Surfside

John's Tacos: Nighttime Co-Op With Josh's Deli Brings Mexican Fare to Surfside

John O'Connell studied classic French cuisine at the Culinary Institute of America, but it's his zeal for Mexican fare that led to John's Tacos, a nighttime co-op with Joshua Marcus, owner of Josh's Deli in Surfside. O'Connell, who moved to Miami from New York three years ago, takes over the accla ... More >>

Blue Runner: Quality Seafood From His Door to Yours

We live in Miami, so you'd think it would be easy to get fresh seafood. No, that's just not how this crazy world works. But for locals who love pescado, Paco Fernando's Blue Runner Seafood truck -- parked on the side of Biscayne Boulevard just north of Miami Shores -- has stepped in to fill the void ... More >>

Reader Mail: The TSA Is a Modern-Day Nazi Goon Squad

Josh's Delicatessen & Appetizing: The Love Comes Through The Surfside Eatery

By the time Joshua Marcus and his partners opened Chow Down Grill in Surfside during the spring of 2010, he had already exhibited his talents at a number of well-known Miami establishments, including La Sandwicherie, Timo, North One Ten, China Grill, and BLT Steak. Last year, Marcus debuted a second ... More >>

Surfside's Dirty Little (Political) Secret

A harrowing journey into the dark heart of small-town Florida politics.

Surfside Election: Gus Garcia-Roberts... Loses?!

Today, I consider myself the luckiest failed commission candidate on the face of the earth. After weathering a last-ditch smear campaign, I spent the rest of yesterday's Election Day in Surfside-- where I was running for commissioner in a very special election-- parading around town with my dog, dr ... More >>

The Gus Garcia-Roberts For Commission Campaign Hits the Streets of Surfside

In my quest to become the commissioner of Surfside--the beach hamlet just south of the haughty nihilist province known as Bal Harbour-- I've run into a problem: A lot of the older residents don't want to open the door for me. Maybe it's only because I'm a relatively young man. Maybe it's the sparse ... More >>

Gus Garcia-Roberts for Surfside Commission: Mock Naval Battles and Other Campaign Pledges

Gus Garcia-Roberts For Surfside Commission: Mock Naval Battles, Pedestrian Taxes and My Full Platform

I done did it now. Two weeks ago, I announced in this space that I was planning to run for the open commission seat in Surfside, the sleepy beach hamlet of corruption and weirdness ruled by my obscenely overpaid nemesis, town attorney Lynn Dannheisser. Qualifying to run -- including collecting the ... More >>

Reader Mail: Hungry, Broke Miamians Aren't Into the Marlins and the New Stadium

Vote Gus Garcia-Roberts for Surfside Commission

Jeremiah Bullfrog, Joshua Marcus Debut Harding Dinner Series This Friday

​​Joshua Marcus and John Donovan are busy guys these days. There is the switchover of the Chow Down Grill in Surfside to Josh's Deli & Appetizer, Chow Down Grill South Beach is adding sushi, and the duo is teaming with Jeremiah Bullfrog (Gastropod) for a one-week-only series of tasting dinne ... More >>

Vote Gus Garcia-Roberts For Surfside Commission

An observation: the police officers in Surfside -- the little town south of Sunny Isles where I've lived for over three years -- might be the biggest horndogs in the state. They hide in the bushes of a parking lot on Harding Avenue, trapping drivers doing 37 MPH, and lay their pudgy, Oakley-sungla ... More >>

Lynn Dannheisser Confuses Italian-Named Law Firm With Her Favorite Pasta Joint

​Lynn Dannheisser, the royally paid Surfside town attorney who has declared a bizarre war on bloggers -- comparing them to the KKK at a recent commission meeting -- is fast becoming Riptide's favorite public official. It's her unhinged quality that makes her so entertaining. Surfside is like her v ... More >>

Surfside town attorney Lynn Dannheisser hires boyfriend's firm for $250 an hour

Lynn Dannheisser, Surfside Town Attorney, Gets Her Boyfriend a Taxpayer-Funded Job

​Surfside town attorney Lynn Dannheisser gets paid royally for her work representing the tiny hamlet just north of Miami Beach: $177,656 a year plus an automobile allowance, full benefits, and a pension. She's required to work only three days a week, and she's allowed to use her town hall office a ... More >>

Little Men, Big Beers

First in the Top 100 Dishes: Dumplings at Chow Down Grill

This is the first dish in a countdown to New Times' Best of Miami 2011. From now until June,  Short Order will be serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305 in random order. If you have any nominations of your own, please send them to cafe@miaminewtimes.com.Photo by billwisserphoto.com​ ... More >>

Did Surfside Cop Maximo Moreno, Arrested for Bribe Scheme, Also Enjoy Stalking His Lady?

