Every years Father’s Day rolls around and the question arises: what to get the dad in your life? This year, why not give the guy something he could really use — like, say, tickets to a craft beer festival. The best way to celebrate Father’s Day weekend this June would…
Tea may or may not be an integral part of your diet depending on where you’re from. If you’re a Brit, we know you’re chugging cups of PG Tips all day long. Southerners: there’s probably not a day that goes by without consuming several jugs of sweet iced tea for…
South African microbrewer Garagista Beer Company released a promotional video that highlights the plight of every delivery driver hauling super rare and limited release beers. Called ‘The Hipster Hijacking’, the video shows what happens when a certain sect of beer hipsters and #whalezbro types find out about certain beers making…
We have a national holiday for pretty much everything: Old Maid’s Day, Ball Point Pen Day, Leave the Office Early Day (that’s actually a good one), the list goes on and on. While one could argue some are sexist (Old Maid’s Day) and others are ridiculous (we all know fountain…
Steve Martorano is unarguably Broward County’s most colorful restaurateur. For more than two decades, Cafe Martorano has been turning out Philadelphia-style Italian comfort food with a side of entertainment. No matter the time of day or night, the restaurant, located on East Oakland Park Boulevard, is packed to the rafters…
On any given weekday during lunch, the intimate space at Kuluck Persian Restaurant is packed with a wide mix of people speaking in a cacophony languages, both familiar and foreign. Middle Eastern women with loosely wrapped head scarves chat in Arabic or Farsi, men in yarmulkes converse with their wives…
In this day when customers are increasingly pleased with restaurants allowing them to bring along their four-legged friends (more like family members) as company on their culinary ventures, some restaurants are going above and beyond ensuring the comfort of their pet guests. Here are five Broward-Palm Beach restaurants that are…
Summer is hot everywhere, but South Florida can feel like a freaking oven — and a damp oven, at that. A damp, suffocating oven. While everyone else in the Northern Hemisphere is running around, enjoying the sunshine and mild weather, we’re down here in a perpetual state of perspiration. It’s…
Fans of craft beer in downtown Delray Beach already know of the Mellow Mushroom, a psychedelic pizza joint that boasts 100 on site beers; 50 on draft and 50 in bottles. Now, the restaurant will be making 30% of their draft selection purely Florida-based. With the growth of Florida breweries,…
Broward/Palm Beach New Times’ Best Of edition hits the streets June 19, bringing you our annual guide to the newest restaurants, the coolest bars, and the most original shops. We’ve picked our favorites — and you can, too…
Jaxson’s Ice Cream Parlor’s treats are bittersweet today. Monroe Udell, founder of the iconic Dania shop, has died at the age of 86. A notice on the iconic sweet shop’s Facebook page states: It is with indescribable sadness and deepest regret that we inform everyone of the passing of our…
When it comes to food-filled events, South Florida certainly has no lack. From the massive star-filled South Beach Wine and Food Festival to the more intimate celeb-chef centric Palm Beach Food and Wine Festival in December to smaller, local culinary get-togethers, we’ve got foodie events of all shapes and sizes…
This past weekend was a busy one for craft beer fans in South Florida as the Funky Buddha Brewery celebrated its first year as a production brewery, and the Funky Buddha Lounge joined in with some brotherly love. Each event was testament to the diversity of experiences to be found…
Remember Ratatouille, the Disney movie that features a little rat named Rémy who longed to be a chef? The movie not only featured an adorable little rodent, but was deemed “the best food movie ever made” by Anthony Bourdain, according to a blog post by Michael Ruhlman. Bourdain was also…
Weekdays are the worst, unless you live in South Florida, where we refuse to let a moment go by without cramming it full of entertainment. Whether you’re looking to relax and recover from the weekend or would prefer to fill your weekday evening with distracting goings-on, there’s something for you…
Operating under the philosophy that food is a right and not a privilege, the non-profit Food Not Bombs has provided free meals to the hungry in one form or another since the 1980s. The meals are often created out of surplus veggies, fruits, and baked goods from area grocery stores…
This weekend starting May 30th and continuing to May 31st, The Funky Buddha Brewery will be hosting a grand birthday party for their Oakland Park production brewery. Before the big festival day on Saturday the 31st, denizens of Palm Beach County, and those looking to make the drive, will have…
Big 105’9’s resident foodie, Paul Castronovo is set to host this year’s OBIEs: A Taste of South Florida tonight, May 30 from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Broward County Convention Center. Joining Castronovo are a team of celebrity chefs and some of South Florida’s best restaurants — all serving…
With another month comes another bunch of new restaurants. Though we still have plenty of spots that we’re waiting to see open doors, the four weeks of April proved to be good for the world of food. From fancy tacos to tiny (and cheap) sandwiches to burgers to a spot…
It’s #FloridaBeerFriday. Every Friday, we take a look at a beer brewed in the Sunshine State, giving analysis to the burgeoning craft beer movement of Florida. The Funky Buddha Brewery opened its doors last year in Oakland Park with their massive 40,000 sq-ft and 30 barrel facility. Since then, the…
Are you ready for barbecue? What about some beer? Even if you don’t care about any of the myriad celebratory offerings this weekend, you’re going to have to eat something. We perused the highs and lows of the Broward-Palm Beach area and cooked up this tasty menu of awesome destinations…
The next time you’ve spent a night out drinking and wake up with a pounding headache and cringe-worthy hangover, there’s a place you can go to make all that pain go away. Where? The biostation in Delray Beach. There, you can stop in for a specialty B12 shot from the…
