Behind the Scenes With Ingrid Hoffmann for “Got Milk?” Photo Shoot

Watch the above video and you’ll notice that Miami-based international culinary personality Ingrid Hoffmann has more than milk stuck to her lips. According to a spokesperson for the Got Milk? campaign, “the milk mustache is a combination of low-fat milk and other low-fat dairy products.” Pressed as to what…

Miami’s Finest Caribbean Restaurant in Pictures

Miami’s Finest Caribbean Restaurant (236 NE 1st Ave) may or may not be the best Caribbean restaurant in Miami, that’s a statement I can’t make without further research. But, one experience later, I will definitely be going back. The front window only says Caribbean Restaurant, and the awning reads Caribbean…

Dress to Tear Flesh

They say the Burger Beast is eight-foot-two and can down a ten-pound patty in a single bite. Unidentified witnesses have seen him walk through Kendall, pick up a cow by the tail, wrap it in a Holsum bread truck, and eat it for a snack. Legend has it he’s gobbled…

Harmony Vegetarian Meats: Fake Fish, Chicken, Beef, Pork, and Shrimp

Hippies, peaceniks, and pothead philosophy majors, rejoice! It’s OK to kill and eat plants. They won’t scream, they don’t cry, and “they don’t have a soul, they don’t have a spirit, they live within us, they like to live within us.” That’s according to Julio Maza, president of Harmony Vegetarian…

$7 at La Esquina Tropical in Little Havana

La Esquina Tropical (1060 SW Eighth St., Miami), or the Tropical Corner if you don’t speak Miami, is a Little Havana minimart with a lunch counter and coffee window. Peep game on that bungeed-up water cooler — it’s an MIA trademark. Short Order stopped by yesterday around 3:30 p.m. for…

Archive Diver: Vintage Records, Yesterday And Today Records Ad From 1988

Yesterday And Today Records is a legendary Dade County mom-and-pop record store. The above ad is from their original location, long since closed, but guess what, they’re still open  at 9275 SW 40 St. At 28 years strong and counting, they say they’re “South Florida’s oldest record shop (vinyl).” Crossfade…

Archive Diver: The Hungry Sailor English Pub in Coconut Grove

The Hungry Sailor in Coconut Grove, where Sandbar is now, was well known for its reggae and penny beer nights. According to this web reference, they also made a mean chicken sandwich. Here are some more web references, mostly from the New Times archives.Do you remember when a machete wielding…

Labor Day in Immokalee, Migrant Farm Workers Wait For The Work Bus

Whether you’re in school, work, or prison, if you bite into a tomato in America it may very well come from the fields of Immokalee, Florida. That’s because major corporations like Aramark and Sodexo are huge buyers of Immokalee product and distributors with contracts for school and prison cafeterias. Immokalee…

Top Ten Labor Day BBQ Ideas

In today’s Dade County, our estimation of what Labor Day oughta entail includes a Mayor who doesn’t cut the wages of the working class while raising the salaries of his bureaucrat cronies. Regardless, Labor Day is a national barbecue holiday. As such, we’ve come up with ten ideas for you to adopt,…

Free Soy Panties From Uranus Apparel and Underwear Interview

Did you know that the byproducts from the soy food production process can be used to spin fiber, weave cloth, and make fabric? Miami natives Lauren Golik and her cousin Natalie San Andres do. They took that knowledge and applied it to creating a soy panty line for their company…

Weekly Wrap Up: The Friday Civic Duty, and We Don’t Mean Your Honda

Food. Money. Politics. Mayor. Commissioners. The Public. Our Government. Taxes. Pay Cuts. Pink Slips. Raises. Makes you wanna drink. Don’t get too caught up in your own movie. The next public budget hearing is September 17th at the Government Center metro rail station Downtown. We recommend you check it out…

Bakery Café and Restaurant In The Village of El Portal

The Bakery Café and Restaurant (8250 NE 2nd Ave.) in the Village of El Portal, just north of the City of Miami, serves Caribbean style breakfast, lunch, and dinner and sells baked goods everyday from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. They also make a full line of tropical shakes and…

Books & Books Café’s 5th Anniversary in Pictures

Last night the Books & Books Cafe (927 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach) celebrated its fifth anniversary with a party at neighboring store Design Within Reach. Chef Bernie Matz introduced his new menu via a free tasting party of foods, wines, and desserts.The new menu features “all-natural, free range chicken. Hormone…

Lazy Government Worker Christine Morales Caught on Tape Cheating the System

The story of Christine Morales, the should-be-ashamed former assistant director at the City of Miami Building Department, is one of squandered opportunity. Christine earned more than $100,000 a year doing who knows what, and not very much of it. Surveillance footage obtained by Miami New Times reveals Christine’s nervous body language…