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Starbucks For a Buck? Here's How

Starbucks. After all that's said and done, the coffee chain that made the Venti Frappuccino a household word is still one of our favorite places. Maybe it's the fact that no matter where you go on the planet, Starbucks still looks like your neighborhood coffee house. Maybe it's because we need a p ... More >>

Starbucks Is Expensive in South Florida: Outrageous in Norway

Are you addicted to Starbucks?  We are too -- so much so that we're seriously afraid to find out what horrible detox we'd go through if we didn't have our daily allowance of caffeine and sugar.Recently looking at our bank statement, we were shocked to see all the Starbucks charges. At about fou ... More >>

Man Arrested for Allegedly Exposing Himself Inside a Starbucks

Something about Starbucks that makes Floridians want to uncontrollably play with themselves. Back in November, we told you about a woman who had been arrested in Bradenton for masturbating inside a Starbucks. Now comes the news that a man was arrested for exposing himself and touching himsel ... More >>

Starbucks Launches Coffee For Seven Bucks a Cup: Jimmy Kimmel Holds a Taste Test

Starbucks has long had a reputation of serving a good albeit expensive cup of coffee. That business model has served the chain well, with each store seeing lines of people trading their hard-earned money for lattes, coffees, and teas. Recently, though, Starbucks outdid itself by introducing its most ... More >>

Woman Arrested for Allegedly Masturbating in a Starbucks

A Bradenton Starbucks just got a whole lot classier last week, after a woman was arrested on Thursday for allegedly masturbating inside the coffee joint. According to the probable-cause affidavit, 29-year-old Jennifer Piranian was sitting in the lobby of a Bradenton Starbucks when she was seen plea ... More >>

Ten Recipes for Pumpkin Leftovers: Make Pumpkin Flan and Pumpkin Milkshakes -- Anything But Pumpkin Pie

It's 2012, and that means you don't need to make pumpkin pie this Thanksgiving because Pinterest exists. And because of Pinterest, you can MacGyver your pumpkin pie into basically anything that isn't pie.While this Thanksgiving I'll be sticking to my pumpkin bread because I'm borrringgggg, that shou ... More >>

Starbucks Runner Reward: Free Coffee for Office Gofers

Are you always the poor sap sent out for office coffee? Do you like taking a break for a mocha but can't seem to slip out quietly before your office mates notice and pile on their orders?Starbucks has picked up on your frustration. It has heard your howls of pain as you spilled your own coffee into ... More >>

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The Haitian Empty Bowl Fundraiser Is Saturday, March 24, in Lake Worth

​The Third Annual Haitian Empty Bowl Fundraiser is planned for Saturday throughout downtown Lake Worth. The venture is a progressive meal of sorts, with roughly 20 local restaurants and specialty food shops donating samples to the cause, which will raise money for kids in Haiti. Joyce Brown, an or ... More >>

Starbucks Launches Augmented Reality Lovefest, BOGO Mochas Through Valentines Day

From February 6-16, customers can download the Starbucks Cup Magic App, that allows them to send customized valentines and Starbucks e-gifts when a smart phone is positioned over the Starbucks Valentines Day cup. The valentine on here is too hearts and flowers for me (I share an office mate's sentim ... More >>

Decoding Coffee Talk to Make a Better Brew

Videocast #3 - Chemex/Pourover from James Hoffmann on Vimeo.What's the big deal about coffee? Coffee geeks have been nerding out over it for ages. It's only been within the last few years that the masses have become more educated by coffee aficionados, perhaps in part because of the rise and platea ... More >>

Longboards Hosts 'Tweets for Tots' Tonight, Drinks Provided

​Tonight, South Florida social media types will leave the safety of their respective bedrooms, cubicles, and Starbucks tabletop offices to take part in an interactive tweet-up with the third-annual holiday social and toy drive Tweets for Tots at Longboards in West Palm Beach.File this one under #t ... More >>

Starbucks to Serve Wine and Beer (in Select Cities)

StarbucksStarbucks to serve Starbooze?​Do you hear a chorus of angels singing "Hallelujah"? If so, it's because Starbucks has announced that it will start selling wine and beer in select markets, according to the Seattle Times. According to the article, Starbucks has been serving beer and wine at ... More >>

Where to Work: Best and Worst Restaurants Chains

​This month, the Restaurant Opportunities Center United ranked nearly 200 national restaurants in an effort to alert consumers where they can go to patronize more socially conscious chains. The report is also a shout out to the growing numbers of workers in the hospitality industry. Restauran ... More >>

Battle of the Pumpkin Spice Lattes: Comparing Four

Get in my belly you delicious, pumpkin devil.​Pumpkin is one of those fruits that is most emblematic of the Autumn season. Forget about its obvious benefits like being Atkin's Diet-friendly, full of vitamins, and a powerful digestive aid (fiber baby, fiber). We want to eat it, drink it, and s ... More >>

The Gentlemen's Starbucks Rant (Video)

We love to hate Starbucks.​Last month we told you the tale of the barista who was fired from Starbucks after writing a most excellent song about how it feels to serve caffeine to douchebags for a living.Frankly, nothing he sang was shocking - I mean even Clean Plate Charlie knows he'll burn in a s ... More >>

