kosher Restaurant

Eilat Cafe

Model Citizen

Life's a bitch. But T-Model Ford drives on.

Italian Food, Unchained

The owner of Pranzo hasn't let his chain-restaurant success spoil his excellent Italian eatery

Best Restaurant When Someone Else Is Paying

3030 Ocean

Best Ensemble Cast

Red Herring

Best Cuban Restaurant

Cohiba

The Good Life

Hi-Life Cafe’s welcoming atmosphere takes comfort food to a whole other level

Best Mexican Restaurant

La Palma Grill

Best Martini

Mark's Las Olas

Best Restaurant/Broward County

Canyon Southwest Café

Best French Restaurants

La Vie en Rose Café

The Jinx Continues

La Vie en Rose Café

Best Place To Buy A Barstool

Barstools to Go

Best Bar On The Water/Broward

Le Tub

Best Restaurant For a Power Lunch

Maxwell's Chophouse

Foodstuff

Maxwell's Chophouse