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J. Wakefield Unleashed on Sybarite Pig in Boca, Hopes Brewery Opens in December

Western Boca Raton has little in the way of interesting beer spots, but Chef Daniel of the Sybarite Pig has decided to make it his mission to bring good beer to the Mission Bay area, and this past weekend saw the appearance of sour beer master Johnathan Wakefield of the soon-to-be opened J. Wakefiel ... More >>

Finishing Off Craft Beer Week At Coffee District's Cigar City Takeover Saturday

American Craft Beer Week is finally over, and this past weekend had no shortage of events to draw you into the spirit of craft beer. On Saturday night, to celebrate one of the biggest names in Florida beer, Cigar City, the Coffee District in Delray Beach offered up its taps to the Tampa based brew ... More >>

Craft Beer Cans Kick Bottles in the Glass

Ever crack open a bottle of beer that smells and tastes past its prime? That beer is probably "skunked," which will make it taste quite awful. (Beer nerd alert: "Skunked" or "light struck" beers occur when isomerized alpha acids imparted from hops get bombarded with ultraviolet radiation. That reac ... More >>

OpenTable Names Sundy House, the Breakers Among the 100 Best Brunches in the U.S.

Brunch has always been the best meal of the week, where you can get together with friends and dine for hours on unlimited amounts of food. Plus, it's one of the few times it's socially acceptable to drink before 5 o'clock. It's no secret that South Florida restaurants serve some of the best brunche ... More >>

Florida Sinkhole Home Razed, Another Hole Found

Last Thursday, 37-year-old Jeff Bush was swallowed whole by a sinkhole that appeared under his bed in his Tampa home. The sinkhole was reportedly 30 feet wide and 60 feet deep, and, tragically, Bush has yet to even be found. The last anyone heard from Bush was when the other occupants of the home h ... More >>

Florida Department of Transportation Sponsors NASCAR; $175K Wasted

Up north this weekend, they did that thing with the cars, a whole lot of them, going vroom vroom, around and around and around and around, in the big wide circle, and everyone cheering for five minutes and then they drink MGD, and country music and America and white people -- you know what we're tal ... More >>

Guilty Plea in Mr. Nice Guy Case and the Future of Synthetic Weed

Last week in federal court, the mastermind behind one of the country's largest synthetic drug production outfits ended what could have been a bruising legal drama by pleading guilty. Dyan Harrison was the top guy behind Mr. Nice Guy, a synthetic-weed brand on the kush-end of the scale in terms of po ... More >>

Wawa Convenience Stores Come to Florida

You Jersey transplants who are longing for hoagies and water ice and the sight of oil refineries on the gray horizon, your beloved Wawa is coming to Florida.OK, right now it's only up in north and central Florida, but they already have six locations open in Kissimmee and Orlando, with two more on th ... More >>

Bill Clinton At Tampa Bay Rally Friday Night: Long-winded And Unintelligible

Former President Bill Clinton said a lot of things during his his hour-long speech in Tampa last night before a crazed crowd of 1,000 supporters at a campaign rally here Friday night. It would be nice to know what most of it was. We're not sure whether it was the mic system, or his apparent exhaust ... More >>

Man Tries To Avoid Jail Time By Punching a Cop

Adam Manuel Lee Raicies, of Tampa, was in court at a 9 a.m. Monday to go before a judge and be sentenced for giving false information to a law enforcement officer. Raicies, 25, was given probation by Circuit Judge Dick Greco. That's when Raicies went bananas. Because he didn't want to spend ... More >>

Another Burger Chain? Burger 21 Sniffing Out South Florida Market

Google the terms "burger" and "Fort Lauderdale" and more than four million results pop up. Even if you don't count the Big Three burger chains -- McDonald's, Burger King, and Wendy's -- there's still Five Guys, CG burgers, Energy Kitchen, BurgerFi, the soon-to-open Shula burger, Elevation burger in ... More >>

Paul Ryan Zings Obama on Foreign Policy, Fed Reserve

Master marathon runner Paul Ryan was in Tampa over the weekend where he jumped in on the President Obama Terrorist Coddling Weakness Apologizing Paloozafest 2012. "If we project weakness, they come," Ryan said of those who would attack the United States. "If we are strong, our adversaries will not ... More >>

Largest Burmese Python Found In Everglades Measures 17 Feet, Has 87 Eggs Inside

See also "Feds Likely To Face Face Legal Battle Over Burmese Python Ban" and "Are Burmese Pythons Slithering, Destructive Force?"The University of Florida announced a startling discovery Monday: A 17-foot-7-inch Burmese python had been pulled from the Everglades. The record-setting reptile weighed 1 ... More >>

