Million Dollar Listing Miami Films at Tongue & Cheek

Bravo’s reality series about real estate deals and meltdowns is coming to Miami, with our city becoming the tropical backdrop for three realtors wheeling, dealing, and backstabbing their way into the hearts of America. Million Dollar Listing Miami is the third in Bravo’s latest franchise. Premiering on Wednesday, June 25…

Michy’s to Close, Will Reopen as New Concept

Michy’s, Michelle Bernstein’s flagship Miami restaurant, is closing. The restaurant, which opened in 2006, is closing Saturday, June 28, after eight years on Miami’s Upper Eastside. See also: Top Ten Influential Figures in Miami Dining…

Kris Wessel to Open Oolite Restaurant & Bar at Former Cooper Avenue

Kris Wessel is going big this spring with the announcement of Oolite Restaurant & Bar. The restaurant, to be located in the former Cooper Avenue space just off Lincoln Road at 1661 Pennsylvania Ave., is scheduled to open May 30. The restaurant’s name is derived from the limestone and coral…

Europa Gourmet Market: European Deli Opens in South Beach

After more than a year of work on the small spot, Europa Gourmet Market has finally opened. The long and narrow space houses an abundant assortment of European packaged goods — beer, meats, and even sodas — designed to give European-born residents a taste of home. More interesting than the…

Best of Miami Readers’ Choice 2014: Vote Now!

June is right around the corner and Miami is really heating up. No, we’re not talking about the onset of summer humidity, we’re talking about the annual Best of Miami edition, which hits our fair city on June 19, naming the best places to eat, things to do, and people…

BLT Prime Opens at Trump National Doral

It makes perfect sense. Maybe that’s why it was two years in the planning, but BLT Prime has opened at the Trump National Doral. The restaurant, designed by Peter Niemitz, along with Eric Trump, replaces the former Mesazul and features scrolled ceilings, a circular bar, and Corinthian columns in a…

Miami Mother’s Day Brunch Guide UPDATED

Mother’s Day is this Sunday, May 11. It’s payback time. Payback for all the laundry and cleaning. Payback for the meals she made for your lazy self. Payback for those twenties she peeled out of her wallet to help pay your electric bill — after you were way too old…

Miami Shores Couple to Village: Let Us Grow Our Vegetable Garden

For 21 years, Hermine Ricketts and Tom Carroll have lived in a modest three-bedroom house in Miami Shores, a quiet village of about 10,000 residents with well-maintained houses and well-manicured lawns. There, the married couple grew vegetables on their front lawn for nearly two decades. Ricketts, a retired architect, tells…

Camana Bay in Grand Cayman: Miami Connections, Local Flavors

Just about an hour’s flight from Miami lies Grand Cayman, the largest of three islands that make up the Cayman Islands. Grand Cayman is best known for two things — beautiful beaches and international banking. The island, filled with pristine hotels and condos lining the sugar sands of Seven Mile…

Watch Action Bronson’s Fuck, That’s Delicious (Video)

You probably don’t want to watch the first episode of Fuck, That’s Delicious in earshot of your crotchety old boss, your grandma, or young children. That’s because Vice’s new monthly series is appropriately named. In other words, host Action Bronson says “fuck” a lot…

The Forge: Christopher Lee Keeps Things Classic (With a Few Twists)

In the past few months, the Forge has gone through some changes, announcing the departure of Dewey LoSasso and the arrival of its new executive chef, Christopher Lee. Lee, who was hired by the Forge’s owner, Shareef Malnik, in January, comes with a long resum�. He received the James Beard…

Burger King’s Subservient Chicken Is Back, and He’s Crying Fowl

Ten years ago, Burger King introduced the Subservient Chicken, a strange character that was supposed to do anything you told it to do via the internet. Created by Crispin Porter + Bogusky for the Miami-based fast-food chain’s TenderCrisp chicken sandwich, the campaign featured a man in a chicken suit doing…