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Mother's Day in South Florida: High End Dining Options for Mom

The poor woman had to put up with you parasitically stealing all her energy for nine months. She then had to deal with your screaming and crying throughout the night, your terrible two's, and your hellacious mood swings of pubescence. Let's be honest: she seriously deserves some credit. Actually, a ... More >>

Mitt Romney Eats Healthy at BurgerFi In Delray Beach (Photos)

With the last presidential debate being held tonight at Lynn University in Boca Raton, most of south Florida is on politico alert. That means that while the candidates have to eat somewhere...most restaurants are scoped out by the secret service in advance then given only a few minutes official noti ... More >>

Media People, Get a Free Beer at BurgerFi Delray Beach

Life in the trenches of the media is far from glamorous. The hours are literally endless, the pay is lousy, and we are constantly blamed by the general public and both ends of the political spectrum of spinning things one way or another.If you are a poor schlub working in the "lamestream" media you ... More >>

Jill Dahne, Love Psychic, Predicts New Anus Tattoo Trend (Video NSFW)

The 17th-annual South Florida Tattoo Expo was held at the Marriott Hotel, Golf Club & Convention Center at Heron Bay in Coral Springs over the weekend. The event featured hot music, hot cars, burlesque shows, and plenty of ink.Our video staff (led by our County Grind music blog editor, Liz Tracy ... More >>

South Florida 2012 James Beard Semifinalists Announced

​The 2012 James Beard Semifinalists have been announced (click here for the full list), about a month before the finalists will be unveiled, on March 19. By the numbers, Chicago, D.C., Philadelphia, and San Francisco have the most nominees. After the jump, South Florida's nominees in all categorie ... More >>

Reggae Great Buju Banton Is Locked Up on Drug Charges. Was He Entrapped?

Prisonville, Florida: Low Taxes and Big Yards, All for the Price of a Box Full of Immigrants

South Florida Butchers Hope a Return to Local Means Their Survival

Hard-Core Disney Fans Can't Be Corralled by the Corporate-Approved Fan Club, D23

New Times & YOLO Slider Battle: Q&A With Chef Dean Max of 3030 Ocean

facebook.com; YOLO​As a countdown to the upcoming slider competition -- Sips & Sliders at Sunset hosted by Las Olas restaurant YOLO April 21, Clean Plate Charlie interviewed chefs of the participating restaurants. First up is executive chef Dean James Max of 3030 Ocean, an upscale seafood rest ... More >>

Vice Mayor's Brother Hits Up Lobbyists For Biz

Cal Deal Wild art: Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler with a friend (is that Judy Stern behind that mask?). And no, Seiler has nothing to do with the following blog post.​So what do you do when your brother is elected to the city commission? Why you go to political events -- like a meeting of the B ... More >>

Interview With Chef Daniel Ramos of Market 17 (Part 1)

photo: Deirdra FuncheonDaniel Ramos in the new digs. ​After months of anticipation (and a few delays), the new farm-to-table eatery Market 17 is now open on 17th Street in Fort Lauderdale. The restaurant is no small undertaking. All dishes are prepared from scratch. It serves ostrich. It makes cev ... More >>

A Recap of Pairings, Last Night at the Broward Center

​Cupcakes. Pork belly. Lamb chops. Burgers. Ravioli. Rice balls. Red curry. There was a symphony of good eats at New Times' Pairings, held last night at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. The more than three dozen local restaurants that showed up and threw down pulled off a fantastic line ... More >>

Mark Militello to Take Over Trina With New Name, Revised Menu

​Never count him out - Mark Militello, an original South Florida  chef who first came to notice with Mark's Place in Miami, is back at a hotel - The Atlantic on Ft. Lauderdale beach - to revamp and rework restaurant Trina's menus."It will be totally chef-driven," he said. "I'm redesigning eve ... More >>

Paula DaSilva Bids Fond Farewell to 3030 Ocean

It's time to kiss the chef goodbye​, folks. Paula DaSilva, Hell's Kitchen season 5 contestant and longtime Executive Sous Chef at Fort Lauderdale's 3030 Ocean, is packing up her knives and heading to Miami. DaSilva, who's worked at 3030 Ocean under Chef Dean James Max for over 10 years, will becom ... More >>

Max Mermelstein, the Snitch Who Brought Down the Cocaine Cowboys, Hid for Two Decades

Consultant: Overbuilt West Palm Still Needs Convention Center Hotel

Photo by C. StilesCityPlace South Tower is still mostly empty.​Last week, Palm Beach County officials selected a development team to build a new hotel to prop up the county convention center in downtown West Palm Beach. It seemed an insane move, since thousands of empty condo units already crowd t ... More >>

