Scare Up Some Spooky Cocktails For Halloween

Halloween is right around the corner and soon the streets and bars will be filled with zombies, sexy witches, and vampires — all thirsting for a cocktail.You want to know what’s even more frightening than having all these creatures of the night walking the streets of Miami?An empty glass….That’s why…

Rare Blue Lobsters at Red The Steakhouse

You’ve probably read about blue lobsters, those rare neon-colored crustaceans. Now, Red the Steakhouse is inviting you to taste one.Read Also:- Red the Steakhouse Has Kobe from Japan: Is it Worth It?The lobsters are Brittany Blues, taken from the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean off the shores of Scotland and…

Food & Country Festival Bringing the Wild West to South Dade

While techno beats and Cuban food might seem more South Florida-style than twangy tunes and barbecue — we can all use a return to those country roots every now and then. Hence the idea behind the South Dade Food and Country Festival, bringing homegrown good times and good eats to…

Vote For Political Cocktails From Eden Roc Renaissance

This Presidential election is enough to drive anyone (even Mitt Romney) to drink. After all, in the past few weeks, we’ve seen both candidates snipe at each other in the debates, watched aghast as Donald Trump failed yet again to be taken seriously, and stared in disbelief as Big Bird…

Miami’s Best Cookies: Ten Places to Feed Your Sweet Tooth

Want access to our Best Of picks from your smartphone? Download our free Best Of app for the iPhone or Android phone from the App Store or Google Play. Don’t forget to check out the full Best of Miami® 2012 online at bestof.voiceplaces.com. Sesame Street’s most relatable character, by far,…

The Federal vs. Haven: Big Texas Showdown in the MIA

While Miami is best known for palm trees swaying among neon-lit avenues, Texas is probably most famous for cattle, oil, lots of excess…and old fashioned duels to the death.Read Also:- Haven’s Isaac Grillo Wins Inaugural Ultimate Miami Bartender Award at Magic City CasinoThat vision apparently has made two of Miami’s…

Miami’s Best Team Up For March Of Dimes Signature Chefs Auction

Miami’s culinary elite will come together Thursday evening, October 25, at the Eden Roc Renaissance Miami Beach for the 15th annual March of Dimes Signature Chefs Auction.The event, which begins at 6:30 p.m. with a special “meet the chefs” reception, sees chef chair Timon Balloo of Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill…

Toro Toro: Rodizio Grill and Crafted Cocktails in Downtown Miami (Photos)

Toro Toro opens tomorrow, October 25, at the InterContinental hotel in downtown Miami. The restaurant is part of a renovation of the hotel, which was once Miami’s largest and finest convention property. With many new hotels opening in downtown, the InterContinental’s facelift, which includes artwork installations and interactive coffee tables…

Students Rally Around Fired University of Miami Cafeteria Worker

University of Miami students are rallying around a school cafeteria worker who was dismissed from her job on October 10, the day after she let a man leave the cafeteria without paying. The worker, Betty Asbury, claims the man only used the restroom and did not eat or drink anything.Students…

Shell Lumber: Hot Dogs Are Life

By 8 a.m. crews are already lining up outside of Shell Lumber on the corner of U.S. 1 and 27th Avenue. Yet it’s not plywood or tool parts they’re after. It’s hot dogs, bratwurst and mini hamburgers. The half-block-long hardware store has been in business 84 years and remains a…

Ramen Watch: Momi Ramen Plans Simple Offerings in Brickell

There’s no shortage of effort or money being put into Momi Ramen, housed in a tiny red brick building on a Brickell side street in the shadow of nearby condo towers. The small eatery, sparse inside with columns of bamboo, steel moldings and decorations, and exposed brick walls, is planned…

Ketchup With The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile This Week

The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, that famous tube-meat shaped vehicle, is coming to Miami this week and the Hotdoggers who drive the beast want to “meat” you.Hotdoggers, by the way, are the friendly, happy, lunchmeat-obsessed crew who drive the wienermobile all across this fair land. With names like Anggie Dog and…

Mixtura Struggles to Hold La Cofradia’s Clout

A few cosmetic bits of La Cofradia, the now-closed Peruvian restaurant that was once the best in Coral Gables, remain in the space now known as Mixtura, but that’s all. Nestor Rojas and Miguel Hilck, partners in a North Beach Peruvian restaurant of the same name, bought the space earlier…

Ten Best Pumpkin Beers to Try This Harvest Season

Oktoberfest is out; pumpkin beers are in. But do they taste like a pie or a pumpkin? If you’re feeling a little apprehensive about drinking brew made from an oversize gourd, remember that beer is beer and that no two pumpkin beers are the same. There is a history of…