Shopping

New Downtown Miami Publix: Does It Deserve Being Ranked Third in the Nation?

Hipsters and dog owners in midtown and downtown can now rejoice. Publix has finally opened a convenient location in the Omni area. No longer will denizens have to visit the jam-packed outpost on Biscayne at 48th Street. The new location, at 1776 Biscayne Blvd., features both a liquor store and a pha ... More >>

Facebook and Twitter Icons Make You Less Likely to Buy Embarrassing Products Online, UM Study Finds

​Online shopping was a boon to buyers who sometimes felt a little embarrassment when buying certain products. The web's anonymity may have made them feel like no one could judge them for, say, buying an industrial-sized vat of KY Jelly. But the mere presence of social media logos like Twitter and ... More >>

Hot Florida Crime Trend: Stealing Credit Cards to Pamper Your Feet

​Our feet are our most utilitarian and thankless body part. Laboring under the weight of our body to trudge us from place to place, all the while getting little love from anyone outside of foot fetish message boards. Sometimes you just have to pamper your paws. Though, as two dumb Florida criminal ... More >>

Judas Priest Announce $20 Black Friday Tickets for Epitaph Farewell Tour

Behold Black Friday! No doubt, the day after Thanksgiving belongs to the Devil. The sun becomes a black hole. Unrepentant gluttons suffer atop overflowing toilets. And endless legions of zombified shoppers stalk the malls and big-box stores in search of awesome deals that might set them free from S ... More >>

Black Friday Endurance Shopping: A Nutritional Plan for Optimal Performance

Black Friday deals this year will be even better than usual. According to Bloomberg, if customers bought everything on the Toys "R" Us circular this year, they would save $12,500, up from $11,000 last year. Stores are opening earlier, giving you and the other ravenous holiday deal shoppers even more ... More >>

Target Worker Drives Car into Canal After Black Friday Shift in Palm Beach

​The unsung victims of the bizarre display of capitalism we call Black Friday? The hundreds of thousands of retail workers who have their Thanksgiving marred by having to get show up to work later that night to prepare.A worker at a Target in Palm Beach was so exhausted after working her Black Fri ... More >>

Five Crazy Black Friday Shopping Frenzies

​For many Americans, this Thursday will be a day of thankful reflection over a meal the size of which a third-world family has never seen. But according to the National Retail Federation, about 152 million of those folks (that's about half the population) can be expected to line the cold shopping ... More >>

Sweat Records' Black Friday Garage Sale Promises Deep Discounts and No Stampedes

Oh, Black Friday! Every year after Thanksgiving, a shopping warzone breaks out as holiday cheer and good tidings soon give way to flying elbows and weeping grandmothers who scream in the deep-throated, craggy, ten-packs-a-day roar of a truck driver at a strip club, "Christmas shopping season is fuc ... More >>

Black Friday Workout

Oh, Black Friday! Every year after Thanksgiving, a shopping warzone breaks out as holiday cheer and good tidings soon give way to flying elbows and weeping grandmothers who scream in the deep-throated, craggy, ten-packs-a-day roar of a truck driver at a strip club, "Christmas shopping season is fuc ... More >>

Who Wants Free Tickets for TV on the Radio at the Fillmore Miami Beach?

​When Brooklyn's TV on the Radio revealed plans to surf all the way to South Beach upon Nine Types of Light, we  warned all you weak-eyed, sensitive-eared indie kids about arriving unprepared. Next Tuesday's TVOTR blast at the Fillmore Miami Beach will be blindingly brilliant. So if you have ... More >>

German Fruit Bread: Not a Vegan Brownie, That's For Sure

Laine DossWhen is a brownie not a brownie? When it's a fruit bread.​Welcome to Short Order Show & Tell, where one of us brings a local delicacy to our weekly staff meeting, and we all weigh in on its deliciousness.Today's experiment was German Fruit Bread from Crackerman Crackers in Bay Harb ... More >>

Farm Stores: Only Online Grocery Shopping Now Available

via 3guysfrommiami.com​On a recent late-night run to a local Farm Stores (the drive-thru convenience store with the cow on the sign), a nifty flyer with $20-off coupon was dropped in the bag. That discount is good for online grocery shopping. Curiosity was piqued.So, what are the advantages ... More >>

