Pembroke Pines

PETA's Sexiest Vegan Next Door: Meatless Hotties Wanted

We consistently have to give PETA credit for its brilliant marketing strategies. To make their point, they'll use any trick in the advertising playbook -- including sex, sex, and more sex.Take, for example, their Sexiest Vegan Next Door contest, which seeks out the hottest vegan with the best bod. A ... More >>

VooDoo BBQ & Grill Opens in Pembroke Pines: Free BBQ For a Year For First 99 Customers

VooDoo BBQ & Grill is opening their first south Florida location in Pembroke Pines this Sunday, January 13 at Pembroke Lakes Square (151. N. Hiatus Road). This location is the first of 26 locations planned for Florida. The fast casual restaurant with a Cajun vibe features slow-cooked ribs, pulle ... More >>

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Corner Bakery Cafe Opens in Pembroke Pines With Giveaways

Pembroke Pines residents will have a new lunch and breakfast spot when Corner Bakery Cafe opens its doors on Monday, December 10 at 6:30 a.m. The restaurant, serving fresh baked goods, is planning some giveaways to mark the occasion.The restaurant, located in the Cobblestone Shopping Center (14810 P ... More >>

Pembroke Pines Resolution About Cell Phones and Cancer Is Moronic

City commissioners in Pembroke Pines clearly have too much time on their hands. This week, the city passed a resolution to warn residents about a potential link between cell phones and cancer and recommend that residents keep their mobile devices at least an inch from their bodies. Several news ... More >>

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South Florida Dining Events This Week: Summer Hop Fest and More

Hoppy beers, spicy balls, and drink-slinging firefighters; all in all, not a bad week for dining and drinking in South Florida. After the jump, find a roundup of food and drink events -- including a lot of beer-oriented happenings -- in Broward and Palm Beach counties this week. 

The 2012 Olympics: South Florida Restaurants and Bars with Olympics Events

Couldn't score a ticket across the pond for the London 2012 Olympics and now you'll be stuck watching the summer games "in the colonies"? No worries; South Florida bars and restaurants are flying the Union Jack (next to the good ol' Stars and Stripes, of course) in honor of the games, giving you a c ... More >>

100 Montaditos Opens in Plantation

100 Montaditos opens in Pembroke Pines.100 Montaditos, the fast-casual restaurant that features sandwiches starting at a buck, is rapidly taking over south Florida.The chain, which originated in Huelva, Spain, already has several Miami locations and one in Pembroke Pines. With world domination in mi ... More >>

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Whole Foods Market Opens in Pembroke Pines (Photos)

​As the birds started singing, dozens of Pembroke Pines shoppers were lined up for the grand opening of the new Whole Foods Market in Pembroke Pines yesterday, March 28.The Pines market, located at Cobblestone Plaza on Pines Boulevard, is the 11th Whole Foods to open in South Florida.  The ma ... More >>

Smashburger to Open Pembroke Pines Location

​Smashburger is opening their second Broward location, giving fans of attractively-priced 100% certified Angus beef burgers in the southwest part of the county reason to rejoice.The Pembroke Pines location of Smashburger will open at 14928 Pines Boulevard on Wednesday, March 21 at 1- a.m.  Th ... More >>

Pembroke Pines Parties With Fair, Taste of the Pines, Indian Festival

​Pembroke Pines is turning 52, which is pretty young for a city. Obviously the Pines is feeling quite spry, because instead of the usual one-day anniversary celebration with a cookout and parade, this city is celebrating for 11 days.  On the agenda is a golf tournament, 5K race, kiddie beauty ... More >>

Whole Foods to Open in Pembroke Pines

​Whole Foods Market is opening their 11th south Florida location in Pembroke Pines, at Cobblestone Plaza on Pines Boulevard.  The mega organic and natural food market chain is set to expand into the Pines on Wednesday, March 28th at 9 a.m., with an official bread-breaking ceremony and marchin ... More >>