Tampa Rape Victim Says She Was Arrested, Denied Emergency Contraception

Hold onto your crucifixes -- this one's ridiculous.A Tampa judge has decided a lawsuit can go forward against the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office after a female rape victim accused a prison guard of refusing to give her a doctor-prescribed emergency contraception pill because "it was against th ... More >>

Herald's Marc Caputo Dumps on Tampa TV Station's Reporting of Jim Greer Trial, Charlie Crist Being Gay

Earlier this week, we told you about the latest allegations that Charlie Crist paid men to cover up gay affairs and about how they weren't coming from anyone who'd actually investigated anything. They were coming from a lawyer in the Jim Greer corruption trial -- and now all the drama is seeping int ... More >>

One of Two Airlines Flying to Niagara Falls Ditches Fort Lauderdale International

Niagara Falls is one of the most recognizable natural wonders in North America, 165 feet tall in places and as majestic as a bald eagle flying in slow motion with a golden scepter in its talons.So it was good news when Allegiant Air announced last month that it would be flying routes from Fort Laude ... More >>

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 >>

Fort Lauderdale Boat Race Pits Teams Tebow's Ark, Boats n Hoes Against Each Other

​The organizers of the Red Bull Candola race have announced the final 27 28 teams, selected from "thousands of submissions," that will race in the New River next month. While "boats in Fort Lauderdale" isn't anything new, these won't be the shiny 45-footers with names like Sea Dream II or Fun ... More >>

Score a Half-Billion-Dollar Win for Spain, but Treasure Hunters Vow to Keep Digging

​Sean Fisher lives the exciting yet often uncertain life of a treasure hunter. As vice president of Mel Fisher's Treasures, Fisher knows that his career choice is not always easy. Treasure hunters spend years scavenging the salty seas in hopes of finding hidden gems that could win them a fortune - ... More >>

10 Under $10 For the Weekend of February 10 - 12

​Friday, February 10*Thousands of One, an Ithaca, New York act that describes itself as "soul-funk-reggae-dub-rock," performs at the Funky Buddha in Boca. Cover is $5. Click here for details. *Local cover act Fishhead Soup plays at O'Shea's Pub in West Palm Beach, and cover is free. Click here. *T ... More >>

Hooters and The Elbo Room: Two Florida Institutions Get Facelifts

ElboRoom​Two Florida institutions associated with boozing and boobs are getting lifts. 

Havana's Cuban Cuisine Opens Second Location

Maddox offers fightin' words on his blog today about the most overrated sandwiches in America. It's a gem of a post that includes the Philly cheese steak -- "an exploration of sadness" and a "mouthful of suck"; the poor boy -- "why not put nachos and jalapeño poppers on a sandwich too, dickhea ... More >>

South Florida's Ten Best Beer Bars

​All this talk about New Times' Beerfest has us craving craft brews. The event, on Saturday, November 12, in Esplanade Park in downtown Fort Lauderdale from 7 to 11 p.m., offers festgoers the opportunity to try hundreds of pours for $30 ($40 at the door) or $70 ($80 at the door), with a portion of ... More >>

Dear Federal Court: Please Help Florida Suppress the Vote

Racism? Not here.​To: U.S. District Court From: Florida Secretary of State Kurt Browning We're having a small problem with voting down here in Florida. In May, our Legislature passed some brilliant new requirements designed to crack down on unnecessary voters -- specifically, people who are poor, ... More >>

Who Made the Most Outlandish Comment During Last Night's Republican Debate?

​Last night was the CNN/Tea Party Express Republican debate, which we live-blogged from Tampa right here on the Pulp.We knew we were in for some fun as soon as we saw the plane flying above the Florida State Fairgrounds before the debate with a banner reading, "Where's the real birth certificate?" ... More >>

Rick Perry Hosting Lunch Event in Fort Lauderdale; Tickets Start at Just $1,000 Each

Rick Perry, who is allegedly so good-looking that it'll cost you $2,500 to be seen in a photograph with him.​GOP presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry has announced the details for his swing through Florida -- a five-stop tour that includes events in both Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale. ... More >>

Rick Scott Taking Suggestions for Jobs to Do; We Opine

​Gov. Rick Scott's office announced yesterday that he's ripping off former Gov. and Sen. Bob Graham's idea of working with Florida's commoners in their workplace.In what Scott is calling "Let's Get to Work" days, he started his first job today at a doughnut joint in Tampa, selling rings of fried d ... More >>

Humiliated for Bad Grades: Child Abuse?

