Cypress Creek is hosting a Food Truck Round-Up every Wednesday Night. Those of you in the Ft. Lauderdale area which haven’t had a taste of the Miami Food Truck experience, you’re about to get it full on. Set aside Wednesday from 5PM – 9:30PM and come out and enjoy:

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Cypress Creek Food Truck Round-Up
Date: Every Wednesday
Time: 5PM – 9:30PM
Location: 5201 NW 12th Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
Parking: Free Parking

The whirs and hisses of drills and welding torches carry outside a warehouse tucked away in a Fort Lauderdale office park. Inside, rows of step vans and delivery trucks are being reborn as food trucks.

As mobile eateries have flourished in South Florida in recent years, food truck builders have also shifted into high gear.

These mobile food truck factories — including Concession Nation in Fort Lauderdale, AAA Concession Trucks and Trailers in Davie, and FoodCart USA in Miami — scour the state for new and late-model Chevy, Ford and GMC step vans as well as used flower, fire and delivery trucks (and in one case, a shuttle van from NASA). They add fryers, refrigerators and stainless steel surfaces and turn them into rolling restaurants.

“Everybody wants one,” said Alexander Alvarez, owner of Concession Nation, which completed 126 jobs in 2012, a 34 percent increase from 2011.

The weakened economy and high unemployment of the past few years have helped drive the local food truck boom. As people were laid off or considering job changes, some decided to become their own boss and invest in mobile units. Meanwhile, TV programs such as Food Network’s “The Great Food Truck Race” and the Cooking Channel’s “Eat Street” were showing contestants making thousands of dollars a day with a customized food truck.

Yes, food truck operators have costs such as gas, food inventory and permits. But these are “less expensive than brick-and-mortar facilities, making it easier to enter the food service business,” said Ron Grimes, manager of environmental health programs at NSF International, a nonprofit that develops standards for equipment used in food service establishments such as food trucks.

“People don’t have to pay rent [with a food truck], and they are not committed to one place,” said Bruce Hicks, owner of AAA Concession Trucks and Trailers, adding that his business doubled to 30 trucks in 2012 from the previous year, from a mix of local and national clients.

He began to shift his business toward food truck building in the past two years after noticing a decline in RV-related jobs.

“I saw that [business] going away. People were in foreclosures and losing their homes,” Hicks said.

These days, he’s getting requests to create food trucks for freestanding businesses such as Popeye’s fast-food chicken and Donna’s Restaurant and Lounge, which has locations throughout Broward County.

He was also hired to outfit an all-white, 8-foot GMC step van for Gozen Yogurt, a self-service frozen yogurt company based in Philadelphia. It will be painted in orange, yellow and blue swirls and have a flat-screen TV, freezer and four self-serve yogurt machines. Once completed later this month, the truck will be ready to dispense sorbet, dulce de leche and caramel-flavored treats at corporate parties and festivals from Jupiter to Miami.

“The real advantage to having a food truck is that you will be able bring the entire frozen yogurt store experience to someone’s home,” said Adam Zell, the Florida partner for Gozen Yogurt.

Of course, none of this would be possible without the ever-growing popularity of food truck fare and events. The National Restaurant Association doesn’t track the number of food trucks in the United States, but the group has found that consumers have been increasingly flocking to mobile eateries.

In a 2012 association survey, 43 percent of adults said they had bought items from a food truck.

The demand for food trucks, Concession Nation’s Alvarez said, comes from a base of customers hungry for “fast-food but better quality. You get a homemade plate served to you in 10 minutes.”

At Concession Nation’s offices and warehouse in Fort Lauderdale, calls pour in from throughout the country. The San Francisco 49ers football team, for example, had the company create a team-themed concession trailer.

And the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach recently hired Concession Nation to build an 18-foot food truck to sell some of the dishes found at the resorts’ restaurants such as Gotham Steak and Scarpetta. The truck will roam the property, complete with three flatscreen monitors showing video of the hotel’s amenities.

“It’s a truck that we are going to use to feature lots of different venues in the resort,” said Thomas Connell, the resort’s executive chef. “We are going to use it for special events, barbecues, LIV [nightclub] after-hours … wherever our customers need it really.”

