Live and dead roaches in a kitchen, flies partying at a sushi bar, and tainted jars of seasonings were among the violations that temporarily shut down five South Florida restaurants last week.
The biggest challenge the housing market’s facing is how few homes there are for sale. Mark Fleming, Chief Economist at First American, explains the root causes of today’s low supply:
To sell your home this spring, it may need more preparation than it would have a year or two ago. Today’s housing market has a different feel. There are more homes for sale than there were at this time last year, but inventory is still historically low. So, if a house has been sitting on the market for a while, that’s a sign it may not be hitting the mark for potential buyers. But here’s the thing. Right now, homes that are updated and priced at market value are still selling fast.
That intoxicating bubble of Polynesian culture, the Mai-Kai Restaurant, is closer to reopening after clearing its final permitting hurdles with the city of Oakland Park.
Two developers are giving Deerfield Beach’s Cove Shopping Center a big makeover, adding the city’s first brewery and a transformation of the 46-year-old Cove Restaurant. It marks the most dramatic makeover of the plaza in decades.
Raquel Welch remembered her Chicago childhood years as one thing: cold. “That’s probably why I’ve had an aversion to anything cold ever since, from icy drinks to frigid people.”