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Scare Up Some Spooky Cocktails For Halloween

Halloween is right around the corner and soon the streets and bars will be filled with zombies, sexy witches, and vampires -- all thirsting for a cocktail.You want to know what's even more frightening than having all these creatures of the night walking the streets of Miami?An empty glass....That's ... More >>

iHeartRadio Pool Party: A Lusty Five-Part Guide With Enrique Iglesias, Calvin Harris, and More!

See also "Best Fourth of July 2012 Parties on South Beach." If you think that radio's only shortcomings are (1) the musicians aren't playing live for you and (2) the lack of heat mirages rising off a vast field of tanned European buttocks -- well, things are about to change for you, friend. On Jun ... More >>

Today: United Way Miami Wine & Food Festival Kicks Off 17th Annual Edition

It might not have the swag or bravado of its nationally-recognized cousin the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, but the 17th annual edition of the United Way Miami Wine & Food Festival definitely has a lot to offer. Best of all, and unlike SBWFF, proceeds go to a charity that strengthens the ... More >>

A Second Alleged Rape at Fontainebleau During Miami Music Week

​Rafael Munga, 26, was arrested Thursday after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman inside her Fontainebleau penthouse suite, Miami Beach Police say.The victim said she woke up to a naked man climbing into her bed, according to a report by CBS Miami. She left the door to her suite open becau ... More >>

Chinese New Year Celebration Starts Sunday: Kung Hei Fat Choy at Hakkasan and the Mandarin

The Hakkasan Dragon Dance performed by local Kung Fu experts at the Fontainebleau Hotel will start at 9 p.m. sharp at the Bleau Bar and make its way to the haute cuisine restaurant..

Santigold Announces Concert at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach on January 19

​When Santigold called to tell Crossfade that she'd be in town for Art Basel Miami Beach, we squealed with delight like the Disney-fied version of those piglets penned outside Primary Flight. But after about 15 minutes, we got sad, thinking, "Well, she hasn't hit the Beach since ... November 2009 ... More >>

Macarons are the New Cupcakes; Solo Has Them Starting Today

Lee KleinMacarons at Vida brunch at Fontainebleau​Macarons are absolutely the new cupcakes.I know this because I was watching ABC News and they said that "macaroons are the new cupcakes." The next day Time magazine came in the mail and in it was an article entitled "Will Macarons be the new cupcak ... More >>

Pay $399 to Spend Labor Day With Pitbull, Gettin' Drunk Off Voli Vodka at Fontainebleau

Buy a night with Pit.​Ever fantasized about hiring Pitbull to be your friend for a weekend? Well, dreams come true! And all you gotta do is pay $399 per night. If your holiday weekend is still a giant gaping three-day block of nothing, the Fontainebleau Miami Beach is offering three very special ... 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 >>

Vodka Ice Pops Coming to Fontainebleau, Make Yours Now

Grey Goose The Grey Goose ice pop -- now brain freeze comes with a hangover.​Grey Goose is partnering with the Fontainebleau Hotel to offer vodka ice pops as a refreshing poolside treat. Available in three flavors (berry lemonade, pineapple and orange), they won't be shipped in from a manuf ... More >>

Fontainebleau's App: Download Quick and Win Free Hotel Stay

via Fontainebleau Miami BeachThe home screen of the Fontainebleau app.​Yesterday, Fontainebleau Miami Beach announced the launch of an iPhone and Android app, as well as a mobile site for most smartphones. In addition, the hotel will run a Facebook sweepstakes for those who download the free app. ... More >>

Three Men Charged in Brutal Gang Rape at Fontainebleau

​Three men in town for Spring Break and the festivities surrounding Miami Music Week were arrested after allegedly brutally gang raping a college student in their room at the Fontainebleau. The young woman met the men at a pool party at the Shelborne Hotel.

