Fort Lauderdale

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 >>

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 >>

American Airlines Plane With Pressure Problems

An American Airlines plane that took off from Fort Lauderdale is headed for Miami International Airport with cabin pressure problems, NBC reports. The flight took off at 9:15 a.m., but still hadn't arrived at 10:20. There are 147 people aboard.Five people were hospitalized yesterday after severe tur ... More >>

Hooters Swimsuit Pageant Coming to Fillmore Miami Beach June 23

Hooters, famous for chicken wings and hot chicks, will host the 16th Annual Hooters International Swimsuit Pageant at The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater June 23 at 10 p.m. The event will be broadcast on FX and to all Hooters restaurants live. Competing for a $50,000 first place p ... More >>

Black Locust Society's BLS954 at Five Points Lounge, May 25

Fort Lauderdale, Orlando Among "Gayest Cities in America," Miami Snubbed

​Using a highly scientific formula that considers factors including WNBA teams, nude yoga sessions, and local Mr. Leather semifinalists (uh, no, really), the Advocate magazine has crunched out its annual list of the "Gayest Cities in America." The Sunshine State was well represented -- by Fort Lau ... More >>

Reader mail: Upscale-burger-joint trend needs to go

It's Like a Carnival for Zombies

Little Men, Big Beers

Wacky Jackie

'80s Metal Mecca, The Button South, Back For One Head-banging Night

Twenty years on, memories of binge drinking and epic guitar slashing still linger​In the late '80s and early '90s, The Button South in Hallandale was the place for punk and heavy metal. Every night, sweaty hordes of South Floridians would converge to rock out, head-bang, and hail Satan until sunri ... More >>

Pulling the Pork

Thursday Is Gizmodo Day; Celebrate, South Florida-Style

​We're big fans of finding new ways to celebrate tech. And when it's a social networking opportunity where it's actually OK to pull out a smart phone and text/tweet/email in unison, that's just a bonus. Techies can once again unite, because this Thursday officially has been named Gizmodo ... More >>

Miami Ranked 13th Most Caffeinated City

​You guys! You guys! You guys! We're like really, really excited right now! The Daily Beast has posted yet another inane, weird ranking of cities! Oh, my God! This time, the Beast ranked the top 20 most caffeinated cities in America! And Miami/Fort Lauderdale came in at number 13! Put your li ... More >>

Schlitterbahn Waterpark Might Come to Fort Lauderdale, Finally Giving Us a Reason to Visit Broward

This does not even look remotely safe, but we want to be on it RIGHT NOW. ​If you've ever found yourself mindlessly watching one of those Travel Channel top ten shows about water parks, you don't have to speak German to know what Schlitterbahn is. Among the park's four locations in Texas and Kentu ... More >>

Howitzer's Memorial Day Veterans Benefit

Punk Benefit

Street Wars 5 Hits Fort Lauderdale's the Jamyard on Saturday

​Coming hot on the heels of Fort Lauderdale's last successful battle, Grind Time's Broward Beatdown, is Street Wars 5, a Miami-based competition sponsored by the good folks at Vice City Cypher and hosted by longtime MC and battle vet H2O. It takes place Saturday, May 22 at the Jamyard, Fort Lauder ... More >>

Time to Battle

Diogo Brown

Strut Your Punk

Tonight: The Rocket Summer, New City Lions and Easton at Culture Room

Photo by Jered ScottThe Rocket Summer has better hair than you do​Best to show up early at Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale tonight to catch two local acts prior to Dallas/Fort Worth product the Rocket Summer's headlining set. Aside from the fact that a gaggle of fans will already be settled in to ... More >>

Concert Review: Funky Meters at Revolution on Friday, April 16

It was a Funky Friday at Revolution​The Funky MetersWith King BeeRevolution Live, Fort LauderdaleFriday, April 16, 2010There was something in the air outside Revolution Live on Friday night. A steady drizzle mixed with the aroma of boiled crawfish provided by Fort Lauderdale's Shuck 'n Dive re ... More >>

