Drinking

Tommy Bahama Marlin Bar will open Feb. 28 on Fort Lauderdale's Las Olas Boulevard. The restaurant-clothing store hybrid will serve frozen Mai Tais, coconut shrimp and ahi poke bowls amid displays of tropical-print shirts, straw hats and mannequins in Bermuda shorts.

By Phillip Valys

Feb 25, 2020

The Museum of Discovery and Science in Fort Lauderdale's big fundraiser, the Bank of American Wine, Spirits and Culinary Celebration, on March 13 will raise spirits, food and funds with 60 wines, craft beer, a silent auction and bites from 40 local restaurants.

Miami and Palm Beach hotels and spas were featured prominently when Forbes Travel Guide announced its 2020 Star Award Winners.

By Wells Dusenbury

Feb 20, 2020

The arty FAT Village Arts District in Fort Lauderdale is getting a sprawling makeover that will make it unrecognizable, with a new Maguire's Hill 16 Irish pub, new offices and shops, parking and residential high-rises. The project, awaiting approval, would break ground by late 2020.

By Phillip Valys

Feb 19, 2020

Here's a roundup of recently opened, about-to-open and will-open-soon restaurants, bars and clubs in West Palm Beach.

Married dynamic duo Antonella Diluca and Simone Raccanello emigrated from Italy to South Florida to open Via Vai Italian Deli and Wine Bar in Wilton Manors. “We love America. We love Florida."

By Rod Stafford Hagwood

Feb 17, 2020

Popular Tap 42 chain bringing big beer list, large burgers, bottomless brunches to University Drive.

By Ben Crandell

Feb 17, 2020

For Valentine’s Day Weekend, a procrastinator’s guide to places where you can spend quality time on the beach, over a drink, with a beer, with a dog and with a red-velvet cheesecake.

By Ben Crandell

Feb 14, 2020

Molly Maguire’s Pub and Eatery in Fort Lauderdale, a successor to the old Maguire’s Hill 16, will open this September off Sistrunk Boulevard and Northwest Seventh Avenue.

By Phillip Valys

Feb 14, 2020

Miami and Palm Beach hotels and spas were featured prominently when Forbes Travel Guide announced its 2020 Star Award Winners.

By Wells Dusenbury

Feb 20, 2020

The arty FAT Village Arts District in Fort Lauderdale is getting a sprawling makeover that will make it unrecognizable, with a new Maguire's Hill 16 Irish pub, new offices and shops, parking and residential high-rises. The project, awaiting approval, would break ground by late 2020.

By Phillip Valys

Feb 19, 2020

Here's a roundup of recently opened, about-to-open and will-open-soon restaurants, bars and clubs in West Palm Beach.

Married dynamic duo Antonella Diluca and Simone Raccanello emigrated from Italy to South Florida to open Via Vai Italian Deli and Wine Bar in Wilton Manors. “We love America. We love Florida."

By Rod Stafford Hagwood

Feb 17, 2020

Popular Tap 42 chain bringing big beer list, large burgers, bottomless brunches to University Drive.

By Ben Crandell

Feb 17, 2020

Chuy’s in Pembroke Pines, an over-the-top Tex-Mex chain known for its Texas-size burritos, pet photo walls and Elvis Presley shrines, will debut in mid-March.

The new Canopy hotel in West Palm Beach is still weeks away from opening, but what we already know is that downtown 150-room property celebrates nature throughout its design and will focus on local sourcing with the rooftop Treehouse bar/lounge and the signature restaurant Banter.

The Blue Fish inside Boca Raton's Mizner Park, a Japanese sushi chain specializing in Asian salads, sushi and hot dishes such as chicken katsu and Chilean sea bass, is the first of many new restaurants and bars planned for the upscale shopping plaza.

By Phillip Valys

Feb 12, 2020

The 2020 Florida Renaissance Festival in Deerfield Beach kicks off Feb. 8-9 with King Henry VIII weekend and many turkey legs at Quiet Water Park.

By Phillip Valys

Feb 10, 2020

The We Are Stoneman Douglas weekend will feature a winemaker dinner on March 13 and a grand tasting on March 15 with 60 wines from 40 wineries and dishes from 30 restaurants, including Meat Market, Grand Lux Cafe, Prezzo, Naked Taco and Tap 42, all to benefit the fundraiser Parkland Cares.

Things to do in South Florda this weekend and beyond, including the Barks, Babes & Bros charity auction in Delray Beach. Damon Wayans at the Palm Beach Improv and one great $6 burger in Fort Lauderdale.

By Ben Crandell

Feb 7, 2020

There aren’t enough breath mints in the country to tame the stink at this weekend’s South Florida Garlic Festival, returning Feb. 8-9 to Lake Worth’s John Prince Park with 200 garlic vendors, music headliner the Wailers, new safety measures and, of course, stinky garlic ice cream.

By Phillip Valys

Feb 6, 2020

The Thai restaurant Shiitake Asian Bistro will have a splashy grand opening in Delray Beach with entertainment by Erin Reese DeJarnette, who appears in Dolly Parton's "Coat of Many Colors" TV movie franchise and "Chicken Girls" streaming on Amazon.

By Rod Stafford Hagwood

Feb 5, 2020

Chef Ralph Pagano, who survived a near-fatal kitchen explosion in the Bahamas in June 2017 with burns on 40 percent of his body, is opening Naked Taco in Coconut Creek. The Mexican restaurant at the Promenade at Coconut Creek will debut in mid-February.

By Phillip Valys

Feb 3, 2020

Recognized by the James Beard Foundation, Lionfish brings its fresh-catch, socially-conscious, locally-sourced menu to downtown Delray Beach.