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Paul Oakenfold at Pangaea/Gryphon March 9

Serafina Opens in Miami Beach

Serafina, the Italian restaurant chain that dominates New York City with its signature yellow and blue logo, has opened its first Miami location in the former Tudor House space at the Dream South Beach hotel.The restaurant, which has ten locations in Manhattan, East Hampton, White Plains, and Philad ... More >>

Toro Toro Charges Into Downtown Miami

Swedish House Mafia Headlining Ultra Music Festival 2013 With Opening, Closing Night Sets

When Swedish House Mafia's Sebastian Ingrosso, Axwell, and Steve Angello announced their career-ending One Last Tour, saying goodbye to 26 cities across every continent, we here at Crossfade lamented, "Miami's not included." But we also doubted "a group who had a huge hit called 'Miami to Ibiza' an ... More >>

Toro Toro: Rodizio Grill and Crafted Cocktails in Downtown Miami (Photos)

Toro Toro opens tomorrow, October 25, at the InterContinental hotel in downtown Miami. The restaurant is part of a renovation of the hotel, which was once Miami's largest and finest convention property. With many new hotels opening in downtown, the InterContinental's facelift, which includes artwork ... More >>

Toro Toro, Pan-Latin Steakhouse, to Open at InterContinental Hotel

The thought of hotel restaurants doesn't sound the least bit appealing to most locals. If South Beach were a mouse trap for tourists, over-priced, mediocre quality hotel restaurants would be the cheese. Of course, there are exceptions to this. Restaurants like Hakkasan at The Fontainebleau and D.B ... More >>

Swedish House Mafia Announces One Last Tour Dates, Miami Not Included

The end is near. Swedish House Mafia's Sebastian Ingrosso, Axwell, and Steve Angello just revealed the 26 dates for their One Last Tour in a most melodramatic fashion, announcing each new show about a minute apart. The world will be excited to know that the SHM guys are saying goodbye to almost e ... More >>

An Open Letter to South Beach Residents Who Say We Never Want to Hang Out on SoBe

Dear South Beach Residents Who Say We Never Visit Them Anymore Since They Moved to the Beach:So, um, we read this over at Huffington Post Miami's blog about how you never want to leave the Beach.You're right.We've noticed you never want to part ways with your precious little 33139. That's fine. You' ... More >>

Bal Harbour Shops Is the Most Lucrative Mall In the Whole Entire World

No other mall in the entire world rolls in the dough quite like the Bal Harbour Shops. The fancy mall rakes in $2,555 per square foot, according to the latest issue of Shopping Centers Today, which means it beat out ritzy shopping destinations in the likes of London, Dubai, and New York City for the ... More >>

FBI Fugitive Leslie Delbecq Explains Why She Kidnapped Her Daughter and Fled South Florida

Cipriani, La Cantina No. 20 to Open in Brickell

Tony restaurant chain Cipriani and Mexican chain La Cantina No. 20 have leased space at Icon Brickell.According to the South Florida Business Journal, the restaurants struck a deal with the building's owners after being on the market for nearly four years. The leased space encompasses three stories ... More >>

Kokoriko Natural Rotisserie Celebrates Opening With 50 Percent Off Deal

Kokoriko Natural Rotisserie, a fast-casual restaurant, has opened in Brickell, bringing Colombian-style chicken and sides to Miami. If the name sounds familiar, it's because Kokoriko Chicken has been open in South Miami for years. Both restaurants are owned by the same parent company, by the way. Th ... More >>

Deadmau5's New Year's Day Pool Party at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach

​Deadmau5's New Year's Day Pool Party With Stephan Luke, Troy Kurtz, and Damaged Goods Fontainebleau Miami Beach Sunday, December 1, 2012 Better Than: A night without a jillion jiggawatts of bass. Trillion dollar hotel, international DJs, good-looking people getting wild and out of control? What ... More >>

Join Cedric Gervais for Some F#$%ing and Dancing With the Stars on December 8

Yes, suave Frenchman and electronic stud Cedric Gervais is one of Planet Earth's top disc jockeys to the stars, especially the TV types, sports celebs, talking heads, professionally sexy people, and tabloid regulars who totally love to dance during prime time. He regularly mans the decks as celebut ... More >>

Lolitas in Tehran

Serendipity 3 Plans To Open In South Beach

Serendipity 3 plans to bring its over-the-top treats to SoBe.​Iconic Manhattan ice cream restaurant and celebrity hotspot Serendipity 3 plans to open in South Beach, bringing Frrrozen Hot Chocolate and sundaes priced like mortgage payments to the rich and beautiful of South Florida.Serendipity 3 h ... More >>

Five Teacup Puppies Stolen from Bird Road Pet Store

​Five teacup puppies, valued at a total of $4,100 and countless immeasurable units of adorableness, were snatched from the Puppy Dream pet store on Bird Road this weekend. The store's cameras caught an unidentified woman committing the unspeakable crime of grand theft cute.

