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Pretty in the City - Miami Spa Month Hangover!

The Night The Lights Went Out On Collins Avenue

When Carl Weersing threw the main circuit breaker in his Fairmont Hotel apartment, the place went dark. Really dark.

New Era of Reponsibility Means Less Corporate Tourism For Miami

The Fairmont won't be hosting any hedonistic hedge funders come March. Miami is generally seen as a vacation destination. A nice place to relax, get a tan, go out, play some golf and indulge in other hedonistic pursuits. Generally this has been a huge benefit in attracting corporate events, but not ... More >>

Archive Diver - Fairmont Gardens Bar & Grille Lame Concept 1988

image via Miami New Times Archives week of August 17 - 23, 1988Crapmont Advert 1988​So a Long Island dentist and his wife decide to embark on the adventure of a life time, leave New York and open a restaurant on Miami Beach, "Right on Collins Avenue sweetheart!" Maybe that's how the Fairmont Garde ... More >>

Deals & Steals: BLT Steak, Bourbon Steak, 660 at The Angler

​Weighing In On LuluSo the folks from Greenstreet Café put a billboard up announcing their upcoming Lulu restaurant. Paula Nino of Short Order called owner Sylvano Bignon to ask about it, but he wasn't around. Greenstreet manager Eric Boucher was around, and claimed it was "premature" to discuss ... More >>

Chef Gabriel Fenton Talks Jerk Chicken Wings & Bourbon Steak

Photo by Lee Klein​The Miami Heat plays its first preseason game this coming Tuesday, October 5. That same evening, executive chef Gabriel Fenton from Bourbon Steak Miami will be introducing his own new heat excitement via "super hot jerk chicken wings" -- a new bar item on a new bar menu. Guests ... More >>

Bourbon Steak's Recipe For Fiery Jerk Chicken Wings

Photo courtesy of Bourbon SteakMake these at home!On Friday, we spoke with Bourbon Steak Miami's executive chef Gabriel Fenton about his fiery jerk chicken wings that will hit the Bourbon Steak bar bites menu tomorrow -- coinciding with the first Miami Heat preseason game. Some heat with the Heat, s ... More >>

Taste of the Nation 2011 in Pictures

Chef Philip Brock and Paula da Silva​It was a lively scene last night at Share Our Strength's Taste of the Nation at the Fairmont Turnberry Isle in Aventura. Forty local chefs cooked to raise money for programs to feed children in need. The place wasn't too crowded, making it easy to navigate the ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain's The Layover: I Left My Liver In San Francisco (A Recap)

The Travel ChannelAnthony Bourdain gets drunk off of umbrella drinks at The Tonga Room.​There's no doubt that San Francisco is one of the top cities for restaurants, so I was looking forward to seeing Tony's picks for dining in his San Francisco Layover. Interestingly enough, it was the drinking t ... More >>