Rhode Island

German Bread Haus Bakes Bavarian Delights in Fort Lauderdale

The pink-and-red gingerbread-looking house on East Commercial Boulevard could have been plucked out of Epcot Center's German pavilion and dropped in the middle of Fort Lauderdale. Sure Norma and Dieter Dauer sell apple and cherry strudel, poppy-seed cake, and crumb cake out of the pocket-sized hous ... More >>

Allen West Forms New PAC -- the "Allen West Guardian Fund." Who's Donating?

Disgraced ex-military man and confessed torturer Allen West's sell-by date is long past. His 15 minutes should have been up when he conceded defeat in his race for reelection in Florida's 18th Congressional district last fall, after playing the victim card through a petulant few weeks of post-E ... 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 >>

FAU Ranked 31st on Annual Trojan Condoms Study

College students have a lot of sex. This much you already knew.But what you might not have known is that they're being smart about it. Especially here in Florida.Safe sex awwriiight!!Trojan Condoms did their annual rankings how healthy college students' sex life is on 141 U.S. colleges and universit ... More >>

Barnes & Noble Stores in South Florida Breached By Identity Thieves

If you recently made a purchase at one of ten different Barnes & Noble stores throughout South Florida, you may want to check your bank statement for any unusual purchases. You may also want to change your PIN number. According to the FBI, identity thieves breached PIN pad devices at s ... More >>

Miniature Golf as Art? I'm Not Buying It

Mark Militello Hosts James Beard Dinner at 3800 Ocean

Mark Militello is taking over the kitchen at 3800 Ocean at the Palm Beach Marriott Singer Island Resort & Spa for one night only. The special James Beard tribute dinner is limited to 18 diners, who will enjoy an eight course tasting menu with wine pairings on Thursday, June 21.The evening will k ... More >>

Great White at Sunset Cove Ampitheater April 20

School Bus Cameras: A Whole New Way of Getting Tickets

​A big yellow school bus could be the source of your next traffic ticket. Officials with the School District of Palm Beach County are weighing whether to install high-def cameras on buses to nab the license plates of drivers who ignore those little stop signs that extend f ... More >>

Raw vs. Cooked Seafood: A Debate Better Had Before This Happens

Are one of these the culprit?​Last week, I bought one bad clam, along with approximately a hundred of its siblings, from a perfectly respectable (and totally blameless) fish monger. The clam sojourned briefly in my refrigerator and then spent an hour or so atop my stove, in the company of tomatoes ... More >>

Food Truck Roundup at Arts Park in Hollywood Tonight (Video)

Lemon Man via FacebookLemon Man will be out at Arts Park tonight. Bring an umbrella and your appetite.​Bring an umbrella and your appetite to tonight's food truck roundup at Hollywood's Young Circle, because the forecast predicts scattered thunderstorms and lots of street food.Almost two dozen fo ... More >>

"Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" Appeals to the Thrill of Childhood Fears in All of Us

Nick's Apizza Resurfacing in Boca

​Nick Laudano, who's fine but short-lived Nick's Apizza introduced Lake Worth to the joys of New Haven-style pizza, will debut his new, much bigger and more ambitious pizzeria in Boca Raton's Glades Plaza this July.  Renamed Nick's New Haven-Style Pizzeria & Bar, the 4,600-square-foot res ... More >>

World's Largest Sailing Ship Docks in Port Everglades; Also, Forget About Seeing It

These masts don't mix well with, say, a flight to Albuquerque.​The Maltese Falcon, the world's largest sailing yacht and also a giant floating metaphor for the financial collapse, has pulled into Port Everglades, tucked away unceremoniously in a spot far from the riffraff and almost unseen unless ... More >>

Interview with Chef Charles Coe - Part I

​Chef Charles Coe has over 20 years experience behind the burner. Coe graduated Valedictorian from Johnson & Wales University in Rhode Island, was appointed Head Chef at Marrriott's Boston Copley Place. He has worked in various FLorida kitchens, most recently as Executive Chef a ... More >>

Ann Coulter Doesn't Really Want Journalists in Jail, and Other Defenses of her Liberal Side

