Naples (Florida)

Whole Foods Florida Hosting Best Butcher and Fishmonger Face-Off

We're not sure if you've heard, but butchering is kind of a big deal right now. Across the country butchers are teaching novices how to properly handle a nice piece of meat. We prefer watching the professionals to getting our hands dirty. There's just something about watching a man--or woman--worki ... More >>

Medicare Fraud Is Sweetest Crime in South Florida

South Florida Easter Brunch and Dinner Guide

Got a craving for carved meats and piles of fluffy scrambled eggs? Easter is this Sunday, which means only one thing: Brunch. Get out of the kitchen and let a restaurant handle the holiday meal, whether that means an egg-filled brunch or a lamb-chop-rich dinner. After the jump, find a list of restau ... More >>

Pizza Fusion to Open Flagship Corporate Restaurant in Boca Raton

Pizza Fusion, the South Florida-based pizza chain with the slogan, "Saving the Earth, One Pizza at a Time," recently announced plans to open two new locations -- one in Naples and a second in Boca Raton, which will be the brand's first corporate location. Currently the leading green franchise in Nor ... More >>

One Grain More: Awesome Les Miserables Parody For People With Food Allergies

Let me start by saying as respectfully as possible that I think many people with food allergies are...ummmm.....not as sick as they make themselves out to be?I recall an episode of Sex and the City where Carrie tells a server that she's allergic to parsley, when in actuality she just hates the stuff ... More >>

Lionfish Are Spreading Through Florida Waters

It's official. The lionfish have arrived. While fishing off the Naples shoreline, an angler snagged a 16-pounder last week. The fish originally made its first appearance in the waters off the Florida Keys in 2009. Now, it appears to be spreading. Native to the Indian and Pacific oceans, lionfis ... More >>

Mayan Calendar Predictions Versus Reality

Robbers Reveal Their Identities by Accidentally Pocket-Dialing Victim

Two women, Ashlie Alewine, 22, and Nakilya Latisha Wright, 18, nearly pulled off the heist of the century when they robbed the InnPlace Hotel on Fifth Avenue South in Naples. They took money from the register. And they made a clean getaway. That is, until one of them accidentally ass- ... More >>

Meet Extraordinary Sweets: Their Custom Candy Buffet Will Be at This Weekend's Sweet Dreams Festival

Think back to the last wedding you attended. Was the highlight of the evening the painfully drawn-out and chuckle-free best man's speech or the leathery steak? More likely, it was the elaborate candy buffet that would make Wonka's factory look like the vending machine in an auto repair store's wait ... More >>

Stout Day is Thursday: South Florida Beer Experts Recommend Some of the Best Stouts

'Tis the season for stouts, and appropriately enough, Stout Day 2012 falls on Thursday, November 8. As a long-time fan of bitter, hoppy IPAs, I've only recently come around to the rich, dense, smoky beauty of a good stout (and damn; am I ever glad that I have). In terms of all-time favorites, ther ... More >>

How to Make a Wood-Fired Pizza: Osteria Acqua & Farina's Attilio Reale Explains

Attilio Reale has been making wood-fired pizzas for 25 years.Originally from Naples -- Italy, not Florida -- he grew up in northern Italy. And his pizza closely mimics his background."My pizza style is close to the Napoli style with an influence from the north," says Reale in his melodious Italian a ... More >>

Is Trader Joe's Coming to Palm Beach Gardens?

