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Restaurant Comings and Goings

Preliminary WMC Schedule Posted (the Actual Conference!)

Pretty in the City – A Surprising Strip Mall Spa

Pretty In The City – Oooh Aaah, Uhma Spa

Restaurant Comings and Goings

Bernstein at the Omphoy?

Where Have All the Spikers Gone?

The pros have packed up their volleyballs and split Miami Beach.

Hot Ceviche Confuses Top Chef's Jeff McInnis

"I don't understand, ya'll!"ZOMG, ya'll! Did you watch last night's Super Bowl edition of Top Chef? Poor Jeff McInnis got the boot. We feel for him. The chef from the DiLido Beach Club at the Ritz-Carlton South Beach couldn't wrap his head around why the judges preferred season 2's Josie Smith-Malav ... More >>

Hot Ceviche Confuses Top Chef's Jeff McInnis

"I don't understand, ya'll!"ZOMG, ya'll! Did you watch last night's Super Bowl edition of Top Chef? Poor Jeff McInnis got the boot. We feel for him. The chef from the DiLido Beach Club at the Ritz-Carlton South Beach couldn't wrap his head around why the judges preferred season 2's Josie Smith-Malav ... More >>

Design of the Times

"I don't understand, ya'll!"ZOMG, ya'll! Did you watch last night's Super Bowl edition of Top Chef? Poor Jeff McInnis got the boot. We feel for him. The chef from the DiLido Beach Club at the Ritz-Carlton South Beach couldn't wrap his head around why the judges preferred season 2's Josie Smith-Malav ... More >>

AAA Doles Out Diamonds to Our Stars

They're a girl's best friendTomorrow night at the Jupiter Beach Resort, AAA will formally present its Diamond Awards to Palm Beach County restaurants and hotels that have gone way beyond the call of duty in terms of service, food, style, and amenities. The winners, though, have already been announce ... More >>

Pretty in the City - Book Now for Spa Week!

  Recession blues are so not pretty, and increasingly, consumers have been cutting back on life's little luxuries. That definitely includes spa visits and appointments for facials, massages, and manicures. Well, here's a treat for frugal fashionistas and budgeting beauties who want to s ... More >>

I’m Too Chunky for This Shirt

Not anymore, if you spend a weekend with ECA.

Spike Me, Baby

Hot dudes aplenty will be bouncing their balls on South Beach.

We Like the Spin Cycle

Hot dudes aplenty will be bouncing their balls on South Beach.

They Thought it Wouldn’t Last

Celebrate the anniversary of Arturo’s dream

The Bitch

One Ninety Eighty-Sixed

BEST PROMOTER

Michael Capponi

BEST NIGHTCLUB DISGUISED AS A HOTEL

The Ritz-Carlton's DiLido Beach Club

BEST MALL

Village of Merrick Park

Best Late-Night Dining

11th Street Diner

Best Club To Close In The Past Twelve Months

Bash

T. Willard Fair

Bash

Laurinda Spear

Bash

Best Drink Special

Iguana Cantina

Best Dance Club

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Hutchinson Island Writer's Conference Early Bird Special

WikicommonsIs this your idol?All you hard-drinking, never-novel-finishing people out there, listen up. Sometimes we all need a jump start. Ours over here at the Miami New Times is that cruel Muse we call "Deadline", whose red tail is forever smacking us in the back of the head just when we're gettin ... More >>

Moan at the Moon

because howling is so not sexy.

Baila Me

because howling is so not sexy.

Kaskade puts a decade's experience into a new album

because howling is so not sexy.

Jersey Shore's Sammi "Sweatheart" To Face Assault Charges After South Beach Club Brawl

Sammi "Sweatheart" has fists of fury​You can take the girl out of Jersey, but you can't take the Jersey out of the girl. Jersey Shore castmate Sammi "Sweatheart" Giancola will be facing criminal assault charges and a civil lawsuit after she got into a brawl at a South Beach club this weekend 24-ye ... More >>

July 4th IndepenDANCE Pool and Beach Party at the Surfcomber with Armin Van Buuren and Sander Kleinenberg

​4th of July has become synonymous for many a South Beach club rat with the annual IndepenDANCE Pool and Beach Party at the Surfcomber Hotel. Now on its 6th installment, IndepenDANCE has showcased a variety of local and international DJ favorites in the past, including Space regular Victor Caldero ... More >>

Hear Felipe Lamoglia's Afro-Cuban Jazz Project at the Deauville on Thursday

​South Florida's small but tight jazz scene has usually been recognized out of town for its Afro-Cuban influences. This Thursday night provides an opportunity to hear one of the greatest local proponents of that sound, Felipe Lamoglia. The noted saxophonist, arranger, and composer will t ... More >>

