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Dems Fight to be Ruler of the Playground

How Esquire Rates Miami Food and Drink (A Partial Retrospective)

I recently came into possession of a half-dozen back issues of Esquire, a magazine somewhat obsessed with naming the best of this and the best of that. The food section is no exception -- three of the issues I thumbed through featured such listings. I took a tally to see how Miami fared:MARCH ISSUE: ... More >>

Program Notes

I recently came into possession of a half-dozen back issues of Esquire, a magazine somewhat obsessed with naming the best of this and the best of that. The food section is no exception -- three of the issues I thumbed through featured such listings. I took a tally to see how Miami fared:MARCH ISSUE: ... More >>

The Addison -- Chef Joe Hahn Talks Boca Raton

I recently spoke to chef Joe Hahn of The Addison in Boca Raton. He talked about being a dishwasher, brunch, and volcano tuna. Here's what he had to say."I'm just the chef, been the executive chef for about a year now.Last five years before coming here, I was at Maxwell's Chop House. I brought all t ... More >>

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I recently spoke to chef Joe Hahn of The Addison in Boca Raton. He talked about being a dishwasher, brunch, and volcano tuna. Here's what he had to say."I'm just the chef, been the executive chef for about a year now.Last five years before coming here, I was at Maxwell's Chop House. I brought all t ... More >>

The Independents

I recently spoke to chef Joe Hahn of The Addison in Boca Raton. He talked about being a dishwasher, brunch, and volcano tuna. Here's what he had to say."I'm just the chef, been the executive chef for about a year now.Last five years before coming here, I was at Maxwell's Chop House. I brought all t ... More >>

The Independents

I recently spoke to chef Joe Hahn of The Addison in Boca Raton. He talked about being a dishwasher, brunch, and volcano tuna. Here's what he had to say."I'm just the chef, been the executive chef for about a year now.Last five years before coming here, I was at Maxwell's Chop House. I brought all t ... More >>

Maximum Partying Capacity

I recently spoke to chef Joe Hahn of The Addison in Boca Raton. He talked about being a dishwasher, brunch, and volcano tuna. Here's what he had to say."I'm just the chef, been the executive chef for about a year now.Last five years before coming here, I was at Maxwell's Chop House. I brought all t ... More >>

Rivers of Song

The history of Florida courses through the folk music of Miami transplant Iron and Wine

Letters to the Editor

From the issue of July 26, 2001

Under Suspicion

Despite a history of corruption in its north district substation, the Miami Police Department won't get tough with its own cops

Songs About Wedgies

Carla Ulbrich

News of the Weird

Carla Ulbrich

News of the Weird

Carla Ulbrich

News of the Weird

Carla Ulbrich

Sturm and Clang

Carla Ulbrich

Bye Bye Birdie

Alex Daoud, Miami Beach's own Icarus, finally lands in the hoosegow

Freestyle Music Park in South Carolina Sadly Not Devoted to Debbie Deb, Nice N Wild

Last year, the $400 million music-themed Hard Rock Park opened in Myrtle Beach, marking "the largest tourist investment in South Carolina history." But seems like while dropping all that dough, nobody bothered to think that oops, the Hard Rock chain of hotels, restaurants, and casinos might care. An ... More >>

Miami's Medicare Racket: Eight More Indicted in $100 Million Fraud

Let's go ahead and just christen it the cocaine trade of the Double-Aughts: Medicare fraud may be a lot less sexy, but it sure is keeping federal prosecutors in Miami busy.One month after busting up a $21 million, three-state ring, the feds expanded that investigation and charged eight Miami re ... More >>

A New Black Market in Miami Is About to Explode

Jeopardy! time. This black-market product costs governments worldwide $50 billion every year; fuels Hezbollah, the PKK, and other terrorist cells; and runs on global crime syndicates and hundreds of underground factories in China and Eastern Europe.via Wikimedia CommonsWhat is heroin, you say? Cocai ... More >>

Architects of Gay Marriage Ban Need Money To Defend Florida from Evils of John & Kate

Once apon a time Jon & Kate Gosselin were folk heros in the pro-life movement for refusing to selectively reduce a few embryos after Kates invitro fertilization resulted in six fertilized eggs. Instead they chose to take their chances with having sextuplets, which t ... More >>

The Shortest Distance Between Two Writers

Once apon a time Jon & Kate Gosselin were folk heros in the pro-life movement for refusing to selectively reduce a few embryos after Kates invitro fertilization resulted in six fertilized eggs. Instead they chose to take their chances with having sextuplets, which t ... More >>

The Shortest Distance Between Two Writers

Once apon a time Jon & Kate Gosselin were folk heros in the pro-life movement for refusing to selectively reduce a few embryos after Kates invitro fertilization resulted in six fertilized eggs. Instead they chose to take their chances with having sextuplets, which t ... More >>