Costs range per builder, but a used food truck can cost $3,000 to $20,000, depending on the mileage, year, condition and size, which can be 16 or 18 feet long. Fully-loaded new trucks can run as much as $100,000. Generally, vendors find the trucks for the client, but a customer can bring a truck to a contractor and have it outfitted with equipment.

Workers strip the rear (or the box) of the truck, install aluminum walls and diamond-plated flooring. They add stainless-steel counters, refrigerators, sinks and deep fryers, or whatever the client requests. Some owners add LED lights on their roofs and flat screens to promote their menus to potential passers-by.

Concession Nation, which features its work on fastfoodtruck.com, also wraps the exterior of the vehicle to brand the food and services.

“You have a brand-new truck inside and, plus, you have free advertising whenever you hit the road,” said Monica Gonzalez, chief financial officer at Concession Nation. A typical job there lasts about five days.

Craig Larson, owner of Lucille’s Bad to the Bone BBQ in Boca Raton and Boynton Beach, wanted a food truck as a side catering business to bring his culinary fare to office workers daily.

“We realized there was as significant truck scene going on down in [Miami-Dade] but didn’t see a lot of it in Palm Beach,” he said.

So last year he sought the services of Concession Nation, which transformed a 2001 GMC 28-foot-long step van used for flower deliveries in Disney World into Lucille’s on Wheels, a black food truck bedecked with the image of a smiling red-headed woman carrying a tray of food.

“We wanted to do something whimsical, slightly southern, slightly risque. The whole deal with the truck was to have fun,” said Larson, whose mobile unit houses a three-compartment sink, two fryers and a 4-foot grill that makes barbecue chicken nachos and fries slicked in gravy. “It’s a whole rebirth for that truck from what it did originally.”

http://www.southflorida.com/news/fl-food-truck-builders-20130306,0,3231810.story

The whirs and hisses of drills and welding torches carry outside a warehouse tucked away in aFort Lauderdale office park. Inside, rows of step vans and delivery trucks are being reborn as food trucks.

As mobile eateries have flourished in South Florida in recent years, food truck builders have also shifted into high gear.

These mobile food truck factories — including Concession Nation in Fort Lauderdale, AAAConcession Trucks and Trailers in Davie, and FoodCart USA in Miami — scour the state for new and late-model Chevy, Ford and GMC step vans as well as used flower, fire and delivery trucks (and in one case, a shuttle van from NASA). They add fryers, refrigerators and stainless steel surfaces and turn them into rolling restaurants.

Bruce Hicks, owner of AAA Concession Trucks and Trailers in Davie, buys used bread and delivery trucks and converts them into rolling restaurants for clients locally and out of state.

“Everybody wants one,” said Alexander Alvarez, owner of Concession Nation, which completed 126 jobs in 2012, a 34 percent increase from 2011.

The weakened economy and high unemployment of the past few years have helped drive the local food truck boom. As people were laid off or considering job changes, some decided to become their own boss and invest in mobile units. Meanwhile, TV programs such as Food Network‘s “The Great Food Truck Race” and the Cooking Channel‘s “Eat Street” were showing contestants making thousands of dollars a day with a customized food truck

Yes, food truck operators have costs such as gas, food inventory and permits. But these are “less expensive than brick-and-mortar facilities, making it easier to enter the food service business,” said Ron Grimes, manager of environmental health programs at NSF International, a nonprofit that develops standards for equipment used in food service establishments such as food trucks.

“People don’t have to pay rent [with a food truck], and they are not committed to one place,” said Bruce Hicks, owner of AAA Concession Trucks and Trailers, adding that his business doubled to 30 trucks in 2012 from the previous year, from a mix of local and national clients.

He began to shift his business toward food truck building in the past two years after noticing a decline in RV-related jobs.

“I saw that [business] going away. People were in foreclosures and losing their homes,” Hicks said.

These days, he’s getting requests to create food trucks for freestanding businesses such as Popeye’s fast-food chicken and Donna’s Restaurant and Lounge, which has locations throughout Broward County.

He was also hired to outfit an all-white, 8-foot GMC step van for Gozen Yogurt, a self-service frozen yogurt company based in Philadelphia. It will be painted in orange, yellow and blue swirls and have a flat-screen TV, freezer and four self-serve yogurt machines. Once completed later this month, the truck will be ready to dispense sorbet, dulce de leche and caramel-flavored treats at corporate parties and festivals from Jupiter to Miami.

