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Beehive Kitchen Reopens in Fort Lauderdale With Delivery Services, Will Open Boca Raton Location

By Juliana Accioly

Jan 8, 2019

Fast-casual concept, Beehive Kitchen, has reopened its Las Olas and Cypress Creek locations with new services including delivery. The company has also announced it will open a Boca Raton location in early 2019.

Five Easy Meals to Make at Home When Hurricane Matthew Kills Your Power

By Nicole Danna

Oct 7, 2016

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...

Pincho Factory Plans Fort Lauderdale Location With NFL Franchise Partner Jonathan Vilma

By Nicole Danna

May 31, 2016

If you love pink flamingo sauce, Cajun fries, and burgers stuffed between deep-fried tostones "buns" there's good news for you: Miami-born Pincho Factory is headed to Fort Lauderdale. Launched on a shoestring budget in Westchester, Florida, today Pincho Factory has become a homegrown fast-casual success story of cousins and founders...

Hungry? Pie Five Pizza Co. Will Bake Your Pie in 140 Seconds

By Nicole Danna

Sep 30, 2015

Rapidly expanding Pie Five Pizza Co. is coming straight outta the oven — and the state of Texas — to a city near you. In the lone star state, Dallas-based Pie Five Pizza Co. is best known for its made-to-order artisan pizzas that are guaranteed to be "finished in five"...

McDonald's Announces All-Day Breakfast Starting October 6

By Nicole Danna

Sep 3, 2015

For years we've been patiently awaiting this moment: ordering an Egg McMuffin past 10:30 a.m. Yes, we're ashamed to admit that we're stoked about McDonald’s recent announcement to sell breakfast menu items all day, every day, at each of its more than 14,000 restaurants nationwide. It seems like we're never...

Taco Bell and Pizza Hut Announce Plans To Remove Artificial Ingredients

By Nicole Danna

May 27, 2015

Call it a "real food revolution." On Tuesday, Yum Brands, Inc. — the American fast food company that operates KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut — announced that it will be working to remove artificial ingredients from two of its chain brands. That includes Pizza Hut, which says it will remove...

Video: Burger King Employee Pours Fry Oil Into Storm Drain (Franchise Owner Responds)

By Laine Doss

May 11, 2015

A Burger King restaurant has been under fire because of a video posted to Facebook. The one-and-a-half-minute clip, posted by local Lake Worth resident, Joseph May, shows a man in a Burger King uniform dumping the contents of a fryer bin into a storm drain. The video, posted on May...

New Dunkin' Donuts Menu Items: Tweet This Post for a Chance to Win a $25 Gift Card

By Nicole Danna

May 6, 2015

The avocado is a unique fruit, full of healthy fats. Avocados make guacamole. And now you can find guacamole — and the nutrient-packed avocado — on the Dunkin' Donuts menu. This spring, Dunkin’ Donuts is introducing guacamole to its nationwide menu for the first time in brand history with the launch...

Get $5 Food Tickets for the South Florida Fair With The MegaSaver Pack

By Nicole Danna

Jan 13, 2015

It's January, and for Palm Beach County residents that can only mean one thing: the South Florida Fair is back. And -- if you're food lovers like us -- it also means it's time to chow down on all manner of fat-laden, deep-fried, sugary treats. This week the fair will...

Pizza Hut Reveals New Line of Sauces, Pies: Meatbrawl, Cock-a-Doodle Bacon on the Menu

By Laine Doss

Nov 12, 2014

Hear ye, hear ye, people of the Earth. You have exactly seven days in which to finish up that bucket list, reconnect with loved ones, and finally visit the Grand Canyon, because the world as we know it will end on November 19. OK, that's a pretty bold statement. The...

Dunkin' Donuts' Croissant Donut: We Try One

By Laine Doss

Nov 6, 2014

Dunkin' Donuts has just launched its new croissant donut, a hybrid of the best of American and French artery-cloggers. The pastry, which hit the streets this week, is the fast-food, mass-produced version of Dominique Ansel's cronut, which still causes mass hysteria and hours-long waits at his Soho bakery in New...

Jimmy John's Issues Noncompete Clause to Its Employees

By Abel Folgar

Oct 21, 2014

The lengths to which some companies go to protect their image can sometimes be, well, ridiculous at best. In the olden days, before chefs and foods became trendy and marketable, when mom-and-pop operations staked their claims and reputations on their family name, you found real quality control. Since larger culinary...

McDonald's Testing New Pastries on South Floridians Starting This Week

By Sara Ventiera

Aug 21, 2014

The words "McDonald's" and "experiment" can conjure some intimidating images -- like some kind of Frankenburger or other alarming mutated food item. Don't get ready to let out a blood-curdling scream just yet; the fast-food chain is testing out inane (but probably equally unhealthy) treats in just a few days...

Watch Redacted Tonight Show's "What a McDonald's Commercial Should Look Like" (Video)

By Laine Doss

Jul 3, 2014

If you want to know what's in your Chicken McNuggets, you can find the ingredients online...though McDonald's doesn't make it easy for you. The ingredients are listed on page eight of a 20 page PDF document on the company's website, making it difficult to just search for without having to...

McDonald's Florida Burger: Only in France

By Laine Doss

Jun 24, 2014

McDonald's has created some new American-based sandwiches, including a new Florida beef sandwich. They only catch? So far, they're available only in France. According to the website, the sandwich was inspired by Florida, with "two chopped steaks and summer sauce." What's summer sauce? Your guess is as good as ours,...

Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. Opening Two Boca Raton Locations

By Nicole Danna

May 9, 2014

Next Monday, May 12, the Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. will open a new location in Boca Raton. Located at 22191 Powerline Rd., the restaurant will be the 19th location in the nation for the chain originally founded in Delray Beach. Currently, the company has several locations in South Florida,...

Make Your Own Pizza Hut Derby Hat, Order "Thoroughbred" Sticks

By Laine Doss

May 2, 2014

The Kentucky Derby is so much more than a horse race. It's an iconic celebration of all things inherently Southern. Gentlemen wear seersucker suits and drink mint juleps out of pewter cups. Ladies wear flowered dresses and outrageous hats. Horses are showered with roses. If you're not planning a trip...

Ronald McDonald Gets a Makeover

By Laine Doss

Apr 25, 2014

It had to happen. In these days of fashion obsessed celebrities, you just knew it was a matter of time before the McDonald's clown mascot got a makeover. It's about time for McDonald, who became the fast food's "spokesclown" back in 1963. See also: New Times' Best Of is Back:...

Taco Bell Breakfast and the Ronald McDonalds: Behind The Scenes Footage (Video)

By Laine Doss

Apr 8, 2014

By now, you've probably tried Taco Bell's new breakfast items (check out our sister blog Short Order's take on the awesome waffle taco). For years, the Mexican fast-food chain has nipped on the heels of McDonald's like a rabid Chihuahua in an attempt to gain some traction and market share...

KFC Surveys Americans About Lunch: We Like 'em Hot

By Laine Doss

Feb 25, 2014

How do Americans like their lunch? That's the topic of a new survey conducted by Kentucky Fried Chicken. The KFC Famous Bowls Survey was conducted by Wakefield Research, polling 1,000 adults 18 and over in the United States using random-digit telephone dialing. The survey, which was released today, gives insight...

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