Shake Shack to Open Second Miami Location in Coral Gables

​Danny Meyer, master restaurateur of both haute (Eleven Madison Park and Gramercy Tavern n NYC) and not (Shake Shack) continues his burgerfication of the entire globe with his second location in Miami planned for Coral Gables.Already taking over the Middle East with locations opening in Dubai, the ... More >>

Fontainebleau's Bowker Plates A Mean Banquet, Part 2

Fontainebleau Miami Beach​Banquet Chef de Cuisine Simon Bowker moved to the U.S. to take on the kitchen management of a massive event space at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach. In the first part of our interview we got the lowdown on what it's like to work in Dubai, and how he handled the press ... More >>

Fontainebleau's Bowker Plates A Mean Banquet

Fontainebleau Miami Beach​Chef de Cuisine Simon Bowker technically has the biggest job at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach. He oversees the banquet program, which encompasses more than 220,000 square feet of event space (and you thought your two thousand square foot apartment was impressive). H ... More >>

Steve Angello at LIV May 6

Lizarran Opens with Tapas and Pinchos in Coral Gables

Octopus pinchos. Really, there's no place in Miami more appropriate to eat tapas than Coral Gables. This city has the look of old Spain, perfect for a new authentic Spanish restaurant. Lizarran is coming to town with paella, tapas and pinchos ready to enter your belly.The Coral Gables location is th ... More >>

Skulls For Your Wrists

City Square isn't Miami's craziest project

Steve Lawler at Soho Studios November 5

Steve Lawler and Viva Music Rave Out at Soho Studios November 5

​If your name were "Steve Lawler," you'd probably spend Wednesday afternoon spinning for the Masters of the Universe on the deck of some Cyprian millionaire's giga yacht off the coast of Dubai. Then Thursday, you'd take the red-eye back home to collate your 1001 solid-platinum platters. And Friday ... More >>

Zuma Miami: Stunning Japanese cuisine

Miami art this week: Ghetto-fabulous sneakers

Bass Museum's "Human Rites" explores rituals in our lives

Q&A with Matt Tolfrey, Playing Electric Pickle on Friday

​On Monday we previewed the upcoming Friday night performance by Matt Tolfrey at Electric Pickle and with the date nearing, it's already clear that this is one booking highly anticipated by the local EDM cognoscenti. The talented British DJ/producer and Leftroom label owner has taken the London un ... More >>

Vanilla Ice Booked For Glastonbury Festival

Wellington resident Rob Van Winkle (Vanilla Ice to you) is back with a brand new invention. Well, it's kind of brand new. And kind of his invention. Either way, this collaboration with the Irish pop duo Jedward (teenage twins named John and Edward) went to number two on the UK charts. And the subse ... More >>

Miapolis: Developer Still Dreams of World's Tallest Building in Miami

Miapolis at night.​For nearly a decade, Guillermo Socarras has had a dream of constructing the world's tallest building in Miami. But plans have shifted. Backers, if they were ever really there, have backed out. The local economy, especially the building boom, has flat-lined. And just earlier this ... More >>

London's Zuma and NY's Shake Shack to Arrive in Miami 2010

New York's Shake Shack arrives to Miami at 1111 Lincoln Road in 2010.​After facing success in London, Hong Kong, Istanbul and then Dubai, where does a contemporary Japanese restaurant go to continue on it's golden culinary path? Why Miami, of course! At least that's the way German chef Rainer Beck ... More >>

Additive-Free Fun

More Turnover in Miami's Wild and Incestuous Exotic Rental Car Scene

Laura MassaThen.Last December, New Times went deep into the strange world of Miami's lawless exotic rental car market- a niche industry that seems to attract more than its fair share of fly-by-night hustlers. One of our wierdest encounters revolved around Exoticars, a tiny store on the ground-floor ... More >>

Plantation Man Pleads Guilty To Shipping Military Aircraft Parts to Iran

It's probably safe to add "shipping military aircraft parts to Iran" to your running list of "Bad Business Plans."Traian Bujduveanu, a Romanian citizen living in Plantation, learned that the hard way, pleading guilty in downtown Miami federal court today of plotting to ship sensitive military parts ... More >>

No Need to Get Wet

Q&A With John Legend, Performing at the Fillmore Miami Beach This Friday

New Times recently caught up with John Legend in between all kinds of action. After his high-profile appearances at the inaugural festivities, February will find the five-time Grammy winner playing Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, the NBA All-Star Game, and the Dubai International Jazz Festival. Oh, y ... More >>

The Agent from Iran

How a mother of two ended up in a plot to smuggle high-tech gear to the enemy.

Pretty In the City - Wrapped Up in Lace

When stunningly gorgeous California native model-slash-actress Anna Elizabeth decided to open a nail spot in Miami, her vision was simple and clear. "She wanted to open a fly-ass nail shop where bitches could come and get pretty before partying," explains John Guillot, the sassy and hilarious manage ... More >>

Italian Architect Hawks Pricey Rotating Condos

Does David Fisher know there's a recession here?

A Shapeshifting Skyscraper in Miami's Skyline?

Dubai by D.C.

Wait a Minute

Take time for this Factory Model exhibit

And Now for Something Completely Familiar

Mi Diosa

¡Qué Rico Colorado!

Closing in on Baba

Letters

Baba's Big Bucks

African millionaire Foutanga Dit Babani Sissoko opened his checkbook and stole Miami's heart. Not surprisingly, that wasn't the only thing he stole.

The Size of Their Toys

COPEX separates the men from the boys