“The real advantage to having a food truck is that you will be able bring the entire frozen yogurt store experience to someone’s home,” said Adam Zell, the Florida partner for Gozen Yogurt.

Of course, none of this would be possible without the ever-growing popularity of food truck fare and events. The National Restaurant Association doesn’t track the number of food trucks in the United States, but the group has found that consumers have been increasingly flocking to mobile eateries.

In a 2012 association survey, 43 percent of adults said they had bought items from a food truck.

The demand for food trucks, Concession Nation’s Alvarez said, comes from a base of customers hungry for “fast-food but better quality. You get a homemade plate served to you in 10 minutes.”

At Concession Nation’s offices and warehouse in Fort Lauderdale, calls pour in from throughout the country. The San Francisco 49ers football team, for example, had the company create a team-themed concession trailer.

And the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach recently hired Concession Nation to build an 18-foot food truck to sell some of the dishes found at the resorts’ restaurants such as Gotham Steak and Scarpetta. The truck will roam the property, complete with three flatscreen monitors showing video of the hotel’s amenities.

“It’s a truck that we are going to use to feature lots of different venues in the resort,” said Thomas Connell, the resort’s executive chef. “We are going to use it for special events, barbecues, LIV [nightclub] after-hours … wherever our customers need it really.”

Costs range per builder, but a used food truck can cost $3,000 to $20,000, depending on the mileage, year, condition and size, which can be 16 or 18 feet long. Fully-loaded new trucks can run as much as $100,000. Generally, vendors find the trucks for the client, but a customer can bring a truck to a contractor and have it outfitted with equipment.

Workers strip the rear (or the box) of the truck, install aluminum walls and diamond-plated flooring. They add stainless-steel counters, refrigerators, sinks and deep fryers, or whatever the client requests. Some owners add LED lights on their roofs and flat screens to promote their menus to potential passers-by.

Concession Nation, which features its work on fastfoodtruck.com, also wraps the exterior of the vehicle to brand the food and services.

“You have a brand-new truck inside and, plus, you have free advertising whenever you hit the road,” said Monica Gonzalez, chief financial officer at Concession Nation. A typical job there lasts about five days.

Craig Larson, owner of Lucille’s Bad to the Bone BBQ in Boca Raton and Boynton Beach, wanted a food truck as a side catering business to bring his culinary fare to office workers daily.

“We realized there was as significant truck scene going on down in [Miami-Dade] but didn’t see a lot of it in Palm Beach,” he said.

So last year he sought the services of Concession Nation, which transformed a 2001 GMC 28-foot-long step van used for flower deliveries in Disney World into Lucille’s on Wheels, a black food truck bedecked with the image of a smiling red-headed woman carrying a tray of food.

“We wanted to do something whimsical, slightly southern, slightly risque. The whole deal with the truck was to have fun,” said Larson, whose mobile unit houses a three-compartment sink, two fryers and a 4-foot grill that makes barbecue chicken nachos and fries slicked in gravy. “It’s a whole rebirth for that truck from what it did originally.”

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/fl-food-truck-builders-20130306,0,5442847.story

Press Release:

Ft. Lauderdale, FL – In 2009 South Florida Food Blogger Burger Beast wanted to honor the unsung heroes of the South Florida Food Scene with Awards. His “Burgie Awards”, the first of their kind were a sensation. SFL Restaurants & Food Trucks have now taken to proudly displaying their “Burgie Awards” year round. Voting for the 2013 Awards has been going on at BurgerBeast.Com since November 4th, 2012 and will end on Wednesday January 9th, 2013.

Riverwalk Ft. Lauderdale is bringing the 2013 Burgies to Esplanade Park in Ft. Lauderdale on Saturday February 2nd. It will be the 1st time the event takes place in Broward County. If you’re a food fan then this is the event for you. 5 South Florida Restaurants & over 20 Food Trucks will be on hand selling to the public a variety of great eats. Brown Distributing will have an array of Craft Beers to choose from.

South Florida Restaurants: Azucar Ice Cream Company, Blue Collar, Latin House Burger & Taco Bar, Pastelmania & Pincho Factory.

