Delray Beach

Miami Restaurants Make OpenTable's Top 100 Dining Hot Spots

OpenTable has just released its annual Top 100 Dining Hot Spots list, and 14 South Florida restaurants made the cut, including nine in Miami-Dade. The list, which came out today, has the state of Florida outranking New York in the number of "hot spot" restaurants, with 18 winning establishments ... More >>

Flo Rida Donates Insane Football Uniforms to Carol City High

The Miami Carol City Senior High football team will definitely be making a fashion statement next year.The school's 50th anniversary is coming up, and one of its most famous alumni, rapper Flo Rida, has decided to celebrate by donating the gift of Native American-print football leggings to the Carol ... More >>

VooDoo BBQ & Grill Brings Taste of New Orleans Barbecue to Kendall

New Orleans-based barbecue fast-casual food chain VooDoo BBQ and Grill is coming to Kendall. The new Miami location is one of many coming to South Florida thanks to BBQ Boyz, LLC, a Fort Lauderdale restaurant development company, purchased rights to fund, develop and operate up to 26 VooDoo restaura ... More >>

BurgerFi To Open Its Sixth Florida Location in Aventura on August 29

Aventura prepare to get "burgerfied." BurgerFi, Avenutra's newest burger joint, will be opening its doors to the public at 18139 Biscayne Boulevard location on August 29. It will be their  sixth location overall in Florida.The chain is the "world's first all-natural burger franchise in the ... More >>

Vic & Angelo's South Beach: Coal-fired pizza and upscale Italian-American

See a slide show of Vic & Angelo's.

Man Who Cut Off Whale Tail Admits He "Goofed," Wanted to Make Soup

Photo: MicheleEve.com​So earlier today a pygmy sperm whale washed up along the shores of Delray Beach. Sixty-year-old Chris Hogan who was on the scene decided the best thing to do in the situation was take out his pocket knife and cut off the whale's tail. Now he's admitted that he done goofed, bu ... More >>

Susser's Gastropub, Terrorist Goat Kebabs, J & W Snoozefest

​The co-owner of Hanif Rajput Catering Service was arrested last week in connection with the NYC Times Square bomb case. What tipped authorities off were the Death To America Goat Kebabs on the menu.Good luck to chef Allen Susser at his newly launched Gastropub venture in Delray Beach, although I' ... More >>

Tonight! Alexisonfire, La Dispute, Trash Talk, Therefore I Am at Ground Control in West Palm Beach

​Ontario prog-punks Alexisonfire leads an aggressive bill at West Palm Beach's Ground Control (122 N. Military Trail) this evening. According to On Fire Booking, the doors open at 5 p.m.Also on the bill: Sacramento's hardcore pummelers Trash Talk, aggro-punks La Dispute from Grand Rapids, Michigan ... More >>

A Winter Wimbledon

Delray's Irish

Gables Opens Up the Streets, Texas de Brazil Opens Up Some Scotch, and Militello Opens at The Office

​Dine On Giralda Without CarsTomorrow, January 8, from 6 p.m. to midnight, Downtown Coral Gables' Restaurant Row (located on the 100 block of Giralda Ave. between Ponce de Leon Blvd. and Galiano Street) will feature al fresco dining and live entertainment as part of Giralda Under the Stars. During ... More >>

Brazilian hair straightening can be deadly

Scared Stiff: In Miami-Dade, Back-Alley Beauticians Will Straighten Your Hair With Formaldehyde

tarus kumar via flicker cc Need something stronger?Andressa is a perky traveling beautician who specializes in Brazilian hair straightening. Sure, she uses formaldehyde -- found in embalming fluid -- to make curls straight as straw. And, yeah, inhaling the stuff causes nasal cancer in rats, bu ... More >>

Fusik Brings Back the Funk

Veteran local b-boys revive old-school rhythms.

Over the Weekend: Dolphins Cheerleaders, Viva La Vox, Nick D'Annunzio's Totally '80s Birthday and Death Print Premiere

Ch-ch-ch-changes are happening and everyone's favorite over the weekend recap has moved from its home at Riptide 2.0 over to Crossfade. Why? Well, it seemed appropriate and better yet, now we can focus on all the things happening across South Florida and between both the Miami New Times and the New ... More >>

Concert Review: Square One MusicFest in Downtown Delray, July 31

Miami swing revivalists Ever So Klever​Square One MusicFestThe Pavilion, downtown Delray BeachWith Elastic Bond, the Pretty Faces, and Ever So KleverFriday, July 31, 2009Better Than: Barbie's 50th Birthday exhibit at Old School Square's Cornell MuseumThe Review:When a state's revenue shrinks, it's ... More >>

Top Ten Beers and Places To Drink Them In South Florida

image via nikonvscanon's flickr​ Today's top ten comes courtesy of Dave Crisafi, the dude behind the South Florida Beer Blog. He says "It's always good to figure out how to introduce the average beer drinker to new flavors. You have to know what everything tastes like and what it's similar to in o ... More >>

