Aah vending machine, that great bastion of robot based snack-type commercial transactions. Frosted cakes, chocolate bars, sour candies, chips a plenty and sodas to go with em’, that’s the vending way. A South Florida company called Natural Choice Vending begs to differ. Two vegetarian raised sisters from Miami, Jennie and…
Bayside Marketplace, 1988, cocaine, gold chains, bikini broads, and look-at-me money. Happy hour at Bar Balu, pictured above, looks like a sardine tin packed full of Arnold Zimberg shirt wearing office clone mothafuckers, which is fitting, since he owned the place.A 1988 Nation’s Restaurant News article verifies Bruce and Arnold…
Local Emmy-winning TV news guy Jeff Lemlich is an avowed record collector, and author of the book Savage Lost: Florida Garage Bands, The 60’s and Beyond.In this video, watch him go through some of his collection of singles by old Florida bands. he talks about the history of the scene…
Paying big money for a night out at the fish house? You better hope that’s grouper in your grouper.Today, The Herald dropped an article about Mahmood Shivji, a college professor using forensic science to determine whether plated fish from restaurants around the country are of the species they are purported…
Square pizza, flat patties, watery, semi-green beans, and most importantly, chocolate milk cartons. School lunch probably hasn’t changed much since, well, ever, but here are two things you may not know.Breakfast is free at all Miami-Dade public schools.Your kid may qualify for the free or reduced price lunch program.Regular price…
Las Vegas airport has slot machines, Idaho airport more than likely sells potato sacks, California airports might as well sell weed in their vending machines. Miami International Airport has something they don’t. Cuban coffee, La Carreta style.Now, the county is looking to fill more food & beverage locations in the…
Where are you going, where have you been? It’s not just a Joyce Carol Oates story, it’s a question that blogs answer for a worldwide audience. Here are 7 recent ones from South Florida.Chicago’s Steakhouse and Tavern forming a social club for Notre Dame and Bears fans. [Grapevine]Vacation blog, San…
Here’s a freestyle video from a South Florida based hip hop website called Tha Lot. It features a Hollywood artist/producer by the name of John Doe. He sniffs that Chris Farley and shouts out the PFB…
Sign up for free Mars chocolate products. [MiamiCheap]Ukrainian Independence Day celebration featuring traditional food and music. 17200 Collins Ave. Free. [Herald]Crown Wine Tasting Event – 50 wines for $15. 12555 Biscayne Blvd. Saturday, August 22. [SouthFloridaTraveler]Friday happy hour 5 p.m. – 10 p.m. Two for one cocktails at the National…
Ever been to Benihana Teppanyaki and bemoaned the “lack of Japan” in the place? The company is addressing your concerns on that point and others. Miami headquartered Benihana Inc., which operates 65 Benihana teppanyaki restaurants, 25 RA Sushi Bars, and 9 Haru sushi restaurants, recently concluded its 2009 annual meeting of…
Say a hurricane smashes Miami and leaves you without power. Are you gonna get stuck eating nachos for weeks til FPL hooks you up, or are you going to think ahead, go shopping before the storm hits, and buy canned foods and produce items that you can use to make…
Everyone has to eat to live, some out there live to eat, Short Order lives to eat what other people are eating after they’ve already eaten it, or get there before them and eat it first. Here’s what you might have missed throughout the week.The cult of Ikea extends to…
Forbes India has an article this month about a guy in the outsourcing industry that was born and raised in Dade. Wait. Forbes India? Damn right Forbes India, they get money over there. Sanjay Kamlani’s column has him doling out his opinions on eating and shopping in Miami. His choices…
The Monday special at Taco Rico’s Miami Beach location (1608 Alton Road) is 79 cent tacos, beef or bean, soft or crunchy. One of three outposts, the original Taco Rico on US1 around 42 Ave will forever be remembered for its victory in the Battle of Dixie Hwy. Back in…
Farm Share is a non-profit organization that provides food directly to 6,500 families a month. They also work with 250 agencies to distribute fresh produce, donated goods, and USDA commodities to people all over Florida. Mayor Carlos Alvarez’s budget proposal for 2009/10 eliminates funding for all Community Based Organizations. Mayor…
Next time your bitch starts complaining about a lousy meal treat her like a pimp (or pimpette) and slap her with a rolled up newspaper, (that goes for your son of a bitch too). Or you could take her out and show her a good time.We’re talking about your dog…
Fantasma Productions was one of the top independent promotion and performance companies in the United States. It was founded and run by John Stoll. He owned the Carefree Center in Broward which housed Comedy Corner, where Larry The Cable Guy got his start. Stoll died in 2008. Click here to…
Greek mythology’s Maenads, the female followers of Dionysus, the God of Wine, were known to enter into states of ecstatic frenzy, indulge in wild, uncontrolled sexual urges, and run through herds of animals or people like sharp clawed lawnmowers tearing and eating their flesh, which is to say, never get…
So a Long Island dentist and his wife decide to embark on the adventure of a life time, leave New York and open a restaurant on Miami Beach, “Right on Collins Avenue sweetheart!” Maybe that’s how the Fairmont Gardens Bar & Grille came into existence. Here’s our idea of how…
Back in 92′ I spent the duration of Hurricane Andrew laying on a blanket in a hallway with the family dog Harry and a skateboard Pro Tec helmet on my head. I was 10. Three weeks later when South Miami got power back our fridge stopped being that useless box…
8 year old Miami Beach kid Joshua Williams tackles world hunger, starts in Dade. [Herald]Sometime Miamian, the pregnant Kourtney Kardashian, craves fruit smoothies, eats twizzlers and Mexican food in bed, runs around naked all day. [USMagazine]Ford Motor Company and Newman’s Own donate a refrigerated truck to Miami’s Daily Bread Food…
Inner Circle are the “Bad Boys of Reggae.” If you’ve ever seen the TV show COPS then you know why — they wrote the theme song. But Inner Circle aren’t one-hit novelty wonders; the band has released 24 studio albums since 1974. These conscious dudes are among the few active…
