Robert Burr

Miami's Five Best Eats and Drinks this Weekend

If you think eating and drinking all week is irresponsible behavior, think again. While we all might be broke, underfed, and over-stressed, taking part in any kind of food-centric events helps us come back down to earth. Hanging out with friends, sipping a fine wine, drinking a good craft, and nos ... More >>

Miami Rum Renaissance Festival Moves Off Beach, Expands

Miami Rum Renaissance Festival director Robert Burr is what you might call "rum obsessed." The author of Examiner.com's national rum page has about 900 bottles of rum in his private collection, hosts rum cruises on which fans can tour various distilleries at exotic ports of call, and is hosting ... More >>

Gramps Hosting Jimbo's 86th Birthday

It was, according to Esquire, one of America's best bars. And closer to home, it served New Times' favorite smoked fish for nearly six decades. These days, however, Jimbo's is little more than a grassy plot of vacant land on Virginia Key. But the bait shop and seaside speakeasy's legacy lives on i ... More >>

Julio Cabrera Goes to Cuba, Makes Hemingway Special at Constante's Grave

When you woke up this morning, you probably didn't think you'd get the opportunity to visit Cuba and tour rum distilleries. Neither did Julio Cabrera. But he recently got the chance to do so and he's got the pictures to prove it. The Miami mixologist, most recently from the late Sra. Martinez, h ... More >>

Miami Mixologists Represent at Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans

See also "Sra. Martinez's Robert Montero wins Marie Brizard cocktail challeng" and "Julio Cabrera of Sra. Martinez wins Campari cocktail competition at The Corner."Miami was well represented at the tenth anniversary of Tales of the Cocktail. This five-day long celebration of spirits brings the world ... More >>

Fifteen Rums, Two Cachacas in One Hour: Judging at the Rum Renaissance Festival

Every year, bartenders, rum enthusiasts, and fans of a little fun-in-the-sun converge on Miami Beach for the annual Miami Rum Renaissance Festival held at the Deauville Resort. Though events have been going on all week, the real action lies in the two-day grand tasting this Saturday and Sunday from ... More >>

Rum Renaissance Festival Kicks Off a Weeklong Booze Fest Tonight

Photo by Justin NamonLast year's Rum Renaissance.​Rum aficionados rejoice as the third annual Rum Renaissance Festival kicks off tonight with Zombie Jamboree at the Mai Kai in Fort Lauderdale. this evening, it's all about the famous Zombie cocktail. Tiki torches and free flowing DonQ cocktails mar ... More >>

Letters from the issue of July 1, 2010

Party to Save Jimbo's Place This Sunday

Claudia KatzJames "Jimbo" Luznar prepping his fish for the smoker.​Like Coral Castle and Tobacco Road, the ex-shrimper hideaway known as Jimbo's Place (Duck Lake Rd., Virginia Key) is one of those odd outcroppings of the subtropical landscape that provides an increasingly necessary contrast to Mia ... More >>

Yet Another Reason to Love Sugar

Savor the flavors of Brazil’s most popular alcohol

Rallye, Ho!

Local speed racers, start your engines

Aluminum Can Omen

The movie about Jimbo’s place is hipper than thou, and Studio A suffers

Insolence Ointment

Free rum, fine stories, and a fabled Coral Gables eatery on its way out

Pirates Know Best

Plain Meaning of the Line

Wine and other spirits intrigue while Iman slightly disappoints

That's Barbecue!