Growing up in southern New Hampshire as I did, kids knew there was one way to curse around parents and teachers. You put Bucky before the four-letter word and then Dent afterward. As in, Bucky F-ing Dent. As in the Yankees shortstop who seemed to draw upon the powers of…
Former New Times Broward-Palm Beach staffer and award-winning journalist Jeff Stratton passed away suddenly this week in Honduras.Stratton, 47 years old, died from apparent complications from a stomach ulcer. New Times was a neophyte in the Broward-Palm Beach market when Stratton joined the paper as music editor, and he established…
Bimini Boatyard, long a Fort Lauderdale favorite waterfront restaurant, has hired Jason Shipman to replace chef-turned-author Michael Bennett. Shipman is a Johnson and Wales grad who got his break in 2002 in the Cheesecake Factory/Grand Luxe Cafe empire. He climbed quickly in the restaurant chain, and in two years, he…
Just a few years ago, the web presence of New Times was the digital equivalent of a kid in a bowler hat yelling out the news next to the haberdashery. Now, we’ve got a sweet new homepage, award-winning blogs, and apparently a smart phone app that rocks. Sure, that sounds…
It has been a good year for Rok:Brgr Burger Bar and Gastropub. Accolades have been rolling in, including winning Best New Restaurant in Broward from New Times and a People’s Choice award at the Riverwalk Trust Burger Battle. So you can see why the folks at Rok:Brgr are ready to…
A cub reporter at the Sun-Sentinel landed a major headline back in mid-November. Writer Dieter Kurtenbach claimed he had uncovered documents and found sources that showed a star high school quarterback may have transferred schools in violation of state policies. His big story landed on the Sentinel’s homepage November 17…
If you’ve given a read to this week’s cover story in New Times, you know we South Floridians like our kinks. OK, maybe you knew that already. But the results from our first sex survey give credence to what we already knew about our heated-up libidos. The full results, culled…
We don’t do a whole lot of car reviews here at the Pulp. So when JM Family Enterprises asked if we’d be interested in test-driving a Prius V for the weekend, our initial reaction was simple: only if we could try stuffing it full of random stuff. Last weekend, then,…
One banker, we’ll call him Steve, was walking out of the corporate office in Orlando recently when a protester got in his face. There were three or four Occupy protesters who spotted Steve with a couple other people wearing suits. The protesters figured they had found one percenters. “You’re responsible…
The newest supper club to hit South Florida has a new twist. Instead of the underground restaurants run out of a random kitchen by some foodie, this one’s for a good cause. ARC Broward, which helps people with disabilities and other problems, is starting a supper club called The Traveling…
Forget the drunk fest that the New Times Beerfest used to be, with the longest lines at the light beers that have a faint flavor of something brewed. This year, the crowds seemed to seek out the craft beers, with the longest lines for Brooklyn, Shiner, and Shipyard. And that…
“Hello, bonsoir,” said the manager as he breezed through the dining room of the East End Brasserie last night. His mix of English and French would seem appropriate for the 2-week-old restaurant. The menu is somewhat French, a bit English, and, overall, pretty impressive. Impressive is applicable here, at the…
Update: The winners have been announced! Click here.You probably have a friend who claims to be an expert in politics and another in where to go out to eat and another in… well, any conversation that’s brought up. But beer? Everybody knows good beer.What we’re looking for here, however, is…
Greg Heller, a financial analyist and major beer fiend, and Stevette Hay, a former brewpub employee and local chef, are our two readers who will join an esteemed panel to help judge the New Times Beerfest 2011 awards. Heller and Hay provided two detailed and impassioned descriptions on this blog…
Update: Insidefortlauderdale.com owner Dennis Baasch responds. See below.A website called Inside Fort Lauderdale posted a review October 24 of the new Philippe by Philippe Chow restaurant in Boca Raton under the headline “Philippe Chow’s Questionable Price Claim.” The main point of the snarky article — written anonymously — was a…
Last night, we asked you, our readers, to become food critics during the first Clean Plate Charlie Night. Held at PL8 Kitchen (formerly Himmarshee Bar & Grille), dozens of you voted on the dishes of the new small-plates-style menu.The results in a nutshell: You liked almost everything. Of the 33…
A recently created Facebook page titled Save Fudgie the Whale makes it sound like Carvel might be thinking of dropping the ice cream cake. The company has sold the thing for four decades, so it’s natural that there might be some Fudgie supporters out there willing to rally to its…
A South Florida man sentenced to decades in prison for a minor drug charge will finally get his chance in court to prove he didn’t commit the crime. U.S. District Court Judge Joan A. Lenard issued a ruling September 8 that grants Elroy Phillips a hearing to present his evidence…
Add Judge John “Jay” Hurley to the list of people pissed at political operative Jack Shifrel.The judge left a message on Shifrel’s Facebook page late last night that made a spat between them very public. Hurley, who gets boatloads of TV time for serving as the judge who handles first…
In March 2010, Matt Johnston called his wife, Deb, from China with a crazy idea. Matt was touring factories that make stand-up paddleboards in the hope that he might start making them himself. Matt and Deb were insurance investigators in Australia, but they had been thinking about jumping into the…
Himmarshee Bar & Grille, a fine-dining anchor of downtown Fort Lauderdale’s entertainment district, closed its doors for good Sunday.That’s the bad news. The good news is that it’ll reopen Thursday as PL8, a small-plates concept. The new restaurant will feature appetizer-sized portions priced from $6 to $10. A temporary banner…
Tropical Acres Steakhouse — a Dania Beach restaurant that served as a dining time machine to postwar Florida — erupted in an early morning blaze today. See the slideshow of the damage here.Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue units found the restaurant engulfed in flames when they arrived at 3:51 a.m. The…
