Tap & Cork: New Bar In Riverfront

By Fat Hand

There is a new bar on the way in our city’s highly successful Riverfront development. Just when it seemed it would be empty store-fronts all the way down, we get the Tap & Cork. Lucky us.

The upcoming Tap & Cork is just south of Argie’s Grill, right across the street from The Brick. From its window dressing it promises to be a beer, wine, champagne, and sake bomb bar. I could be wrong, but from my semi-professional drinking at Himmarshee bars that makes it the only place to get a sake bomb downtown.

Now, seeing as how the Tap & Cork is directly across from The Brick and just down the block from ArtBar, that means one of two things:

1) You will be able to see the bottom portion of the female bartenders’ asses; or
2) It will be the classiest bar on the block.

Either one sounds good to me. Bring on the sake bombs.

Tap & Cork coming to Riverfront in FTL

new bar coming to Ft Lauderdale

Photos From Ryan Humphrey’s Fast Forward

This past Friday, I DJed the opening reception for the BMX-themed Ryan Humphrey’s Fast Forward at the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood. In between punk songs, myself and Strawberry Jam were able to snap some photos. Below are some choice pics taken by the latter. The exhibit lasts until August 14th. More info can be found on the gallery’s official website. We highly recommend checking this out.

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Seminole Hard Rock Food Truck Roundup

Photos by Strawberry Jam

This past Thursday, 19 food trucks took to a Seminole Hard Rock Casino parking lot for families and foodies to enjoy.  The new event, which apparently will be weekly, ran from 5:30-10pm.  The list of attendees included Aaron’s Catering Express, CheeseMe, ChurroMania, Daddy’s Grill, Dim Ssam a Gogo, Dolci Peccati Gelato, The Fish Box, The Flying Saucer, gastroPod, Grill Master Cafe, Jefe’s Original Fish Taco, Latin Burger, Latin House grill, MexZican Gourmet, Mr. Good Stuff, Ms. Cheezious, The Red Koi, The Rolling Stove, and The Yellow Submarine.   Below you can view some of what we sampled, including fish tacos from Jefe’s and MexZican (we preferred Jefe’s), gastroPod pork tacos, Ms. Cheezious grilled cheese and sweet potato fries, and Dim Ssam a Gogo meat-topped tater tots.  We’ll be sure to post more pics in the future as we got too full before we could check everything off our list (Dim Ssam a Gogo ginger brussel sprouts, CheeseMe mac n cheese pancakes, Aaron’s Catering truffle mac n cheese bites, and sweets from Sugar Rush which was scheduled to attend but didn’t make it will have to wait til next time)

New Breakfast Restaurant Coming To Himmarshee Street

Downtown Ft. Lauderdale has a new breakfast locale coming this July, and with the recent closing of Bluejays Cafe (can someone please turn off their Christmas lights), this couldn’t come at a better time. In the spot where Village Pie never opened, Old Fort Lauderdale Breakfast House will be making its debut. By glancing at their website (and listening to the auto-play banjo music), it’s evident that the owner Rodney Ely is banking on the quality and farmer freshness of his food. According to his bio, Rod is an old school local who has been a part of many successful restaurants from FTL’s past. The walls inside are decorated with vintage photos, further emphasizing his roots in the city. Even though there are no free refills on coffee (“that’s not Folgers in your cup”) and it’s a little pricey for breakfast, the FTLC staff will be eagerly waiting for the announcement of the OB House grand opening. Take a glance at their tasty menu and share in our excitement.

The restaurant is located at 333 Himmarshee St, Ft Lauderdale.

Deaf Poets, Deaf-initely Rockin’

Miami Beach duo Deaf Poets

By Strawberry Jam

In addition to our heartfelt list of Monday afternoon thanks, we’d like to also mention the band that graced the stage of our unofficial, not-so-advertised after party at the Green Room. Throughout the last year, we truly have tried to keep it local, but it’s tough, especially when it comes to bands that really get us riled up, like Miami Beach’s Deaf Poets.

Though we had heard of Deaf Poets before, we didn’t actually get a chance to catch them until this past May’s SW 3rd Ave Music Festival (if you missed out, you missed out, honestly).  Obviously, we felt pretty excited to book them ourselves (on behalf of Mig, I suppose).  And if you haven’t seen them yet, make sure to keep an eye on these guys as you’re about to find out what makes them so pretty cool.

For one, the duo (it’s a two man gig) has got quite some catchy tunes. Granted, they’ve got a few slower ones, but we’ll be damned if they don’t have you toe-tapping to all of them.  Check out Cold Cold Thieves at the end of the post.

Secondly, it’s pretty hard to not be captivated when the passion between these guys is so evident. Not only do they look like they’re super into it, but they almost look like they’re rooting each other on (hey, I guess you gotta make up for a lack of members somehow, not that this band seems like they’re lacking anything). When Chillwave’s biggest critics argue the talent of one guy and his laptop it’s pretty difficult to defend two guys and two instruments.

Which leads us to our next point, how can only two guys make you forget you’re watching only two guys? Watching lead singer Sean Wouters’ amazing footwork is enough to keep you entertained not to mention the previously written catchy vocals or instrumentals. To explain, I have yet to see anyone outside of a major city ballet troupe showcase that kind of intensity and grace.  It sounds cheesy, but it’s not. And once you see, you’ll get it.

If through our wayward writing we’ve lost you, give the below tracks a listen, or just take our word for it and check Deaf Poets out live.