New Times Broward-Palm Beach Battle of the Bands 2010 Lineup is Set

​Let the jockeying officially begin! After carefully considering more than 20 local acts in the running, New Times Broward-Palm Beach can announce the roster for this year's Battle of the Bands. The show, judged by your loyal BPB Music Editor Reed Fischer and Revolution Live Marketing Manager/Tale ... More >>

Record Store Day: The Axe & the Oak, Gray Girls, the Shakers and Sloane Peterson to Perform at Radio-Active Records

​Fort Lauderdale's Radio-Active Records has just posted its flyer for its Record Store Day in-store performers. In addition to the many, many exclusive releases, and FREE FREAKING CUPCAKES, all merchandise will be discounted by 10 percent (there is an asterisk on the flyer, so be sure to ask).On A ... More >>

This Week's New Times Broward-Palm Beach: What Were We Smoking?

​Just a few items we cultivated from in this week's New Times Broward-Palm Beach print edition.In Music: Alkaline Trio rolls through Revolution next week, Aretha Aretha Aretha, Miami's Raffa & Rainer rocks a Fort Lauderdale CD release party, and there will be Jazz in the Gardens this weekend ... More >>

Video: Cheap Girls' "Ft. Lauderdale" Never Hits the Beach

Lansing, Michigan's Cheap Girls sure live up to their name when it comes to music video budgets. We kid, that pig mask wasn't cheap! Even if the lyrics are the most vivid part of "Ft. Lauderdale," it still has all of its power-pop elements as sweetly condensed as vintage Sugar or the Lemonheads. Th ... More >>

Rapper Lyrikill.com's publicity blitz has made him an enemy among South Florida TV reporters

The Shop Around the Corner

Concert Review: Totally Nebular at Radio-Active Records, January 22

Image via myspace.com/totallynebularTotally NebularTotally NebularWith Milk Spot and Ice CreamRadio-Active Records, Fort LauderdaleFriday, January 22, 2010Better Than: Chugging Mad Dog 20/20s from a brown paper bag in a parking lot.The Review:Underage bands have the toughest time finding places to p ... More >>

Tonight's Stonefox Show in Fort Lauderdale Is Likely the Band's Last

​photo by Ian Witlen​No amount of bloggy rapture from here or other local outlets can save a promising local band from the usual frustration and wanderlust. And so it goes that Stonefox, the Boca-based trio (and sometimes foursome) over which I've publicly geeked out, is likely no more. The ... More >>

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Ranked Seventh Best Place to Start a Small Business

Or how about a leftorium? ​Want to open that family-owned erotic bakery you've always dreamed of? How about a boutique that specializes in footwear for dogs? A cleaning service that sends maids dressed as the clients' favorite Star Wars character? Whatever the small busine ... More >>

Gays leave unfriendly South Beach for Fort Lauderdale

Sweet Bronco

Blowfly to Play Australia's Big Day Out Festival; Warm-Up Show on January 1 in Fort Lauderdale

The Big Day Out Festival is one of those "some-day" trips to daydream about. An annual series of massive one-off fests throughout Australia and New Zealand, it's like a Reading or Leeds done Down Under, with the world's biggest festival draws ever. This year's edition features seven dates from Jan ... More >>

Food News Roundup: Hungry People, Cuba, Hugo Chavez, Lee Schrager, and Miami Subs

An estimated 800,000 people in South Florida are going hungry, and food pantries are struggling to meet the demand. [SunSentinel]Upcoming Miami Conference on the Caribbean features Crowley Maritime Corp, a company that ships food from Ft. Lauderdale to Cuba. [SunSentinel]Venezuelan billionaire who p ... More >>