This will be the last appearance of The Fish Box (one of the pillars of the Food Truck scene) as it will be retired after this event and the return of the über popular Sugar Rush. The Treehouse Truck from Orlando will also be a part of the festivities:

South Florida Food Trucks: AZ Canteen, B.C. Tacos, BITE Gastrotruck, Bocaditos, Che Grill, Cheeseburger Baby, Daddy’s Grill, Dim Ssam a Gogo, Dolce Gourmet Cupcakes, El Rey de las Fritas, Fireman Derek’s World Famous Pies, The Fish Box, HipPOPs Handcrafted Gelato Bars, Jefe’s Original Fish Tacos, Killer Pasta, Marlie’s Delights, Mr. Good Stuff, Ms. Cheezious, Mushaboom, Palate Party, Purple People Eatery, The Rolling Stove, Slow Food Truck, Sugar Rush & Treehouse Truck

Chat Chow TV’s Lauren Bernat will host the event which culminates at 9PM with the handing out of the 13 Burgie Awards for 2013: Best Burger – Dade County, Best Burger – Broward/Palm Beach County, Best Non-Traditional Burger, Best Food Truck – Dade County, Best Food Truck – Broward/Palm Beach County, Best Frita, Best Restaurant – Dade County, Best Restaurant – Broward/Palm Beach County, Best Dessert, Best Dessert Truck, Best Pizza Joint, Best Sandwich and Best Taco.

Admission is FREE.

The 2013 Burgie Awards are sponsored by Food Cart USA, Chat Chow TV and New Times Broward-Palm Beach.

The Details:

The 4th Annual Burger Beast Burgie Awards at Esplanade Park
Facebook Event Page: 4th Annual Burgie Awards
Date: Saturday,  February 2nd, 2013
Time: 5PM – 10PM
Location:  400 SW 2nd Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312
Parking: Meters & Lots All Over The Place

http://burgerbeast.com/2013/01/07/4th-annual-burgies/

Might as well bid adieu to those resolutions pertaining to cutting calories and saving dough. This week is filled with food truck gatherings, beer bashes, and (somewhat) novel ways to drink and dine. After the jump, find food- and drink-related events this week in Broward and Palm Beach counties.

See also:
- Tap 42 Hosting Brewery Battle Featuring Stone Brewing Co. vs. Bell’s Brewery
- Dining in the Dark Returns to SoLita Delray
- Endless Sake and Sushi at Prime Starts Tonight

Monday

Food truck rally in Hollywood
The weekly food truck rally at Arts Park in downtown Hollywood is 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Monday. There’s no cost to attend; bring cash for the trucks. This week’s lineup includes regulars like Dolce Gourmet Cupcakes, Ms. Cheezious, Mr. Good Stuff, Nacho Bizness, and Palate Party, plus many others.

Beer Bingo
All day on Monday, Havana Hideout in Lake Worth offers Beer Bingo. Spell out the word “beer” with any four beers on your card and get a fourth beer free. The bingo cards are also free.

Tuesday

Singles event at The Mexican
Know what makes it easier to meet a new person? Tequila. The Mexican in Boca Raton is hosting a singles networking happy hour from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Singles in their 20s to 50s are invited to attend. The cost is $10, cash only, at the door. Admission includes one house margarita, chips and salsa, and 20 percent off your entire food bill. Bring a business card and drop it in the hat for a chance to win a bottle of tequila.

Taco Tuesday
Alliteration is good news when it means cheap eats. Uncle Julio in Mizner Park celebrates Taco Tuesday with $1 tacos all day. The deal is good on beef or chicken/soft or crispy tacos. The discounted price applies to dine-in orders only.

Brewery Battle
The gloves are off for Tap 42‘s Tuesday night Brewery Battle, which pits Stone Brewing Co. against Bell’s Brewery. The kegs will be tapped at 7 p.m. sharp and the lineup includes many popular brews and several hard-to-find varieties.

Wednesday

Dining in the Dark at SoLita
SoLita Italian Restaurant and Parlor Lounge in Delray Beach has brought back its Dining in the Dark promotion, offered on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights at 8 p.m. A three-course meal is $59 per person, plus drinks, tax, and gratuity. Reservations are required.

Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project
The Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project in Lauderdale-By-The-Sea is 4:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday. Register online to participate in the beach cleanup project, sponsored by the wine company.

Thursday

S’Mores Party
Cozy up to a seasonal S’Mores Party at YOLO in downtown Fort Lauderdale on Thursday evening. The weekly party is 6 to 9 p.m. on the restaurant’s outdoor patio. The cost is $8 per guest, and there are special thematic drinks available for purchase as well.

