South Beach (Staten Island)

Bloody Beetroots Speed Metal Their Way Through Mansion, October 13

​The Bloody BeetrootsWednesday, October 13, 2010Mansion, Miami BeachBetter than: A root canal.DJ sets are always awkward to review. There are hardly any of the theatrics of a live performance, and the only skill you can assess is whether or not the mix was any good. But Bloody Beetroots never disa ... More >>

Bar-B-Que Beach Offers Beer & Brisket for Happy Hour

​The Place: Bar-B-Que Beach1555 Washington Ave., Miami Beach305-538-7201The Hours: Monday - Friday, 4 p.m. - 7 p.m.The Deal: Get half-off all domestic beers and wells. Happy hour also overlaps with the daily evening specials that begin at 5 p.m. Specials include a 1/2 lb. beef brisket with a side ... More >>

Pubbelly Teases Us With Asian Twist on Spaghetti & Meatballs

via @pubbelly​Last week, we introduced you to the new South Beach Asian-inspired gastropub, Pubbelly, slated to open next month. While we are always wary of giving a place too much hype before we've actually eaten there, we couldn't help by notice a tweet yesterday from the restaurant that linked ... More >>

Catch 10 Seafood Bistro to Open October 5

Catch 10 Seafood Bistro​Catch 10 Seafood Bistro was originally built back in 1922 and has now been newly renovated along with South Beach's famous Coral House at Tenth and Washington. On October 5, guests will be treated to cocktails while they celebrate the new look and take tours of the renovati ... More >>

Preserve the Perv

Solea at the W South Beach Serves Up Sexy Cocktails

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.Solea at the W South Beach.​Well, things are certainly sexing up at Solea, the über-posh Spainiterranean eatery at the tony W South Beach. Slurp your way through ... More >>

Villains'r'Us

Miami Hotels Trick Guests with Deceitful Promo Photos

This promo photo is deceitful above all things ​Never believe a photo if someone's trying to sell you something. Fashion models are airbrushed. Fast food restaurants actually have "food stylists." And unsurprisingly, the photos you see in a hotels' brochures or websites aren't always true-to-life. ... More >>

The Abbey in South Beach Closing for Two Months

Abbey closing. Pandemonium to ensue.​Those of you who enjoy the Immaculate India Pale Ale and Brother Aarons Quadruple from the friendliest and most dive-a-rrific bar on South Beach, we mean The Abbey Brewing Co., or course, better prepare yourself for some bad news. That's right, the Abbey ... More >>

Photo: Hands Across the Sand South Beach Protest From the Sky

Photo by Alissa Christine​This past Saturday, about 1,500 people held hands on South Beach, spanning ten blocks, to protest offshore drilling. Partially a response to the BP oil spill devastating the Gulf Coast, the protesters also promoted a clean energy future. We just got this awesome aerial ph ... More >>

Naked Room Service on South Beach

Four Rooms​Ever wonder what kind of crazy stuff hotel room service attendants see on South Beach? We did. So we asked around in the kitchen of a certain luxury inn where the tips are big and lips are shut.Five attendants were waiting to send condiments and comida up the elevator about 10:30 ... More >>

Naked Pizza Coming To South Beach

Naked Pizza. ​Short Order noticed the "coming soon" sign for Naked Pizza on the corner of 13th and Washington and we've been intrigued by the name ever since. Just what exactly constitutes a naked pizza? And why has it taken so long to come to South Beach, where most people parade around hal ... More >>

W South Beach: New fenom Punch with Absinthe

Jacob KatelGet punch drunk.​The W South Beach's Living Room bar has a new bottle on the menu. It's called fenom, and it's a modern day absinthe bottled and distilled in France. The traditional form of the liquor is green, wormwood, highly alcoholic, and reputed to have hallucinogenic properties. F ... More >>

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 >>

Top 10 Foods The Cast of Jersey Shore Misses on South Beach

via mtv.com​Jersey Shore guidos and guidettes can only survive so long when taken out of their environment. MTV recently experimented on the species by sending the cast to South Beach and filming their reactions. As it turns out, when faced with the long-term deprivation of their native foods and ... More >>

