Fort Lauderdale’s dining scene has evolved quite a bit over the past decade or so. It was not all that long ago that the majority of restaurants included sports bars and pubs with a few fine dining establishments littered amongst the chicken wings and loaded nachos. Luckily, we’ve come quite…
As summer begins to wind down (yes, it’s August already!), Fort Lauderdale’s craft beer mecca is pulling out all the stops to make sure that it doesn’t end with you thirsty. The Riverside Market is hosting events galore. Based on the success of their previous offering, Riverside is bringing back…
Thankfully, we’re in the last stretch of summer, which means we can look forward to the start of school, cool evenings, and the sixth annual em>New Times Pairings event. The annual event, which pairs dozens of the best food from Broward and Palm Beach restaurants with fine wine, will be…
The team behind Tee Jay Thai Sushi in Fort Lauderdale and Wilton Manors and Thai House in North Miami Beach, will soon open Sky Thai Sushi on a Broward thoroughfare whose turnover is second only to the seedy hourly motels on Fort Lauderdale Beach. Sky should begin serving in about…
Most of us may know cannabis as either a drug, a plant, or simply a flower. But now it’s apparently being regarded as a vegetable, particularly because of the double whammy of health benefits not only from consuming the plant but also juicing it. Cannabis, better-known in America as marijuana,…
The sweet perfume of molasses and slow-burning hickory wood punches you in the face when you step inside Elliot Wolf’s new restaurant, Red Cow, near the impossible-to-navigate intersection of Sunrise Boulevard and Federal Highway. As you take your seat in an apple-red chair, you don’t realize that first shot was…
July proved to be a kind month to the restaurant world. Many new spots opened their doors with a pile more on deck. Fortunately, only a few shut down for good. To keep you informed of the overall comings and goings of the South Florida restaurant scene, we bring to…
Cookie Monster has never been the perfect model of patience. The blue monster with a weakness for baked goods is usually seen freaking out whenever a chocolate chip is in the room. But, in this time of childhood obesity, that’s not the most responsible way to portray a beloved icon…
What’s a well-done pizza mean to you? A bit of char at the bottom? Melty, bubbling cheese with a fine film of smoked-in flavor across the top? A nice crunch when you bite into it? At Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza, it means cooking pies in a specialty, 800-degree anthracite coal…
It’s official! Taco Bell’s new Doritos Locos flavor has a launch date. The fast food company that specializes in “food you’ll love now but regret once you’re sober”, has announced the date of its new Doritos Locos taco on Twitter: Read Also: Taco Bell Teases a New Doritos Locos Taco…
Well craft beer fans, it looks like your options on the shelves have expanded in the state Florida after Brock Wagner, founder of Saint Arnold Brewing Company in Texas, admitted in an interview with the Houston Chronicle that he is looking to expand into Colorado as well as the Sunshine…
Can you eat meat without having to kill the animal? Mark Post, a Dutch stem cell researcher, thinks you can and on Monday he will present the world’s first lab-grown hamburger at an arts fair in London. But don’t take a bite just yet, the patty purportedly has cost about…
Rock lobster. Spiny lobster. Caribbean lobster. They’re all monikers for what every Sunshine State home-grown knows only as Florida lobster, a species that inhabit the western Atlantic from North Carolina to Brazil, otherwise known as warm water lobsters. Tomorrow, August 6th marks the start of a special time of year:…
Another day, another rainy weekend down the drain. It’s summer in South Florida: there’s not much else you can expect. Fortunately, we have indoor events and tons of A/C. If you’re looking to get your drink on — or just stuff your face — there are still plenty of events…
Dubbing themselves “a drinking club with a running problem,” Fort Lauderdale’s Hash House Harriers went on their usual Monday-night run last week. Runners never know in advance the exact route their leader has planned, but they sometimes get a hint. This week, they knew the run would be TSA-themed. The…
Miami Spice is under way! The two-month long promotion, organized by the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors’ Bureau, allows food lovers to enjoy three-course menus at some of Miami’s best restaurants at incredible value pricing. This is the second year that Miami Spice is implementing a two-tier pricing system, where…
With America’s top court striking down key portions of the Defense of Marriage Act and the military repealing its “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy recently, you’d think that gay people in this country would catch a break at work. But not John Bostick apparently, an employee at a Bradenton Crack…
Lisa Shairi via Instagram”We ate till it hurt.”It’s pretty clear that you enjoyed last evening’s Iron Fork and Miami Spice Kick-Off event, presented by the Downtown Development Authority. How do we know? By the awesome Instagram photos you took. And you guys got creative; from night shots of the beautiful…
The week is finally over once again and the weekend is upon us. There are so many events for the food loving and cocktail craving among us, it’s hard to know where to start. Whether you are looking to get the inside scoop on some specialty brewed craft beers, do…
With a nod to hiring local talent, Funky Buddha Brewery announced yesterday that it hired Florida native Alex Postelnek to be its lead brewer. As a lead brewer, Postelnek is responsible for supervising day-to-day production, maintenance, and quality control of the beer at the brewery’s new Oakland Park facility. See…
Friday’s here, so it’s time for beer. Every Friday, so long as the creek don’t rise, this beer enthusiast will take a look at a Florida beer that, hopefully, should be readily available in a local shop or on tap at your favorite bar. August 1st was National IPA Day…
Picture this. You’re at a cocktail party. In one hand, you’re holding a glass of Pino; in the other, you’re trying to balance a heaping plate of hors d’oeuvres. There’s cutlery and napkins sliding around in the mix too. Not even MacGyver could eat under these conditions. It was Sarah…
