When Grammy Award-winning singer Gloria Estefan and husband Emilio decided to expand their burgeoning hospitality brand to Indian River County in the late 2000s, it wasn’t with the same South Beach splash the couple made by purchasing the Cardozo Hotel in the early 1990s. Their second hotel, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean on Vero Beach, re-imagined
In the last two decades, the tri-county region has blossomed into a serious foodie destination, one that features celebrity chefs, James Beard Award winners, iconic waterfront spots and buzzworthy resort restaurants. These popular eateries don’t tell the entire South Florida culinary story—but they’re compelling places to start. Beachfront and Intracoastal Dining Enjoying a meal on
Around the world, people are getting ready to embrace thousands of years of history and celebrate Chinese New Year, which this year welcomes the Year of the Rat. If you need a spot to celebrate, look no further than The Wharf Fort Lauderdale. Chinese decor adorns the area where you’ll check out live dragon performances
Not since Norman Rockwell was designated by Ford Motors to memorialize the company’s 50th anniversary has an artist received the distinct honor—that is, until Ken Eberts, the artist whose work portrays a greater history of cars than any other (covering every decade back to the 1890s) was chosen to commemorate Ford Motor Co. centennial in
“Jurassic World Live” Tour When: Jan. 23-26 Where: BB&T Center, 1 Panther Parkway, Sunrise What: The creatures of the popular film franchise come to life as audiences are taken to Isla Nublar where an Indominus rex escapes, and a team of scientists must unite to save dinosaur Jeanie. The show also features some of the popular dinosaur characters of the
Few horse racing spectacles compare to the Pegasus World Cup, which returns to Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach on Jan. 25 for its third year. Blending entertainment, people-watching and horse racing, the event, which has become one of the highlights of the thoroughbred racing calendar, draws fans from around the world for luxurious dining, superstar
A few seconds into the 1962 classic “Sherry,” and you hear it—the voice of Frankie Valli followed by the complementing vocals of the rest of the Four Seasons: Tommy DeVito, Bob Gaudio and Nick Massi. The group’s harmonies, catchy hits and Valli’s falsetto launched the friends from New Jersey to worldwide fame in the 1960s,
New to the Fort Lauderdale dining scene, Koi Japanese Cuisine & Sushi Lounge has already made quite the impression on local food aficionados. This brand-new restaurant made its debut in November of 2019 in the location previously home to Coco Asian Bistro & Bar. In order to honor the original location and the notorious chef
The lawmakers who put the 18th Amendment into effect in 1920 could never have guessed that 100 years later in 2020, we’d be commemorating Prohibition with inventive cocktail recipes and restaurant specials. Lucky for us, there plenty of spots to celebrate in South Florida Drink: Cigar Old Fashioned Rum Row Find it at: The
Super Bowl LIV is set for Feb. 2 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, but there’s plenty of action off the field throughout South Florida leading up to kickoff. Trophies on Display The Vince Lombardi trophy, originally sketched on a napkin by Tiffany & Co. in the mid-1960s, has become one of the most recognizable
