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The Best Concerts in South Florida This Week

By Celia Almeida

Oct 29, 2018

Blac Rabbit, Dark Star Orchestra, Twenty One Pilots and more of the best concerts in South Florida this week, October 29 through November 4.

Jingle Ball Brings the Hits to Your Holiday Season

By David Rolland

Dec 12, 2016

Commercial radio gets a lot of flak from music snobs. Elitists like music journalists at free weekly newspapers will whine and moan about the repetition of the same tunes played every hour, the quality of those songs on repeat, and even the fact that the stations have too many commercials...

Rub Elbows With One Percenters at Surf n' Turf Chef Competition This Weekend

By Alona Abbady Martinez

Nov 2, 2016

Perusing for multimillion-dollar yachts can really build up an appetite. That's why you should check out the Surf n’ Turf Chef Competition taking place November 4 during the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. After all, luxury boats come with luxury cuisine, and if you’ve ever dreamed of partaking in

Chef vs. Chef 2016 Bonus Round: And the Winner Is Still Clay Carnes

By Claudia Dawson

Oct 19, 2016

Chef vs. Chef is a 16-week competition at Max's Harvest hosted by chef Eric Baker that pits local chefs against one another, cooking up surprise ingredients for a panel of judges — and our tasting pleasure. Last week, we told you that Clay Carnes was the 2016 Chef vs. Chef...

Here's a Chance to Win $3,330 on National Cheeseburger Day

By Nicole Danna

Sep 13, 2016

In honor of National Cheeseburger Day, Wayback Burgers in Coconut Creek has announced it will participate in the company's ninth annual Triple Triple Challenge, where guests compete against the clock to take down the restaurant's massive nine-patty Triple Triple Burger. The competition will take place on Sunday, September 18 at...

Donovan, Headed for the Parker Playhouse Thursday, Gets No Respect

By David Rolland

Sep 6, 2016

When I first heard the song "Mellow Yellow" on a good time oldies station, my reaction was, "Why haven't I ever heard this before?' It was a perfect blend of pop and cool, mixing folk and psychedelia After a little digging, I learned it was by Donovan. Perusing his catalog...

Black Coral Rum Is Hiding Real "Treasure" Chests in the Ocean for South Florida Divers

By Nicole Danna

Jul 12, 2016

When Palm Beach resident Wayne Street went diving this past May, he didn't expect to find a real treasure chest. While it didn't contain jewels or gold doubloons, it did reveal a different kind of pirate booty: rum. Black Coral Rum, to be specific, or rather it was a treasure chest filled...

Second Season of Bar Brawls Announced, Moves to Max's Grille in Mizner Park

By David Minsky

Jul 7, 2016

Bar Brawls, which pits the very best bartenders from across South Florida in an elimination-style contest of impromptu mixological skill, is back for a second season, this time at Max's Grille in Boca Raton on Wednesday, October 12. Last year's competition was such a success, that once again The Max...

Chef vs. Chef Week Two: Anthony Fiorini and Victor Meneses Take on the Goth Chicken

By Claudia Dawson

Jul 1, 2016

Each week at Max’s Harvest in Delray Beach, two local chefs face off in a frenzied, hour-long culinary battle featuring three bizarre secret ingredients; loads of scantily-clad, shrieking chef groupies; and a live DJ spinning as much Fetty Wap and Pitbull as you can twerk to without spilling your Sauvignon...

Get Engaged With Dunkin' Donuts "Happily Ever After" Sweepstakes Offer

By Nicole Danna

Jan 28, 2016

If you have a talent for writing love poems and a love for doughnuts, this year's love-themed Dunkin' Donuts sweepstakes might be the tastiest way to show that special someone how much you care. And for all you marriage-minded significant others out there, it might even be the perfect way...