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Pembroke Pines Snowfest: Snowmen and Food Trucks

Wilimedia CommonsIt's going to snow in Pembroke Pines tomorrow!​The City of Pembroke Pines is hosting their annual tree lighting ceremony and Snowfest Saturday, December 9th from 2 - 6 p.m.This family-friendly event will feature music, children's games, a visit from Santa Claus and 50 tons of snow ... More >>

CCA Reportedly Drumming Up Support for Immigrant Pen Through Robocall "Survey"

wired.com​Update: Click through for a sample voicemail received by one Southwest Ranches resident yesterday.--Original post, 11/2: Debbie Wasserman Schultz's office has confirmed that it received 40 to 50 phone calls yesterday from Pembroke Pines and Southwest Ranches-area residents who were autom ... More >>

CCA Robocall in Southwest Ranches (AUDIO)

​Yesterday we reported that Pembroke Pines and Southwest Ranches were getting phone calls from the Corrections Corporation of America asking whether they support a proposed immigrant jail detention center "processing center" that Southwest Ranches is gunning to build on a plot of land near the Eve ... More >>

Debbie Wasserman Schultz Calls Out Southwest Ranches Mayor for Silence on Detention Center

​We reported last week from the scene of a Southwest Ranches town hall meeting where so many people showed up to protest a proposed immigrant detention pen that BSO deputies just started blocking people from entering the council chambers, citing fire code.The detention center wasn't on the agenda ... More >>

Cheesecake Factory to Open in Pembroke Pines

Cheesecake FactoryPembroke Pines residents - this cheesecake is coming for you!​The Cheesecake Factory, the chain with the five-hundred-page menu best known for its vast cheesecake selection including Chocolate Tuxedo Cheesecake and Snickers Bar Chunks and Cheesecake, is opening a Pembroke Pines l ... More >>

Party in the Pines Food Truck Roundup Sunday, July 24th

Cheeseme Mobile is one of the trucks serving lunch in Pembroke Pines on Sunday.​This Sunday, have lunch with the food trucks as they bring back their Party in the Pines. From noon - 3:00 p.m., enjoy some classic food trucks before heading out to the movies. That's the recipe for a perfect f ... More >>

Cops Go to Serve Eviction Notice, Shoot the Guy Living There Instead

​It's all fun and games serving an eviction notice until the cops end up shooting the guy who lives there.The Broward Sheriff's Office was attempting to evict a man from a condo in Pembroke Pines this morning, that is, before police say he set the place on fire.Pembroke Pines police and fire depar ... More >>

Pembroke Pines to Issue Partial Refunds for Red-Light Camera Tickets

good.is​If you got one of those pesky tickets from a red-light camera for blowing through an intersection in Pembroke Pines, you could be in luck.The city has announced it's going to be giving refunds to anyone who paid for a red-light-running ticket from a camera they received before July 1, 2010 ... More >>

RA Sushi Offers Free Tootsy Maki Rolls For International Sushi Day

Celebrate International Sushi Day with free sushi rolls from RA!​Get out the party hats and the soy sauce because International Sushi Day is this Saturday, June 18th and RA Sushi wants to give all their "friends" a certificate for a free Tootsy Maki Roll.

Pembroke Pines Graduates are First to Spend Entire Lives in Charter Schools

Florida Trend Pembroke Pines Charter High School​Here in the land of educational neglect, of failing test scores and pet projects, where school districts sell advertising and diploma mills cheat the cheaters, there's a wind of change a-comin'. It's the unmistakable force of privatization.Lobbying ... More >>

Studio 18 in Pembroke Pines: Artists' Studios Are a Gem

Food Truck Roundup Tonight At Maroone Chevrolet of Pembroke Pines

Tango Grill Tango Grill will be rolling into Pembroke Pines tonight.​Since food trucks are a craze in Miami, it stands to reason that Broward and Palm Beach is ripe for a food truck invasion. With our ears to the ground, Clean Plate Charlie is hearing about some food truck roundups up "nor ... More >>