Michaelangelo L'Acqua Sets the Soundtrack for the W Hotel Brand

Michaelangelo L'Acqua spinning at the W South Beach during Winter Music Conference.​This past Winter Music Conference, the W South Beach held a private party in the penthouse of the hotel which featured a live performance by the Golden Filter (a personal favorite) and celebrated the release of Sym ... More >>

Bikini-Clad Serena Williams's Football Scrimmage

Serena Williams had to sit out the Sony Ericsson Open because of injuries, but she still played some ball while in Miami. The minority owner of the Miami Dolphins, clad in a bikini and a fingerless glove (how very Lagerfeld), threw around a football in the surfs of South Beach with some friends y ... More >>

Snap Under Pressure

Condo Buyers at the W South Beach Allege Deception

via W HotelsThe W's *gasp* sole pool​W Hotels, a chain so chic it needs but a single letter to identify it, finally came to South Beach last fall, but now owners who bought condos in the complex allege they were deceived and want their deposits back.Potential owners were told there would be larger ... More >>

Abbey Brewing Company To Close?

That's what people are Yelping about right now. The popular South Beach pub, at 1115 16th Street, has developed a large and loyal following over many years, and apparently it is being forced to close down because the building it is located in has been sold. A person answering the phone at Abbey told ... More >>

New Altamare Food Photos

Day boat scallops with tomato-ginger nage​Altamare is now open for business, replacing Altamar next door. New executive chef Simon Stojanovic is redefining the immensely popular South Beach restaurant with sustainable and organic menu items. Look for contemporary combos such as Fuyu persimmon sala ... More >>

The Delano's Florida Room snubs two gays without women

No Boys Allowed: At Florida Room, Men Say Club Policy Is Behind the Times

photousa via flicker cc​​When navigating the most elitist nooks of South Beach clubland, it helps to have breasts. Not necessarily on your own body. Just in your presence, nearby -- bouncing against your arm if possible -- and the chances of getting past the doorman officially quadruple. Blair R ... More >>

Burger King Lays a Whopper on Washington

​The burger blitz continues, but now with a new, ugly twist: A 24-hour Whopper Bar is slated to open on Washington Avenue in South Beach next month. Differences between this and the run-of-the-mill BK: a darker, sleeker décor; delivery by scooter; and longer hours. Bigger difference: "gourmet" bu ... More >>

One Dead, Two Wounded in Early-Morning South Beach Parking Garage Shooting

Eighteen-year-old Chonshi Thompson died Thursday morning in the South Beach parking garage near 1601 Washington Ave. Two other victims were involved: 18-year-old Sandro Louis was shot in the groin, and 21-year-old Cesar Gonzalez took a bullet to his left hand. Both had fled the scene by the time pol ... More >>

It’s All About the Situation

Gay Smackdown: South Beach Ain't What it Used to Be

​Lately, the South Beach strip looks more like an enormous Lil Wayne concert than the shimmering gay playground it once was. Warehouse-size clubs that brimmed with shirtless boys have closed and hip-hop venues sprouted in their place. What was once pastel and glitter is now chrome and ice.You can' ... More >>

Catalina Hotel and Kung Fu Sushi Host Chef's Club and New Year's Eve

Jacob KatelChef Josh Wahler behind premium salt.​There were no kicks fast as lightning, it wasn't frightening, and the staff showed expert timing when the Catalina Hotel's Kung Fu Kitchen and Sushi recently hosted South Florida's Chef's Club on their South Beach rooftop lounge.Chef Josh Wahler, of ... More >>

Weekly Wrapup: Great Moments In Cheese History

Whoever smelt it dealt it. Whoever denied it supplied it.​Cheese may have been discovered accidentally by nomadic Turk tribes in Central Asia when milk stored in a container made from an animal's stomach turned to curds and whey thanks to the rennet in the guts. Rennet refers to the complex of enz ... More >>

Goodbye Cheeseme

Cheeseme, maybe the best place to get a cheese sandwich in the Western world, has closed on South Beach . The place served from a list of 9 breads, 11 types of meat, 11 veggies, 11 sauces and spreads, and 16 types of cheese. There were also soups, salads, and goodies like fondue and beignets. No wor ... More >>

