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Boston Beer Company Coming to Miami? UPDATED

The Magic City might be getting some high-profile attention from the largest craft brewery in the United States, the Boston Beer Company, brewer of Sam Adams beer. Is it true? If so, then this would be a huge boost to the craft beer scene in Miami, which is already on the cusp of seeing the openi ... More >>

Cancer, Asthma, and Death Prowl a Miami Neighborhood

North Miami Nearly Gave Racketeering Suspect's Company $99K To Clean Three Blocks Of Sidewalk

Need a quick infusion of cash? Don't bother signing up to sell cheap knives door-to-door or be part of dodgy medical study. Instead, head up to North Miami and bid for a city contract. Because as one company learned, you can quite easily bankroll yourself through the North Miami City Council. Last w ... More >>

Burger Beast Responds To Miami-Dade Cease and Desist

Sef Gonzalez is an eater, not a fighter.​Last week, Short Order reported that blogger Sef Gonzalez (better known as The Burger Beast) had received a cease-and-desist email from Miami-Dade Assistant County Attorney, Thomas Logue. In the email, Logue stated Burger Beast's Miami Food Truck logo ... More >>

Burger Beast Blogger Gets Cease and Desist Email From Miami-Dade

Burger Beast Sef Gonzalez (right) -- just in it for the burgers.​In another episode of our regularly scheduled program about Miami-Dade government -- titled Hey, Miami, What the F**k? -- Burger Beast blogger and all-around hamburger fan Sef Gonzalez was sent a "cease and desist" email yester ... More >>

Tea Baggin' Battle: Florida Tea Party to Sue Other Florida Tea Party

​"The Tea Party" may be one of the silliest names associated with a political movement, but that hasn't stopped one Florida group calling itself the Tea Party for taking a similarly named group to court over the rights to the name.The Florida Tea Party, a grass-roots movement not affiliated with a ... More >>

Good Actors, Lousy Stewards

Letters from the Issue of May 19, 2005

Shark killers, whimpering liberals, and demanding drag queens

Building a Better Nightclub

Can the developers of a new superbar keep the dance floor packed?

Thou Art a Villain

Grand Theft, Church

Ghetto redevelopment Miami style is anything but divine

Bully Boy

So top county executive Tom David destroyed public records. Who cares, right?

Just Plain Folks

Burke Besieged

The Florida Elections Commission and the Florida Bar. Maybe the FBI, too. For a man who won automatic re-election, Metro Commissioner James Burke seems to have a lot of explaining to do.

Burke's Law

Is there a financial adviser in the house?

Temple Tantrum

Not even the embattled State of Israel can hold a candle to this feuding little synagogue in North Bay Village