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Metric Headlining Bud Light Music First Tour's 50/50/1 at Fillmore Miami Beach

"50 concerts, 50 states, one day" ... Just a couple of weeks ago, we here at Crossfade announced that Bud Light Music First tour would be coming to Miami. Other cities had already gotten their headliners, including Kendrick Lamar and The Hold Steady, for "Bud Light Music First's grand finale, 50/ ... More >>

Bud Light Music First Tour's "50 Concerts, 50 States, 1 Day" Coming to Miami

Sure, craft beers and independent breweries may offer a better selection. Some would even argue a better product. But when was the last time that a small beverage business managed to tap the likes of Kendrick Lamar and The Hold Steady for a "never-before-seen live music event" or gave away over 50 ... More >>

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Shane Battier Got a Truck Full of Bud Light

Recently, the Miami Heat's Shane Battier admitted that his only pregame superstition is sticking to drinking the same beer."I try to drink the same beer -- Bud Light -- but that's about it," Battier told an NBA.com blog. "You never know. I don't want to chance luck and switch up brands, so I'm stayi ... More >>

Booze Bills Could Help Florida's Craft Alcohol Industry

Ten Best Late-Night Restaurants Post-Ultra

As Miami gears up for its biggest weekend of the year, so do the businesses that will be affected by it. After a battle with the city, Ultra Music Festival begins today in a two-weekend extravaganza that will bring more revenue to Miami than LIV sees the entire year. That's a big deal, considering t ... More >>

Miami Among Cheapest Cities to Buy Beer, Study Says

When you've evolved past the days of Natty Light and Bud Select, beer drinking can become an expensive habit. Lucky for brew hounds in the 305, a new study says Miami actually ranks among the cheapest cities to buy beer. According to Nerd Wallet's calculations, MIA comes in at #9 behind cities like ... More >>

Good Beer Larry on Super Bowl Food and Brew Pairings

Let's face it, Super Bowl Sunday isn't about touchdowns, halftime shows or hot cheerleaders. Second only to Thanksgiving in the quantity of food consumed by Americans, it's a foodie holiday more than anything else. And for this particular caloric onslaught, beer is the beverage of choice. But don't ... More >>

Super Bowl Watch Parties in Miami

The big game is this Sunday in New Orleans and the Big Easy is filled with fans lining the streets to celebrate Super Bowl XLVII Mardi Gras style.Sure, fans lucky enough to have scored a ticket to the game get to see the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers go head-to-head in person, but the ... More >>

BCS 2013 Party Guide: Strip Clubs, Rap, Country Music, Alabama, and Notre Dame

Wanna party like a BCS champ? On Monday evening, the 2013 Bowl Championship Series comes to Miami when the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Alabama Crimson Tide hit the gridiron at Sun Life Stadium to do battle for college football's 2013 national title. In the meantime, though, we all gotta get ... More >>

Luke Bryan, as Part of the Bud Light Championship Game Day Fan Zone, at Sun Life Stadium January 7

Flo Rida at Orange Bowl Discover Fan Zone Jan. 5-6

Miami's Best Eats and Drinks This Weekend

For the past few weeks, Short Order has been wrapping up all things food-related in one giant, virtual doggie bag labeled 2012. From Pete Wells' epic skewering of Guy Fieri to the played-out pork belly - it's been a wild ride on the foodie roller coaster this year. And now that you're facing your l ... More >>

Beer, Bacon, Spam, and Pickles: Ten Wacky Xmas Ornaments

For foodies like us, the holiday season is all about eating, drinking and well, eating some more. Seriously, it's why we wear stretch pants for the entire month of December. To carry the tradition past the table -- there are all kinds of funky food and drink themed decorations to give your home tha ... More >>

Luke Bryan Headlining Country Concert Before BSC National Championship Game in Miami

Oh. My. God. The Orange Bowl Committee just announced via press release that Luke Bryan is going to headline the Bud Light Championship Game Day Fan Zone outside of Sun Life Stadium before the BCS National Championship Game! We did it, Miami. The 348-member non-profit organization heard our cry ... More >>

Miami's Best Free Ladies' Nights

There are a lot of disadvantages to being a woman: you are paid less, bear children (OK, that one's not all bad), and you must pee sitting down. It's a rough life. Given this state of affairs, drinking for free is the least the fairer sex deserves. Luckily, lots of places in Miami bow to the femini ... More >>

