If there was one standard about the sliders served tonight at YOLO’s “Sips & Sliders at Sunset,” it’s that they weren’t your typical beef, bacon, and cheese affair. Duck meat, grass-fed pork, and fancy condiments were the standard fare under grilled broiche buns. And that was true with the winners:…
When the executive director of Habitat for Humanity of Broward County announced he was leaving the nonprofit last month, it ought to have been nothing but sad news. In his nine years in the post, Jason S. Crush has overseen the completion of more than 200 homes for the needy…
Cast your vote in the comments field below for the best bar in Broward and Palm Beach counties. The poll ends May 15. Your votes will appear in our New Times Best of Broward-Palm Beach edition June 16. Click here for a full list of Readers’ Poll categories…
The background of fallen foreclosure king David J. Stern has so far been largely a mystery. But now there’s at least one piece of his past that has come to light: the years he spent as a high school soccer coach and how it ended in a spectacular failure.New Times…
To document the depth of the housing crisis, New Times is profiling some of South Florida’s forgotten homes.Location: In Fort Lauderdale’s Las Olas Isles neighborhood. This home sits at the end of a peninsula, with beautiful canal views toward Victoria Park. With four bedrooms and more than 4,100 square feet,…
Every spring for the past eight years, Hotel Biba in West Palm Beach would lend out a couple of dozen of its rooms for Showtel, one of South Florida’s best art events. Over the course of a weekend, about 2,000 people would pop in and out of rooms decorated in…
At a town-hall-style meeting February 21, Nezar Hamze stood to ask Allen West a pointed question. Hamze, executive director of the Council on American Islamic Relations, asked West why he keeps claiming that the Qur’an instructs Muslims to attack America (read more about that exchange here). West cut Hamze off…
To document the depth of the housing crisis, New Times is profiling some of South Florida’s forgotten homes. Location: These two townhomes sit at the center of Fort Lauderdale’s Victoria Park neighborhood, at the corner of NE Sixth Avenue and NE Sixth Street. Time abandoned: Work ceased three years ago…
If there’s one truth about the FX show Justified, it’s that every episode will include at least one great line from the main character, U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens. Take the bar scene from season one, when he tells two unruly men to quiet down because “I didn’t order assholes with…
To document the depth of the housing crisis, New Times is profiling some of South Florida’s forgotten homes. Location: At the east end of Broward Boulevard, just west of when it becomes Victoria Park Road, in the tony Colee Hammock neighborhood. Time abandoned: Unknown. Inchian Properties LLC, bought the land…
New Times will give away $1,000 to four artists Wednesday as part of our second-annual MasterMind Awards. Our panel of experts picked an eclectic mix of finalists, from performance artists to filmmakers to champions of the scene. The winners will be announced at our Artopia event Wednesday, which will be…
Thirty years ago, Carl Lee Windham asked his father for money to buy the car he’d always hoped to own. An Arizona dealer was asking $30,000 for a 1963 Shelby Cobra the color of a candy apple. Windham’s father reluctantly gave his son 30 grand in gold coins to buy…
The bartender at Rare Las Olas came by quickly, wearing a genuine-looking smile and a corset top similar to what Victorian women stuffed themselves into before getting dressed. She had some important questions regarding my dry martini. “Gin or vodka?” she asked in an accent that sounded Eastern European. Then…
Since his inauguration in January, new Florida Gov. Rick Scott has looked a lot like an Oxycontin addict.Twice now, Scott has come out in opposition to tough rules that would crack down on the South Florida pill mills that dispense pain pills like Pez. The first time came just two…
There’s a great jail scene in Goodfellas that shows the mobsters living it up in the can, eating an Italian feast brought in by the guards in cases. The narrator explains how they managed to smoke cigars and eat lobsters: “We lived alone. We owned the joint. Even the hacks…
We’re looking for your votes for the best shops, restaurants, bars, and everything in between for our New Times Broward-Palm Beach Readers’ Poll 2011. Click on the links below to cast your votes. Remember that it’s one vote in each category, so we’ll be throwing out multiple votes from the…
Cast your vote in the comments field below for the best music venue in Broward and Palm Beach counties. The poll ends May 15. Your votes will appear in our New Times Best of Broward-Palm Beach edition June 16. Click here for a full list of Readers’ Poll categories. Follow…
Cast your vote in the comments field below for the best pizza in Broward and Palm Beach counties. The poll ends May 15. Your votes will appear in our New Times Best of Broward-Palm Beach edition June 16. Click here for a full list of Readers’ Poll categories…
Cast your vote in the comments field below for the best dance club in Broward and Palm Beach counties. The poll ends May 15. Your votes will appear in our New Times Best of Broward-Palm Beach edition June 16. Click here for a full list of Readers’ Poll categories…
Cast your vote in the comments field below for the best club DJ in Broward and Palm Beach counties. The poll ends May 15. Your votes will appear in our New Times Best of Broward-Palm Beach edition June 16. Click here for a full list of Readers’ Poll categories…
Cast your vote in the comments field below for the best hip-hop artist in Broward and Palm Beach counties. The poll ends May 15. Your votes will appear in our New Times Best of Broward-Palm Beach edition June 16. Click here for a full list of Readers’ Poll categories…
Cast your vote in the comments field below for the best hairstylist in Broward and Palm Beach counties. The poll ends May 15. Your votes will appear in our New Times Best of Broward-Palm Beach edition June 16. Click here for a full list of Readers’ Poll categories…