Going Dutch

​South Florida's small but tight jazz scene has usually been recognized out of town for its Afro-Cuban influences. This Thursday night provides an opportunity to hear one of the greatest local proponents of that sound, Felipe Lamoglia. The noted saxophonist, arranger, and composer will t ... More >>

Miami Chefs Attend Club Med Wine & Food Fest

Photo by Riki AltmanChefs in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic for Club Med's 2010 Wine & Food Festival.​Club Med, the all-inclusive vacation concept company with its North American headquarters in Miami, has hosted an annual culinary event for years, but it was always kept on the down low.  ... More >>

Interview With Erik Peters, Club Med's Corporate Chef, Founder of the Club Med Wine & Food Festival

Erik Peters​Erik Peters left college to become a "ski bum," but after a bad man-versus-nature accident, he reverted to cooking, a hobby that always came naturally. His first job with Club Med was as an assistant sous chef in Copper Mountain, Colorado, and his next gig took him to Playa Blanca in M ... More >>

Tiki Time

Erik Peters​Erik Peters left college to become a "ski bum," but after a bad man-versus-nature accident, he reverted to cooking, a hobby that always came naturally. His first job with Club Med was as an assistant sous chef in Copper Mountain, Colorado, and his next gig took him to Playa Blanca in M ... More >>

Miami Horror at LIV

Erik Peters​Erik Peters left college to become a "ski bum," but after a bad man-versus-nature accident, he reverted to cooking, a hobby that always came naturally. His first job with Club Med was as an assistant sous chef in Copper Mountain, Colorado, and his next gig took him to Playa Blanca in M ... More >>

Subverting the Visual

Erik Peters​Erik Peters left college to become a "ski bum," but after a bad man-versus-nature accident, he reverted to cooking, a hobby that always came naturally. His first job with Club Med was as an assistant sous chef in Copper Mountain, Colorado, and his next gig took him to Playa Blanca in M ... More >>

Miami Beach Hotel Included on List of Ten Dirtiest Hotels in America

​Lots of tourists come to South Beach to get dirrty -- in that pained Christina Aguliera sense -- but most of them expect a clean room. For at least the second year in a row, a Miami Beach hotel has received the dishonor of making TripAdvisor.com's 10 dirtiest hotels in America list.

Mandarin Oriental's Sizzlin' SunDaze Offers End of the Week Respite

Courtesy of Manderin OrientalOasis Beach Club.​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.Put the "daze" in your "Sundays" (and remind yourself how sweet life would be if you and your SO didn't have to go b ... More >>

A Little Sizzle in Your Step

Courtesy of Manderin OrientalOasis Beach Club.​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.Put the "daze" in your "Sundays" (and remind yourself how sweet life would be if you and your SO didn't have to go b ... More >>

Rum Runners

Courtesy of Manderin OrientalOasis Beach Club.​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.Put the "daze" in your "Sundays" (and remind yourself how sweet life would be if you and your SO didn't have to go b ... More >>

South Beach towing companies go to war

Courtesy of Manderin OrientalOasis Beach Club.​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.Put the "daze" in your "Sundays" (and remind yourself how sweet life would be if you and your SO didn't have to go b ... More >>

The Setai, Carrabba's, Cabana Beach Club: Boardwalk Dining for Locals

​An afternoon walk on the boardwalk that stretches between 21st and 46th streets on the Beach can be tourist hell in winter. But as the scorching heat slows things down, so does the poolside activity.  Great time for a walk and a bite, right? Surprisingly, only 3 resorts actively welcome non- ... More >>

Hans Viertl of Sacha's Cafe Loves His Employees and Is Off the Clock for Dinner

​We met former Club Med chef and restaurateur Hans Viertl at his lovely cafe, Sacha's, which is tucked quietly around the side of an office building in downtown Coral Gables. Like his other businesses, Fountain Bistro, La Ficelle Cafe, and Fountain Deli, the New York/European style eatery is ... More >>

12 Tacos in September

​We met former Club Med chef and restaurateur Hans Viertl at his lovely cafe, Sacha's, which is tucked quietly around the side of an office building in downtown Coral Gables. Like his other businesses, Fountain Bistro, La Ficelle Cafe, and Fountain Deli, the New York/European style eatery is ... More >>

Girls Gone Wild To Film at Shaka Jons in Miami Beach: Bartenders Wanted

Shaka Jons via FacebookIf you can't be a drunk co-ed..you can at least serve them the beer​Girls Gone Wild, the series and website devoted to showing wholesome college co-eds drunkenly stripping and making out with each other is coming to Miami Beach to film..and if you've got some mad bartending ... More >>