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Best Eats & Drinks This Week: Radio Bar, Macchialina Pop-Up, and WD 555

After last week's holiday, this Monday seems even more painful than usual. Dreams of coffee alarm clocks and espresso showers were not enough to get us moving this week. Our motivation is rooted in something almost as important as caffeine: pay checks. The beginning of the month is always a killer ... More >>

Sergio's Adds Craft Beer and Tapas to Its Menu

Sergio's Restaurant, the old guard for Cuban comfort food in Miami, is adding to its skinny selections by adding craft beer and tapas to their menu. Known as one of the neighborhood bastions of Cuban eats in Miami for almost four decades, the place hasn't changed much over the years. But Sergio's v ... More >>

Sony Open: Best Eats and Drinks

Play began at the Sony Open Monday, March 18, but everything really heats up this weekend. The tournament continues through March 31, and many tennis fans double up on day and evening sessions. That makes for a long day of tennis and some hungry people.Thankfully, the Crandon Park Tennis Center ... More >>

Three Cool Raw Vegan Soups for the Hottest Days of Summer

A few months ago, before temperatures skyrocketed, I received a copy of Eat Raw, Eat Well, a cookbook by Douglas McNish containing 400 raw, vegan, and gluten-free recipes. I took a look at the cover - it pictures swirls of colorful raw vegetable "pasta" shaved from the original plants, an effect sur ... More >>

Tanlines at Bardot July 19

Tanlines Brings Beach Worship to Bardot Miami on July 19

Humans are obsessed with the beach because it reminds us that we are sacks of flesh fulfilling the evolutionary teleology that began when all life on Earth was, like, primordial soup. This is about more than sand, saltwater, and boobies, dammit. We're talking about the birthplace of our existence. ... More >>

Marlins Park: Buy Me Some Peanuts... But Skip the Tacos (Pictures)

Marlins Park, the new $684 million home to the Fish, is absolutely beautiful. I had previewed this state-of-the-art stadium at the Diamonds and Dishes event during the South Beach Wine & Food Festival but was eager to take in a game.When I received a Groupon alert for discounted tickets, I pounc ... More >>

The Meatball Joint Opens Today: Bernie Matz Does Beer & Balls

Restaurateur Bernie Matz provides the food at Miami's mecca for literary cafe hounds, Books & Books. So, why is he doing meatballs? We asked this all important question, and the answer made sense. This 30-seater is "all about real, affordable food for locals." The old King Kone place got new flo ... More >>

Jam Cruise 2013 Announces Lineup: Galactic, Big Gigantic, Femi Kuti, Steel Pulse

Who's ready to get dressed up like a six-foot Rastafarian puppet, suck down some lukewarm Corona, and absolutely not do any drugs while cruisin' across the Atlantic Ocean aboard the MSC Poesia? That's right ... We're talking about Jam Cruise, every South Florida hippie music junkie's favorite float ... More >>

Dining in the Dark at Chef Adrianne's: Enlightening!

Here are photos of last night's Dining in the Dark experience at Chef Adrianne's Vineyard Restaurant and Bar. It was quite the task to aim a spoon full of mushroom broth and an orgasmic pork wonton in the right direction without spilling all over yourself and your neighbor.... on that note, sorry, n ... More >>

Art Basel Music: Santigold Drops New Track at LIV Last Night, Wale Supports AC Milan

​Santigold With Wale Wednesday, November 30 LIV Better Than: Waiting in line at a Basel party for free drinks. Nightclubbing ... Aside from the 1977 Iggy Pop track, we pretty much hate everything about it. The stringent dress codes, blatant superficiality, remixed dance versions of Edward Sha ... More >>

Top Ten Guilty Pleasures of '90s Dance

Haddaway: If it's wrong to love him, we don't want to be right.​If you're a clubland regular, then you've probably noticed what a major comeback the classic '90s dance sound has made in the last couple years. You can hear it from the jacking house revival of underground acts like Hercules & Lo ... More >>

