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BBQ Pitmaster Myron Mixon Heads To Winn-Dixie

He's won more competitive barbeque titles than anyone in the history of grilling meat on fire for prizes and he's the star judge of Destination America's BBQ Pitmasters. He's also the chef/owner of Pride and Joy Barbeque in Miami, and the best-selling author of Smokin' with Myron Mixon. Basically, ... More >>

Publix's New Digital Coupon Service Coming in March

Obsessed with saving money using coupons but aren't into the paper cuts from clipping or squinting at tiny ads on your smartphone? Lakeland-based Publix in March plans to roll out a new digital coupon service that will allow shoppers to preselect discounts on the company's website before heading to ... More >>

Top Chef Alum at Winn-Dixie

Florida Lotto Winning Ticket Worth $192,000 Is About to Expire

Did you play the numbers 8-19-27-28-30 in a Fantasy 5 lotto ticket back on July 30? Maybe left it in your jeans? In your glove compartment? Under your porn stash? Inside a shoe? In an empty coffee can? On a bus seat? In between the seats in your car with Larry's homework? Because, if you did, you ... More >>

Florida to Have the Most Concealed Weapons Permits in the U.S.

Hey good news, everybody! In only a matter of days, Florida will officially be number one in the most people with concealed weapons permits in the country! According to Florida's Secretary of Agriculture Adam Putnam -- who seemed so proud of the milestone, he thought it would be neat to hold a pres ... More >>

Global Education Concepts: Summer Program Puts Exchange Students into Forced Labor, Lawsuit Claims

Imagine you want to travel to a foreign country to work with the locals. You link up with a company that promises to handle the specifics across the ocean. Everything sounds legit, so you kiss the family goodbye and hop the thousand-some miles for the big adventure. But when you land in-country, it' ... More >>

Broward YMCA Students to School Board: We Want Healthy Food

Students at the Lauderdale YMCA, located inside Lauderhill Middle School, met today to present a healthy eating plan to members of the Broward Country School Board.The students are part of Live Well Lauderhill, a community project that raises awareness about healthy eating.  The students met wi ... More >>

The Secret Shame of the Restaurant Chain

Sometime later this year, the Italian chain with two annoying Texans in its commercials is expected to open a location on 17th Street in Fort Lauderdale. It'll appear among a mile strip of local favorites, places like Gilbert's with their great burgers and Grateful Palate with their terrific everyth ... More >>

Last Minute Thanksgiving: What Grocery Stores Are Open?

Start again? Some stores are open on Thanksgiving.​So it's Thanksgiving, the turkey's in the oven, and you're about to start the sides when you realize you're out of cream and you totally forgot the cranberries!  Don't panic. Though most stores are closed, we've compiled a list of stores that ... More >>

James Jablon, Man Living With Lions: What Should He Eat?

​Remember Timothy Treadwell? He loved grizzly bears so much, and was such a whack job, that he decided to live with them in the Alaskan wilderness. One summer, this one big-ass bear got a little, well, bear-y, and ate Treadwell and his girlfriend right up.Now, that's probably not going to happen w ... More >>

God-Fearing Entrepreneur or Cold-Hearted Con Man? Either Way, Dushaun Smith Is Motivated

Stefan KamphDushaun Smith in his favorite place, Mickel Field in Wilton Manors.Dushaun Smith doesn't want you to think he's a criminal."You don't feed milk to a stray cat," says the longtime Fort Lauderdale resident. "I'm careful how I feed the media milk. They keep coming back for more."It started ... More >>

New Menu at Lips, Kosher Demos at Winn-Dixie

​• Lips, Fort Lauderdale's drag show dinner theater, deserves credit: It's tough to continually pump out menu items that feature nearly as many witty double entandres as the riotous stage show. But somehow, the drag supper club continues to do it. The restaurant is rolling out a host of new menu ... More >>

Winn-Dixie Versus Publix: The Real Story

"and in this corner, wearing a $2 apple."​Two supermarket chains, two marketing slogans, two vastly different directions. That's the ballad of Publix and Winn-Dixie. One's a clean, well-lighted place to shop, faces always smiling because "shopping is a pleasure." The other's a ... More >>

Morning Juice: Botox Bandita, Wal-Mart Drops Fish, Rum Shack Owner Busted for DUI

A Las Olas doctor provided a woman with a little Botox treatment the other day. She was ​pushy and rude -- you know the type. When it was time to pay up, she left a decoy purse at the office and skipped out, promising to hit an ATM and return. She didn't. You know the type -- you try to help ... More >>

Morning Juice: Bull Session Over Davie Land Deal; West Palm May Have Frankel Forever

