With its chill atmosphere, killer music, and stiff drinks, it’s not like you need yet another reason to imbibe at Miami’s oldest (and arguably most charming) dive bar. But here’s one anyway: For $20, you can toss a few back, listen to live tunes, and feel morally upright about your…
OK, men — you earned your gold star on Valentine’s Day by taking us to a surf-and-turf dinner that cost five times what you would have paid the day before or after. Now, just a measly month later, it’s time for us to, apparently, return the favor on Steak and…
We can bitch and complain all we want about our laborious weekdays at work, but when it comes to the weekend, the bitching needs to stop. Ain’t nobody got time fo’ anything besides chocolate festivals, beer festivals, and Calle Ocho. So quit your complaining and start planning your sure-to-be-awesome weekend…
It’s official, the third Miami outpost of World of Beer is making its way to midtown. The Tampa-based brew lover’s paradise will be throwing open its doors this April. It’s only been a year since the Dadeland location started tapping kegs and screening sports — and less than that for…
The debate over whether the best meal of the day is lunch or breakfast has been going on for millennia. Intense battles have broken out over the issue. But one day, a peaceful being came up with a compromise for the rivaling sides. The settlement was “brunch,” a perfect middleman…
Chef Wheeler del Torro will take on Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell in an Iron Chef-style battle. It all goes down March 16 at 7 p.m. (smack dab in the middle of Winter Music Conference) at the Shore Club. The event is part of chef del Torro’s daylong business boot camp…
Move over, Bethenny Frankel, and take your Skinny Girl swill with you. There’s a tastier, stronger low-cal cocktail company in town. And P.S.: The makers are better-looking than you too. The dudes at Miami Cocktail Company are now plying the 305 with their zero-sugar, zero-carb, 99.9 percent natural piña colada…
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SushiSamba is expanding its brand in Miami with the opening of SushiSamba Coral Gables. The third Miami-area restaurant in the chain (parent company Samba Brands also owns Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill in midtown) will open inside the Westin Colonnade Hotel in April.The 6,500-square-foot restaurant will feature a lounge, two bars, outdoor…
Let’s play a little free association. When you think of Miami dining, you probably come up with terms like fresh, light, daring, and innovative. But what about great service? For years, snowbirds and recent transplants from parts north have bantered about how service was sooooo much better in New York…
Venezuelan restaurants across Miami announced specials such as discounted arepas and one-buck Miller Lites following the news of President Hugo Chávez’s death yesterday afternoon.The end of the socialist leader’s tendentious rule meant Venezuelans took to Doral with flags and Polar beer until late in the evening. This means it’s the…
Animal lovers, March is the time to haul ass to RA Sushi in South Miami, where the purchase of a mouthwatering roll means helping homeless pets. And what’s worthier than adorable puppies and cutie-pie kittens? Last month, Short Order’s Laine Doss took home top prize in RA’s Foodies Show Heart…
The route from downtown Miami or South Beach to Buena Vista’s restaurant strip traverses the posh Design District, a neighborhood speckled with Christian Louboutin stilettos and a luxury flagship shop by Hermès. Just a few blocks north is Little Haiti, where many families eke out a living with annual incomes…
Even as we’re kvetching about this frigid weather (if you consider 65 degrees freezing, that is), thousands of young men and women are packing up their swimsuits to indulge in the annual rite known as spring break.Sure, there are some college kids who head for Cancun and Europe to celebrate…
What a bunch of assholes! Serving celebratory specials for the death of a human being? Well, not really. Hugo Chávez may have personified heartache and headache to millions of Venezuelan citizens, immigrants, and their U.S.-born descendants, but to say we’re celebrating his demise would be horrifically offensive. However, the socialist…
For the chain-weary eaters of South Miami, Kendall, and beyond, pork belly, fried pickles, and black-and-blue burgers are finally on their way. A new slow-food, craft-beer-focused gastropub is about to open its pork-peddling doors down south. Barley & Swine is the pet project of Jorge Ramos, his father (also Jorge),…
Beginning tomorrow, fast-food fanatics can get their hands on the hotly anticipated Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Tacos, courtesy of Taco Bell. Just ask and ye shall receive. In response to apparently insane demand, the company announced via its Facebook page that it’s rolling out the new treats a day earlier…
When My Ceviche opened in SoFi, there was much to love about the tiny shop that featured fresh-from-the-sea ceviche and stone crab. Except, of course, if you wanted to sit down and dine at a leisurely pace. The little shop had very few seating options. You could eat at the…
Swine Southern Table & Bar is set to open Saturday, March 9. It will be the first time the restaurant team that created 50 Eggs will move its brand of dining onto the mainland (not counting fast-casual concept Lime Fresh Mexican). Swine Southern Table & Bar, like Yardbird Southern Table…
If you’re not a fan of melty, golden, cheesy goodness pressed between two slices of toasty bread, you’re probably not human. So why are you reading a food blog, android freak? This widespread love for the classic childhood sammie means Miaimians should be stoked for the Daily Melt, the newest…
Bill Telepan, chef at Telepan on New York’s Upper West Side, dedicates his time outside the kitchen to Wellness in the Schools, an organization focused on inspiring nutritious eating and fitness in public schools across the country. You might have seen Telepan, alongside the organization’s cofounder, Nancy Easton, featured in a…
Immokalee farmworkers and their allies yesterday began a 14-day, 200-mile trek across Florida to protest low wages and poor working conditions.According to Naples News, about 150 people took to the streets of Fort Myers, some holding signs, a few carrying a large papier-mâché farmworker who had the words “new day” in his…
