During the NBA Finals between the Orlando Magic and LA Kobes, 8 oz. Burger Bar's Alton Road and Ocean Drive locations will be offering chicken wings for twenty cents apiece -- and $3 draft beers. Seems as though 8-oz. may be suffering from some sort of Susan Boyle Syndrome -- the place wins the New Times Burger Battle and within a week they go batty, open a second branch, and give away the house!Same wings/beer deal will also be available during all Marlins games this season. Good thing, because
Kurma ChameleonAnokha Restaurant number two has apparently bit the dust. When it first opened a decade ago on Commodore Plaza in Coconut Grove, this was a very good place for Indian food. Over the years it slipped little by little, and then last year moved to Virginia St. We wonder: Was this a case of bad karma or bad kurma?Another Death at The Versace Mansion?Short Order's intrepid undercover reporter, Strep Throat, whispers that Loftin's 1116 Ocean at Casa Casuarina, is falling behind on payin
Kurma ChameleonAnokha Restaurant number two has apparently bit the dust. When it first opened a decade ago on Commodore Plaza in Coconut Grove, this was a very good place for Indian food. Over the years it slipped little by little, and then last year moved to Virginia St. We wonder: Was this a case of bad karma or bad kurma?Another Death at The Versace Mansion?Short Order's intrepid undercover reporter, Strep Throat, whispers that Loftin's 1116 Ocean at Casa Casuarina, is falling behind on payin
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connect with the weirdness of the world. Click here to read past installments.Okay, let me start by stating that I'm not an expert on Broadway musicals. Never have been. I like what I like, but my criteria falls under some narrow parameters, generally being governed by the fact that I'm all ab