Pitbull, The Actor, Debuts in Blood Money, a Hyperviolent Shaolin Drug Flick Set in Miami

Ever since stepping off la esquina, Mr. 305 has harbored deep hopes of becoming Mr. Hollywood. So whenever he hasn't been too busy honing his craft in Bud Light commercials or buttering up movie biz elites with personalized remixes of the Men in Black III theme, this budding thespian has dedicated ... More >>

Pitbull, Flo Rida, Brad Paisley Announced for Bud Light Port Paradise Cruise in November

From Kodiak to the Caribbean, corporate sponsorships are taking Pitbull around the world. Just last month, Mr. Worldwide touched down in Alaska, posed with a stuffed bear, and attended an Alutiiq ceremony as a cross-promotional brand ambassador for Walmart and Sheets Energy Strips. He performed at ... More >>

The Music Industry's Top Ten Corporate Whores

These days, musicians are nothing without high-profile, million-dollar endorsements. You just aren't a winner unless you're shilling soda, makeup, electronics, and your own personal brand of booze. Luckily, today's commercial powerhouses are more entrepreneurial than ever. So they will literally se ... More >>

Florida Viral Rap Star Kitty Pryde Talks Justin Bieber, Tumblr, Her Age, and Writing Rhymes

Miami Heat Watch Parties Tonight: Free Drinks at Haven, Wings at Moe's

The Miami Heat play the Indiana Pacers tonight with an 8 p.m. tip-off. With a 2-2 tie, fans not lucky enough to have scored tickets will be glued to the television for this game.There are several options for you to get out and cheer on the team to white-hot victory. Here are a few of the places offe ... More >>

Milestones in Beer History

Bud Light Truck Crashes Into Canal in Florida City

​Well, looks like someone is going to need the cool, smooth, relaxing taste of a Bud Light after this accident.An 18-wheeler branded with Bud Light logos is currently floating in a canal way down in Florida City.

Tobacco Road's Flying Tomato Smash & Bash: Food Fight With Free Beer

Courtesy Tobacco RoadAhhh, a bed to tomatoes..​"The tomatoes are here," the call said. When you're invited to see what about 10,000 pounds of tomatoes look like (25,000 of the ripe red fruit), you get in the car and go.There, in the parking lot of Tobacco Road they were. A mound of tomatoes, await ... More >>

Here Weego: Bud Light Helps Rescue Dogs at Super Bowl

​Long before cable television and the thousands of programming choices that we now have, television was born in the late 1920s. Its primary function was (and it may surprise some) and still is to serve as a means of communication during emergencies. That's why we have those pesky emergency drills. ... More >>

Five Things We Learned From Super Bowl XLVI

​Did you catch the big game last night, champ? Oh, it was truly one for the ages. There was plenty of action, highs and lows, and surprises around every turn. And that's just the commercials.The Giants-Patriots showdown was more than the mere spectacle of violence and pain we've become accustomed ... More >>

Seven Super Bowl Commercials You Can Watch Right Now

​The best part about the Super Bowl isn't the football, the nachos, or the pizza. Who are we kidding? It's the commercials.Those sneaky little buggers that make us hold our pee during game breaks are baaaaack. Bladder infections aside, we'd do anything to get our grubby hands on what the creative ... More >>

Super Bowl XLVI: Miami's Top 10 Affordable Places To Watch It or Take Out

​​One of the teams competing for the holy grail of football is the New York Giants, who are really from New Jersey. That's pretentious. The other team, the New England Patriots, presumably represents all six states of the region. This is like the Miami Dolphins calling themselves the Southeaster ... More >>

Florida Beer Company Says Bud Light Stole Their Blue Bottle Idea

​Now that craft beer has firmly established itself as more than a market niche, beer giants are looking to microbreweries for their next edge. To wit:Anheuser-Busch Inbev is going bottle to bottle with South Florida's Florida Beer Company and FBC is not too excited about it.Next month the bee ... More >>

Sonic Beach Debuts in Fort Lauderdale with Free Beer

Courtesy of SonicThe second-floor dining room at the new Sonic Beach.​Sure, a Burger King was nearly robbed by guy with a sock, but it's not all bad news in the fast food world. Sonic opens its second South Florida location in Fort Lauderdale at 5 p.m. today, with a menu of specialty items and a b ... More >>

Win Free Tickets to Pitbull's Bud Light Afterparty at Bongo's Tomorrow

​Who wants free tix to Pitbull, Enrique Iglesias, and Prince Royce too? Enter by 4 p.m. today. After getting drunk, stoned, and knocked upside the head by Enrique Iglesias's Euphoria Tour at the American Airlines Arena tomorrow, you're gonna be way too hyped and horny to just call it a night. N ... More >>

Miami Dolphins Buy Own Tickets to Avoid Blackout

​Well, you can't Dolphins owner Stephen Ross has never done anything nice for fans: he's taken the costly and unusual step of ordering the team to buy out the remaining stock of unsold tickets to ensure that Sundays game against the Houston Texans isn't blacked out on local television.