Okeechobee Fest Announces Contest to Fill Five Performance Slots With Local Favorites

By Falyn Freyman

Dec 16, 2015

Heads-up local musicians and their devoted followers! The masterminds behind Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival have announced the "Destination Okeechobee: Battle of the Bands Competition" today, a fan-voted contest that will give five local bands a chance to join the likes of music legends Robert Plant, Hall & Oates, and...

Bar Brawls Week 9: It's the (Semi) Final Countdown!

By Claudia Dawson

Nov 25, 2015

Bob Higginbotham wasn’t kidding last week when he said the competition was going to get more difficult. The first week of semifinals came with a whole new set of rules and four bartenders competing against each other. In past weeks, three bartenders have shown up to compete in two rounds,...

Bar Brawls Week 6: Would You Drink Squid Ink?

By Claudia Dawson

Nov 6, 2015

This Wednesday may have seen the rowdiest group of bartenders for Delray's Bar Brawls competition yet. Randy Rapposelli of Brule Bistro (the guy who didn't show up for the Bar Brawls draw party on September 30th) finally graced the crowd with his hitherto unknown presence. Alain Camacho brought tequila expertise...

Bar Brawls Week Four: Will the Real Boulevardier Please Stand Up?

By Claudia Dawson

Oct 22, 2015

What’s a Boulevardier? It sounds like a euphemism for a Parisian gigolo, but it literally means, “a frequenter of the Paris boulevards” or man-about-town. That was the classic cocktail three local bartenders were tasked with making during round one of last night’s battle. Said bartenders included two well-known men-about-town and...

Week Three of Bar Brawls: A Fierce, Macho Showdown Ensued

By Nicole Danna

Oct 15, 2015

Last night the Max Group's Bar Brawls bartender competition returned for its third installment, and the competition was looking fierce, a macho showdown between El Camino, Sundy House, and Kapow! Noodle Bar. In a pre-event Facbeook video, each contestant had a few words to say about the impending competition. El Camino...

Bar Brawls Round Two: More Panty-Dropping, '20s Style

By Claudia Dawson

Oct 8, 2015

Hunter S. Thompson once wrote,”I was right in the middle of a(n) [expletive deleted] reptile zoo, and somebody was giving booze to these goddamn things.” This is Bar Brawls, and it’s a beast. Last night's competitors in the booziest throwdown since, well, ANY “Real Housewives” spinoff, were Jess Hart, onetime...

Win a Pair of Brew Master Tickets to New Times' Beerfest

By Rebecca McBane

Oct 1, 2015

Want an hour early entrance, an awesome commemorative gift and access to the Brew Master Beer Garden? Tell us what you would call your own personal flavor of craft beer and we'll choose a lucky winner for two Brew Master tickets (value: $130) on Saturday, October 10. newtimesbeerfest.com With the...

Delray's Chef vs. Chef Final Round: "Feel Your Meat!"

By Claudia Dawson

Sep 24, 2015

After fifteen grueling weeks, we find ourselves at the end of the road for Chef vs. Chef. But, like Boyz II Men, we can’t let go. It’s unnatural. This event belongs to us and we belong to it. In this last battle, Café Boulud’s Jimmy Strine faced off against Tryst’s...

Vote for Boca Chef in National Hometown Breakfast Battle, Maybe Win $10,000

By Nicole Danna

Sep 18, 2015

This month, 135 cities across the country will show you 135 ways to make their own version of the perfect breakfast using an English Muffin during a national recipe competition featuring seven Florida chefs. That competition is known as the Hometown Breakfast Battle, what stands as the country's largest national...

Delray's Chef vs. Chef Week 14: Head-to-Head Competition Takes on a Whole New Meaning

By Claudia Dawson

Sep 17, 2015

In this second-to-last Chef vs. Chef battle, Chris Miracolo from S3 (winner of weeks 8 and 12) faced off against John Thomas of Tryst (winner of weeks 5 and 11). Judges were Bob Higginbotham, GM at Max’s Social House in Delray and host of the upcoming booze-a-thon Bar Brawls; Neiman Marcus...

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