Feast in the Park
The first Feast in the Park is Thursday night at Gaines Park in West Palm Beach. The action is 5 to 9 p.m. and the lineup (subject to change) includes about a dozen trucks like Crazydilla, On the Slide, Veggie Xpress, and Lucille’s on Wheels. There will be a DJ on premises and there’s no cost to attend.

Coming Up 
Want to be the first to know about upcoming events and specials? Sign up to receive New Times‘ weekly dining newsletter, Cafe Bites. Other specialty newsletters focus on music, arts and culture, and free stuff. Check them out and sign up here.

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Critical violations of state sanitation and safety laws recently observed by inspectors at four South Florida restaurants prompted the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation to cite the owners and briefly suspend operations.

Noel Family Restaurant, 1560 N.E. 4^th Ave., Fort Lauderdale was briefly closed Dec. 19 after an inspector observed the business operating without a current hotel and restaurant license; ready-to-eat, cooked chicken in the refrigerator was prepared on site, held more than 24 hours and not properly date marked; working containers of sugar were removed from an original container and not identified by its common name; potentially hazardous boiled eggs on a steam table were not held at 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above; bowls without handles were used to dispense sugar and cooked chicken; no chemical test kit was provided when using chemical sanitizer at a three-compartment sink/ware washing machine; no proper chemical test kit was provided for measuring the concentration of the sanitizer solution for wiping cloths and the solution was not at proper minimum strength; the interior of a freezer was soiled with accumulated food residue; hand washing cleanser was not provided at a kitchen hand washing lavatory; 7 dead roaches were in a glue trap and 3 were under a kitchen sink; 21 fresh rodent droppings were in a dry storage area adjacent to the kitchen and there was no door separating the areas.

The business was allowed to reopen Dec. 20 after a callback inspection found the conditions that created a severe and immediate threat to public health and safety no longer existed.  A message left for an owner was not immediately returned.

Church’s Chicken # 343, 2899 N.W. 7^th Ave., Miamiwas briefly closed Dec. 19 after an inspector observed a buildup of slime in the interior of the ice machine; the bathroom door lock was in disrepair and it was not enclosed with tight-fitting, self-closing doors; deadroaches were found on the floor “throughout the restaurant;” there was evidence of more than 15 live roaches and small flying insects were seen in a storage area.

The business was allowed to reopen Dec. 20 after a callback inspection found the conditions that created a severe and immediate threat to public health and safety no longer existed.  A manager declined to comment Wednesday.

Fritanga Hondunica, 421 N.W. 36^th Street, Miami was briefly closed Dec. 19 after an inspector observed potentially hazardous cold eggs, poultry and cheese held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit; all reach-in coolers were without power at the time of the inspection; a non-operating cooler in a storage room had dead roaches inside; more than 20 dried rodent droppings were found in the kitchen, inside a cooking pot that was not inverted and beneath a food prep table shelf; more than 11 live roaches were found, in a kitchen sink, on walls and cracks and inside and outside of a non-working reach-in cooler in a storage room; power to the establishment was off at the time of the inspection and the business was operating without a current hotel and restaurant license.

The business was allowed to reopen Dec. 20 after a callback inspection found the conditions that created a severe and immediate threat to public health and safety no longer existed.  OperatorCarolina Hernandez said in Spanish, “We were closed for one day. The inspector came back the following day, we had an exterminator and the state said we could open.”

Tastee Express 5 mobile food truck, 10058 Spanish Isles Blvd., Boca Raton briefly had its license suspended Dec. 20 after an inspector observed hot and cold water was not providedor was shut off at an employee hand wash sink; the license was expired within 30 days after the expiration date; the mobile cleaning unit was not properly operated or equipped and grilled onions, peppers and sauerkraut were not individually packaged.  A Dec. 21 re-inspection found the operator was not ready to re-open at that time, according to a state report. The owner could not immediately be reached for comment at a phone number provided to the inspector.

The Crime & Safety blog reports on inspections of South Florida dining spots each week as the state pursues its goal to review Florida’s 45,000 licensed restaurants twice each year.

But if you’re going out to eat, search our restaurant databases before you leave home.