New Palm Beach Gardens Burger Joint to Serve Free Burgers

​The only thing better than a burger at a new burger joint is a free burger at a new burger joint. That's the deal at the new CG Burgers Coal-Fired Pizza (2000 PGA Blvd., 561-275-2185) in Palm Beach Gardens. On Monday, Jan. 10, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., the latest burger emporium from local resta ... More >>

Schools on "Lockdown" in Broward. Why? (Updated)

At 11 a.m. today, all Broward County's schools went on lockdown due to a "credible threat" received by Pembroke Pines police. An as-yet-unidentified informant reportedly said that "something big" was going to happen at Broward government buildings, which include schools. (And one "virtual" school!) ... More >>

Possible Bomb Found Near Fort Lauderdale City Hall and New Times Office (UPDATED)

The "suspicious package," a maroon suitcase.​The bomb-scare lockdown of schools in Pembroke Pines has been lifted, but a related threatening email promising "something big happening" today at Broward government buildings is apparently being taken seriously. Police say a "suspicious package" has be ... More >>

Despite Alleged Sex Assaults at Thompson Academy, State Not Investigating Other Lockups

flickr user: Mark CogginsAre the other kids safe?​A lawsuit filed earlier this month accuses the operator of Thompson Academy, a juvenile detention facility in Pembroke Pines, of turning a blind eye to sexual assaults, physical abuse, and intimidation of its young residents by staff members.The Pe ... More >>

UPDATE: Pembroke Pines Cop Caught Mooning Animal Rights Protesters?

​Animal-rights advocates gathered outside the Pembroke Pines subdivision of the president of a controversial South Florida research facility Sunday afternoon. They waved signs and told passersby about the disturbing photos leaked from Primate Products, the embattled facility run by Donald Bradford ... More >>

Pembroke Pines Police: We Cover Our Asses

The ass in question.​We just heard from Sgt. Carlos Bermudez, head of internal affairs at the Pembroke Pines police department, and Michael Cirullo, the city attorney, about the mooning incident during yesterday's animal rights protest.They both say unequivocally that the man with his pants down i ... More >>

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Happy Hour: BRIO Tuscan Grille

The Shrimptini and Margherita Flatbread​ The Spot: BRIO Tuscan Grille Three locations in Broward and Palm Beach The Hours: Monday - Friday, 3 - 7 p.m.; Monday - Thursday, 9 p.m. - close.

What an Auditor Could do for Pembroke Pines

Flickr user: ZenTravelerHow much money is Pembroke Pines wasting?​The Pembroke Pines city commissioners are debating whether to hire an internal auditor. In these cash-strapped times, they're looking for someone who will monitor the Broward suburb's spending habits and report on them truthfully, w ... More >>

Morning Juice: Haiti Quake Survivor Tells Miraculous Story; MLK Parade in Hallandale Nearly Takes Tragic Turn

​Here's what's in the local news this Tuesday morning:Mereille Dittmer, the 50-year-old woman from Pembroke Pines who somehow survived for five days in a tiny space within a collapsed Port-au-Prince grocery store, told her amazing story to reporters Monday. [WPTV]The families of the four Lynn Univ ... More >>

Retired Athletes Love Pembroke Pines

Flickr: pnther60Former Dolphin and Chicago Bear Marty Booker postponed his Pines retirement to play for the Falcons.​What is it about Pembroke Pines that makes retired athletes flock there? We've told you about Kenny Anderson, the former New Jersey Nets star who recently invited a slew of his ille ... More >>

Proof That Love Blooms in Theme Parks and That Happily-Ever-After Is in Pembroke Pines

Photo: IcrazyaznlFor Pembroke Pines snowbirds love was born at the top of this ride 50 years ago.​No, I don't have evidence (yet) that this blog made a love connection between USF's star-crossed kicker and the dangerously distracting coed from Fort Lauderdale. But I have found real-world proof tha ... More >>

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