Max Vangeli Talks New Year's Eve With Tiësto, Sexy Beats, and Ultra vs. WMC

​At this point, San Franciso-based DJ-producer Max Vangeli is basically a made man. He's scored support sets for Swedish House Mafia. He's been signed to Mafia member Steve Angello's Size Records. And he's even the production partner of Stevie's brother, Antoine Josefsson, otherwise known as AN21 ... More >>

Ooi Soon Lok is the New Chef at Hakkasan

Chef Ooi Soon Lok​There's a little kitchen shuffling going on at the Fontainebleau. Chef Ooi Soon Lok, a Malaysian chef who most recently worked as executive Chinese chef at Capella Singapore Hotel, is the new executive chef at Hakkasan.The kitchen at Hakkasan was formerly in the hands of a corpor ... More >>

Gotham Steak's Cote De Boeuf is a Pricey Five-Pound Meal

If you're not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter, here's a taste of what you're missing. Click here to subscribe.Courtesy of Fontainebleau Miami BeachGotham Steak's $250 cote de boeuf.​Were you born with a platinum spoon in your mouth and an American Express Centurion card in ... More >>

Miami Spice: Deal or No Deal? The Final Tally

Lee KleinGazpacho at Palme d'Or -- it's a deal​We have spent the past couple of weeks going over Miami Spice menus and categorizing each as being either a deal (a bargain at $50 after tax/tip/etc.) or no deal (usually because of inferior menu selections or just not any real break from regular menu ... More >>

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Cool Restaurant Interiors: Scarpetta

Scarpetta's bar​Step aboard Scarpetta. So maybe chef Scott Conant's restaurant at the Fontainebleau doesn't sit on water, but the restaurant's nautical decor and water views will make you feel like you're dining aboard a luxurious ship.

Blade to Close at the Fontainebleau

Photo by Lee KleinWill Blade's cheesecake lollipops live on at VIDA? ​Fontainebleau's Blade Sushi restaurant will officially close this coming Monday, March 29th, to be replaced by a music driven lounge. I asked Fontainebleau Public Relations Manager Paula Gomez if it was anything I said in Blade' ... More >>

Fontainebleau Miami Hasn't Made a Loan Payment Since September, Looking to Restructure Debt

​The owners of the Fontainebleau Miami Beach borrowed about $620 million to complete its recent $1 billion makeover, but according to Business Week, they haven't made payments on any of the loans since September. Now BW says they're offering a restructuring plan to lenders. Yes, yet another Miami ... More >>

On the Presidential Menu: Health Care Reform and Sinking Chocolate Ball?

Jackie SayetThe President's "Sinking Chocolate Ball"? Nah, this one's from Meat Market. ​Health care reform may not yet be a slam dunk for the President, but sinking was a theme on the menu at the Democratic Party fundraiser last night at the Fontainebleau Hotel on South Beach.A source present at ... More >>

News Roundup

Ben Novak, murdered prince of the Fontainebleau, once claimed his wife tried to have him killed. They got back together, though, but now he is mysteriously dead. [Herald]Three Miami residents are accused of buying pills from Medicaid patients and then selling them out of state. [SunSent]The teen w ... More >>

Rye Rye Cancels Tour Appearances

Poplife has confirmed Baltimore club-hop artist Rye Rye has canceled the remainder of her U.S. dates; no specific reason was given. She was scheduled to appear at yesterday's Just Add Water pool party at Blade at the Fontainebleau and Wednesday at LIV's Dirty Hairy party.

A High Degree of Liquidity

MP3 of the Day: "Carl On" by DJ Chachi, at LIV on June 26

It would be enough of an accomplishment if 24 - year - old DJ Chachi simply spun at Tenjune -- after all, it is one of the Big Bad Apple's hippest hotspots. But that's not nearly enough for this go-getter, who also counts to his credit residencies at both Mur.Mur in the Borgata in Atlantic City and ... More >>

Diary of a Flasher: Underwater Adventures at the Fontainebleau

photo by JipsyTo read past installments of Diary of a Flasher, click here. There's a side of me people hardly ever see, simply because I am old enough to understand the business and the attitudes people carry. Like me or not, if I get hired to do a job, get out of my way and have the decency to resp ... More >>