Black Friday Deals for Foodies

Courtesy Romanico's ChocolatesThe Miami Sushi chocolate and candy box from Romanico's Chocolates​Here are some Black Friday deals for those who have a hankering for specialty food products or for those hoping to get the perfect gift for the foodies in their life. Even better: none of these deals r ... More >>

Good Charlotte Comes to Miami and (Literally) Goes to the Mall October 9

Twins!​Next Saturday, you're gonna be bumming around Miami International Mall anyway, right? So between stocking up on day-glo shoelaces, stuffing your face full of Cinnabon, and shoplifting calling cards from the One Stop Shop ... Why not check out Mr. Nicole Richie (AKA Joel Madden) and his br ... More >>

Surfs Up, Miami

Twins!​Next Saturday, you're gonna be bumming around Miami International Mall anyway, right? So between stocking up on day-glo shoelaces, stuffing your face full of Cinnabon, and shoplifting calling cards from the One Stop Shop ... Why not check out Mr. Nicole Richie (AKA Joel Madden) and his br ... More >>

Shecky Till You Drop

Twins!​Next Saturday, you're gonna be bumming around Miami International Mall anyway, right? So between stocking up on day-glo shoelaces, stuffing your face full of Cinnabon, and shoplifting calling cards from the One Stop Shop ... Why not check out Mr. Nicole Richie (AKA Joel Madden) and his br ... More >>

Décor for Your Cardboard Box

Twins!​Next Saturday, you're gonna be bumming around Miami International Mall anyway, right? So between stocking up on day-glo shoelaces, stuffing your face full of Cinnabon, and shoplifting calling cards from the One Stop Shop ... Why not check out Mr. Nicole Richie (AKA Joel Madden) and his br ... More >>

Bayside Marketplace for Sale

Bayside Marketplace -- a place we've been to once, because our best friend used a Chili's gift certificate from her grandma there -- is up for sale. The owner, General Growth Properties, is in a superbad financial situation (who isn't?) and has decided Bayside doesn't fit into its core niche of ... More >>

Confessions of a Shopaholic

Bush and this movie agree: Go shopping! (Wait, don’t.)

MiMo M.Y.O.B.

At yesterday's Miami City Commission meeting, a small group of neighborhood preservationists came prepared to do in Eric Silverman, owner of the Vagabond Motel on Biscayne Boulevard in the Upper Eastside. Members of the MiMo Biscayne Association and residents railed against Silverman's use of his pr ... More >>

Saving Your Pennies

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Is Kanye Dropping a New Album This Year?

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Last Night: Rag Trade Grand Reopening

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Ho Ho Ho!

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Sashay, Shantay

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Gifts from the Heart

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Santa’s Little Helper

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Shopping Cart Calumny

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Spin Yourself Silly

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Get Crafty

Or just pretend you made it yourself

Primping Periodical

Or just pretend you made it yourself

You’re Wearing That?

Or just pretend you made it yourself

The Anti-Malls

In Miami's Fashion District, there's no Aventura adventure

Artsy Cartsy

An exhibit to help the homeless

PERSONAL BEST

Terri Weisberg

BEST DISCOUNT MEN'S CLOTHIER

Marshall's on Thursdays around 2:00 p.m.

BEST LIQUOR STORE

Crown Wine and Spirits

Bedroom Rockers party

Crown Wine and Spirits

BEST STROLL

Miracle Mile on Saturday

BEST HOMEMADE PASTA

Nunzio's Italian Ristorante

Buy, Buy, Love

Show Mom you care with couture

Baby Saving

Parents practice paramedics

BEST CONSIGNMENT STORE

Twice As Nice

BEST MANICURE

New Slick Unisex Salon

6726 Bird Road

West Miami-Dade

305-667-9827

Best Vintage Store

C. Madeleine's

Stanley Whitman's Wonderful Life

He was born to wealth, he built the wildly successful Bal Harbour Shops, and he always seems to get what he wants -- no matter what

Best Neighborhood Bar/North

Delaney Street Restaurant & Lounge

The Fall of the Mall

Once a shopping mecca, Omni International has gone from bustling to busted

It's Money That Matters

Tropic gets axed after31 years and countless awards. Watch for the last issue: A gift guide.

The Sweet Buy-and-Buy

Tropic gets axed after31 years and countless awards. Watch for the last issue: A gift guide.