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Five South Florida Food & Drink Events This Weekend: Beerfest and More

Prep the liver and put the local cab company on speed dial: It's Beerfest weekend. Yes, indeed, kiddos -- it's that magical time of year when New Times breaks out all the stops and taps all the kegs to share the best in beer with you, the reader. Awesome craft beer, cool tunes, and good food not you ... More >>

The Seahorse Fashion Cuisine in Wellington: Juan Gando Continues to Expand His American Dream

When you think of fashion, do you also think of food? Juan Gando says you should. He owns a string of dining establishments in Wellington that sell what he describes as "fashion cuisine." For him, eating and style go hand in hand.If you're not quite sure what fashion cuisine means, don't worry. Each ... More >>

South Florida Dining and Drinking Events This Week: Cigar City Night and More

Lots to eat and drink (mostly drink) this week in South Florida, so let's get right to it. After the jump, find a roundup of food- and drink-related events happening this week in Broward and Palm Beach counties. See Also: - Plantation to Get a New Weekly Food Truck Rally Beginning in October - Ame ... More >>

Five South Florida Food- and Drink-Related Events This Weekend: Northwood Village Art & Wine Promenade

Post-holiday stupor (and bank balance) put you in the market for something mellow this weekend? Perfect, because things are prettttty quiet in the pre-New Year's Eve buildup. Clean Plate Charlie has rounded up a handful of food- and drink-related activities this weekend in Broward and Palm Beach cou ... More >>

South Florida Dining Events This Week: American Social Tap Takeover and More

This week is the calm before the storm of Palm Beach Wine & Food Festival and the full holiday onslaught. Keep things chill with a progressive dinner at a food truck rally, or treat yourself to a hard-to-come-by craft beer. After the jump, find a roundup of some of this week's food- and drink-relate ... More >>

South Florida Dining Events This Week: Best of Boca & Beyond and More

After a gut-busting, food-coma-inducing weekend filled with festivals, fests, and fairs, this week provides a bit of solace in the way of chill food- and drink-related activities (that should still entertain the palate). After the jump, find a roundup of South Florida food events on tap this week in ... More >>

South Florida Dining Events This Week: Chef Hedy Goldsmith Book Signing and More

So, there's this whole election thing happening this week. But if you've already participated in your civic engagement this time around and you're looking for something else to get up to this week, check out the Clean Plate Charlie roundup of food and drink related events taking place in Broward and ... More >>

Early Voting Places in Broward County and Palm Beach County

Voting. It's your civic duty. It's your right as an American. It's a big pain in the butt in your busy life. The good news is early voting got kicked off in Florida over the weekend, and runs through November 3rd. Which means, you can now stop complaining about politicians on blog comment boards a ... More >>

Rick Scott Touring Palm Beach County Today

Tropical Storm Isaac might be gone and Palm Beach might be a little drier... but it's about to get creepier! But in a good way. Maybe. Hopefully. Gov. Rick Scott is in town, armed with FEMA, a helicopter, and a smile. Isaac left a big heaping mess in Palm Beach County over the weekend, and now i ... More >>

The Week in Crazy: Get Your Coulter, Limbaugh, Trump Fix Here

South Florida is crawling with famous crazy people. Who has time to keep up with all their yammering? Behold, the weekly roundup: -- Wellington resident Vanilla Ice plays himself in the new Adam Sandler movie That's My Boy, which opens today. As Twitter commenter @ryan_derosa noted, "Every show I wa ... 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 >>

Flavors of Wellington, Local Beer Dinner at Howley's, and Other Food and Drink Events this Week in South Florida

The snowbirds may be gearing up for their return flights to the north, but that doesn't mean the events calendar is following suit. Beer dinners, tap takeovers, and pairing events top the list of food and drink events this week in South Florida, while West Palm Beach welcomes an event that has enjoy ... More >>

Grafitto South Opens in Wellington

​Grafitto South has just opened in Wellington's International Equestrian Village in the former White Horse Tavern. The restaurant, which features cuisine with an Italian slant and homemade breads, is the first South Florida endeavor for Milwaukee-based restaurant group SURG.SURG Restaurant Group c ... More >>

Santacon Fort Lauderdale, Huladay Party, and Other Festive Food Events this Week in South Florida