News Roundup

LocalOnce-great writer visits once-great newsroom. [Herald]The death of two infants in March at Miami Children's Hospital is being blamed on bad plumbing that spread a virus. [NBCMiami]More poll numbers confirm what everyone knows: There is a snowball's chance in Hell that Marco Rubio is going to wi ... More >>

Weekend Restaurant Weather Report: As Nobu, Blade Sushi Sink... BLT, Sosta Swim

NBC McFlood. Can you blame me for not heading over MacArthur to snap my own pics?When things got a little more wet and wild than usual on South Beach this weekend, some restaurants rose to the occasion thanks to lucky locations, while others were bogged down in high waters.  And the Miam ... More >>

Section of the Roof at the Fontainebleau Hotel Collapses

via Alfred Spellman's TwitpicWe aren't entirely sure what has happened, but Twitter updates from Cocaine Cowboys producer Alfred Spellman indicate that a piece roof in the lobby at the Fontainebleau Hotel, near the entrance to LIV, has caved in. The area has been roped off and sandbagged presumably ... More >>

News Roundup

LocalFather Lay Minister Cutié gave his first sermon as an Episcopalian, and apparently his old Church is a little pissed he's made such a big deal about the switch. [USAToday]No, but seriously. It's not a good week for the Catholic Church in Miami. They'll be closing 13 churches. [H ... More >>

Report Says Miami is Full of (Broke) Ballers

Image via Little Miss Sunshine.'s flickr/CCMaybe Riptide has been living off of spaghetti and buying beer with couch change for too long. Maybe seeing the parade of Hummers and yachts in South Beach rubs salt in the wound. Maybe. Because it's not very nice. It's kind of mean, actually, that a recen ... More >>

Baby, It's Côte Outside

The Miami Beach RivieraThe Fontainebleau's heralded Hakkasan opening perhaps overhadowed another of the hotel's newly debuted eateries, La Côte. Inspired by the Côte d'Azur (as opposed to the Côte d'Jersey), this seaside beach club and restaurant (with open-air second level) offers guests "the fl ... More >>

Winter Music Conference Event Listings

Find all the best parties taking place March 25-29.

Batty over Gotham

The new Fontainebleau joint stakes its claim as a great Miami Beach steak house.

Over the Weekend - Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, Shine 3 Year Anniversary and Joe Jackson

What's up with the sudden chill? It ruined our plans to hangout poolside on Sunday with plenty of stiff drinks to go around. Well, the drinking still happened, but we were bundled up indoors. The biggest news this weekend, of course, was the reopening of the Fontainebleau Hotel. Plenty of celebriti ... More >>

Miami Beach's New Fontainebleau Set to Debut

A billion bucks later, the home of the stars is back.

Play It as It Lays

The days of Sinatra and Sammy may be long gone, but Miami's piano men refuse to stop the music

The Life in Nightlife

If the South Beach club scene appears comatose, it could be that not enough drag queens are screeching at each other

BEST LOCAL LANDMARK

Fontainebleau Hilton Resort

Best Piano Man

Paquito Hechavarria

Schmooze It or Lose It

The tech boom has South Florida's Internet pioneers and newcomers in a state of rabid networking

Oh No, He Can't!

Old Fontainebleu fave Sammy Davis, Jr.

The Slap of Luxury

Fontainebleau Hilton security chief Chuck Collado isn't a cop. He just acts like one.

Isn't He Lovely?

Uncommon Law

Sam Thompson, hard-charging dean of the University of Miami's law school, has high hopes, strong opinions, and a tendency to attract trouble

King of Clubs

Club Tropigala's heritage dates back to nineteenth-century Cuba, but when the curtain rises, this could only be Miami

Skin Deep

She's no doctor, but when the glitterati needed beauty triage during Miami's heyday, Ruth Regina always came through with coif medicine

Edifice Rex

The establishment hated him, but resort-goers thought his designs were the best thing since room service. If it was fun, funky, and Fifties in Miami Beach, chances are Morris Lapidus dreamed it up.

When the Beach was Hot

Eisenhower was president, shark-finned Cadillacs ruled the highways, and Miami Beach was the nightlife capital of the Western Hemisphere