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Zachary Fagenson

Zachary Fagenson is the restaurant critic for Miami New Times, and proud to report a cholesterol level of 172.

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South Florida Chinese Restaurants Fight Coronavirus Fears

By Zachary Fagenson
Feb 28, 2020

South Florida hasn't been exempt from the xenophobic rushes to judgment that has left Chinese restaurants, businesses, and neighborhoods across the world quiet and near faltering following the early-January outbreak of coronavirus in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.
At Super Bowl LIV, Dayanny De La Cruz Is Chef in Charge

By Zachary Fagenson
Jan 21, 2020

How do you feed more than 25,000 people in the span of a few of hours? Ask Dayanny De La Cruz. The effervescent 47-year-old executive chef for Centerplate, the catering company at Hard Rock Stadium, at this very moment is in the midst of planning how to feed legions of rabid football fans before and when Super Bowl LIV kicks off Sunday, February 2.
The Nightmare in the Bahamas Is Far From Over

By Zachary Fagenson
Oct 1, 2019

The devastation on Great Abaco wasn't apparent at first. While the pilot we'd paid $1,300 for the 45-minute flight from Nassau began the plane's descent, the teal-and-cobalt Atlantic gave way to vast expanses of jagged green spits bordering shallow, sandy lagoons. A grounded boat lying on its side some 500 yards inland was the first indication of what was to come.
Hollywood's Penn Dutch Food Center Gets Half-Million-Dollar Face-Lift

By Zachary Fagenson
Aug 17, 2017

Back in the mid-1970s, Edwin and Sophie Salsburg relocated from central Pennsylvania to South Florida and soon set to convincing their three sons — Bill, Paul, and Rick — to move south and help them start a business. Thus in 1975 Penn Dutch Food Center opened within eyeshot of Interstate...
Spring Chicken in Fort Lauderdale Abruptly Shutters

By Zachary Fagenson
Aug 10, 2017

The Fort Lauderdale outpost of 50 Eggs' Spring Chicken quickly closed on Tuesday night, blindsiding some employees who showed up for work yesterday morning to find they no longer had jobs. "It seems like they came in the middle of the night and just gutted the place," former general...

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