Tim Finnegan's Grand Opening Includes Irish Bands and Irish Open Mic

As part of its grand opening Saturday, Tim Finnegans in Delray Beach is inviting musicians to bring their instruments and participate in an Irish Open Mic. If you don't have an Irish bodhran lying around, don't fret. You can still pretend your heart pumps green blood by covering Cockle ... More >>

Now On Open Table

Sprint Sprint is the "Official Sponsor of Now" Open Table pioneered reservation-making in the Big Apple, and has taken the world byte by juicy byte ever since.  Miami's catching on.  Some faves have yet to jump on the Internet reservation bandwagon, but many have recently conve ... More >>

Undercover Fed Busts Major Bonanno Mob Ring In South Florida

An undercover FBI sting unraveled a South Florida wing of the infamous Bonanno Crime Family, leading to charges this morning against 11 members who are accused of running a dizzying criminal empire.Allegedly, the men smuggled cigarettes and committed bank and mail fraud. They laundered money, sold d ... More >>

House Majority Leader Adam Hasner Leaves Chamber During Muslim Prayer

HasnerHere's is my personal take on officially lead prayer in public areas like legislative chambers, schools, and other government functions: If I had it my way, it wouldn't happen. Now, a bit of personal prayer is fine. Back in my school days I prayed to Jesus before many a test, and I'm not ... More >>

Breakfast of Champions: Scrapple!

Ingredients: "Everything but the squeal"Here's where Italy meets Philly meets the tropics: at Caffe Luna Rosa in Delray Beach you'll dine on homemade breads, handmade pasta, and veal chop Milanese at outdoor tables just a hop from the beach. Somehow that salt air is all the seasoning chef Ernesto di ... More >>

Refugees of Langerado

Some bands on the defunct festival's bill are still coming to town. Here's a guide to the makeup shows.

Q&A with Tokyo Police Club's Greg Alsop

Any band that can crank out seven songs in the span of just 16 minutes and not give up a thing is all right by me.  And that's exactly what Tokyo Police Club did with their 2006 debut EP titled A Lesson In Crime.  Their single off that EP, "Nature of the Experiment", which features br ... More >>

Impressions of the Delray Beach Garlic Festival

I decided to spend Valentine's Day - at least the day part of it - at the Delray Beach Garlic Festival, a weekend-long ode to the clove going down at Old School Square. The fest had a lot going on: there were vendors aplenty, hocking garlic-based sauces, dips, spreads, and salsas. There was a garlic ... More >>

Hippie-ish Band Donna the Buffalo to Play at Hippie-ish Venue City Limits, Jan. 16

(Photo via www.donnathebuffalo.com)Donna the Buffalo, a band who hails from Trumansburg, New York, sounds inseparable from the Great Outdoors. These are the kind of old Deadheads who probably chose to cover John Anderson's Everglades ode "Seminole Wind" because it's got otters and gars in it. Their ... More >>

Local Bands to Watch: Stonefox and the Pretty Faces, Both at City Limits on Friday

(Photo via Stonefox's MySpace page)Stonefox is a garage band in the purest sense of the word -- except, perhaps, for the fact that they did most of their recording in living rooms. But they did accomplish the entire recording for their first full-length LP, Dead in the Sun on "barely professional" e ... More >>

Budget Ballin'

To hell with the economy! South Florida's lawless exotic rental car industry keeps rolling.

Another Craigslist Musician Ad Roundup

That Pizza Could Kill You

Lively Up Yourself

City Limits One Year Anniversary Kicks Off Tonight

Last Night: Toots and the Maytals

Interview: John Ralston

Dashboard Confessional and John Ralston

Jean Marie at City Limits in Delray Beach Tonight

Food Critic Poisoned!

Food Critic Poisoned!

To the Max

Who knew puking in South Florida would get Tucker Max on the best-seller list in New York?

City Slicker

A new wine bar paints the town red, white, and rosé

Forever Missing

For more than two decades Donna Weaver has been trying to solve the mystery of her husband's disappearance, but the U.S. government insists it's a secret

Inspiration, Activity at Every Turn

Exciting new restaurants are transforming the taste trip north of Miami-Dade.

New Year's 2004 Guide

How to navigate your big night

Folkin' Awesome

Rod McDonald entertains outdoors, dude

Metro Pale

The new restaurant in the Astor can't stand up to its predecessor

Card Shark

A Delray Beach businessman has made quite a splash. But is he all wet?

Johnny V's New Kitchen

Johnny V moves waaay up and dishes out an organic, from-the-local-land recipe for success

Sirena Songs

Up, out, and over

Incarceration Can Be Hazardous to Your Health

When he was booked into the Dade County Jail, Earl Cole was a sick man. Not for long.

Captain Hook

Meet the repo man. He wants to steal your car. He has a legal right to steal it. And you don't have a chance.