Trader Joe’s Fort Lauderdale Announces Grand Opening Date

Trader Joe’s the tropical-themed grocer that specializes in wallet-friendly food items and GMO-free products, has announced an opening date for its newest Broward location. Trader Joe’s Fort Lauderdale, located at 1590 N. Federal Highway, in the 1600 Commons shopping plaza, will open at 8 a.m. on Thursday, October 15. So…

TooJay’s Gets a Facelift, Coral Springs Is First

TooJay’s is getting some work done. The Florida-based deli chain that serves classic comfort food, has announced it’s getting a makeover. Founded in 1981, that makes TooJay’s 34, certainly not too old for a little work, according to South Florida standards. According to TooJay’s CEO Jim Vinz, the chain will…

Beerfest 2015 Returns, Get Tickets Now

Beer lovers get ready because the “Original” Beerfest is back! On Saturday, October 10 from 7 – 10 p.m.,  Fort Lauderdale’s Esplanade Park turns into a wonderland of suds when the 18th annual Beerfest, presented by Isle Casino, returns.   This is the longest running beer festival in South Florida…

Hyde Beach Kitchen + Cocktails Coming to Hallandale Beach

A bit of South Beach is coming to Hallandale with the imminent opening of Hyde Beach Kitchen + Cocktails. More than a bar and restaurant, Hyde can best be described as a resort hotel that has no rooms to stay in. The multi-level entertainment complex, located at 111 S. Surf…

New Times‘ Pairings 2015: Come to Our Free Fork & Balls Pop-Up

New Times’ Pairings returns to the Broward Center for the Performing Arts on September 10 and it’s going to be the best party of the year.  If you haven’t been, then think of Pairings as Tinder for food and drink. You see, while great dishes and fine wines are wonderful on…

Tiger Woods Opens the Woods, Classiest Sports Bar Ever, in Jupiter

Tiger Woods new restaurant and sports bar, The Woods Jupiter, opened this week and it could be the classiest looking sports bar ever. The restaurant, located in Harbourside Place, a 10-acre waterfront multi-use project that includes a hotel, marina, and amphitheater, is called a sports bar and dinner club, befitting…

New Times‘ Pairings Returns; Presale Tickets on Sale Now

New Times Broward/Palm Beach Pairings is back for another epic evening of good food, paired with fine wines and beers. The eighth-annual Pairings takes over the Broward Center for the Performing Arts from 7 to 10 p.m. on Thursday, September 10, with more food, drink, and fun than ever before. Pairings, as…

Trader Joe’s Davie Announces Grand Opening Date

Trader Joe’s has finally announced details on its upcoming Davie store. The Monrovia, California-based grocer that offers a well-priced shopping experience in an adventurer’s club setting, will open its 16th Florida location at The Tower Shops at 2296 S. University Drive on Friday, September 25. Trader Joe’s is part of…

Do McDonald’s Minions Have Potty Mouths?

You could waste an entire afternoon on YouTube watching Siberian Huskies say, “I wuf you” to their owners and listen to goats screaming like children. As humans, we tend to anthropomorphize animals and even inanimate objects (haven’t you ever picked up a rock that has a smiley face)? But what happens…

Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office Seeking Meat Bandits

The next time you get an invitation to a barbecue where there’s an overabundance of food, take a good look at the man behind the grill. Does he resemble one of the faces in the above surveillance photo?  If so, your chef for the evening could be a wanted man…

Palate Party’s Robyn Almodovar Wins Food Network’s Chopped (Video)

In last evening’s episode of Chopped on the Food Network, Palate Party food truck owner Robyn Almodovar was visibly nervous when presenting her plate to judges Geoffrey Zakarian, Marc Murphy, and Amanda Freitag. The chef, competing for $10,000 along with three other hopefuls, had just made beef tendon and purslane wontons…

Palate Party’s Robyn Almodovar to Appear on Food Network’s Chopped Tonight

Palate Party’s Robyn Almodovar is going on the chopping block tonight — literally. The chef/food truck owner will appear on Food Network’s Chopped! tonight, July 11 at 10 p.m. The battle, entitled Tendon Intentions, finds Almodovar and her fellow competitors working with mystery basket ingredients that include beef tendon balls,…

Mellow Mushroom Fort Lauderdale Feeds the FAT Village Crowds

It’s official – Mellow Mushroom, the stoner-themed pizza restaurant that’s become somewhat of a craze, is open in Fort Lauderdale. The Atlanta-based chain was founded in 1974 from the “free-wheelin’ hippie culture of the 1970’s” and has grown from one restaurant to more than 150 locations. The latest Mellow Mushroom opened…

Whole Foods Ripping Off Customers, Says California State Investigation

Most people know about Whole Foods Market’s nickname of “Whole Paycheck”, but just how true is that moniker? Most people believe that the prices at the upscale market are due to the fact that the store specializes in organic produce, hormone-free meats, and wild-caught seafood. But California inspectors claim that…

IKEA Launches New In-Store Candy Shops

Shopping for inexpensive furniture at IKEA just got a little sweeter. The Swedish giant that specializes in cheap stylish furniture with improbable names and impossible to decipher assembly instructions, has rolled out its new Lördagsgodis. No, that’s actually not a new Game of Thrones dragon or a character in Disney’s Frozen…

Lust Vodka: The First Women’s Aphrodisiac in Booze Form?

There’s no doubt about it – we live in a very sexy part of the world. From our world class beaches filled with bodies slowly roasting in the sun to palm trees swaying in the soft, gentle sea breezes, to sexy bars where beautiful people meet for cocktails, South Florida…