Ballpark's Hot Dog Roadtrip Names Miami in Top Ten Hot Dog Consuming Cities

Jacob KatelConrado's Hot Dog Carrito Wheels and Deal in Wynwood​Don't choke on that sausage. Pause. Let the meat slide down your throat. Miami ranks 9th on a list of places where people like wiener meat in their buns. The new list, released by Ballpark, names the 10 most hot dog consuming cities b ... More >>

Can We Please Shut Up About Joe Wilson?

via Zazzle​Last night the President of the United States spoke before a special joint session of Congress to defend an issue that may very well come to define his first term in office. He also gave a stirring defense of good ol' fashioned American Liberalsim with no apologies, something we haven't ... More >>

Balls Out: Miami FC Joins Renegade Soccer League

C. StilesCan't stop. Won't stop.​Depending on how much of a die-hard soccer fan you are, watching South Florida's pro soccer team Miami FC's front-office machinations can be more interesting than any of its on-field action. In its effort to survive, the club has tried everything. It's signed the B ... More >>

Tennis’s Crystal Ball

C. StilesCan't stop. Won't stop.​Depending on how much of a die-hard soccer fan you are, watching South Florida's pro soccer team Miami FC's front-office machinations can be more interesting than any of its on-field action. In its effort to survive, the club has tried everything. It's signed the B ... More >>

It's a Beer Bonanza at Cervezas

​Two Saturdays ago, a beer bar with a no-bullshit name opened up in the shadow of the Shops at Sunset. From its trio of giant booze fridges, Cervezas (5835 Sunset Dr., South Miami) serves up an international selection of bottled brews, including Canada's Labatt Blue, China's Tsing Tao, and Britain ... More >>

Does Great Food Make Us Unhappy?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its long anticipated happiness ratings last week. The study, using data collected from 1.3 million people across the country over the past four years, found that the happiest folks tended to live in states with a high quality of life. No surpri ... More >>

For 14-1 Hurricanes Basketball, the Real Season Begins This Weekend

via Hurricanes Sport​Miami has never been a huge college basketball town. There was a bit of buzz when FIU reeled in Isiah Thomas, but they're off to a 5-13 start. Sorry Zeke, maybe things will turn around when you can make an impact on recruiting.Then you've got the Miami Hurricanes. Overshadowed ... More >>

Segundo City

via Hurricanes Sport​Miami has never been a huge college basketball town. There was a bit of buzz when FIU reeled in Isiah Thomas, but they're off to a 5-13 start. Sorry Zeke, maybe things will turn around when you can make an impact on recruiting.Then you've got the Miami Hurricanes. Overshadowed ... More >>

MP3 of the Day: "Factory" by Band of Horses, Playing the Fillmore Miami Beach Wednesday, April 28

photo by Christopher Wilson​Next Wednesday's show at the Fillmore Miami Beach by Band of Horses caps off a pretty awesome April at the venue. The show also marks, however, a preview for fans of the ex-Seattle/now South Carolina band's third studio album, the upcoming Infinite Arms. It drops on Col ... More >>

Literary Devices

photo by Christopher Wilson​Next Wednesday's show at the Fillmore Miami Beach by Band of Horses caps off a pretty awesome April at the venue. The show also marks, however, a preview for fans of the ex-Seattle/now South Carolina band's third studio album, the upcoming Infinite Arms. It drops on Col ... More >>

Seasons 52: Another Chain To Choke Miracle Mile

Just what the depressed Coral Gables dining scene needs: Another  corporate restaurant chain. The newest malignant link is Seasons 52, which aims to exploit the trend towards eating local, seasonal, healthy food. A press release lists two upcoming seafood entrees: Caramelized sea scallops and c ... More >>

Punk Legends The Independents To Play Churchill's Halloween Weekend

Photo by Bob GruenThe Independents circa '97.​We're a little sick and tired of people sportin' mall-bought Ramones t-shirts just to be ironic. Most of those kids have no idea who Sheena is, let alone that she was a punk rocker. They weren't enrolled in rock 'n' roll high school, they never wanted ... More >>

Barron Sherer Seen Eating... A Really Quiet Snack at a Movie

Janette Valentine​Barron Sherer is a filmmaker, film archivist, and general curator of cool cultural happenings in Miami. And by film, we mean actual celluloid, not digital.For a decade, the South Carolina transplant has created and produced film showings throughout town, most notably the Rewind/F ... More >>

Suspect in Second Miami Beach Memorial Day Shooting is 45-Year-Old South Carolina Fireman

