Looking for good pizza is never an easy task. With so many styles to choose from and personal preferences to consider, it’s hard to find a favorite that meets all the basic requirements: perfect crust, just the right amount of cheese, a tasty sauce, and all the right toppings. More…
Attention beer lovers: the 2016 Beerfest is happening next weekend, and if you love craft beer, you won’t want to miss this year’s new and improved festival. More than 60 breweries have signed on to attend, which means there will be more than 100 different beers — some local, others…
Something new is brewing in Pompano Beach. The Blooming Bean Coffee Company, now open in the BaCa Bailey Contemporary Arts Center, is the latest coffee shop to serve a variety of drip, slow-brew, and cold-brew coffees made using their own roasted beans in Broward County. The coffee shop, owned by…
Summer is finally over, and that means its green and farmers’ market season. Just in time for the hurricane, West Palm Beach’s long-established green market returned to the city’s downtown on Saturday, October 1 for its 22nd year. Every Saturday through May 30, the West Palm Beach Green Market will…
If you didn’t already love super-star chef, James Beard award-winner Michelle Bernstein, you’ll be head over heels after you taste her easy-peasy approach to preparing the luscious bounty of Fall. “We’re going super Mediterranean, roasting beautiful vegetables,” Bernstein told New Times. Miami’s culinary darling is referring to her cooking demo on…
Tonight I am dining in a private room, and though that might sound fancy, it’s not as luxurious as it seems. This room is devoid of light. An intense, inky blackness pervades like an impenetrable fog. This is dining in the dark, a longstanding tradition at Fort Lauderdale’s Market 17…
Monday $1 Meatballs Good things don’t always come cheap, but at Fork and Balls (1301 E Las Olas Blvd, Fort Lauderdale), they do. All day long, get meatballs for only $1 as part of their Meatball Monday special. Half priced wine on tap is even more enticing. Visit ForkAndBalls.com. Tuesday…
A new nano brewery is headed for Boca Raton later this year. Parkland residents Dominick Peri and Ken Gross are planning on a January launch for Prosperity Brewing located in Roc Urban Community Spaces set amidst the up-and-coming Boca Water Tower art and design district. The one-barrel brew house is located…
Those who have followed the New Times food and drink coverage for the last few years have seen our attempt at tasting and sampling a variety of Florida-made beer every week (AKA our #FloridaBeerFriday coverage). The idea: create a vast archive of beer-tasting notes to help you navigate our growing…
Was Hurricane Matthew hitting South Florida just a bunch of media hype? Or just an excuse to take the day off and drink? At 5 p.m. on Thursday, October 6 and there was an unofficial hurricane party going down at the Blue Anchor British Pub in Delray Beach, one of…
Friday Late Night Happy Hour Not all happy hours have to be at 6 p.m. sharp on a weekday. Tryst (4 E Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach) understands. Their happy hour is for the night owls and commences at 11 p.m. Included is free Angry Pig sliders for everyone and half…
Amid the gusts and downpour of Hurricane Matthew, The Floridian never stopped serving folks hearty plates of diner food. The legendary Las Olas establishment lost power around 8 p.m. with nearly 40 patrons inside, but didn’t slow down. A waitress delivering an order of chicken tenders and sandwiches to a…
Here it comes: The hunger. The pangs always seem worse when you feel trapped in your home, without power, hot water, or the ability to use your stove, microwave, or even your grill. It’s South Florida, so without any air conditioning you don’t want to fire up the grill, or…
A lone guitarist sitting under red and blue lights belted out classic rock tunes as people sidled up to the neon bar at Johnny Mango’s Tiki Bar and Grill in Jupiter to catch one last buzz before Hurricane Matthew hit the coast. The spot promised patrons it would stay open…
There is a hurricane a-comin’ and there is only one question on everyone’s minds — “Where can I go to drink?” Well, Fort Lauderdale, you are in luck. Drive, run, swim, or blow on down to the Quarterdeck locations in Fort Lauderdale, Davie, or Planation and you can grab lunch…
In September, the reimagined Diplomat Prime launched at Hollywood’s Diplomat Resort & Spa, the third restaurant brought to life as part of the hotel’s $100 million transformation. Beloved by locals and guests since its original launch in 2002, the new iteration of Diplomat Prime reopens as a luxury boutique steakhouse…
Craft beer in the U.S. is a multibillion dollar industry and along with the thirst for local Florida beer comes a huge demand for hops that brewers want to purchase locally, too. The hops, or humulus lupulus, that brewers in America use mostly come from the Pacific Northwest and Germany…
Get out your beer goggles, South Florida. We’re about to celebrate the 19th-annual New Times Original Beerfest on October 22 at C.B. Smith Park in Pembroke Pines. If you attend, you’ll be participating in one of the longest running beer festivals in South Florida, and you’ll get to experience beers…
A coffee shop where you can peruse local art while sipping cappuccino. A fast-casual Peruvian sandwich spot that highlights the country’s less publicized fare. An Asian eatery where you’ll find one of South Florida’s best bowls of ramen. A hip new restaurant where a young chef makes Reuben egg rolls…
Just when we started to take our eyes off Hurricane Matthew, he zigged and we were told he would zag, thus placing South Florida right back into the dreaded ‘cone of caution’; completely uncool, but nonetheless, a reality. Keeping an eye on the tropics and dealing with what it throws…
Pizza may be one of America’s favorite foods. It’s also become more American than Italian, with slices in cities from east to west offering a different take on how to best combine a few basic ingredients. There’s New York-style, Chi-Town-style, coal- or wood-fired, and Sicilian. Some bake up with a…
Time stops when Antonio Bachour steps into his Brickell bakery. It’s just before 9 a.m., and the din of construction and rush-hour traffic is audible even inside. A line of leggy, pencil-skirted women and suited men with strong jaws and pocket squares stretches across the dining room, past the ivory,…