Trader Joe's, the supermarket filled with foodstuffs both kitschy and healthful, may be one step closer to having a south Florida outpost, according to the Palm Beach Post. Sources say the market with a cult following is close to inking a deal with Menin Development, owners of PGA Plaza in Palm Beac ... More >>

Dinner at Ernie's House: Recipes From Grandma, Updates From a Well-Known Chef, and a Restaurateur Who Can Sell It All

Taste History Culinary Tours in Palm Beach County July 21 and 28

As Lori Durante leads a small, sweating pack of culinary tourists east on Atlantic Avenue on a recent Saturday afternoon, she breaks her swift stride momentarily to point across the street, toward Johnnie Brown's, a burger and barbecue joint in Delray Beach."Johnnie Brown's was named for Addison Miz ... More >>

D'Angelo Trattoria in Delray Beach: Polished Service, Lusty Food, and an Alluring Setting Seduce Diners

54. Supreme Burger With "Cry and Fries" at BurgerFi

We're counting down to New Times' Best Of Broward/Palm Beach 2012 issue in June by serving up our top 100 favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive. If you have any nominations of your own, please add them to the comments or visit our Facebook page.54. Supreme Burger with "Cry and Fries" at Bur ... More >>

BurgerFi Adding More Locations in Florida (Plus North Carolina, Texas, and Elsewhere)

​The BurgerFi brand is expanding beyond Florida with franchises set to open this year in Cary, North Carolina; Austin, Texas; and Raleigh, North Carolina. Six additional Florida stores also will open with Winter Park, Aventura, Tampa, Westin, and Naples all getting locations. A store at 2477 E. Su ... More >>

Trader Joe's Fan Starts Online Petition: Come to Broward

​Nadine Whiteman loves Trader Joe's. The former New Yorker used to shop at the organic market, which features fair-priced produce, cheap wine, and private-label foods. A nurse living in Hollywood, Whiteman misses her trips to Trader Joe's so much that she's started a campaign to bring the store to ... More >>

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

West Palm Beach to Be Renamed Trader Joe's?

​Trader Joe's, the quirky grocery chain that people love more than their pets and children, is expanding to the Sunshine State. The Trader Joe's website lists Naples as the first Florida location for the chain that features Three Buck Chuck wine (yes, it sells for $3 a bottle, and no, it doesn't s ... More >>

Florida Cities Occupy the Forbes List of "America's Millionaire Capitals"

​If you've ever wondered where all the members of that oh-so-loathed "1%" that's not too hot with the Occupy Wall Street movement, look no further than Florida -- mostly South Florida.Forbes decided to use an interesting method to figure out the rankings for its list of "America's Millionaire Capi ... More >>

South Florida's Ten Best Pizzas

Behold, pizza lovers. It's the list you've been waiting for: the best places for pizza in South Florida. And though we're all passionate about our pizza, chances are, what each of us labels as "best" has been shaped by where we're from, be it New Haven, New York, or Naples. Read on for a list that, ... More >>

Ave Maria: A Catholic University Experiment in the Everglades Gone Wrong

Domino's Founder to Debut Military-Themed Burger Shop in Florida

​Domino's founder and former U.S. Marine Tom Monaghan, 74, announced over the weekend his plans to open the first Gyrene Burger in Naples, Florida, in two months, with the third slated to open in southwest Florida in January, announced Nation's Restaurant News today.Branded the Marine nickname (G. ... More >>

A Tour of Gov. Rick Scott's Dirtiest Deeds

Former Overpriced-Steak Salesman Craig Miller Enters Senate Race

Craig Miller​Craig Miller, the former Ruth's Chris Steak House CEO, announced he's running for the U.S. Senate seat currently occupied by Sen. Bill Nelson.Miller, running as a Republican, has decided to enter quite a busy field of candidates wishing to overtake Nelson, including Adam Hasner, Georg ... More >>

America's Best Beach Bars

​Travel Leisure magazine made an atrocious error in its article and slide show about "America's Best Beach Bars." It left out all the great South Florida beach bars. As we scrolled through the list of bars that either reside directly on the sand or very close to it, we were shocked by the lack ... More >>

Interview with Casa Mia's Chef Geremia Coppola - Part II

Casa Mia​Yesterday, we shared Part I of our interview with Casa Mia's Chef Geremia Coppola. If you missed it, you can read it here. We now continue with our interview.  Clean Plate Charlie: What would a typical meal in Italy consist of?  Chef Geremia Coppola:  We eat hea ... More >>