Courtesy Fox 13 News​Here's an instructive tale from Tampa, Florida, where a mother has taken an admirable interest in her son's academic performance.Ronda Holder, 33, was recently confronted by the grim possibility that her son, James Mond III, might follow in her footsteps and fail to complete h ... More >>

DNA Proved Them Innocent, but These Three Released Convicts Haven't Gotten Restitution

Photo by Flickr user curly_exp( l)osureMore jails would be empty if DNA evidence keeps clearing inmates.​If you've ever felt as though the powers that be have dealt you an unfair hand, stop your belly-aching. Try serving more than a decade in prison for a crime you didn't commit -- the harsh reali ... More >>

Going Tribal

Beer of the Week: Great Divide 16th Annivesary Wood-Aged IPA

​Unrepentant beer drinkers, rejoice! Each week, Clean Plate Charlie will select one craft or import beer and give you the lowdown on it: How does it taste? What should you drink it with? Where can you find it? But mostly, it's all about the love of the brew. If you have a beer you'd like featured ... More >>

Gays Still Can't Marry in Florida, but Straights Sure Can Divorce

flickr.com​Though certain Florida politicians would have you believe they are dutifully "protecting" marriage with laws preventing gay people from legally marrying, a new list of America's 50 Divorce Capitals has more cities from the Sunshine State than anywhere else.The website, The Daily Beast, ... More >>

Extreme-Metal Act Cynic Returns to South Florida

Seminoles to Install Surveillance Cameras, Record License Plates on Reservations

Flickr user: greengardenviennaWatch out, Grandma, you're on camera!​Next time you get drunk, hit the slot machines, and hook up with that hottie from accounting, be warned: Your debauchery may be recorded.The Seminole Tribe of Florida has just received $595,000 from a federal Homeland Security fun ... More >>

Skafest 2010 Gets South Florida Skankin'

Morning Juice: Ex-Florida GOP Leader Faces Criminal Probe; BSO Deputy Was Speeding in Fatal Crash

​Local headlines for this Thursday morning:Divers along Alligator Alley discovered a submerged minivan that contained human remains, apparently those of Nelta Jacques, a 27-year-old Tampa woman who disappeared along with her two daughters during a 1999 visit to her father in Fort Lauderdale. [Sun- ... More >>

Roadkill: Florida Cities Dominate List of Most Lethal Pedestrian Zones

Flickr: gobayode​A recently released study by an agency for analyzing transportation policy found that the four most dangerous cities for pedestrians in the nation are Florida's four metropolitan areas. The very thin silver lining in this chalk outline in the crosswalk? Orlando and Tampa were both ... More >>

Top Chef 7 Florida Casting, In Pictures

Jacob KatelProspective Top Chef contestants shoot the shit while they wait their turn to see the casting director.​Top Chef 7 is officially on its way to your signal box, and Magical Elves, the production company behind the hit Bravo series, was in Miami on Sunday looking for talent. Prospective ... More >>

In Honor of Tim Tebow: 10 Great Football Careers Ended By Concussions

flickr.com No pressure, Tim, it's only your brain. ​Though the University of Florida and coach Urban Meyer have been nothing but careful with their words, I don't think there was ever really a doubt that Tim Tebow would play in tonight's big game against LSU. This, just two weeks rem ... More >>

Alleged Bank Robber Takes "Freeze!" Order Literally

Today we learned that Florida is exporting guns for crimes in other states, and it appears Fort Lauderdale is also exporting armed robbers for crimes in other Florida cities.Three Fort Lauderdale men are among a foursome arrested in connection with the distinctly Grinch-ian crime of knocking over a ... More >>

Paparazzi Unimpressed by Ambiguously Straight Gov

Don't you feel just a little sorry for the gawkers of St. Petersburg / Tampa? They've been waiting to get their place on the celebrity map forever! But no, Anna Nicole had to croak in the that other Seminole Hard Rock hotel. Today's Charlie Crist-Carole Rome wedding was supposed to be the cities' Bi ... More >>

Radiohead Tour Announced!! Click Here for Info

Killer Dog, King Belief, and Charity Good--UPDATED

Dream Sluts

Slim, girlish Brooke Skye is hot porn property. Hundreds of men want her to be their girlfriend.

Space Pop

Living la Vida Straight

Christine Sneeringer was gay until she underwent controversial "reparative therapy"

Black Ball

The Negro Leagues redux

Undercurrents

Forget the Marc Rich pardon. Bob Crawford is the one who really got away with something.

Brushes With Greatness

"Legends of Rock and Roll"

Shock Market Rises