Fivedollarones via Flickr Creative CommonsEven the jolly ol' elf needs a break once in awhile. ​Naughty Santa shenanigans, hula dancing holiday hotties, happy hour toy drives at surf bars -- must be December in South Florida. This week's calendar is filled with opportunities to get into the spirit ... More >>

Cattle Thieves on the Loose in Wellington; Abducted Bovine Count Up to Six

zazzle.comAliens: NOT the suspects.​The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office is looking for a pair of dudes who jacked six heads o' cattle from a Wellington property.The agricultural-crimes unit at the Sheriff's Office says three bulls and three cows were taken from the northeast corner of 50th Stre ... More >>

Field of Greens to Open in Palm Beach Gardens

​There may not be many gardens in Palm Beach Gardens (not many beaches, either). But there is a new Field of Greens (11701 Lake Victoria Gardens Dr., 561-340-1600), scheduled to open tomorrow in the resurgent Downtown at the Gardens mall.  The family-owned chainlet of local eateries (West Pal ... More >>

Restaurant Round-Up: Openings/Closings in July

Wellington Green MallDressed Up Mexican at the mall at Solo Cantina​At the end of every month, we look back and take stock of restaurants that have opened and closed. (I know we're a few days into August already; forgive us!) Though the crowds may have migrated north for the summer, and the tempe ... 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 >>

Pangea Bistro Brings Adventurous Dining to Wellington

​The horsey little burg of Wellington is hardly the first thought of anyone seeking a little culinary adventure, but the new Pangea Bistro (10140 Forest Hill Blvd., 561-793-9394) just may change all that.  Founded by Venezuelan interior designer Grethel Boscan and a quartet of alums of the Fo ... More >>

Wellington Officials Furious Over Today Show Using City as Location for Story on Car Surfing

Steven Erdmanczyk from Flickr.com​The City of Wellington wants a correction from Matt Lauer, host of NBC's Today show.Earlier this week, Lauer introduced a story on a dangerous teen trend known as car surfing. Rather than recorded footage of such antics, he instead handed the reporting o ... More >>

Barbara Bush Supports Gay Marriage; Isn't It Time Charlie Crist Does Too?

When Dubya's daughter feels confident enough to support gay marriage, you know the political tides must be shifting. Barbara Bush is making headlines today for appearing in a Human Rights Campaign video advocating the legalization of same-sex marriage in New York. She joins celebs such as Mayor Mi ... More >>

Polo Club President Arrested for Throwing Wine in Wife's Face

PBSOThis is going to be bad for brunch gossip on Sunday.​John Wash, president of operations for the International Polo Club in Wellington, was arrested Wednesday night for allegedly throwing wine in his wife's face.Wash, 50,  "was being very uncooperative and refusing to talk" when Palm Beach ... More >>

[UPDATED] Will John Goodman Play Polo This Season? Stay Tuned.

PBSOGoodman's team is missing from the club's website.​UPDATE: New Times was kicked out of a press conference at the International Polo Club today. More details after the jump. Will criminal charges accusing him of causing a fatal, drunken car accident keep Wellington polo mogul John Goodman off t ... More >>

Behind the Scenes of the New Vanilla Ice Reality Show Debuting Tonight

DIY Network​He was once one of the most famous individuals in the country, with the highest-selling rap album of all time. People know the hair, the old outfits, the regrettable comments, the dramatic fall from grace. But most people don't know that Vanilla Ice is also in the real estate business. ... More >>

Restaurant News: 'Top Chef' Gilbert Leaves PGA, Ice King Comes to Wellington, Williams-Sonoma Offers Classes

​•    It's "pack your knives and go" time for former Top Chef contestant Kenny Gilbert again. This time, though, it's by his own choice. It seems that less than two months after he signed on as chef at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, he's signed off to move to Jacksonville and ... More >>

Coral Springs, Coconut Creek, Wellington Named "Best Small Cities" by Money Magazine

IFlickr: ryantxrA slice of heaven in Coral Springs​f you live in Coral Springs, Coconut Creek, or Wellington, start bending your elbow and reaching for those shoulder blades, because it's time to pat yourself on the back: Money magazine named the cities 44th, 48th, and 72nd, respectively, on its a ... More >>

Will a Multimillionaire Polo Mogul Be Punished for a Fatal Drunken Accident?

