There aren’t too many things that go together better than coffee and doughnuts, and for South Florida entrepreneurs Davin Tran and Athan “Tom” Prakas — two men looking to reinvent the traditional doughnut-and-coffee experience — that’s just what Rhino Doughnuts & Coffee will do best. The new family of doughnut…
This year, Hanukkah starts the evening of Wednesday, November 27, which means instead of having the traditional Hanukkah/Christmas celebration where your menorah is lit along with the tree and chocolate gelt is eaten with candy canes, we merge the festival of lights with Thanksgiving. Thanksgivukkah is a thing — complete…
What are you bringing to the Thanksgiving table or holiday potluck this year? If you said the usual store-bought pie, think again. You’re bringing warm, homemade Doritos bread! It’s easy, and it’s awesome…
A lot of shenanigans are known to go down at donut shops in the wee hours of the night. One of the few places open at 3 a.m., donut shops were once a watering hole for troublemakers and drunk cravings. That is, until donut shop owners wised up and started…
Many a Thanksgiving novice thinks he or she can handle taking on a whole dinner alone. Sure, its seems easy enough: mash some potatoes, bake some stuffing, boil some cranberries, cook a bird. While each of these tasks can be easily done on its own, for a properly executed meal,…
Do you have people in your life you don’t see often enough and want to let them know you’re thinking of them? Are you running late to meet someone for coffee and want to make sure he’s not mad at you and caffeinated when you get there? Are you generous…
With Halloween less than two weeks away, the time for consuming copious amounts of pumpkin — or similar squash — is here. Sure, you’ve been drinking the pumpkin beers since the summer, you’ve probably had a few pumpkin and cream cheese muffins, and we know you’ve had your share of…
The sun might still be sweltering and some outliers might still be running around in white, but we don’t need the axis to align to know it’s finally fall, because just after Labor Day, Starbucks unleashes its dearly missed Pumpkin Spice Latte. And once it’s unleashed, the town slowly catches…
While the news of Brew Urban Cafe closing its Himmarshee location last week has simmered down, a new caffeine spot, the Grind, has popped up on the scene. Dry those tears, coffee friends: The Grind is here. Currently, this new coffee shop is serving as a mobile caffeine service on…
To say Brew Urban Cafe is a nice spot to grab a cup of coffee is an understatement. Brew is a cultural institution in downtown Fort Lauderdale, where properly trained baristas serve delicately steamed milk to infuse with pulled shots of Intelligensia espresso. It’s a hub where denizens and tourists…
September brings a host of Jewish holidays with it. From Rosh Hashanah, which we’re currently celebrating, and Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year for Jews, through the end of the month when we observe Simchat Torah, people of Jewish faith are in the midst of a series of…
Fall has officially begun. But, you say, the weather is hot and sticky out (plus the calendar clearly states it’s still Summer)? Bah…we say. Fall has started because Starbucks has relaunched its Pumpkin Spice Latte for the tenth straight year…
The wafts of patchouli incense and bluesy acoustic guitar beats emerge from Underground Coffeehaus. Over the years, the joint has attracted Fort Lauderdale’s tattooed and skinny-jean crowd with coffee concoctions topped with whip cream and sprinkles, and over 40 flavors of tatter tots. Putting a pale cyan streak of hair…
Believe it or not, in 1946, Americans consumed double the amount of coffee that we do now: 48 gallons annually per person. That’s amazing, considering they did it without Starbucks, Dunkin’ Donuts, and fancy coffees like French Press, espresso, and Frappucinos. They accepted prepackaged, preroasted, overheated, watered-down, one-flavor-fits-all coffee. And…
If you’re like us, you’re heading out for an afternoon coffee break to keep you going for the rest of the day. As you pour that life-saving cup, you immediately feel better. That rich aroma, that steam rising from the cup. Coffee is your friend, your wake-up call, your salvation…
The next time you and your friends get into an argument over which is better — the double D’s or Starbucks — throw them a curve ball and wager there may not be a cup of coffee better than the one you’ll get at newly-opened Coastars Coffee Bar in Lake…
Easter weekend is about to begin. With it comes a celebration of all things Easter Bunny: Easter Bunny cards, Easter Bunny cakes, Easter Bunny chocolates, Easter Bunny decorations. It doesn’t freaking end.This Easter, rather than stuffing your face full of fake, preservative filled rabbit, why not try the real thing?…
So a guy walks into a doughnut shop and asks for a free iced coffee… and gets it! OK, that may be the most terrible joke in the world — but the offer still stands.Today is the first day of spring, and Dunkin’ Donuts wants to celebrate by giving you…
Come Tuesday morning, you won’t just be going back to work. Chances are, you’ll be going back to work with a killer hangover. Since the usual options like hair of the dog, Bloody Mary’s, and another shot of tequila aren’t going to be something you can partake on during the commute…
Christmas is upon you and you still have to give something to the neighbors, the babysitter, the dog walker, the mail person, the hairdresser, the karate instructor, the crossing guard, your office Secret Santa, and your kid’s best friend’s mother (sigh). You could go to the mall and get them…
With Chanukah in full swing you’ve probably had your fill of gelt, the chocolate coins given to children on the holiday. Your fingers and wrists are swollen and sore from all that dreidel spinning, but thankfully it earned you a bank account full of shekels. The fried potato pancakes, called…
Roast turkey. Pot roast. The ham with the little pineapple-ring hats. These are the makings of your standard — read: predictable — holiday dinner. Step up your game this season with an insanely decadent (but totally doable) lambchetta recipe from Daniel Naumko, owner of the Sybarite Pig, coming soon to…