Concert Review: Peaches at Revolution, November 7

Photo by Ian Witlen​Click here to view photos from this event.Peaches with MENFriday, November 7, 2009Revolution Live, Fort LauderdaleBetter than: Rockin' out with your cock out.Peaches is anything but subtle. After the curtains parted, the audience was instantly led into her surreal, hypersexual ... More >>

Eleven Brown Ale by the Native Brewing Company

​Each and every worker drone dreams of escaping the gray, soul-crushing confines of the office for the warm, womb-like safety of his very own microbrewery. You, me, and your boss have all had the exact same 4 p.m. fantasy: "Make beer, get rich!" And yet, here we sit in our cubicles, no closer to t ... More >>

Radioboxer Gets Cultured On Your Ass, Tomorrow Night at Cinema Paradiso

​Is it just me or does it seem like there's a whole lot going on this weekend? This time of year always gets a bit crazy, I suppose. Thanksgiving (and Black Friday) is just a couple weeks away. Holidays and holiday parties right around the corner after that. Art Basel is fast approaching too... th ... More >>

The E-Spot: a Chill Fort Lauderdale Hotel Bar

​You've got to love Fort Lauderdale: where stilletoed women drink directly from the beer tap, where "happy hours" last eight-hours, and where the geriatrics can put 'em away with the best of them. During a single outing, I can rest my happy bar-hopping self at a classy hotel bar, then walk across ... More >>

Bubble Books Eight Bands for Halloween, Including Flees, Dooms De Pop and Sweet Bronco

Sweet Bronco performing at The Bubble​This Halloween, indie space the Bubble (810 NE Fourth Avenue, Fort Lauderdale) will again be Broward's hub for local art and rawkin' local bands. Some of the bands/acts include: Sweet Bronco: Largely the solo project of Chris Horgan, Sweet Bronco deliver ... More >>

Around Town This Weekend

​ The Fort Lauderdale Film Festival kicks off today with Black Dynamite, a new take on the always-entertaining blaxploitation genre. It's gonna git you sucka! Brendan O'Hara and Komakozie of The Big Bounce are landing at Moonchine tonight for a one-off show that promises set after set of ... More >>

Ooh, This Is So FLIFFy!

Real Men Wear Pink

The Killing Floor, a London-NYC Act Featuring a Ft. Laud Transplant, Plays the Bubble and Propaganda This Weekend

via myspace.com/tkfrocks​Growing up in Fort Lauderdale, Marco Argiro was a precocious talent on the local rock scene. As frontman of the Screeching-Weasel-style pop-punk act the Outrights, Argiro was headlining at local clubs by the time he was barely old enough to drive. A few years later, after ... More >>

Video: "Out In Public" by Fort Lauderdale's Murderous Rampage

​What would members of Dethklok and Tool do if they had to create a music video for the most brutal band in Broward with a $20 budget? Raise its lead singer from the dead, have him sacrifice a baby doll, and make blood flow backwards. Fort Lauderdale's Murderous Rampage, f ... More >>

South Florida According to Brooklyn: The Bubble is One of South Florida's Best New Venues

​To read past installments of South Florida According to Brooklyn, click here. While this blog has covered events there several times already, this week I want to talk about the Bubble in Fort Lauderdale. This place is what this town needs to bring back the D.I.Y. fist-raising of the late '80s and ... More >>

Seven Bands For $5 at the Bubble Saturday, September 5

​The IWAN space The Bubble has officially positioned itself as one of the premier venues to consistently catch great local music in Fort Lauderdale, alongside the Poor House and Alligator Alley. Saturday, September 5, promoter power-couple Garo Gallo and Yvonne Colon will p ... More >>

Video: Off The Grid Noise Concert In The Woods of Fort Lauderdale

Check out this new video from the Renegades of Noise. They are The Adjective Noun and Fuck w/ Audio performing together in what they call an "off the grid noise concert in the woods of Fort Lauderdale Broward County, Florida 0% carbon emissions / zero carbon footprint."Warning, mute the audio out ... More >>