A state spokeswoman says it’s not the number of critical violations that will cause a restaurant to be temporarily shut down, but rather the nature of what an inspector finds that merits closing a business.

After a restaurant is shuttered, an inspector typically visits again within 24 hours and continues to visit until violations are resolved and the business can re-open. Repeat critical violations can lead to fines of $500 to $1,000 per instance in a future administrative complaint levied by the state.

If a bad dining experience makes you feel ill, it’s easy to complain to the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation by calling 850-487-1395 or by filing a report online atMyFloridaLicense.com.  But beware: that’s not the place for personal vendettas. False reports can lead to misdemeanor charges.

And if you haven’t checked out a bistro’s inspection history online before making a reservation, state law requires restaurants to provide customers with a copy.

Food truck roundups this week make it easy to be lazy.

This week’s calendar of events is nice and easy; just the way it should be in the countdown to holiday mayhem. If you need an excuse to shirk shopping and cleaning duties for an evening, check out one of the food- and drink-related events taking place this week in Broward and Palm Beach counties.

See Also:
- Sunrise Meeting on Food Truck Fate Lasts Two Minutes Before Being Adjourned

Monday

Food truck rally in Hollywood
Ditch the Mondays this evening at the Arts Park in downtown Hollywood for a food truck dinner from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. There’s no cost to attend; bring cash for the trucks. This week’s lineup includes familiar favorites like B.C. Tacos, Ms. Cheezious, the Rolling Stove, Dolce Gourmet Cupcakes, and many more.

Organic meatless Monday dinner
Anyone who’s unsure of how to handle the whole “meatless Monday” concept can head toLe Bistro in Lighthouse Point for an organic dinner from 5 to 10 p.m. The four course meal includes selections that can work for people with vegan, raw, and/or vegetarian diets. The price is $35 for dinner or $50 for dinner plus wine.

Tuesday

Left Hand party at World of Beer Coconut Creek
Beer lovers, listen up: World of Beer Coconut Creek is celebrating Left Hand Brewing’s innovative nitro bottle for its popular Milk Stout. Get there no later than 8:15 p.m. to participate in a synchronized pour. Other beers like Chainsaw, Wake Up Dead, and Fade to Black Vol. 4, will be featured at the event.

Wednesday

Black Christmas at Laser Wolf
Leave the light lager behind for an evening of dark winter beers at Laser Wolf in Fort Lauderdale. The beer-lover’s bar will feature a 7 p.m. tapping of a cask of Terrapin’s Wake ‘N’ Bake, plus other winter brews and desserts from local food trucks.

Anniversary party at PB Catch
PB Catch in Palm Beach is celebrating its first year in business by ushering in a new menu and a new cocktail list. They’ll also be serving rare seafood all night long on Wednesday, with choices like hand-harvested diver scallops and local wolffish. DJ Germain Garcia will provide music for the party.

Cypress Creek food truck roundup
Load up the car and head to the corner of Cypress Creek and Powerline in Fort Lauderdale for a food truck rally from 5 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. B.C. Tacos, Dog Eat Dog, and three other trucks will be on hand. Parking is free, bring some cash to get dinner.

12 Beers of Xmas, Part II: The New World
Sample some seasonal American crafts on Wednesday night at the Blind Monk in West Palm Beach. Among the selections find Cigar City’s Warmer Winter Winter Warmer, Avery’s Old Jubilation, and Lost Coast Winterbraun, plus others.

Thursday

Cruise for Brews pub crawl
How’s this for an awesome designated driver? The Water Taxi in Fort Lauderdale hosts a weekly Thursday night Cruise for Brews pub crawl starting at 7 p.m. The boat’s crew passes out Water Taxi logo cups that you can use for discounted drinks at select bars in downtown Fort Laudy. There are 10 bars included in the crawl like Briny Irish Pub, Bahia Cabana, and Las Olas Wine Cafe.

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Melissa’s Chicken & Waffles Food Truck will also be participating Saturday February 2nd at the 2013 Burgie Awards in Ft. Lauderdale at Esplanade Park. They’re joining the Treehouse Truck who I just announced a few days ago. More new additions will be added soon!

Ultimate Waffle: Bacon, Egg, Cheddar Cheese, Buttermilk Fried Chicken, Country Gravy & Green Onions!

Follow Melissa’s Chicken & Waffles:

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Twitter: @MelissasWaffles

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