Halloween costumes based on Miami's spookiest celebrities

How to Make Costumes Based on Miami's Spookiest Celebrities

​Between the state of the condo market, parking on South Beach, and the final price tag for the new Marlins stadium, Miamians have suffered through plenty of real-life horrors. So for Halloween parties this year, Riptide is going to put away the Freddy mask and show up in homemade costumes inspire ... More >>

Coffee, Beer and Vodka at Pam Anderson and Richie Rich Funkshion Event at the Setai

Jacob KatelNespresso​ Last night at the Setai on South Beach (2001 Collins Ave) Richie Rich and Pamela Anderson presented their fashion line A*Muse for Funkshion, another South Beach fashion week.Nespresso, a Nestle owned home espresso machine that uses a capsule system was there giving out free e ... More >>

Sources Say Opium Group Moving in on Mokai, One Step Closer to South Beach Monopoly

​Well it isn't exactly news that Mokai "closed for renovations" -- code word usually for closed for good -- a few weeks ago. Well, Talk Nightlife reports that a source claims Opium Group has signed a letter of intent for Mokai. Although it says "nothing concrete," we wouldn't exactly be surprised ... More >>

No One Can Ape Their Style

Simple and Sweet

305 Photo of the Day: From the Stands

​Today's photo, courtesy of EbenHazar's Flickr via our New Times pool, was shot from the lifeguard stand on 14th Street in South Beach during a dark and stormy night. 

News Cafe Will Not Be Open 24 Hours A Day August 17 - 19th

via newscafe.com​ Ocean Drive. 8th street. 3 a.m. Need hamburger, fries, cold drink, stat. Your old standby may be News Cafe, but not today suckafish, or tomorrow, or August 19th for that matter.The iconic South Beach restaurant is seeing a renovation to its property that includes a new interior f ... More >>

Celebrate Another Win for Score

Waitress War Story - Man Takes Head Dive Into Empty Hotel Pool

image via pareeerica's flickrShort Order's been bothering every restaurant worker we meet for stories from their time working in the restaurant industry. Pen and pad in hand we approach them in kitchens, at bars, in hallways and at hostess stands. Sometimes the stories come to us.That's how we ... More >>

Just When You Thought It Was Safe

Get Your Red, White and Blue on With Huma Rojo

Let's say tomorrow rolls around and you finally manage to tear yourself away from CNN's round-the-clock coverage of all things Michael Jackson to celebrate the birth of our nation and the day Will Smith freed us from alien annihilation. You find yourself on South Beach for some Fourth of July fe ... More >>

305 Photo of the Day: The Most Patriotic Lifeguard Stand Ever

Visitors often comment on how "European" or "South American" South Beach feels, but it's nice to get a reminder once in a while that, yes, you are indeed in America and we tend to love our Country as much as any other place in it. Maybe that means we express it through lifeguard stands and the occ ... More >>

Brooke Hogan's Lesbian Kiss

The premiere of Brooke Knows Best's second season was, dare I say, touching. We all know the personal saga of the Hogans (a messy divorce, the son's stint in jail, and the matriarch dating a 19-year-old boy toy), but that episode almost made you feel for a family with loads of money and a dan ... More >>

Openings, Closings, Remodelings, Oh My!

Akashisushi.com Akashi, a city in Japan known for its seafood, means "bright stone" When one door closes, another opens...    Akashi on South Beach has closed on the second floor of "Fresh on 5th" deli at 5th and Ocean. The location had a short ride, opening up just a few weeks aft ... More >>

Diary of a Flasher: Urban Beach Week, Dirty Hairy, and Youth Fair, Bro!

Photo by Jipsy, nefariousgirl.comLIV's light show is out of this worldWith all the rain and clouds, I've kept myself busy shooting all over town. Best time, in a long time, goes to the 10th annual Urban Beach Week this past weekend. Ocean Drive is wide open, but traffic was almost at a standstill. T ... More >>

$15 Drinks Bring Peace to SoBe

Autotune the Hooker-Beating Spokesman

Usually you become a rap superstar and then get into crazy shenanigans on South Beach. It sure is a bummer that a hooker almost bit off Vince Shlomi's tongue, because beforehand, he obviously had a golden flow.