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5 Amazing Craft Beers from San Diego, a Microbrew Mecca

When a new brewery makes its way to Miami, we're super stoked. Hell, there are two or three on tap to open this year, and the city's practically in a tizzy. Drinking anything cooked up in our own backyard is totes exciting, given the serious lack of local beers we've had available in past years. Bu ... More >>

Urban Oxy: Panther Coffee and Inexpensive Eats Coming to Downtown, South Beach, Coral Gables

In Miami's topsy turvy culinary landscape, restaurants come and go quicker than a Kim Kardashian marriage. Our monthly closings list is proof that all the money in the world can't guarantee success. But more often than not the concepts that stick share one common ingredient: passion. There's no sho ... More >>

2012 In Weird Florida Sex: Part Two of the WTF Florida Awards

Welcome to the first annual WTF Florida Awards ceremony. It's the only award show celebrating the special brand of bizarre depravity we excel at down here in the Sunshine State. Black tie isn't required. In fact, jorts and a NASCAR cap are preferred.Yesterday we gave out awards for political fuckery ... More >>

Sweetness Bake Shop & Cafe Offering Free Coffee, Even Caramel Macchiato, Through December

The South Miami purveyors of all things sweet and sugary are offering one hell of a holiday present: free coffee. For the entire month of December, Sweetness Bake Shop and Cafe is giving away its java, gratis. That's quite a generous gift to the caffeine-addled citizens of Miami. See also: - Best ... More >>

Neon Trees at Revolution Live August 10

Don Henley Threatens to Sue Frank Ocean and Six Other Ridiculous Musical Lawsuits

​Underground R&B sensation and Odd Future fellow Frank Ocean is catching some static from the Eagles' Don Henley. The singer isn't feeling Ocean's "American Wedding," which samples the old classic "Hotel California." Henley threatened to sue Ocean if he performs it again, and now the performa ... More >>

Hey Whole Foods: Stop the Crap

​​The U.S. Department of Labor Office of Public Affairs is suing Whole Foods in an attempt to "reinstate a former employee with full back wages and benefits after the company allegedly fired the worker for voicing and reporting workplace health concerns regarding a raw sewage spillage at its s ... More >>

Brew Coffee From A Faucet With Your iPhone: Yes, There Is An App For That

​Makers of Denmark-based Scanomat decided that a substance almost as necessary as water should be as readily available. Coffee!.This ain't no typical brew machine. The TopBrewer looks like a a faucet and mounts to your counter top. It not only brews and dispenses coffee, but is also equipped with ... More >>

Art Basel Food Guide: Miami Beach

​Art Basel is about to capture the minds and imagination of Miami. The self-billed "most prestigious art show in the Americas" showcases art by more than 2,000 artists. Art is everywhere -- on the sides of buildings, in parks, in tents and galleries, and at the Miami Beach Convention Center. In or ... More >>

Starbucks Bites Back on Behalf of the "Blonde" Brew

​I was shocked to find out that someone at headquarters was actually paying attention to my silly rant on behalf of blondes everywhere, with regards to Starbucks' new "light bodied blend." My editor received an email with my name on it that very day, proclaiming "we chose the name Blonde because i ... More >>

On Behalf Of Blondes Everywhere, My Gripe With Starbucks New "Light-Bodied" Blend

​Literally every major news source has been regurgitating the news of Starbucks new "Blonde" roast all week long; from the Miami Herald to Huff Post's Food Blog, to USA Today, the AP write up has been amazingly prolific regarding Starbucks "going blonde."Here's the issue -- I actually am a blo ... More >>

Britney Spears, Arnold Schwarzenegger Sell Out for Yen: Five Japanese Commercials

Britney Spears sells candy, not Starbucks and Doritos, in Japan.​Typically the life cycle of a celebrity is pretty predictable. Before becoming famous, there's the usual batch of embarrassing commercials in order to break into show business and pay the rent without resorting to prostitution, ... More >>

Miami's Harper's List of Weird Numbers: From Andalus to McNuggets

Photo by Jacob Katel13 is Philippe Ruiz' number​30 Average number of minutes that Americans spend cooking -- least in the world, according to a report issued last month by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.74 Average number of minutes that Turks spend cooking -- most in the ... More >>

Ceu at North Beach Bandshell April 29

Starbucks Introduces 31-Ounce Trenta Cup, Fails Italian Class

Not the Trenta cup.​Today, suburbia's corporate crack dealer, Starbucks, is rolling out a 31-ounce option for iced coffee, iced tea, and iced tea lemonade in 14 states, and Florida made the cut. But Short Order isn't racing to the nearest 'bucks to order up a super-sized iced latte just yet--we're ... More >>

Miami Needs One-Cup-at-a-Time Coffee Shops

Lee KleinOne. Cup. At. A. Time.There is nothing like returning to Miami from a trip to San Francisco/Napa Valley to get a person really pissed off. Oh, I could rant about how smart people demand smart food and smart service and, in general, a smartly (and politely) run city -- and I WILL rant about ... More >>

