Royal Palm Beach

Rain and Flooding Is Not Yet Done With You, Palm Beach County

In case you forgot, it rained a crapload of buckets yesterday. Some places -- like Delray Beach -- reported as much as 11 inches of rain. And while the day is amazeballs gorgeous this early Friday afternoon, it's probably going to get nasty again very soon. Because, Florida!

New Food Truck Alert: Red Zeppelin Rockin' Lobster Rolls

The next time you're in the mood for an authentic Maine lobster roll, look for South Florida's new mobile kitchen, the Red Zeppelin Rockin' Lobster Roll. After hitting the streets last November, the crustacean-focused food truck based out of Dania Beach has been handing out some of the best around. ... More >>

Get Free Tickets to the South Florida Fair by Supporting the Dream Big Food Drive

Do you really need 101 reasons to attend the 101st South Florida Fair? No. You don't.Of course, we could all use a few good excuses as to why we're about to spend a whole lotta dough on tickets, rides and fair food. We all love the fair, but no one likes paying for it. So if your pockets are still f ... More >>

Powerball Fever Spreads Across Florida

In case you didn't know, tonight is the big, huge, very gigantic Florida Powerball drawing. And even though the odds of getting hit in the face by a bolt of lightning are far better than winning the Powerball, people in Florida are still apparently buying tickets for it in droves. According to the ... More >>

Palm Beach Is Flooded, and There's More Rain on the Way

Palm Beach residents went to bed Sunday night thinking everything was hunky dory. Then they woke up Monday to find rainwater up their faces. Isaac came and went, but not without dumping buckets of rain and leaving widespread flooding that has left Palm Beach with inundated roads, school closings fo ... More >>

Do You Recognize This Lady Accused of Cashing Stolen Checks From Palm Beach County?

The charming woman pictured at right is accused of stealing checks out of two cars in Wellington and Royal Palm Beach on March 24. From the looks of those wide eyes and her death grip on the steering wheel, she spends a lot of money on caffeinated beverages.I've requested more information (which ban ... More >>

Today Only: $1 Subs at Jimmy John's Stores in Palm Beach County

Though the appeal of Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches has sort of diminished in the wake of SproutGate 2012, it hasn't waned enough to pass up the chance for a lunch that costs only a buck. Between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. today, customers can snag a $1 sub at participating Palm Beach County stores, includ ... More >>

More Than a Dozen Killed in South Florida Car Accidents

​If you saw the Miami Herald story this morning about the ten South Floridians killed in car crashes between Saturday night and Sunday night... it gets worse.In addition to the six deaths in Miami-Dade and four in Broward, there were three people killed in Palm Beach County over the weekend as wel ... More >>

South Florida's Best Food-Serving Dive Bars

Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw Faces Accusations of Sexism

Crispers Coupon: Buy One, Get One Free on Entrees

flickr/ImmortalxKissThe potato soup and club sandwich set-up at Crispers. ​Don't let the name fool you -- this is not a deal on fried chicken.However, healthy food at a healthy price works just as well.

Michel Martelly Is Haiti's New President. But the Former Palm Beach County Resident Has a Dark Side

Restaurant News: Kapow! Noodle Bar to Hit Boca, Prime Offers $10 Lunch Deal, Asian Fusion Buffet Dishes in Royal Palm

​•    Hoping they're launching a really big hit, niteclub impresarios Rodney Mayo and Scott Freilich and Pizza Fusion proprietor Vaughan Lazar are planning to open Kapow! Noodle Bar in July in Boca's Mizner Park. "Fresh and sustainable" pan-Asian noodles, some dim sum items and co ... More >>

Coupons from Chilis, Edible Arrangements, T.G.I.Friday's, Waffle House and More!

scaredy_kat / FlickrAll the fixings with a meal at On The Border.​Food usually tastes better when its cheap or free.The following deals will help save you money and recover from that post Super Bowl/"I Hate Monday's" hangover.

