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Deerfield Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Miami
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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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Phillip Valys covers general arts and entertainment for the Sun Sentinel and SouthFlorida.com. Though his focus is on the visual arts and music scenes, he's easily distracted by food festivals. An FAU graduate, his work has appeared in Forum Publishing Group's chain of weeklies, the Miami Herald and New Times.

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‘Cost of barbecue is through the roof’: Pig-Sty BBQ in Boynton Beach sets closing date Original

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... For the past 18 months, soaring brisket and rib prices have forced Pig-Sty BBQ in Boynton Beach to walk a pricing tightrope, covering expenses without scaring away customers. But the $68 million infrastructure project that has lately tangled road access outside the restaurant has pushed co-owner Tom Rhodemyre to the breaking point.
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Star chef Michelle Bernstein salutes South Florida restaurant icons in new PBS doc ‘Legacy on a Plate’ Original

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Star chef Michelle Bernstein has lately felt nostalgic about the iconic South Florida restaurants that raised her. Maybe it’s because America’s 250th birthday this month made her reflect on local history. Or because Bernstein has been a regular since childhood at longtime gems like Jaxson’s Ice Cream Parlor & Restaurant in Dania Beach, Arbetter’s Hot Dogs in Miami and Joe’s Stone Crab in Miami Beach.
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Boca’s Stage Kitchen & Bar has closed: Why one of South Florida’s acclaimed chefs is replacing his own restaurant

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... After a year and change at Boca Raton’s Restaurant Row, Michelin-blessed Stage Kitchen & Bar has permanently closed — but chef Pushkar Marathe isn’t going anywhere. In a swift pivot, the James Beard Award semifinalist is replacing his restaurant with a more casual American reboot. How swift? His new Boca Brasserie is plotting a mid-August debut, taking over the space just weeks after Stage wrapped up its final dinner service on July 5.
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