During Thanksgiving Live, a live holiday cooking special on Food Network, Giada De Laurentiis cut her finger badly, causing the beautiful television personality to leave the set and get stitches from an onsite medical team. De Laurentiis was filming the special with Alton Brown, Bobby Flay, and Ina Garten when…
The 30th Miami Book Fair International has been going on all week, but the fair really gets heated up today, Friday, November 22, when the fair turns a large part of downtown Miami around Miami Dade College’s Wolfson Campus into a bookworm’s dream, with hundreds of thousands of books for…
This weekend is a multimedia extravaganza of entertainment, with something for just about everyone. Do you miss Carrie Bradshaw and the Sex and the City girls? Why not make a date to have cosmopolitans with them! Nose always stuck in a book? There’s an entire weekend of activities for you…
Batch Gastropub is preparing for an early December opening, which is good news indeed for partners Kevin Danilo and Jerry Flynn, who have been working on bringing their vision of a true gastropub to Miami for years now. On a recent visit, Danilo and Flynn were putting the finishing touches…
From November 30 through December 9, db Bistro Moderne’s terrace will be transformed into a chic afternoon bistro (complete with fluffy pillows for lounging) when it hosts the Beluga Noble Russian Vodka Terrace. The special Art Basel pop-up will offer cocktails crafted with Beluga vodka, made with Siberian Artesian well…
Brooklyn Brewery is taking a bit of the New York City borough with the most street cred on the road. What in hell does that mean, and how, exactly, do you bring Brooklyn to Miami, anyway? By delivering the best of Brooklyn’s art, music, parties, culture, and (of course) beer…
From December 5 through 8, the world’s collective artistic eye will focus on Miami for Art Basel, the massive art show that features some of the most important, interesting, and unique artistic pieces on the planet. With all of that art comes the need for a refreshment break, which is…
Miamians will soon be able to shop for local, farm-fresh produce on their way home from work Thursday evenings without schlepping all the way to Homestead, thanks to the Grove Green Market. The market, which premieres December 5, will be open every Thursday from 2 to 8 p.m. in the…
Though the Philippine Islands are about a 22-hour flight from Miami, South Floridians can surely empathize with the people of the area. After all, we are acutely aware of the deadly force of a monster storm, as evidenced by our experience with Hurricane Andrew…
Back in March, Eating House’s Giorgio Rapicavoli announced he was planning a cocktail lounge named Drinking Room next door to his Coral Gables restaurant. Rapicavoli has decided to introduce his beverage concept the same way he did his wildly successful Eating House — with a pop-up. This time, the chef…
Just a year after opening, Kris Wessel has cut ties with Florida Cookery, the restaurant based on old-Florida recipes. Wessel, who named the restaurant after his grandmother’s cookbook, leaves the restaurant, located inside the James Royal Palm Hotel in South Beach, to pursue other career avenues. See also: Kris Wessel:…
GQ Magazine has a lot of famous and talented men gracing its covers for the December “Man of the Year” issue. The rotating cover models have just been announced, and it’s an eclectic group of intelligent, talented, and dashing individuals that includes Matthew McConaughey, Will Ferrell, Justin Timberlake, Kendrick Lamar,…
Quick! What comes to mind when you think of art galleries? If you said “art,” you’d be right, we guess. But we go for the wine and cheese. That’s why we’re so excited about our kind of Art Basel event — a Cheeses of France pop-up in the Wynwood Art…
Bobby’s Burger Palace (BBP), celebrity chef Bobby Flay’s version of a classic burger joint from days gone by, will officially open at Dadeland Mall on Friday, December 6, after months of anticipation. BBP will be located in Dadeland’s new wing, on the second level (directly above the Microsoft store). Fans…
Hard to believe, but Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away, which means you best get on with the menu planning and setting up the spare bedroom for all of your relatives up North who come down to spend the holiday in Miami. If you’re starting to panic about what…
New Times’ Miami Web Awards is tonight, November 14, at Shots Miami in Wynwood — and you’re invited. The event has all the drama and pathos of a typical awards show — but without Miley Cyrus twerking, sticking out her unnaturally long tongue, and lighting up a blunt! It all…
Fashion maven Roberto Cavalli is best known for his exotic prints and curve-hugging jeans, but the Florentine designer is also a restaurateur with restaurant/clubs in Milan and Dubai. Both locations offer glittering, Studio 54-esque experiences, Italian cuisine, and celebrity appearances by the likes of Mike Tyson and Paris Hilton. Miami…
Latin Burger and Taco, the hot pink-and-black roving burger joint, has finally found a permanent parking space after four years of driving around town. Oh, but don’t worry..the original truck will still be out and about. Latin Burger opening a brick and mortar space right on Miracle Mile in Coral…
15 Steps, a farm-to-fork restaurant will officially open at the Eden Roc Miami Beach on December 1, replacing the lauded 1500 Degrees that also featured locavore cuisine. The restaurant, which is named after the “15 steps necessary to grow a vegetable, catch a fish, or cook the perfect steak”, will…
Via Verde Cucina Rustica, a new restaurant by the twins behind Quattro Gastronomia Italiana, is set to open on Miami’s Upper Eastside. The place is a partnership between brothers Nicola and Fabrizio Carro and mixologist Cristiano Vezzoli. It is slated to open at the end of this month at the…
OK, so the event was held at the Broken Shaker and Virginia King had the home court advantage. The truth is King won the competition by making the best tasting cocktail. Her rendition of the classic Manhattan cocktail, the “Looking at me Like You Don’t Want me to Go”, ranked…
Lorenzo, chef Tony Mantuano’s casual-classic Italian restaurant opens for dinner today at the soon-to-open Redbury hotel on South Beach. Mantuano is the chef/partner of Chicago’s Michelin-starred Spiaggia restaurant, along with restaurateur Larry Levy. The team has partnered again with Lorenzo. The restaurant is located in the lobby of the Redbury…