Lauderdale Digs Give Colts Pre-Game Edge

Flickr: DarrinsThe Marriott at Fort Lauderdale's Harbor Beach​A prominent hotel industry blog has declared the Indianapolis Colts the Super Bowl champions in their pre-game hotel match-up against the New Orleans Saints. Credit goes to Fort Lauderdale's Harbor Beach Marriott Resort, which in a side ... More >>

Dalia Dippolito May Have Tried to Kill Him, But Michael Dippolito Is No Saint

Lauderdale Bedbug Lawyer Says Tourists Should Check Registry

Cimex Lectularius, coming soon to an Airport Hilton near you.​The Airport Hilton, Palm Beach. The Marriott Key Largo. The Clevelander Miami Beach. The Ocean Manor Resort Fort Lauderdale. The Embassy Suites in Boca. These are only a few of the South Florida hotels and guest houses riddled with bedb ... More >>

Dalia Dippolito's "Love u" Texts to a Mystery Man

Dalia Dippolito knows how to keep a man waiting.​Eleven days before she was arrested for allegedly attempting to have her husband killed, Dalia Dippolito was exchanging romantic text messages with another man who was waiting for her to come visit him at a local Marriott.The man, who has a Californ ... More >>

Local Tourism Boosters Pay Top Dollar for Free Publicity

Flickr: NGaffneySebastian Beach in Fort Lauderdale: Where the boys are​When you read the first few paragraphs of this weekend's article about Fort Lauderdale in the Toronto Star, you can't help but say, "You can't pay for publicity that good!" Seriously -- imagine you're a gay man marooned in the ... More >>

Mike Judge Goes Back to Work With Extract

Ilios at the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Beach Puts a Fork in the Road

Coming Attractions: Ilios at the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort

​This week's dish column is on Ilios, a Mediterranean-inspired tapas restaurant on the sixth floor of the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort. Not much has been written about Ilios in the two years since the Hilton opened, while its contemporaries along the beach -- Trina at the Atlantic, Cero at ... More >>

"Fighter of Radical Muslims" Offers Free Exorcism for Muslim Moderate, Some Blogger

Flickr User: steffiekeithA 20-year-old on Madison Avenue in New York City for Muslim Day, Sept. 10, 2006Last week, I sparked a little feud after I questioned the motives and judgment of Rep. Adam Hasner, the House majority leader, for making public appearances with anti-Islam agitator Geert Wilders, ... More >>

Newsflash: Ritter Invited "Creepy" Joel Steinger To Her New Year's Party

A Sun-Sentinel article this morning details the luxury items the fraudulent Mutual Benefits Corp. purchased for the Parkland home of Broward County Mayor Stacy Ritter and her husband Russ Klenet. That's fine, but what's really interesting is that Ritter ... More >>

Hell's Kitchen 5 - Chef Paula DaSilva Interview - "The Eating Was The Worst"

This season FOX's smash reality hit Hell's Kitchen 5 features 3 Florida Chef's, Paula DaSilva is one of them. Paula works as Chef De Cuisine at 3030 Ocean at the Marriot's Harbor Beach Resort in Ft. Lauderdale. I spoke to her via telephone and here's what she had to say."I grew up in the business. ... More >>

Developer Tibor Hollo Helped Build Miami

An epic condo bust can't burst his bubble.

The Potato Chip Chronicles

Fine dining ends not with a bang but a crackle

Highway to Hog Heaven

Deep Down South takes the road less traveled and finds itself far ahead of the pack

Dark Passage

Six set sail on the Joe Cool hoping for better luck. Only two saw land again.

Judy Stern Loses Hotel Vote

The Broward Lobbyist List

Lobbyist Smeared By Bogus Letter Campaign

Bettye LaVette

The Scene of the Crime (Anti)

Letters for June 14 to 20, 2007

Bad Latitude

At the Marriott's seaside café, the joke's on us

Zombies Alive

Boca's newest crunk outfit is creepin' on up

Finnegans Shake

Ghostface gets all James Joyce on us.

As the World Twists

Lake Pols-begone

The Bad Bet

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

Fire in the Disco!

Best Place to Skinny-Dip

Behind the Marriott Harbor Beach Resort & Spa

Drug Holiday

Once a leading gay activist, CenterOne cofounder Gary Steinsmith has fallen on hard times

Admitting Terror

The immigration service's own describe how America failed to protect its borders from the September 11 terrorists

Letters to the Editor

Letters for August 30, 2001

The Sultan of Swap

He's a hillbilly boor, a promotional genius, a political trickster, a lovable rogue, and a control freak. Preston Henn is also the owner of one of the biggest flea markets in the world.

Night & Day

September 3 - 9, 1998

Undercurrents