Restaurant News: Chipotle in FTL, Bru's Room in RPB

​•    The, uh. . . economically challenged Bal Harbour Square in Fort Lauderdale will be getting a pair of "fast casual" eateries as part of its $8 to $10 million makeover. Come next March, Chipotle Mexican Grill and Pei Wei Asian Diner should make their debut in a new space built ... More >>

Morning Juice: Sorry, That Tree's Gotta Go!

​News: Not everyone realizes that the word news actually began life as an acronym for the cardinal directions, North, East, West, South. That's not a Juice-y joke; it's a fact, though not widely known. First the Juice turns to true north.Sometimes the news isn't serious; it's silly. Some of that's ... More >>

2009 Restaurant Roll Call - Openings

​We all know 2009 was sort of a strange year for restaurants. On one hand, there were dozens of significant openings, places that really added to our overall scene. On the other, there was more attrition than a super-long game of Risk. Here's a comprehensive run down, from A to Z of what opened in ... More >>

Now Making Salsa: West Palm Mayors

Restaurant News: Olives Going Wild in Boca, I'm Greek Today in Royal Palm Beach, Gulf Oysters Get a Reprieve

​•    By Dec. 1, Todd English's Wild Olives in Boca Raton should be going full bore. The former Opus 5 is currently transitioning to Wild Olives' Mediterranean-esque menu, with the full dinner menu said to be in place by Tuesday, Nov. 24, and lunch a week later. A few items on the ... More >>

Go Green(market)

Courtesy of WPB Greenmarket.​If you've been making do with brown lettuce and rock-hard tomatoes from your local giant-mega-supermarket and counting the days until you could buy produce with real flavor from the people who actually grow it, you have only a few more days to check off.  Most Pal ... More >>

Daybreak

Flickr: Ka2rinaWhite ibis in Royal Palm Beach​

To Be or Not To Be in Character

Retired NYC Cop to Live Like a King in Royal Palm Beach

South Florida is so rarely the site of good news about the housing market, it seems worth celebrating with Kirit Shah, a forensic chemist recently retired from NYPD who scored a great deal on a house in Royal Palm Beach that was built three years ago but has never had a dweller. Shah is cited in a ... More >>

Lobster Cruelty? Activists and Ale House Square Off in the "Lobster Zone"

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaetanlee/You know those coin-operated claw games, where a bunch of stuffed animals are piled up behind a glass window and you try to fish one out with the mechanical claw that you operate with a joystick? Imagine that, except behind the glass window is a fish tank full ... More >>

Priestin' Ain't Easy

For a couple of Delray padres, the high life allegedly got in the way of their priestly duties

Powerfall

For David Lee Edwards, winning the lottery was a wild rocket ride

This One's For The Kuech

Success, Vinylly

Gary Davis scored an underground dance sensation in 1979. In 2004, he heard it for the first time.

Reefin'

The Deadliest Day

Noncombatants pushing 40, the Florida Seabees unit weren't supposed to be anywhere near the fighting

Knotty Head Bandits

In the bank robbing business, these guys are the best. They're also the most wanted.

Flick Fixation

Gary Davis' cinéma is so vérité, sometimes it brings the cops rushing to the set

Manglers

Fake? Sure. But the blood is real, the headaches are vicious, and that VCR somebody just bashed you with is made out of steel.

Best Place to Hike

Royal Palm Beach Pines Natural Area

Hustling the Hood

Does it matter to blacks which wealthy, middle-aged white guy is Florida's next governor?

Letters for September 12, 2002

More butterfly banter

Parish the Thought

If you liked the cover-up in the case of Bishop Anthony O'Connell, listen to Ann Nyhuis's story

Letters to the Editor

Letters for February 15,2001

Declarations of Independents

Forget strip malls, condos, and highways. Loxahatchee Groves is a place of dirt roads, wild pets, and eccentric residents.

Sound Check

The Double Life of Nick the Cop

Born into a Gypsy life of crime, he's now busting them for their cons. Or is he?

Night & Day

January 22-28, 1998