Top Chef Cooks for Haiti

​The 24-hour news cycle has long since moved on from the January earthquake that devastated Haiti and the agony of its aftermath, but for Haitian native and former Top Chef contestant Ron Duprat, forgetting is not that easy.  So he's teamed up with four South Florida Whole Foods Markets to ra ... More >>

The Singer Who Cried Wellington

PhotobucketWill Madonna relocate?​On the coattails of this morning's tornado watches comes the news that the Wicked Witch of New York Real Estate may be landing for good in Wellington -- again. According to Page2Live, Madonna is "thisclose" to closing on a home in Mallet Hill, neighborhood to New ... More >>

Did Bruce Springsteen Have a Wellington Gym Bunny Too?

Wiki Commons: Craig ONealBruce works up more of a sweat at Ultima in Wellington.​Bruce Springsteen may have been born to run, but he must have mumbled the lyrics about the treadmill fetish. Over the weekend, the 60-year-old Wellington resident was named "the other man" in a New Jersey divorce, the ... More >>

Agliolio in Wellington Offers Do-It-Yourself Menu

If you're not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter for Broward and Palm Beach counties, here's a taste of what you missed this week. Click here to subscribe. ​The basic elements of human life are oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, phosphorus, garlic, and olive oil.Or ... More >>

Dobbs Ditches CNN; More Time in West Palm Beach? Or Border Control Militancy?

What does he mean when he says he's embarking on a mysterious mission that involves "constructive problem solving"? Given Lou's loathing of illegal immigrants, let's hope it doesn't involve a bottle of whiskey, a rifle, and a sniper's nest with a view of the Rio Grande.Rather, this might give Dobbs ... More >>

Madonna: Wellington's Neighbor From Hell?

PhotobucketThe Material Girl strikes a pose​The Material Girl's Manhattan neighbors are none too pleased about the singer using her posh NYC pad as a stomping ground for dance rehearsals.Madonna's upstairs neighbor, Karen George, has filed a lawsuit, saying she was forced to move out of her West 6 ... More >>

In Wellington, a Streak Ends (With a Bus)

Flickr User: nimitiminStreaking: hilarious at sporting events; near major roadways, not so muchOn a day when sister cities are in the news, a cautionary tale comes to us from Wellington. Not the city in Palm Beach County, mind you, but the one in New Zealand.It's a short story, but vivid. A man was ... More >>

Ask the Critic: How to Grill Fish?

The only good pompano is an incinerated pompanoDear Insufferable Know-It-Alls:Grilling fresh local fish outside on the old Weber is my own private Waterloo, except unlike Napoleon's humiliating defeat by Wellington and the Prussians, mine keeps happening over and over like a recurring nightmare -- t ... More >>

ESPN Gets Inside Wellington Polo Horse Deaths

"It was like a plane crash, but with horses instead of people." That's the first quote in the fantastic E:60 segment on the polo horse deaths in Wellington last month. It started with two mares sick at the barn. Soon there were dead horses all over the place.  The Palm Beach Post has been nail ... More >>

Revenge Is Sweet

The Day the World Came to Wellington

John SotoGuarding the entrance to the Lechuza Caracas estate in Wellington is a gate at least eight feet high, topped with iron spikes and emblazoned with the golden emblem of an owl. An electronic keypad out front is the only way to make the doors swing open, but for now they remain firmly shut. Th ... More >>

Ferguson: Lesbian Scene Is Hot in Delray

We're very well aware that Broward and Palm Beach counties do not draw high-voltage celebrities in the same way as L.A. or New York. (And if we forget, we always have Donald Trump to remind us.)  Yet we do sometimes marvel at the bizarre mix of notables that rumble through town.  We've got ... More >>

The People's Polo

The sport's militaristic roots are fading. This is Wellington, old chap.

Vanilla Ice: This Ain't No Whorehouse

Sun-Sentinel's Failed Palm Beach Surge?

La Cosa Emo

Be to Not or Be To

Coming at the Bard from the butt end really cuts the crap

Dover Sole for Dummies

Best Mall in Broward

Riverland Shopping Center

Giddyap!

Expect big prizes and nail-biters at daylong equestrian competition

Behind the Hedge

At the nation's premier polo grounds, a row of ficus separates rich from poor

Tea-ing Off

Talula's Cafe & Tea Room isn't just for tea-time anymore

Best Polo Tailgating Picnic

Boulevard Gourmet Catering