Maximo Moreno, alleged lady stalker. Was anybody surprised by the allegation that two brothers-- one a Surfside police officer and one a Tremont Towing driver-- were involved in a bribery scheme? Tiny Surfside is historically scandal-ridden, and this year another cop there was cuffed for a scheme ... More >>

Surfside Cop Maximo Moreno and Tremont Driver Busted For Towing Bribery Scam

​Surfside is one of those three-block hamlets that subsists entirely on the hundred-dollar fines slapped on drivers unlucky enough to crawl through a hair over the limit. Surfside PD doesn't exactly have a lot of CSI-worthy affairs to spend their time on (although they did fine work tracking that ... More >>

Surfside Masturbator John A. Posse Finally, um, Busted

The police officers of the sleepy hamlet of Surfside usually spend their days hiding in bushes trying to trap drivers going 37 MPH. But for the last year, they've had a real whodunit on their hands. More specifically, a who-jacked-it.

A Sticky-Note Jihadist Zings the Herald in Surfside

​We were walking our dog around Surfside this Sunday when we spotted this enraged missive stuck to a Miami Herald box. Click through for a close-up. P.S. We took this photo at noon, and the box was still empty. A Damn Lazy Shame, indeed.

Weekend Blog Watch: New Chinese, Beer, Grits, Ribs, and Farms

Chinese food alá fresh-and-local on it's way to Surfside. [PowerRankings]Novecento Sam Adams beer dinner coming on April 14th. [SoFloBeerBlog]Genuine Cart video recap from art walk, [GenuineKitchen], and a user review, [MiamiBro]Miami goes Alabama, eats ribs, fried green tomatoes, oyster po boy, an ... More >>

Letters from the issue of February 25, 2010

Stone Grill 95 in Surfside has a rocky start

Sneak Review: Stone Grill 95

A short preview of next week's New Times Cafe review:There are certain things that rookie restaurateurs can do to increase their odds for success. For instance, having a workable phone number can be surprisingly helpful. When we dialed the month-old Stone Grill 95 in Surfside in order to make reserv ... More >>

Letters from the Issue of September 24, 2009

Metro Dade Firefighters Battle For Their Jobs

Adrien Cegora stood outside Miami Beach City Hall yesterday with a crease in his brow. The fit firefighter wore a red Metro-Dade T-shirt, along with about 50 of his co-workers. They hoped to send city commissioners a message: Indian Creek and Surfside? That's our territory. "Miami Beach is trying t ... More >>

News Roundup

A jury convicted 21-year-old Guillermo Zarabozo for his part in the Joe Cool murders. He'll likely spend the rest of his life in jail. [AP]A 28-year-old man fell to his death from a traffic sign catwalk onto the Palmetto Expressway, possibly while attempting to spray-paint graffiti. [Herald]Could So ... More >>

Ten Bucks, Good Food

Top eats near home.

Davis Discharged from Surfside Force

Slime and Schemes Simmer in Surfside

John Davis is a cop who won’t stop

The 'Tude Gang

A new Surfside eatery’s aim is off

Political Slime in Surfside

Personal overwhelms political in tiny town

Kite-Crazed Dudes

This wet, hot extreme sport combines the thrill of flying with the threat of grievous bodily harm

BEST KOSHER RESTAURANT

Bissaleh Café

BEST TOLLBOOTH

Broad Causeway

Cells Out

Surfside Kosher Chic

Got a hankering for vegetarian kosher Italian food prepared by a French chef? We got the place.

Letters from the Issue of March 7, 2002

More debate about "Strings Attached"

Tricolore Beach

Specchio Café

Here's Cooking at You

Moroccan Nights

Best Sushi

Sushi Republic

Get Your Filthy Rich Buttinskis Outta Here!

Indian Creek Village and Surfside engage in some respectful civic discourse

Smoke Gets in Your Eats

Life Sentences

Forget Hiaasen, Balmaseda, and Steinback -- the Herald's weird, wacky "Police Report" is the prose by the pros

Talkin' Trash

More good news for Miami: Surfside knows the secret of good garbage

Copping an Excuse

Faced with evidence their cop shop is in disarray, town fathers practice some first-rate denial

Wipeout! Part 2

Two citizens corroborate allegations by Surfside patrolmen that police reports were falsified

Lifestyles of the Rich and Paranoid