Here’s some good news beer geeks. The Tampa Bay Tribune reported that Mitch Rubin, head of the Florida Beer Wholesalers Association, announced on Monday that he supports a repeal of the state’s ban on 64-ounce growlers, or take-home jugs of beer. This means that the organization representing Florida’s Anheuser-Busch distributors,…
The 2014 Palm Beach Food & Wine Festival rolls into town this Thursday, December 11, for four days of eating, drinking, and food celebrity sightings. Now in it’s eighth year, the festival will take place exclusively in Palm Beach, and although many of this year’s events are already sold out,…
A new burger bar and music venue is coming to Fort Lauderdale, and according to creator Laurent Tasic, chef and owner of Sage French Cafe, it will fill a void in the city’s live music scene. QBar Burger and Blues will offer a place where you can grab a signature…
Let’s talk about sushi. Not the nigirizushi you’ll get in Japan — slices of raw fish on vinegar-infused fermented rice — but the Western variety: rolls made with cream cheese, imitation crab, cucumber, and avocado, to suit American palates. If you’re a purist, the sushi at Fort Lauderdale’s new Asian-American…
Coffee is finally starting to become a “thing” throughout South Florida. Not that getting caffeinated hasn’t been a thing for a while, and expensive espresso drinks are nothing new either. But we’re not talking chi-chi chain coffee places here. When we say it’s becoming a “thing,” we mean a thing…
These days, you can learn anything and everything online. Because let’s be real: Who has time to drive to class, deal with parking hell, then sit through hours and hours of instructionals? Not nobody, not no how. It only makes sense that cooking schools would be making the migration to…
A new coffee shop concept is coming to Fort Lauderdale in 2015 and its creators claim that it’s like nothing you’ve seen before in South Florida — or anywhere, for that matter. Tap 42 co-owner Blaise McMackin has partnered with Scott Ojeda to provide the city with a new kind…
The holidays aren’t all sugar plum and fairies — at least not for us poor grown-ups. But while you might tell yourself that hiding from your loved ones in the spare bedroom with a bottle of Bailey’s because Bailey’s is totally classy, we both know it’s just kind of sad…
Longtime Himmarshee establishment, T-Mex Cantina, has closed it’s doors. But don’t worry — not for long. On January 2, expect to see a new and improved concept in its place: Tacocraft Taqueria & Tequila Bar, what is being touted as downtown Fort Lauderdale’s very first taqueria with a chef-driven menu…
Around and around we go; today is the start to yet another lovely workweek. Hopefully, you have a bit of a spring in your step from some indulgent weekend activities. If not, don’t fret; there are still plenty of events to keep you busy through your working days. Whether you’re…
It’s #FloridaBeerFriday, where we take a look at a beer brewed in the Sunshine State, giving analysis to the burgeoning craft-beer movement of Florida. Continuing our streak of ‘nut’-inspired beers, this week we’re taking a look at a doubly dangerous high gravity beer from Cigar City Brewing in Tampa called…
If your office is planning a holiday potluck, leave the crock pot chili to the people in the accounting department because you’ve got something much cooler to share: Santa sushi! See also: Get Quinoa Chaufa at Hollywood’s La Huaca Peruvian Cuisine…
Dania Beach may soon become the source of the pumpkin spice latte beer you grew so fond of in the last couple of years. Corey Artanis, one of the people behind 3 Sons Brewing Company, wants to establish a brewery in the Broward beachside community of roughly 30,000. Artanis told…
Congratulations, you made it through yet another working week. You might as well give yourself a pat on the back to celebrate — or better yet, a drink or three. Whether you’re looking to do a yoga yappy hour, attend a free beer tasting, or want to check out a…
Budding Don Drapers of the world, listen up. There’s one universal truth about the ad game, and that’s turn chicken shit into chicken salad anytime you have the opportunity to do so. Roast beef sandwich chain Arby’s just released a 30-second commercial of a glass of Pepsi. That’s it. Just…
Starting next week, seemingly every beer and liquor store in the South Florida area will have two of Funky Buddha Brewery’s mainstay beers on their shelves: Hop Gun IPA and the Floridian Hefeweizen. How was this brewery able to make the transition from keg-only producer to twelve ounce bottle slinging…
Be honest: How often does a sugar craving hit and instantaneously cause you to pull into the nearest convenience store for a quick pick-me-up via a jumbo-sized candy bar? Or worse, lead you into the nearest fro-yo shop for an overpriced cup of boring yogurt? For those who crave a…
For Ben Lubin, owner of the Blind Monk in West Palm Beach, breakfast often falls into one of two categories: a fast-food pickup devoid of flavor and nutrition or a square meal without any service or ambiance to go along with it. Despite the multitude of restaurants sprinkled across the…
All over the country, fast-food workers, fueled by union organizers, have been coordinating carefully orchestrated strikes around the country. In a David-versus-Goliath-style battle, the workers are calling on the the megacorporations they work for — like McDonald’s, Yum! Brands, and Walmart — to up their wages to $15 an hour…
Last month, downtown Hollywood welcomed a newcomer to the dining scene: a Peruvian restaurant called La Huaca. The bar and restaurant offers a decidedly upscale touch to Peruvian fare with a menu offering a series of new takes on traditional dishes, delivering the flavors of Peru in a more modern…
It’s no surprise that South Florida hasn’t always been the best place for meat-free eating. From Key West to Jupiter, the area has never had much to offer in terms of healthy, cruelty-free fare, with only a handful of places in Broward and Palm Beach serving the cuisine. But this…
Nestled off the beaten path, where 595 cascades from a multilane highway into a two-lane mini spaghetti bowl, two friends are putting their sanity on the line with a business they are going into with their minds full of passion: brewing. Having started brewing at home in January 2013, Kyle…
