Delray Beach

Chipotle is Best: Uses More Than 1.5 Million Pounds Of Florida Produce

I never have much good to say about chain restaurants, but I've long touted Chipotle Mexican Grill as being better than the rest. The two main two reasons: Its tacos and burritos are tastier than any dishes served up by McDonald's, Burger King, KFC, et al. And there's its commitment to "Food with In ... More >>

ROK:BRGR to Open in South Miami

Looks like the South Miami/Coral Gables area is becoming a hotspot for burger joints and gastropubs with ROK:BRGR Burger Bar Gastropub announcing a late summer opening.ROK:BRGR is already a popular eatery in Fort Lauderdale, and owner Mark Falsetto is expanding the popular concept, with plans to o ... More >>

Passover: Three Award-Winning Matzah Ball Recipes and the Stories Behind Them

Three matzah ball recipes. One, from Joshua Marcus (Chow Down Grill, Josh's Deli & Appetizing), uses duck schmaltz and ginger beer ("I own an Asian restaurant so the ginger beer and duck schmaltz seemed apropos."). Another, from Sharon Locke of Delray Beach, calls for rolling the balls in a cinn ... More >>

Bringing Guns Into Child Care Centers: Florida Democrat Realizes That's Probably Not a Good Idea

​Earlier this year, the Republican-controlled Florida legislature passed an NRA-backed law that required all municipal governments to abolish their local gun control laws. Problem is, the state of Florida doesn't exactly have that many gun control laws, so now licensed gun owners across the state ... More >>

Palm Beach County Man Having an Extremely Bad Year

​Nobody's saying Miami-Dade is particularly well-behaved, but GOOD LORD, Palm Beach, you kicked our ass on this one. What a mugshot. Such emotion, such conflict. And a faint suggestion of artful composition, too.Oh -- and this isn't his first arrest.

The Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. Opens Tomorrow

One bagel please, hold the Larry.​Authentic bagels will finally be available in South Beach starting tomorrow, when The Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. debuts at The Shops at Alton & Fifth in South Beach. The first 50 folks to show up at opening time -- 6 a.m. -- will receive six free b ... More >>

In Guatemala, Alayna Wool Tries To Heal Civil War Wounds With Photography

photo courtesy Alayna Wool.​Earlier this month, in "South Florida Living, Butcher Style," New Times brought you the history of genocidal dictators and warlords who have fled to Miami after raping and pillaging their homelands. But there's a flip side to that story: What happens to their countries ... More >>

Frank Reider is Passionate About South American Wine

John ZurFrank Reider​Frank Reider says, "People shouldn't be intimidated by wine. They should come out and try and learn." His knowledge of the Chilean and Argentinean wines in his book, Wines of Passion: The Best of South America, is remarkable. The writing is reminiscent of a tour guide, whose z ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Holy Kimoto, Desyn Masiello and Cirque Love

We barely survived the freezing temperatures that blasted through South Florida over the weekend. Our 1920s apartment building isn't exactly equipped with any kind of central heating unit, and our local Target sold out of space heaters. Well lets just get to everything you missed over the weekend be ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Phish, Lady Gaga, and Simian Mobile Disco

Vacation is over, South Florida. After two weeks of back-to-back long weekends, we are finally returning to our same ol' routine for a while at least. In case you were elsewhere visiting ungrateful relatives, here is what you missed over the weekend:Phish at American Airlines ArenaPhoto by Ben Thack ... More >>

Concert Review: Dubfest at Hollywood ArtsPark, September 5

Bunny Wailer​DubFest Featuring Bunny Wailer, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Reel Big Fish, Goldfinger, and othersHollywood ArtsPark at Young CircleSaturday, September 5, 2009
 Better Than: Anything that has come to the ArtsPark in a very long time.The Review:Last Saturday, the rain just wouldn't let up. B ... More >>

Does Brooklyn H2O Make for a Better Bagel? Curious Cook Harold McGee Weighs in on The Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co.

Jackie SayetNow that's a bagel we can sink our teeth into... This one's from Roasters N' Toasters, who sources its boiled babies from Bagel Express. We can say it does some of the best nova in Miami. The best bagel? The jury's still out, although we're partial to The Bagel Emporium.​Is there s ... More >>

What to Do in Broward and Palm Beach This Weekend

​There are plenty of shows to check out in Broward and Palm Beach this weekend, here are some of the highlights:Tonight, Propaganda in Lake Worth is hosting Vultures are Wolves, a down and dirty noise metal band, punk rockers UglyHarts, and TV Kills Kids.If synth pop is more your thing, head over ... More >>

Moving Units: Top Five Albums at Local Independent Music Stores

Moving Units is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling albums at South Florida independent record stores. Click here to view past top-sellers.Best-Sellers for the week of July 20-24:​​via myspace.com/themarsvoltaThe Mars Volta released its 8th album entitled "Octahedron" on June ... More >>

'Til Death

Why did a gay-rights activist stab her wife with a screwdriver 222 times?