​Much has been made in the blogosphere of Ann Coulter's off-the-cuff remark at the Conservative Political Action Conference that "there should be more journalists in jail." The obsession is a waste of bandwidth. Coulter was asked an un-serious question, and she gave an appropriately un-serious ans ... More >>

Reef Road: "We Don't Suck Anymore"

​If you ever went to the old Reef Road Restaurant and Rum Bar and thought it, well... sucked, Tarik Solomon is here to tell you it no longer inhales the fat one.  Solomon and partner Alexander Tomasso, two nightclub operators who split their time between ventures in Rhode Island and South Flo ... More >>

National Coffee Day: From the Beginnings to Your End

ciccioetneo​Today, September 29, is National Coffee Day, and no doubt there are many of you perusing this post with a piping-hot serving of it at your side.I admit I am one of the countless folk who awake, groggy-eyed and grouchy, and stumble toward the kitchen muttering to anyone who dares block ... More >>

Cafe Martorano Claims To Have a Copycat in Rhode Island

C. Stiles​Tan and muscular Steve Martorano, owner of Cafe Martorano in Fort Lauderdale, is claiming someone stole his restaurant's idea. As The Juice reported yesterday, Martorano filed a lawsuit against Cafe Longo in Rhode Island for "unfairly copying Cafe Martorano's concept."That concept? White ... More >>

Baby Anne

Hello, 2003. We Missed You.

Super Giant Mega Ginormous Cruise Ship Bound for Lauderdale

flickr.comThe Oasis of the Seas leaving Finland.​The Oasis of the Seas, the largest ship ever built (think Noah's Ark meets the Titanic meets Rhode Island), cleared her largest obstacle this week en route to a new home in Fort Lauderdale.AP reports that crew on the massive 20-story, $1.5 billion o ... More >>

Badfish

Tongue-Twisting West Palm Man Seeks Mastery of Nation's Weirdest Accent

Every time a Boston movie comes out, it's thick with accents, and always the Bostonians complain that the actors didn't quite get it. So I admire the ambition of Thom Jones, an actor from West Palm Beach who became captivated by regional accents and since making it his specialty has become a go-to-g ... More >>

Greyhound Racing Suspended in Rhode Island; Racing Opponents Eye Florida

"Wouldn't you rather pet me than bet on me?"​Last weekend, greyhound racing was suspended at Twin River, the only active track in Rhode Island. The track is bankrupt, in part it says, because of the cost of dog racing. The state assembly there is trying to revive the moribund industry, but ... More >>

"Let Them Win": Tales of Life Inside the Everglades Club

The Florida Center for Instructional TechnologyNo t-shirts allowed in the hallowed dining halls of the Everglades Club. Aside from the racial and religious discrimination discussed in this week's New Times cover story about the Everglades Club, there are some more eccentricities worth noting ab ... More >>

Subterranean Finds

More releases from below the surface.

Badfish

Since Today's a Voting Day..

Drag queens up, down, slanted, and totally sideways

Inside The Surf Club Kitchen

Noise Benders

A smoldering noise conference screeches into Miami

Your Fish Is My Command

Want it? McCormick & Schmick's can get it.

Bye-bye, Jai Alai?

Slot machines at the fronton could spell doom for the sport.

All Yours

Yours, Mine & Ours lowers the bar for miserable remakes

Meet the New Republicans

On bikes or on stage, Awesome New Republic is the face of a radically unexpected Miami

Another 40 Ounce

Badfish

Black Power

Body Rock

The b-boys in Broward's Unique Styles Crew break it off

Hella

The Devil Isn't Red (5 Rue Christine)

Change of Venu

Electrical issues arise, and fans get short-circuited

Perry's Oddfest

Lollapalooza's architect redesigns a rock festival for the 21st Century

Best Turnaround in Clubland

Indie rock at the Factory

Let the Eagles Soar

The Eagles spread their wings and take off for home

Map Quest

Charting a course through Florida history

Undercurrents

Trotting over the falls with the Metal Factory’s barkeep and into the pasture with The Herald

Good Cop, Bad Cop

Me, Myself & Irene

Best Place To Eat Walleyed Pike

Eddie D's

Hard Times

Outside Providence

The Ultimate in Waterpower