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Memorial Day Eats: South Florida's Best Barbecue

Happy Memorial Day weekend. Prepare to celebrate this three-day holiday with tons of barbecued and grilled meats and cold drinks. If you're not into the DIY barbecue thing, there are -- contrary to popular belief -- places in South Florida where you can get some decent (or great) barbecue. In antici ... More >>

The Hog Restaurant in Pompano Beach: Barbecue That Doesn't Hide Behind the Sauce

A reader recently called Clean Plate Charlie's attention to the barbecue served at The Hog Restaurant in Pompano Beach, a relatively new, independent joint that's been open for about six months. Since it's all about style when it comes to barbecue, we'll cut to the chase: Restaurant manager Alessand ... More >>

Gilt City Miami Tests Safe Fare at East End Brasserie in Fort Lauderdale

A reader recently called Clean Plate Charlie's attention to the barbecue served at The Hog Restaurant in Pompano Beach, a relatively new, independent joint that's been open for about six months. Since it's all about style when it comes to barbecue, we'll cut to the chase: Restaurant manager Alessand ... More >>

Trim the Tree With Food? Ten of the Weirdest Christmas Ornaments We've Seen

A Christmas Taco? Beats another freaking angel.​We admit we've been lazy and haven't decorated the tree yet. It's just sitting there all barren and green. In our defense, we've been looking for some really interesting ornaments to adorn it with. We're sick of the usual reindeer, snowmen, and angel ... More >>

Key West Airport Gets Another Crash Landing; Investigators Already There From Last Crash

Monroe County Sheriff's OfficeThis was an inappropriate method of landing a plane.​For the second time in four days, a plane somehow managed to crash on the Key West airport's only runway.Add in a $165,000 embezzling scheme and a drunk guy making bomb threats and you've got one hell of a two-week ... More >>

Ten Days at Key West Airport: A Plane Crash, Bomb Threat, and Six-Figure Embezzlement

​It's been an interesting time for the little Key West International Airport, which has been home to a plane crash, a bomb threat, and a six-figure embezzlement -- all in the past ten days.It started on October 24, when 32-year-old Texas resident Darren Tonner drank a bit at one of the airport bar ... More >>

A Woman Needs Another Joke About Her Bad Driving

​It's been an interesting time for the little Key West International Airport, which has been home to a plane crash, a bomb threat, and a six-figure embezzlement -- all in the past ten days.It started on October 24, when 32-year-old Texas resident Darren Tonner drank a bit at one of the airport bar ... More >>

A Woman Needs Another Joke About Her Bad Driving

​It's been an interesting time for the little Key West International Airport, which has been home to a plane crash, a bomb threat, and a six-figure embezzlement -- all in the past ten days.It started on October 24, when 32-year-old Texas resident Darren Tonner drank a bit at one of the airport bar ... More >>

Foods of the '90s That Deserve an Ironic Comeback

Liberalmind1012 via Creative CommonsYou could have your drink and chew it too!​ If Urban Outfitters had the equivalent of IKEA's Swedish Food Market, the shelves would be stocked with products valued either for their mall-ready alt sensibilities or their ironic appeal; e.g. quinoa pancake mix, Jap ... More >>

Deck 84 in Delray Beach: Nothing Groundbreaking, but This Is Why We Live in Florida, People!

Liberalmind1012 via Creative CommonsYou could have your drink and chew it too!​ If Urban Outfitters had the equivalent of IKEA's Swedish Food Market, the shelves would be stocked with products valued either for their mall-ready alt sensibilities or their ironic appeal; e.g. quinoa pancake mix, Jap ... More >>

The Sinister Secret Meanings Behind Valentine's Day Candy

Let's face it. Valentine's Day is this big made-up holiday that was invented by the flower, candy and card industries to shame people into buying their crap at least one day out of the year.  Sure, the guy you're seeing bought you some candy and took you to Denny's for a romantic Grand Slam las ... More >>

Former Anorexic to Compete in Watermelon-Eating Contest

This Sunday, "Furious Pete" Czerwinski will face off against "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti and Dale "Mouth of the South" Boone at Mardi Gras Casino in a major watermelon-eating contest. The event -- which features a whopping 84 contestants -- begins at 1 p.m. According to the rules, "Each contestant ... More >>

