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From beloved Italian spots like Casa D'Angelo to casual gems like Coconuts, here are the 13 best Fort Lauderdale restaurants.

With South Florida’s constant development, there are very few remnants of old Florida in this corner of the state. Yet, in Lighthouse Point, one spot survives — Cap’s Place, a classic Florida seafood ...

What makes a taco worthy of being called one of the best? Some people prefer corn tortillas over flour. Others want a traditional Mexican taco with nothing more than meat, diced onion, and fresh ...

A new Fort Lauderdale speakeasy-themed cocktail bar opens today, but you won't be bellying up to the bar at this South Florida establishment without some extra info: your own personal door code. Sure, ...

For most, shaved ice is synonymous with snow cones. And while you’re certainly not wrong to equate the two, an injustice occurs when your thoughts end there. As various parts of the globe prove, ...

Female serial killers like Judi “Black Widow” Buenano and Aileen Wuornos once walked the grounds of the Broward Correctional Institution on the far western reaches of Pembroke Pines. Shuttered in 2012 ...

Two years ago, Boynton Beach-based forensic expert Tiffany Roy was hired to double-check a piece of DNA evidence swabbed from a knife handle. What she found was troubling: the Broward Sheriff’s Office ...

Last time we spoke to Counting Crows frontman Adam Duritz, he told us the names in his songs actually refer to real people. Mr. Jones, Mrs. Potter, Amy, who hit the atmosphere — they’re friends and ...

Some of South Florida's most talented glass artists are selling bongs for thousands of dollars on Instagram and in local smoke shops.

In March 2015, prosecutors temporarily stopped sending evidence to what was then a state-of-the-art city forensics lab Washington D.C., over concerns that lab technicians had bungled cases and and ...

Despite the rise of ereaders, true lovers of the written word will always have a special place in their hearts for bookstores. There's something about plopping down in an aisle, flipping pages and ...