Moving Units: Top Five Albums at Local Independent Music Stores

Moving Units is a column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling music at South Florida independent record stores. Click here to view past top sellers.Best-sellers for the week of June 28- July 3via Wilcoworld.comWilco's new album made the 'Top 5' list at three record stores this week.Uncle Sam's Mus ... More >>

Moving Units: Top Five Albums at Local Independent Music Stores

Sonic Youth's latest topped the lists at Sweat and Radio-Active.Moving Units is a new column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling music at South Florida independent record stores. Click here to see past top sellers. Top Sellers for the Week of June 8-12:Uncle Sam's Music, South Beach 1. Behind th ... More >>

Republican House Leader Welcomes Bleach Blonde Anti-Islam Dutch Politician To Florida

screenshot from floridasecuritycouncil.org/The Security Council of Florida's website proudly heralds the key speaker of its upcoming Free Speech Summit as "Banned in London, Indicted in Holland, Guilty in Jordan, Welcome in Florida." Charming. Geert Wilder has indeed been banned in London, indicted ... More >>

City Limits to Close After April 10, Steve Kimock Show Moved to Revolution

Image via City LimitsCity Limits goes dark April 10.The last show at City Limits in Delray Beach will take place on April 10, featuring the Led Zeppelin tribute band Zoso. The club announced officially yesterday that it was closing. At least Palm Beach County still has Respectable St. Cafe, in West ... More >>

KRS-One To Play City Limits on Mar. 5

via www.krsone.orgKRS-One's been no stranger to South Florida, playing a couple of gigs at Miami's now-defunct Studio A over the past couple of years. He's coming back, but this time a little further north, to City Limits in Delray Beach. The show presents something of a musical (although perhaps no ... More >>

And You'll Get Lobster in Delray

Linda Bean, granddaughter of Maine's L. L. Bean, is bringing us lobster. Though new to the foodie business, she's got her own warf, her own fishermen, and now her own concept: lobster rolls, each with a full ¼ of meat, fresh and perfect and dripping butter on your grateful lap, all over the country ... More >>

The Weekend in Live Music, September 5 - 7

Tonight in Live Music, Wednesday, August 6

A Tranny's Remorse

Michael Berke did everything but remove his member. Now he's unsure about the change.

The Postmarks Always Sing Twice

America's next great pop band just happens to hail from South Florida. Surprised? So are they

Paintings off the Beaten Path

A new art wave washes over Doral

Peace of the Gables

These guys just don’t like war. What’s wrong with them?

Letters from the Issue of September 22, 2005

Suicide notes, psycho-babble, and skeptical readers

Letters from the Issue of September 1 , 2005

Killing sports, dumping Dolphins, and some Miami history

Cartoon Swoon

For young devotees of Japanese anime, simply watching isn't enough -- they want to become the characters

Miami's Most Incredible, Fantastic, Amazing Year in Music!

Will someone please turn off the hype

Cinematic Sprawl

Raw Metal

Old rockers offer soundtracks for sleaze

Southern Comfort

Northern transplant Rod MacDonald has no complaints about being a Florida folkie

In Pursuit of the Perfect Pizza

No parking, no credit -- but lots of great taste on Lincoln

Side Dish

Billboardlive gets Barton G. 'd; Delray has everything under the sun

Restaurant Chefs Are Doing It for Themselves

There's less of a hunger for sweets makers

Blink and Ye Might Miss It

Walk in, sit down, slurp fresh fish

Mad for the Cow

All Kobe, all the time

Indulgence

Fabulous food drives festival

Wine Song

Sip among the feathers at the new Parrot Jungle on Watson Island

Bed Heads

The Yoko Theory wakes up and smells the reggae

Kind-Altering Plants

Veggies au naturel

Side Dish

South Beach, hot and cold

Goin' Down Slow

Miramar's Grady Champion has got the blues

Blues Chips

Hooray for Hollywood

Get Your Foreign Butts Out of Our Convenience Stores!

Want to make Big Tobacco really mad? Just try importing export-only cigarettes

Eli of the Mind

Oats From The Underground

Relief officials weren't looking for Sarita Kainen's help, but they didn't have a whole lot of choice in the matter