Kendrick Meek Looks to Diversify Voting Bloc by Sponsoring Race Car

Flickr: jd06Mike Wallace, driving in the 2009 Daytona 500.​NASCAR races aren't known for their racial diversity. And the traditional good ol' boy fan base isn't known for voting for Democrats. But maybe it's a place where an African American Democrat can score a few swing votes in Florida's U.S. S ... More >>

Screw Raw Food, Author Says, Because Cooking Made Us Human

​You may have thought cooking was just a way to get something to eat.   Actually, it's why homo sapiens developed bodies strong enough to bench-press a dump truck and brains that could create incomprehensible "financial instruments" to sell to widows and orphans and crash the world econo ... More >>

Go, Cart

​You may have thought cooking was just a way to get something to eat.   Actually, it's why homo sapiens developed bodies strong enough to bench-press a dump truck and brains that could create incomprehensible "financial instruments" to sell to widows and orphans and crash the world econo ... More >>

New Website Discovers the Cure For Obesity

meadowlandsparkinglotThe Jabaconageburger with cheese, a cheeseburger topped with sausage and bacon and sandwiched between two Jamaican beef patties. Urg. Food porn is all the rage these days. There are entire sites devoted to the obscene pleasures of voyeuristic foodie-ism, and they're growing in n ... More >>

Change You Can't Believe In

Presidential candidates vie (and pander and plead) for one heart and mind in Swing Vote

Men Will Be Boys

With Step Brothers, Ferrell, Reilly, McKay, and company still don't wanna grow up. Thank God for that.

Beer Barn Lounge

With Step Brothers, Ferrell, Reilly, McKay, and company still don't wanna grow up. Thank God for that.

Tipperary Pub

With Step Brothers, Ferrell, Reilly, McKay, and company still don't wanna grow up. Thank God for that.

In America, We Like Everything Big

Especially our movies

Finish Line Sports Bar

Especially our movies

Farce of a Champion

Talladega Nights The Fox and the Hound 2 The Devil Wears Prada World Trade Center

(Paramount)

Anchor, Man?

Playing against type, Will Ferrell can't quite ground this artificially whimsical romantic comedy.

Road Rage

In FlatOut 2, life is a highway strewn with carnage.

Ghost of Deals Past

Spin Till It Flies.

Shell Game

Over the Hedge wants you to feel bad about what it's selling, which is everything.

zbar

Over the Hedge wants you to feel bad about what it's selling, which is everything.

Cowboy Up

We just can't quit this countrified Karaoke.

Bull Riding!

It's not just for prisoners!

Hip-hop Pit Stop

Beatcomber gets can't help but marvel at the collision between NASCAR and hip-hop.

Questions and Answer

Beatcomber gets can't help but marvel at the collision between NASCAR and hip-hop.

White Trash

There's nothing good about this remake of an awful ol' show

Car Trouble

Herbie the Love Bug's back, and he bites.

Best Bloody Mary

Hamburger Mary's

Midway Madness

Hamburger Mary's

Rivalry

Hamburger Mary's

Shred for J.C.

Hamburger Mary's

Cheese-eating Movie Monkeys

Oui, oui, it's the French Film Mini Fest!

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Oui, oui, it's the French Film Mini Fest!

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Oui, oui, it's the French Film Mini Fest!

White Dork Down

Gaijin boy Tom Cruise likes to play with Samurai swords

Peace!

Human rights groups demand peace, justice, and a day at the beach

Getting Your Phil

The Florida Philharmonic is dying right along with its fan base

Fishin' for Marlin

Baseball goes topsy-turvy

Letters for March 20-26, 2003

Watered-down Praise

Best Place to Spot Celebrities

Amici Ristorante & Bar

Best Place To Watch A NASCAR Race

Freddie's Anchor Sports Grill

Foodstuff

Freddie's Anchor Sports Grill

Ready! Wet! Go!

Behold the swamp buggy races, South Florida's oddest racing tradition, where the engines roar, the muck flies, and the vehicles sometimes sink