​Let's check out the local headlines:First degree murder charges for 16-year-old Berenice Juarez, accused of stabbing to death her mother's boyfriend, Gilardo Ramos Paz, in the parking lot of a Winn Dixie in Delray Beach. Paz was reportedly married, with a wife and five children in Guatemala. Repo ... More >>

Morning Juice: Teen Stabs Mother's Boyfriend in Delray; Broward Schools Pay Millions to Ditch Building Contracts

​The rundown of local news on this Thursday morning:A 16-year-old girl is in jail for stabbing to death her mother's boyfriend, Gilardo Ramos Paz, in the parking lot of a Winn Dixie in Delray Beach. The girl, Berenice Juarez, confessed to police, telling them she didn't approve of the man's relati ... More >>

[UPDATED] Bomb Threat at Winn-Dixie in Boynton

A news release that sounds like the opening scene from a movie inspired by a Marvel Comics series, from Boynton Beach Police:Police have responded to a bomb threat at Winn Dixie at 1620 S. Federal Highway. A man called the store to say he was going to blow up the store and they should get everyone o ... More >>

Five Local Officials Who Should Be Expecting Coal This Week

flickr.com​Most public servants are good people, even in South Florida. Most commissioners and school board members take sacred the public trust. At least during the holiday season, we try to tell ourselves that. But clearly, especially around these parts, not all our politicians are nice. And whe ... More >>

It’ll Fall off the Bone

Body-Slamming Thief on the Loose

Flickr: Ryan BudkeLurking in your local grocery aisle...​Just in from Broward Sheriff's Office: A masked man brandishing a handgun threw a store clerk over a counter during a robbery Monday night as the criminal demanded cash from the register. The clerk was not seriously injured, but detectives ... More >>

Greenpeace Attacks Publix, Winn-Dixie

flickr user: wharmanIf only Publix cared this much about REAL fish.The website for Publix supermarkets states, "There are plenty of fish in the sea, but not all of them are good enough for Publix." According to the environmental organization Greenpeace, that statement is all sorts of wrong. First, t ... More >>

At Felony Trial, Fitzroy Salesman Admits Conspiring to "Make the Shopping Experience More Enjoyable"

Flickr User: darthhellA Springfield .45 similar to the one Salesman brought to Winn-DixieThis morning, I swung by the trial of ex-Miramar Commissioner Fitzroy Salesman. Based on what I've read about the guy, he sounds like a pretty lousy citizen. Drunk driving down the wrong side of the street, then ... More >>

Spanish Contractor to Get Billion-Dollar Contract, Sangria May Flow Freely on Highway

Coming soon to I-595.The state is expected to sign a contract within a week to hire ACS Group of Spain to completely re-do Interstate 595. What this means is that state officials are putting the future of a major Broward County artery in the hands of a nation not known for construction prowess as mu ... More >>

Breaking: Mistrial for Fitzroy Salesman; New Trial "Imminent"

Trial, that is.Not exactly vindication, but ole Fitzroy S. can give this a positive spin in advance of the March 10 election. The suspended Miramar commissioner is facing a felony charge of aggravated assault with a firearm after he whipped out a pistol in a Winn Dixie checkout line.This week a juro ... More >>

Eat the Pigskin, Don't Watch It

Rambo and the Phantom

Investigating a gun-slinging city commissioner and the mayor who hides in the bathroom

Morning News Bytes

The P Word

Sorry, but Whole Foods is Awesome

"It's Alive!"

Who Crowned Michael Brown?

Laws? The Riviera Beach mayor doesn't need laws.

Tailpipe

Clam Up

Pooch Kicks

As kid-book adaptations go, Because of Winn-Dixie's no dog

Hungary for Rock?

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West Palm Beach Green Market

Respect the Rock

Can you tell me how to get to Respectable Street?

Ghee Whiz

With its excellent Indian cuisine in an unconventional setting, the Palace rules

Letters for August 1, 2002

Dance the night away

Diggin' in Delray

Tournament kicks off summer with a spike

Retrograde Orbit

Once a Winn-Dixie, always a Winn-Dixie?

Bandwidth

Mighty morphin'

Best New Venue for Live Music

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Doris Italian Market & Bakery

The Ball Barons

The Cattle Barons' Ball

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Horn of Plenty

Branch Managers

Hacking trees in the subtropics is ecologically ugly. It's also illegal.

B.Y.O.Beef

The Station Grille

Brutality on Aisle 3

When a husband and wife beat Winn-Dixie at its own game, they got pounded

Some Safety Net

All Vicky Lynch wants is to get her husband the neurological rehab he desperately needs. So what's the problem? Everything.

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