The Who @ 67 Street Bar & Grill Takes Over Kingdom's Old Spot

Alex Broadwell​After a month of renovations and a complete redesign, The Who @ 67 officially opened for business this week in the spot that housed beloved Biscayne Boulevard bar Kingdom.At the moment, general manager Luis Lantigua is finalizing the menu with Chef Hamlet Garcia, host of Latin cooki ... More >>

Drink for a Good Cause: Brickell Bar Crawl Is This Saturday

​Do you ever get pangs of remorse after a long night of drinking? Swear that you'll never drink again, only to do it all over again the next night? Here's an excuse to actually drink without feeling bad. You'll still have a hangover, but it'll hurt a bit less, kind of. Join fellow lushes this Satu ... More >>

Judge Keeps Results Of Commission Race Secret Thanks to Banned Banker Ricardo Corona

via Mega TVRicardo Corona​Want to know who will replace mayoral candidate Carlos Gimenez on the County Commission? Too bad! The results will be secret thanks to a bizarre ruling last night by a judge who wants more time to decide whether candidates had enough time to file for the race. Even strang ... More >>

Jimmy'z Wynwood Hosts Grand Opening Tomorrow Night

  courtesy of Jimmy'z Wynwood​For most of us, Saturday normally means beach, sand, blue water, and buckets of ice cold Corona. Well in keeping with that beach and island theme, Jimmy'z Wynwood is hosting a Grand Opening shindig tomorrow night, Saturday February 5. Pop in between 6:00 p ... More >>

Top 10 Lines From New Times 2010 Restaurant Reviews

Sugarcane draws babes, blokes, blades, and Belkys Nerey​Eater.com recently compiled New York Times critic Sam Sifton's 15 best "burns, barbs and zingers" from his 2010 reviews. It strikes me reading these that over the past twelve months, Mr. Sifton's reviews have been meaner than mine (this is me ... More >>

Rosa Mexicano on the Happy Hour Hunt

​The Place: Rosa Mexicano900 S. Miami Ave., Miami786-425-1001The Hours: Monday to Friday, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.The Deals: Get half off select drinks and appetizers. Drink specials include The 1800 Margarita ($4.50), sangria pitchers ($4,90 individual; $13.90 large), and tequila shots ($4.50).  Bee ... More >>

Floridian Beer Evolution, Part Two

​As we learned last week in the Floridian Beer Evolution Part 1, the regular beer drinker is familiar with Heineken, Corona, Budweiser and Presidente. But what he or she likely doesn't know is that Florida brewers are chipping in on the beverage side and creating fun, whimsical brews full of c ... More >>

The Floridian Beer Evolution

Beer used to be a sea of ​sameness. It was a choice between regular or light, bottle or draft. Let's be honest, a Corona tastes like a Budweiser tastes like a Coors.But these days, the American beer world is undergoing a revolution. Even Florida is making some pretty killer brews. Fresh Beer ... More >>

Sneak Review: 660 At The Angler's

A glass of big, smoky Petite Petit Lodi 2007 ($8) melded well with pork belly, and would probably pair with any dish containing bacon...so would anything selected from an alluring, user-friendly craft, beer list that includes brief taste characterizations of each brew. For instance, one of the impor ... More >>

Latin Burger and Beer Truck? Vote for Your Favorite Brew

Jacob Katel Anne Forkner, Jim Heins, and Vanessa Chen want beer with their burgers.​We ran into the Latin Burger and Taco truck on the streets of the Design District Saturday during the art walk and asked co-owner Jim Heins: "When are you gonna get some beer on this thing?"

