
Phillip Valys
Arts and Entertainment Writer at South Florida Sun Sentinel
Arts and entertainment writer @SunSentinel. Author: "LAIR: Radical Homes and Hideouts of Movie Villains" @SimonSchuster. Ashes to ashes, funk to funky.
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Restaurant news: Award-winning Poblano South opens 1st brick-and-mortar; Bokamper’s, Even Keel close
2 weeks ago |
sun-sentinel.com | Phillip Valys |Rod Hagwood
Stay up to date with South Florida dining news:Sign up for our twice-weekly Eat Beat newsletter, filled with restaurant news, guides and more. Go to SunSentinel.com/newsletters to sign up. Join our “Let’s Eat, South Florida” Facebook group. NOW OPEN OR OPENING Cafe Landwer9858 Clint Moore Road, Boca Raton; landwercafe.com This Mediterranean chain with more than 80 locations around the world — including one in Hallandale Beach — has a history stretching all the way back to 1919 in Berlin, Germany.
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3 weeks ago |
sun-sentinel.com | Phillip Valys
The number of squeaky-clean eateries across South Florida took a dip last month, with the state posting its lowest count of flawless inspections since June 2023. In May, 61 “gold-star” restaurants and food trucks made the list of perfect inspections because not one violation — minor, intermediate or high-priority — was red-flagged at the time of the surprise visit from Florida safety and sanitation inspectors. Inspections typically take place at random every six months to a year.
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3 weeks ago |
sun-sentinel.com | Phillip Valys
When Claudia and Marco Roca opened Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop last summer in Plantation, they hyped its arrival with a marketing blitz. They introduced a 24-karat, gold-flake turkey sub. They even invited a celebrity, Edward “Big Ed” Brown from “90 Day Fiancé,” to make them, drawing in legions of fans to the shop.
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4 weeks ago |
sun-sentinel.com | Phillip Valys
When Le Tub Saloon first opened on Christmas Eve 1975, toilet seats on the front lawn encouraged diners to “seat yourself.” Beside these sat dented license plates, rusty anchors and a driftwood sign discouraging any noisy kids, infants, hat wearers, and anyone under 22 from entering — a sign that stayed up until the city of Hollywood, a decade later, asked founder Russell Kohuth to take it down.
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1 month ago |
sun-sentinel.com | Phillip Valys
The state temporarily closed six eateries in Broward and Palm Beach counties last week for violations such as flies landing on a prep table, an employee handling clean utensils and dishes without washing hands, and rodent droppings near chewed-open packets of ketchup. 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.
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