ArtOfficial, Electric Piquete, and All-You-Can-Drink Beer With Thrilla at the Villa August 13

​Find us an event with all-you-can-drink beer and all you've gotta do is point the way. Thrilla at the Villa is a day-long brew bonanza at Villa 221, complete with performances by bands like ArtOfficial and Electric Piquete, and greasy food. Now we could pretend that all of it sounds superappea ... More >>

Tobacco Road's Red, White and Booze (Pictures)

All photos by Laine Doss​On Saturday night, Tobacco Road held its Red, White and Booze party, featuring food and drink from over a dozen food trucks and American micro-breweries and distilleries, though Budweiser and Bud Light seemed to still be the reigning king of beer. Live music, conte ... More >>

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Upper Eastside Date From Hell, Part Three

​In honor of Valentine's Day, Short Order offers a three-part story on a date gone wrong.We scooted across Biscayne to Jamboree Lounge (7005 Biscayne Blvd.). Now, the outside of this joint, with the playful font on its sign and the warm red and green lights that shine across its door, had me expec ... More >>

Worst Valentine's Day Date Suggestions Ever

Image via Flickr/WebDetail​It's pretty easy to make most dates happy on Valentine's Day -- meet him or her with some flowers or candy, then head for a fancy or trendy restaurant and proceed to have a wonderful candlelit meal, followed by a decadent dessert. It takes more imagination, however ... More >>

Flip Burger Bar on the Happy Hour Hunt

The Place: Flip Burger Bar ​1699 NE 123rd St.North Miami305-741-3547flip-burgerbar.comThe Hours: Monday through Friday from 4 p.m. - 7 p.m.The Deals: Get two-for-one draft beers (reg. $3-$5), house wines (reg. $6-$8), and select bottles (reg. $3). Beers on draft include Miller Lite, Stella Artois, ... More >>

Ecco Pizzateca & Lounge on the Happy Hour Hunt

​Pizza usually provokes images of the following: greasy deliciousness, Ninja Turtles, chain commercials, late night munchies & movie nights, or indigestion. Rarely does society associate pizza with sexy. That concept was altered (at least locally) when Ecco Pizzateca & Lounge showed up dow ... More >>

Happy Hour Hunt Twofer: Sugarcane and Lost Weekend

Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill3250 NE 1st Ave., Midtown Miami786-369-0353 / sugarcanerawbargrill.comThe Deal: Monday - Friday, 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. ​Get $5 signature cocktails, $18 sangria pitchers & beer pitchers, and $24 cocktail pitchers. The eclectic cocktails options include the sour-sweet Sao Paulo ... More >>

March Madness Deals and 33 Big TV's at The Sports Exchange

The Sports Exchange's Shrine.​What's the best place to get caught up in March Madness? The Shrine. That's what The Sports Exchange in Coral Gables calls its' 50-foot-long bar backed by a 25-by-8-foot, high-definition projection screen, which is surrounded by eight 58-inch, high-definition plasma t ... More >>

Ten Worst Foodie Christmas Tree Ornaments, Epic Fails

There are a lot of stupid niche markets that get exploited by crafty entrepreneurs come holiday season, but maybe the stupidest one we've seen yet is for foodie Christmas ornaments. They're not cute, or funny, and we don't know what kind of inbred, backwater, shit hole town you grew up in, but food ... More >>

Dumb Sex Ads and Light Beer Aren't the Spirit for Flight Attendants

For far too long, Riptide has singled out Burger King as our favorite locally based company with desperately attention-seeking advertising to blog about. At least BK's stunts take a bit of thought and steer clear of the cheap and easy "sex sells" mode of advertising. Not so for the Miramar-based dis ... More >>

Oh, the familiar shame: Miami sports fans again dissed, this time for being too sober

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Thanks to a recent Miami police crackdown, sipping a beer without ordering food can be a costly proposition

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