Florida’s Best Bars
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- Florida’s Best Bars
- Portsmouth teenager arraigned on beer bottle assault charge
- Cocktails Dance on the Head of a Beer
- Sour beer? Pucker up
Florida’s Best Bars
FXNews
Beer is self-serve and the 82-year-old owner watches over the activity in a rickety boat captain’s chair. It’s been a location in films like “Wild Things” and “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” and TV shows like “Flipper” and “Miami Vice” yet most folks don’t know where it is. And where else but Florida would you find places like the Flora-Bama a beach bar known for live music and airborne fish; Square Grouper named for the bales of marijuana that sometimes float ashore; The Last Resort a biker bar where serial killer Aileen Wuornos drank her last beer or a bar in Key West where Ernest Hemingway and Jimmy Buffett hung out (though not at the same time). Florida has 23398 licensed places to sit and drink a beer wine or a cocktail. A long “research” trip around the state found many bars reflect the wild eclectic historic and often bizarre character of the state itself.
Portsmouth teenager arraigned on beer bottle assault charge
Foster's Daily Democrat
on April 1 for reports of an assault. nce on scene police collected several pieces of evidence and took several digital pictures. In the days following the alleged assault detectives learned through witness reports the victim was struck in the head with a beer bottle several times by Francis at one point hard enough to break the bottle into several pieces according to Cashman. The assault resulted in several lacerations a large contusion and a great deal of swelling to the head of the victim the affidavit states. Police also believe Francis was asked to leave several times before the alleged assault and when he did leave he “purposely broke a large glass window in the victim’s front door. “During his Monday appearance in court Francis was also arraigned on unrelated charges that stem from a May 11 incident in which he is alleged to have been drinking alcohol on Portsmouth Housing Authority property and when confronted by police fled the scene. Already out on $10000 personal recognizance bail for the April 1 charges and an additional $2500 personal recognizance bail for the May 11 charges Francis was ordered held once again on $300 cash bail and told to adhere to an 8 p.
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Cocktails Dance on the Head of a Beer
New York Times
But now bartenders are experimenting with crossover drinks that marry beers with spirits mixers even wines going far beyond the shot-and-a-pint boilermaker. Skip to next paragraph.
Sour beer? Pucker up
Los Angeles Times
Lovers of the tart stuff are lining up as its availability increases including at upcoming local festivals. By Joshua Lurie July 1 2009A bartender pulls on the beer tap handle and a rosy liquid streams into a waiting glass. Take a sniff and it smells like a barnyard.
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