This will teach you never to pull a practical joke a work — or let your dog near your coworker’s jar of peanut butter.These two ingredients — combined with a few subversive voice recordings — was all it took to fire a Fort Lauderdale Police Department investigator and suspend three…
How do you know when you make the step from just a bartender to having you master’s in mixology?When you have your own naturally recognized, signature drink, of course…
We all know the danger’s of drinking and driving, but drinking and walking?Next time you’re out and about in Delray Beach, make sure you’re not us unlucky as 25-year-old Reynaldo Arturo Mendez Torres. Torres was fatally struck by a train early Tuesday morning near Railroad Avenue in the area between…
What’s in a name? For some people, a whole lotta nothing. Take, for example, musicians Marshall Mathers and Elgin Lumpkin. They weren’t marketable with the name mom gave ’em, so they upgraded to Eminem and Ginuwine. Likewise, Broward County commissioners and the Sun-Sentinel’s Michael Mayo think we might be better off…
It’s never too late to find that special somebody to share the romantic misery of V-Day with. And, if you’re a smooth talker, it could take only a matter of minutes…..
I wasn’t sure I’d heard the gossip correctly, but when I asked Hope Wallace, manager of Sky309, if there really is a 15-minute rule for food service at the sky-top bar above Roxy’s in downtown West Palm Beach, she answered with an exuberant “Yes!””If you don’t get your food before…
Chef Leo Balestrieri is larger-than-life — and so is his new ristorante and enoteca, Apicius, in Lantana.His vision is unique, his dishes extravagant, his style flamboyant — and his taste — arguably incomparable. We sat down with Balestrieri, who prefers to be known simply as “Chef Leopold,” to see what all…
No one likes a soggy pizza — especially Charlie. And if you never want limp crust to happen to you, Island City Pizza has a solution. The self-proclaimed “Home of the Uncut Pizza” ensures you’ll never bite into a floppy slice again.But why is uncut better?…
Old school – it’s the perfect way to describe GG’s of New York, the family-style Italian restaurant that has been serving Fort Lauderale for more than 30 years. Those red and white-checkered plastic tablecloths, fat shakers of hot pepper and parmesan, and family-style fare — it’s everything you want a classic…
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…
Imagine a world where art, music, fashion and film come together for an evening of unimaginable fun. Imagine it also comes with complimentary food and drink — all night long. Then simply imagine Artopia 2011. …
Ready for a little bit of paradise?If Jimmy Buffett had been served one of these burgers over that boring “American cheeseburger” he got when he washed up to shore in Tortola, we’re pretty sure he’d be singing the same tune.That’s the vibe we get when we roll up to California…
Just so happens Charlie knows where to find the “Biggest Balls” in South Florida. Dirty minds, out of the gutter, please — we’re talking meat here, people.Interested? Be sure to bring your appetite for homemade Italian to this Margate restaurant, where you’ll find the best “balls” around…
Ruth Berman and Mike Arra love beer. So much so that the two busy Boynton Beach-based chiropractors decided to make a second living out of it.How? By organizing beer vacations, of course…
Hungry for a good deal? Who isn’t these days — but if you’re serious about eating fantastic food at a palatable price (and we’re betting you are), look no further than Hollywood’s Argentango Grill. …
I’m often fascinated by people who can sit down to those all-you-can-eat buffets and pile on food, plate after plate. It’s not that I don’t approve. Believe me, I wish I could do it too. I just tend to fill up rather quickly, thus negating the fabulous price-to-pile ratio. But if…
You know that feeling you get when you want something — really, really want something — but know you can’t have it? It sucks, right? That’s sort of how I felt when I got to the Coffee District in Delray Beach earlier this week looking for a pint of their fresh-tapped and…
Head on over to Bahama Mama’s, the new Caribbean-style restaurant off Clematis St. Everything from the white and blue-washed walls, to the fresh-catch fare, will bring you — or, more precisely, your taste buds — there in an instant.With a fish-focused, island-style menu and easy-breezy atmosphere, the three-month-old restaurant is…
With amazing views, a revamped look, and a killer new menu, it’s the place to be in our books. We stopped by the 37-year-strong establishment to see bartender Austin Bullock. He gave us the lowdown on the menu makeover and full-frontal face lift his place recently underwent. Here’s what he told us:…
It’s all these reasons and more that make Surf Sliders — the new seafood and burger bar in Delray Beach — a great place to do lunch, dinner and drinks.Simply slide into Sliders at the corner of A1A and Atlantic Ave. the next time you’re jonsin’ for a good burger…
Kenny St. Cyr may have one of the most mantastic jobs in all of South Florida.It doesn’t have anything to do with owning your own sports team, and it doesn’t grant him celebrity status — yet. And, no, he’s not a photographer for bikini-clad models. St. Cyr is just an ordinary…
Every week, I look for it: the giant sign on the side of U.S. 1 in Lantana, its bright-red lettering with the words Fresh Lobsters Today scrawled in messy handwriting.It means Capt. Fuge Hickman and his two sons, Bruce and David, have a fresh catch of Florida spiny lobsters for…