Zumex Juicer Squeezes Out the Real Thing In Five Seconds Flat

Zumex machine at Patagonia​Leave it to a family of orange growers in Valencia to come up with an inventive way to extract fresh juice from an orange.  The Zumex Juicer looks like something out of an episode of Get Smart. Put a whole orange into one end of the sleek countertop machine (peel an ... More >>

Eight Top Caffeine-Infused Snacks

Do you need that little extra "pick me up" once the afternoon comes around? Instead of grabbing for your third cup of coffee, there are snacks infused with caffeine to give you that much needed boost. A Snack in the Face​A Snack in the Face: A brownie with a kick.That sugar high is only the start. ... More >>

InterContinental Miami: Celebrating 25 Years Over 25 Days In Like 25 Different Ways

25% off from 2 to 5 pm -- at the InterContinental, that is​The InterContinental Miami turns 25 years old in 25 days -- give or take a day -- and there will be promotions aplenty to celebrate. Thing is, some of the deals are pretty good, and all have the number 2 and 5 in them. To wit:25 percent of ... More >>

Comeback with Rent

Best of Miami 2010: Best New Restaurant Neighborhood

In anticipation of the upcoming Best of Miami issue hitting newsstands June 17, here is a sneak peek at some of the winners.Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill​Midtown MiamiTo think that one year ago, this area had only Subway, Lime Mexican Grill, Five Guys Burgers and Fries, and a Starbucks counter inside a ... More >>

One Dead in Miami Gardens Strip Club Shooting

​Our cover story this week is on murders in club land, and unfortunately a shooting last night claimed the life of one man and injured two others. The shooting took place around 4 a.m. at Mint Lounge, at Northwest 187th Street and 25th Avenue in Miami Gardens.According to police, an altercation to ... More >>

Iggy Pop Needs A Manssiere

Banana Republican kicked off his Art Basel festivities at the opening of Primary Flight's Blue Francisco AlvaradoIggy Pop's man boobs attract a crowd.Print For Space inside Art Center South Florida on Lincoln Road. Mighty impressive display of street inspired art I must say, especially photogra ... More >>

Europa Cafe, Upscale Coffee Shop Stashed in a Gas Station on Biscayne Blvd

Jacob KatelShot from Southeast corner of Biscayne and 61st street.​ Quickfast breakfast options from the Biscayne corridor south through Buena Vista, Little Haiti, Wynwood, and Omni are severely limited. The offerings open up around downtown, but other than that the market is wide open for a cheap ... More >>

Food News Roundup - Burger King, Tap Water, Lime Fresh, Banana Farms, Lose Weight, Chef Allen, Great Food, and Cuba

Burger King continues its quest for world domination, 4th quarter numbers are in, profits are up, revenues down. [Forbes] [BizJournals] [BKCorp]Miami Dade Water & Sewer Department launching advertising campaign to promote the benefits of tap water for your drinking pleasure. [Bnet] [FoodWaterWat ... More >>

New Spa Restaurant In South Beach

Essensia Restaurant & Lounge at The Palms Hotel & Spa (3025 Collins Ave., South Beach) will be making its debut this Mother's Day, May 10th, with a holiday brunch. The Palms' executive chef Gerd Richter has created a menu of "nourishing gourmet cuisine" that according to Maria Bond, Director ... More >>

Shoot Everyone in South Beach

The Grove Has the Biggest Box

Photo via Coconut Grove Grapevine Yesterday somebody plunked what looks like a ten-by-eight-foot wooden box down in the middle of CocoWalk, with a sign on it that says, “Open December 9.” Like a bunch of kids at Christmas, Grovites were placing bets on the contents of the mystery package last ... More >>

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South Beach Obama Bake-Off

Pretty in the City - Waxing and Weeping

Caffeine Cuisine

Marcus Samuelsson cooks it up at Starbucks

A Fish-Stomping Spree

"Somebody stomping on a fish — it doesn't make sense how she would perceive that as abusive"

Guru

Jazzmatazz, Vol. 4 (7 Grand)

Better than Busking

Street Punkers the Casualties at Studio A 6/20

Brazilian Wax

The latest export from São Paulo, songstress CéU, brings an acclaimed debut album and live show to the States

Moldy Christmas

"They’re throwing us out two weeks before Christmas"

Basshead

Just Making Bagels

Vietnamese the Right Way

Getting What You Pay For

Low-calorie, low-price, low-taste food at Bites on Wheels

BEST NEIGHBORHOOD BAR/NORTH

Billy's Saloon

Car Food Survival: Altoids?

Hey, those almost-empty water bottles and mints may go a long way someday

Eggsistential

How boiling eggs and running a café have much in common

Fish Tacos, Si!

Finally the Baja's delicious specialty has migrated to the Florida straits

Don�t Get Holidazed!

Holiday Gift Guide 2001

Motor Thrills

Reel America Summer Film Series

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