​While the shooting involving Raymond Herisse is dominating headlines, police have released details in the second police-involved shooting that happened on Monday morning in Miami Beach during Urban Beach Weekend. Though the suspect in the second shooting appears to be a bit surprising. He's a 45- ... More >>

In Post-Bestiality Florida, Virtually Everything Else is Still Legal

​In October, a new law will make Florida the 31st state to outlaw bestiality. Yep, we will be tragically separated from the furry and hoofed objects of our lust, for no reason other than a pesky species divide. It's like a modern day Romeo and Juliet tale, if Shakespeare had had the guts to us ... More >>

Florida's bestiality ban won't ruin our good time

​In October, a new law will make Florida the 31st state to outlaw bestiality. Yep, we will be tragically separated from the furry and hoofed objects of our lust, for no reason other than a pesky species divide. It's like a modern day Romeo and Juliet tale, if Shakespeare had had the guts to us ... More >>

One Out of Four People Reading This Post Are Fat Slobs (And Other New Obesity Stats)

​Let's not sugarcoat our words: The report released yesterday by Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is just more fodder for the notion that Americans are disgustingly obese people who simply cannot stop stuffing their dumb faces with fake, horrible, lardaceous ... More >>

VooDoo BBQ & Grill Announces Florida Expansion

VooDoo BBQ & Grill is coming to town.​Louisiana-based VooDoo BBQ & Grill has announced plans to bring its N'awlins "competition style BBQ" to Florida. The fast-casual chain has signed a deal with a local LLC (whose partnership currently includes the management of several Five Guys Burgers ... More >>

Hatuey Beer-Glazed Ham for the Holidays

​This Hatuey Beer-glazed ham can be gracing your holiday table in just 18 days -- or a lot less time than that if you decide to bake one for dinner tonight. Yesterday we talked with Anler Morejon, project manager for Bacardi U.S.A. Inc. and brand manager of Hatuey (ah-TWAY), the iconic Cuban beer ... More >>

Could Jeb Bush Still Enter the GOP Presidential Primary?

​The Confederacy of Dunces that emerged to vie for the GOP presidential primary certainly must have some could-have-been candidates rethinking their decision. After the swift, and often surreal, rises and eventual falls of Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, and Herman Cain, the race is pretty much down ... More >>

Miami New Times' predictions for 2012

​The Confederacy of Dunces that emerged to vie for the GOP presidential primary certainly must have some could-have-been candidates rethinking their decision. After the swift, and often surreal, rises and eventual falls of Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, and Herman Cain, the race is pretty much down ... More >>

Gingrich, Romney Ramp Up Florida Campaigning Ahead of State Primary

Raise your hand if you're SUPER PUMPED for two weeks of candidates dodging questions!​As Florida's Jan. 31 Republican primary creeps ever closer, the GOP's remaining presidential candidates are gearing up to besiege our eyes and ears for the 10 days between South Carolina's primary and this state' ... More >>

Mitt Romney Is a Flip-Flopping Racist Cyborg (And 14 Other Reasons Florida Must Destroy Him)

​Rick Perry has dropped out of the race and returned to Racial Slur Hideaway, Herman Cain is now making unwanted advances on his housecats, Rick Santorum's last name is a synonym for booty juice, and Newt Gingrich is an angry, sexed-up troll with facial hemorrhoids. Even with Newt's victory ... More >>

Watch Latin Burger on Eat St. Tonight: I Will Appear!

Eat St. crew filming Latin Burger​Latin Burger and Taco's hot pink and black truck is a permanent fixture on the streets of Miami. Just about any day of the week, you can find a flock of people enjoying the Latin macho burgers and tacos for which its famous.So it comes as no surprise that when Eat ... More >>

Three New Polls Show Romney and Gingrich Now Tied in Florida

​Not so fast, Newt.Three separate polls released in the past 24 hours and just days ahead of the Florida primary show that Mitt Romney may be one his way to retaking the lead once again. Two polls shows Romney with a slight lead of two percent (those are within the margins of error, so they're tec ... More >>

Mitt Romney must be destroyed: 15 reasons to stop the Mormon cyborg

​Not so fast, Newt.Three separate polls released in the past 24 hours and just days ahead of the Florida primary show that Mitt Romney may be one his way to retaking the lead once again. Two polls shows Romney with a slight lead of two percent (those are within the margins of error, so they're tec ... More >>

Mitt Romney's Victorious Hair Helmet and Five Other Things We'll Miss About the GOP Primary

God bless his hair.​Mitt Romney won yesterday's Florida GOP primary, but we all know who the real victor was. Not Obama. And certainly not the country. No, el gran ganador was Willard's perfectly sculpted mop of Mittitude: his hair.Here are five other things we'll miss now that the political spotl ... More >>