Not Just For Dessert, Fast Food Minis Are A Whole Meal

​USA Today reports on the mini-dessert trend, which includes today's rollout at Baskin Robbins of the four bite cake-and-ice-cream dessert that fits in the palm of a hand. While fine and mid-range dining restaurants have featured mini sweets for decades, the trend is finally hitting the mass ... More >>

Michelle Obama: FLOTUS Goes to Baskin Robbins, Target, Petco (Video)

Michelle Obama shops at Target​News flash - the First Lady is like every other red-blooded American woman - she runs out to Target, Starbucks and Baskin Robbins as often as possible.In an interview on The Today Show, Michelle Obama admitted that she sneaks out to Target, Starbucks, Baskin Robbins ... More >>

Starbucks Barista Writes The Most Awesome Song - And Gets Fired! (Video)

Starbucks - latte for puppets.​Barista Chrissizle is just a talented guy pumping out venti lattes for rent money. So he took that talent and wrote the most awesome Starbucks song ever! Like most mega-corporations, instead of giving this guy a raise, Starbucks fires him. Sure, the song calls out ... More >>

Solo Mexican Cantina: Who Says You Can't Get Good Mall Food?

Wellington Green Mall Solo Cantina serves fresh Mexican at the mall​You're at the mall and you're hungry. This is usually a delimma because mall food is typically slim pickings. You basically have your choice between food court disasters and suburban chain restaurants. When Starbucks sound ... More >>

Fort Lauderdale Sonic and Seattle Starbucks Serving Alcohol to Boost Sales

Flikr.com​Fast food restaurant chains looking to add alcohol to the menu to boost sales keep coming to South Florida as a testing ground. First it was the Burger King Whopper Bars, which placed two of the chain's six locations pairing beer and burgers in Florida. Now Sonic Drive-in ... More >>

Shops of Boca Center Mall to Get Brio Tuscan Grill

Brio Tuscan Grill in Tampa​Upscale casual Brio Tuscan Grill, part of the Ohio-based Bravo Brio Restaurant Group chain, is slated to debut in the Shops of Boca Center mall sometime this fall.  The 8,400-square-foot Brio will be the chain's fourth SoFla location, joining fellows in Hallandale B ... More >>

Starbucks Celebrates its 40th Birthday - You Get The Gift

Happy Birthday Starbucks​Starbucks is 40 years old, which is weird because I never remembered Starbucks being around when I was a child...or a teen. In fact I remember not knowing what Starbucks was until one day literally ten thousand Starbucks appeared like a mutant strain of alien virus ... More >>

Half Baked: Why Do I Do This?

  Photo by marcusjroberts​Patty Canedo is a chef in palm Beach. She writes frequently about her kitchen exploits in this column, Half Baked. After two weeks of doubles with V-day crammed in the middle of it all, I'm about to fall over. I look at the clock, plotting my escape to rush ... More >>

Pay For Your Starbucks Addiction With New Smartphone App for iPhone, Blackberry

Flickr/Ahmad Ziyad Maricar Starbucks calling...​It's 8am and you're seriously hung over from the night before. You're late for work, but first you need one of those new Trenta-sized iced coffees at Starbucks. You try to pay the Barrista but you can't find your wallet (which you serio ... More >>

Too Much Caffeine Is Never Enough -- Starbucks Announces the Trenta

Flickr/Abllo Trenta-Size me!​From spring break movies of the '50s and '60s to the Winter Music Conference, South Florida has a party-all-night reputation. Unfortunately, most of us also have a work-all-day job to go to. How can we mere mortals enjoy all the restaurants, concerts, clubs, and ... More >>

Get Food Freebies on Your Birthday

Flickr: Eliza​It's a hard fact to face: Birthdays mean you're getting older. Today, for example, I have reached the quarter-century mark. Am I upset about it? Hardly. Mostly due to the copious amounts of free food I will be consuming throughout the day. Restaurants local and nationwide award birt ... More >>

Five Foods (Besides Cookies) That Will Keep Santa Fat

Flickr: LadyDragonFlyCCHey, Santa, we know you want to keep your girlish figure. ​"Santa: I've grown sick of cookies"We had another chat with Mr. Claus this week (courtesy of santabot.com) and found out that he's tired of eating cookies. Frankly we aren't surprised since he does eat 1,140,000 mill ... More >>

She's Baaa-aaack

Broward Cleansweep There's indicted former Broward County School Board member Stephanie Kraft back out mingling with the peeps at last night's debate between Jaemi Levine and Kraft's favored candidate, Dave Thomas. There are more shots on the Broward Cleansweep blog, including a couple t ... More >>

Burger King's Whopper-Sized Remake: Five Ways to Save Fast Food's Ugly Stepchild

This is not what's for breakfast.​Last week, an investment firm bought South Florida-based Burger King Holdings, and hopefully the move signals an improvement in what has always been the fast-food industry's ugly burger stepchild.So where does the new owner take Burger King now? Here are five idea ... More >>

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Your Starbucks Barista Coffee Grinder Could Be a Killer

There's a killer on the loose.​It's a quiet Monday morning, and you're in your kitchen, making yourself a cup of fresh ground coffee with your Starbucks Barista coffee grinder. You pop some beans into the hopper and press the grind button. Ah, smell that fresh coffee smell. After a few seconds, yo ... More >>

Breaking With Boredom

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