Interview with Casa Mia's Chef Geremia Coppola - Part I

Casa Mia​Casa Mia is an authentic trattoria in Jupiter, specializing in rustic Italian cuisine served with flair. Chef Geremia Coppola has been with Casa Mia since its beginning, but has recently been promoted to Executive Chef. We spent some time talking about how to make authentic food, s ... More >>

South Florida Lags Woefully Behind in Spring Break Dangers

​In a recent survey of the most dangerous spring break destinations in the country, Fort Lauderdale -- birthplace of the modern spring break -- didn't even crack the top ten. West Palm Beach ranked fifth and Miami was tenth. The survey, conducted by the website lawyer website avvo.com, looked at c ... More >>

Five-Point Spring Break Survival Guide (Wooo!)

via www.floridausaimages.com​Yes, the Fort Lauderdale gets progressively more upscale every season, and  yes, the classy set tries to downplay the annually resurfacing celebration of Fort Liquordale's past, but it seems that as long as there are fraternities and the Elbo Room, there will be s ... More >>

Nevin Shapiro Is the Caligula of South Florida's Ponzi Empire

Antonio Balta Got 20 Years for Leaving His Baby in a Hot Car. Was the Sentence Too Harsh?

Sommelier 2.0 -- Naples, Fl., Restaurant Using IPad as Their Wine List

Diners can search databases of 500-plus bottle list several ways to match wine with meals and avoid intimidation of sommelier.

Get Happy at CityPlace

​Like foreclosures, unemployment and pin-striped bankstas lugging home million-dollar bonuses, restaurant happy hours are a sign of these very unhappy economic times.  What you don't see much of--at least not yet, anyway--is an entire mall going happy for a few hours a night. But that is the ... More >>

Embattled Greyhound Trainer Has Been Investigated Since Arrest

C. Stiles​Ursula O'Donnell was arrested in 2002 for helping to kill more than 2,000 greyhounds. Last month we learned she was still working as a trainer in the state of Florida, where her alleged crimes took place. The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation investigated O'Donne ... More >>

Fired Greyhound Trainer Speaks to Media

Last week, we broke you the news that a woman arrested on felony animal cruelty charges was still working as a greyhound trainer in Florida. In 2002, Ursula O'Donnell sent greyhounds in her care from Palm Beach, Naples, and Orlando to an Alabama man who shot and buried them, according to a state in ... More >>

National Greyhound Association Issues Statement Regarding Dismissed Florida Trainer

C. Stiles​Two days ago, we broke the news that a woman arrested in 2002 in connection to a massive greyhound graveyard was still involved in dog racing in Florida. The owners of the track where Ursula O'Donnell was a "trainer of record" say they asked her to step down.Today, the National Greyhound ... More >>

Woman Arrested for Helping Kill Over 2,000 Greyhounds Is Training Dogs In Florida Again

Authorities found the bodies of more than 2,000 greyhounds buried on an 18-acre property. Most had gun shot wounds in the head and neck.​A woman arrested on felony charges for helping kill more than 2,000 greyhounds from all over the state has been training racing dogs again in Florida as recently ... More >>

The Hunt for Haleigh Cummings Could Bring Down a Badass Bounty Hunter

The Miccosukee Tribe Keeps Quiet About a Series of Traffic Deaths

A woman perishes in a collision with an Indian leader's kin. Her family cries cover-up.

From BBQ to Bombolotti

We hit four completely unconnected restaurants for some tapas-length reviews.

Newspaper layoffs, partnerships, and the Net conspire to kill South Florida dailies

They Might Be Giants

Count blessings, not calories, at Del Vecchio's

Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions.

Steak It or Leave It

The Fort Lauderdale Andre's Steakhouse doesn't quite measure up to its predecessors

The Egg Men

Volunteers spend millions of hours trying to rescue sea turtles. So how come so few people care about busting poachers?

Dough Boy