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Rodent droppings on top of dishwasher, in dining room, behind bar: 3 South Florida restaurants shut
Rodent droppings all around — in a dining room, behind a bar, above a dishwasher — were among the issues that temporarily closed three South Florida restaurants last week. The South Florida Sun Sentinel typically highlights restaurant inspections conducted by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation in Broward and Palm Beach counties. We cull through inspections that ...
Tijuana Flats files for bankruptcy, closes multiple South Florida locations
Florida-based Tijuana Flats announced on Friday that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and closed multiple locations across South Florida, according to a news release. The fast-casual Tex-Mex restaurant chain was founded in 1995 in Winter Park. The company stated that the decision to close these restaurants was due...
Wheel of Misfortune: Boynton woman in good spirits after vowel slip-up costs her Hawaii trip
Boynton Beach resident Kim Weisenberg had grand visions going into her once-in-a-lifetime shot on the television game show "Wheel of Fortune." Spinning the wheel and landing on that coveted million-dollar wedge, solving puzzles and winning big to help her parents pay off debt, pay off her own student loans and take her family...
Lionfish restaurant closes, but Delray Beach lands this national celebrity favorite instead
DELRAY BEACH — After 3 1/2 years in business, acclaimed seafood restaurant Lionfish of Delray Beach is closed. The modern coastal cuisine restaurant focused on sustainability and was twice recognized by the James Beard Foundation as a Smart Catch Leader for its environmentally-responsible practices. Its final night was Saturday, April 13. ...
Time to vote: Who has the best donuts in South Florida?
We’re circling back on a deep-fried query we raised to our readers: Who makes the best donuts in South Florida? It certainly wasn’t a topic that was glazed over by fans of the sweet confection. We received several hundred nominations of favorite donut shops throughout Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties — and now we have the finalists! The top-five, most-nominated donut makers, in ...
A kitten adopted 12 years ago is back because his owner died. Meet our Pet of the Week
Twelve years ago, a bright-eyed kitten was adopted from Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control. He lived a dozen wonderful years with a kind owner until the person sadly passed away. Now, that same kitten is looking for a second home to spend his senior years and is back at animal control in the meantime. ...
Best in the US? Almost. West Palm Beach GreenMarket falls short of USAT reader poll title
Even the greatest runs in history have to end at some point. It's true, the results are in and the West Palm Beach GreenMarket is no longer the number one green market in the country according to the USA Today 10Best Readers' Choice poll that was released on Wednesday, April 24. But this is not a total defeat. The downtown waterfront mainstay still has game — it came in second. ...
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