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 >>

Bad Girls Club Is in Town, Still No Update on Jersey Shore Arrival

Two very different types of situations​Browsing the weekly listing of film permits issued in Miami-Dade sometimes yields interesting results. For instance, Vogue will apparently shoot photos in Haulover Park. Yes, that's home of the nude beach.It also seems the Miami-set fifth seaso ... More >>

Uncle Tom's Is, Indeed, a Sellout

Photo by Riki Altman​Us Southern girls take to the scent of barbecue like pigs to mud on a sunny day, so when I spotted the neon Uncle Tom's sign flickering in the distance last week, I steered in without delay. A barbecue place on Calle Ocho? Near the Gables? What a delightful surprise!It looked ... More >>

New Times Broward-Palm Beach Haiti Benefit Event on Saturday at Bierbrunnen

​Suck down as much beer as you can at the Bierbrunnen-New Times Help for Haiti event on Saturday, because half of the profits from sales of Corona, Heineken, and Miller will go to the American Red Cross. Gold Coast Beverage Distributors Inc. is donating the beer and New Times' Street Team will pro ... More >>

Dogfish Head Beer Dinner at Pacific Time and Interview with Indie Guru Claus Hagelman

via dogfish.comEverybody get your drinking hats on.​People have been getting drunk for centuries, hell, thousands of years. American craft brewers Dogfish Head are putting on an Ancient Ales beer dinner at Pacific Time on December 17, and get this, the beers are modern formulations of ancient reci ... More >>

Silicon Beach: iPhone App Design for Dummies

A refreshing application, built by a designer with a little help from geeks. Shaken Not Stirred will feature cocktail recipes and lounge music.​Well, not exactly. But California-based ANSCA stopped by this month's South Florida iPhone Meetup to introduce local geeks to Corona, an application that' ... More >>

Dolphins vs Falcons: Let's All Remain Calm and Optimistic

​Miami Dolphins @ Atlanta Falcons, Sunday at 1pm on CBS4. Not to say the Dolphins don't have some well deserved swagger, but let's be real, out of all the defending divisional champs the Fins fan's optimism might be the most muted. We all knew last year's historic turn around season was ... More >>

Get Crazy with Shwayze

Cisco Adler and Shwayze Return to South Florida for a Gig at LIV on September 2

via shwayze.com​Those who frequent too many Internet gossip sites might forever (in Internet years, anyways) associate Cisco Adler with a certain waist-down photo that circulated a couple years back. That's okay though. Here in South Florida, land of a thousand chances, the one thing blog notoriet ... More >>

Update: Gloria and Emilio Estefan Get Minority Ownership in the Dolphins

Last month, Riptide received a vague but alarming email invitation with this headline: "JIMMY BUFFETT, MIAMI DOLPHINS AND DOLPHIN STADIUM TO HOST MAJOR CORPORATE ANNOUNCEMENT."Riptide quickly RSVPed and was treated to one of the most disturbing displays in sports history: Jimmy Buffett playing to a ... More >>

Saturday Night: Jazid's 13th Anniversary Party

DJ Le Spam and crew tear up the main room at Jazid on Saturday Featuring the Spam Allstars, Suenalo, and more Saturday, June 13, 2009  Jazid, Miami Beach  Better than: Bottle service and a roomful of fake tits.  It was 9:13 p.m. and across the street on Washington Ave., a co ... More >>

Support the Troops With a Burrito

Lime Fresh Mexican Grill Supports The Troops

Lest the proliferation of mass distractions cloud your mind, Memorial Day is not just an excuse for a BBQ. We're still at war folks, and we have been for a while. That means troops in the field, troops back home, and broken families missing loved ones .With that in mind, all 5 Lime Fresh Mexican ... More >>

King of Colt Deposed at The Vagabond's Beer Chugging Contest

Vomitron heaves and prevails.

The Unreal Deal

Fresh, flavorful, healthful Chinese food — plus bubble tea! — at an excellent price.

Ode to Celebration

If you’re a poet, it’s time to show it.

Monty's

El Camuy

Tepid Pepper

Despite the flash, Poblano Cocina isn’t so hot

Cinco de Drink More Beer-O

Beachy Clean

Hardcore and Bleeding

Who knew RJ Lockwood? Just a few people. Who loved RJ Lockwood? Kaytlynn the wild one, passionately. Who murdered RJ Lockwood? The police should know, but they don't.

BEST TACO

El Toro Taco

Margaritamill

Javier's Cantina Mexicana

Best Mexican Market

Bargain Town Flea Market

Best Tollbooth

Card Sound Bridge

Best Club Without Walls

Nikki Beach Club

The Spanish Imposition