If you have no desire to spend Thanksgiving gulping beer like a Pilgrim and would prefer to swirl and sip some vino, here are some great suggestions we discovered while out tasting with fellow oenophiles. All of the choices are under $25 and available at a number of local wine…
What do Thanksgiving and beer have to do with one another besides pumpkin ‘n’ spice and everything nice? It is well documented that the Pilgrims landed in Cape Cod in 1620 because of numerous hardships – rough seas, stormy weather and sickness. Back then, water was certainly not the drink…
Juan Echeverri did not start out selling frozen alcohol to overzealous college students. This Medellin-born entrepreneur first started a non-profit venture producing frozen treats that single mothers could sell in the summer for some extra money. But then he noted the popularity of his frozen pops on the beaches of…
The Place: Mai Tardi 69 NE 39th St., Miami305-572-1400maitardimiami.comThe Hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 5 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.The Deals: Enjoy $4 beers, $5 wines by the glass, and $6 specialty cocktails.The Scene: This week the Design District’s Mai Tardi got a revamp. The outdoor area went zen with Buddahs, serene…
That time of year is approaching again — the day we get to stuff our faces with a large amount of heavy food and have the luxury of napping afterward. However, we must not forget about the festive cocktails. Forget about the wine. Get your hands on a drink intended…
Taqueria Tacontento debuts its new tequila bar — Bar Agave. Bar Agave features handcrafted tequila cocktails that utilize fresh fruit and natural purees, herbs and spices. No sweet crap here. They ix-nayed the sugar and their libations use exclusively agave nectar. The spirit Tequila originates from the state of Jalisco, Mexico,…
Denny Hamlin is in the lead for the 2010 Sprint cup with the Ford Championship Week just one race awa….zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.Whoa, sorry for falling asleep there, but NASCAR is so boring. This happened once before when our dad took us to the Grand Prix of Miami, or the Indy 500, or…
If you’re not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter, here’s a taste of what you’re missing. Click here to subscribe.It’s not the humidity, it’s the heat.Miami Heat, that is. At the Oasis Pool Bar at the posh Mandarin Oriental on Brickell Key, that is. Well, okay, it’s…
The slogan is “Re-taste your youth. At 40 proof.” What adult wouldn’t want to bring back childhood memories sipping on chocolate milk while getting a buzz? That’s what the creators, Tracy Reinhardt and Nicki Halbur, from Orange County, California thought when they came up with Adult Chocolate Milk last month.”It’s…
The New Times’ 2010 winner for “Best Mexican Restaurant” has just upped its game with a new Wednesday happy hour. It takes place from 5 to 9 p.m. Guests on November 10 can be the first to try the new six flavor Margarita sampler ($16.) It features Talavera’s six signature…
Just when you thought there couldn’t be another show about people gallivanting around the country eating and drinking, along comes Drinking Made Easy, a 24-episode show that travels the country in search of local libations and tippling traditions.Zane Lamprey and his drinking buddies, Steve McKenna and Marc Ryan, are actually…
When the tables in the dining room and out on the patio are taken, and the hostesses don’t offer the bar tables, there’s a problem. But it’s not as if the bar menu at Kitchen Town & Bar stinks. Granted it’s limited to a hodgepodge of appetizer-type selections such as…
El Rancho Grande has managed to combine two things we love dearly; tequila and Pop Rocks. The candy that tingles your mouth and the alcohol that burns your esophagus have come together in perfect harmony with the “Pop Rocks On” shot. It is made of Hornitos Premium Tequila lined with sweet…
Sundays at RA are known for the “Flying Fish Lounge,” late night happy hour. This Sunday, Halloween and happy hour combine for Boo Bash 2010. In addition to regular deals (half-off appetizers and sushi rolls with drink specials ranging from $2-$6,) guests in costume can enter to win $100 RA…
Judging by the mind-numbing number of holiday-inspired cocktail recipes we’ve received, seems booze companies have really gotten into the Halloween spirit this year. We’ve combed through them all and plucked what we think are the two most distinctive, potentially crowd-pleasing drinks: Pumpkin Pie-tini from Three-Olives vodka, and a Candy Corn…
Halloween is right around the corner and we can smell fear around us. Whether it’s because of the psychotic neighbor who’s decided to reenact SAW in his front yard, or the girlfriend who convinced you that Ken and Barbie is a great couples costume, sometimes you need a string drink…
The black grouse is the newest addition to The Famous Grouse whiskey family. It is touted as having the richest, smoothest flavor of any blended Scotch. Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible (whisky bible?) describes it as “so gentle, with waves of smoke and oak lapping on an oaky shore… brilliant.” Something…
I went on my first tequila crawl last week, accompanied by Ken Austin (founder/chairman of Tequila Avión), John Bilello (Executive Vice President Sales), and a small group of food bloggers, writers, PR folk and other miscreants. One of the goals of the evening was to let us, and our readers,…
What would a Taste of Peru be without a taste of pisco? Well, for one thing, dry. So when attending the event at the Miami Beach Convention Center that runs through tomorrow, I naturally found myself gravitating towards the Pisco O stand, I had arrived an hour before start time…
John ZurBistro e barThe Viceroy’s Bistro e has raised the bar on Brickell happy hours by lowering the prices on signature sake cocktails and sushi rolls. The deal is called the $5 After 5 p.m. Sushi and Sake Happy Hour. Sushi Chef Tua, who was previously with Sushi Maki, has…
The Booze Hound yesterday featured mixologist David Ortiz from the Viceroy’s Club 50. He has been nominated as one of the city’s top mixologists in tonight’s Iron Fork Awards and after tasting through a myriad of his Miami-inspired cocktails, we know why. These were the three that stood out. The…
In preparation for tomorrow night’s Iron Fork, Booze Hound has been stalking the nominated mixologists. The first one we were able to track down was David Ortiz from Club 50 at the Viceroy. A long-time South Florida resident, David makes cocktails with a deeply native feel. Blessed with a Miami…
