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Rumi Persian Grill Delivers Iranian Home Cooking in Pinecrest

Homa Khakpour will never forget the aroma of rice perfuming her neighborhood in Shiraz, in southwestern Iran, each day on her way home from school. "As you're walking, you can smell it pouring out of every house, and the saffron, there's nothing like it," says the 66-year-old owner of Rumi...
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No One Used Miami Beach’s Overpriced New Water Taxi Stop

Last year, Miami Beach began working on a new dock at Purdy Avenue and tested an expanded water taxi service that took riders to downtown Miami and the Miami Beach Marina. Commissioners hoped offering more transportation options on water might help ease persistently maddening traffic problems on land.
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Former Calvary Chapel Pastor Accused of Child Abuse Fired by Funky Biscuit Nightclub

As New Times revealed in an investigation published Tuesday, former Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale Pastor Bob Coy — who once led the largest megachurch in Florida — was accused in 2015 of molesting a girl for more than a decade, beginning when she was 4 years old. Coy was never charged in the case and had already resigned from Calvary over an admitted string of extramarital affairs.
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Odd Breed Opens Florida’s First Brewery Dedicated to Wild Ales

Florida's first brewery dedicated to American wild ales is now open in Pompano Beach. The day after Thanksgiving, Odd Breed Wild Ales owners and brewers Matt Manthe and Dan Naumko debuted their tasting room. The intimate space is located in the city's industrial-like Old Town Pompano area.
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Four Times the Killers Absolutely Killed It

The year was 2001. In the heat of the Southern Nevada desert, the Killers were born. What started in garages and hole-in-the-wall venues throughout Vegas has evolved into something special. Flash forward 17 years and the Killers have released five studio albums and sold more than 22 million albums to-date. The...
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Florida Saw the Nation’s Largest Spike in Immigrant Arrests in 2017

New Times reported in December that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests in Florida jumped more than 75 percent from 2016 to 2017, after Donald Trump took the presidency and effectively gave ICE agents carte blanche to arrest or deport whomever they want. But other analysts have continued to churn...
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Five Reasons Marlins Fans Should Give Derek Jeter a Chance

The first Miami Marlins spring training of the Derek Jeter era kicked off last week at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter. That much we know happened. Who actually played in the tune-up games for the Marlins is largely a mystery we are still trying to solve. When a team trades the NL MVP...
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Nghtmre Is Living the EDM Dream

Electronic-music producer Nghtmre is known for extremely fast-paced sets — he usually cycles through a song a minute — as well as absolutely insane light displays and wholesale exploitation of the build-drop, build-drop dynamic. He's clearly taken some cues from Skrillex, the messiah of wobbly, party-forward dance music who helped launch Nghtmre's career during a Miami music festival a few years ago.
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Black-Market Beer From J. Wakefield Means Big Money

It's just after 2 a.m. March 17 at J. Wakefield Brewing in Wynwood. Though the place has been closed for hours, five guys are seated in folding chairs just steps from the front bay door. They're huddled around a cooler filled with bottles of barrel-aged beers, fruit-tinged wild ales, and...