While it was not an official SBWFF event, last night’s Au Bon Climat wine dinner at Emeril’s Miami Beach sure felt like one. Oenophiles and foodies alike came together for a six-course dinner and wine pairing. Celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse was in the kitchen expediting the New Orleans’ style cuisine…
The Place: CJ’s Crab Shack 600 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL 33139, 305-604-5951/cjscrabshack.com The Hours: Every day from 4 to 7 p.m. with occasional late night happy hours. The Deal: Food specials include Cajun Pool N’ Eat Shrimp, a half a dozen oysters, and Buffalo wings, all ranging in price…
If you’ve ever tried to stuff a slice of key lime pie into your martini, then you know it’s a bad idea. Inevitably, there’s a mess. Your dessert turns to mush. Your drink becomes undrinkable. And everyone goes home unhappy.Thankfully, the 72nd Bar & Grill (5861 Sunset Dr., Miami) opened…
Get ready to start channeling your inner Jimmy Buffett: It’s National Margarita Day on Monday, February 22. While there are many stories about the creation of the legendary libation, the most enduring tale centers around socialite Margarita Sames, who “invented” the original margarita in 1948 in Acapulco, Mexico. Looking for…
Know anyone with a February birthday? Here’s a drink perfect for those wacky Aquarians and sensitive Pisceans, since it is the color of their birthstone (amethyst). By the way, it was created by Jon Gasparini, co-founder of a San Francisco-based cocktail catering company called Rye on the Road, so hit…
Wise men and idiots alike have uttered the words, “Food is better when it’s booze.” But the intelligence of the utterer has absolutely no bearing on the truth of the matter. Booze food is better. And there are three main reasons why: 1) Swallowing takes less effort than chewing; 2)…
No, B&BJ doesn’t probably sell lots of whipped cream-topped adult milkshakes to the biker dudes and Jersey Shore/Ed Hardy-wearin’ wannabes when they stroll without their bitches, but you can imagine how sexy it would be to share one of these with a silicone-enhanced partner of the opposite sex. Heck, it…
Here’s one box you can really get your tongue into. Okay, that was totally foul, but hell–you know the impending holiday just makes us a little perverse. Have a few of these and you’ll forget all about our bad behavior.Box of Chocolates1 oz Van Gogh Dutch Chocolate Vodka1/2 oz Van…
The United States Bartenders’ Guild (USBG) has been busy recruiting the top mixologists in the United States in order to enter their most inventive and elegant elixirs into The 6th Annual Cocktail World Cup competition (hosted by 42BELOW Vodka). Next step is for the ten winning cocktail entries to compete…
Tonight, from 7 to 9, What’s Hip Wednesday at the Biltmore Bar brings, among other things, half-price drinks, including glasses of wine and champagne for $5 to $9. Other things: complimentary Atlantico Rum love potions will be poured, live jazz will be played, and the Valentine’s theme is red –…
It’s not a good idea to drink and drive, Einstein, but heck — it can be a freakin’ blast drinking and bowling! Did you know you are awarded double points for getting a strike in your neighbor’s lane? Yeah, we’ve never heard that one either, but try it out and…
Like us, you’re probably just a regular person with a job, a dog, and an empty bank account, so this weekend won’t be a three-day bender chockablock with coke, caviar, and potentially criminal activity. But if you’re either sexy or desperate enough, you could try to con your way past…
Why sit in a smoky, stinky sports bar, staring at those mini-skirt-clad waitresses and sucking down cheap beer when you can do the Super Bowl in style? (Besides, can’t you get your best girl to wear a cheerleading uniform and serve you anytime?)All seven of Morton’s The Steakhouse South Florida…
Kim Birkedal Hartmann is a fourth generation French Cognac boss. His family has been in the business since 1887.He recently partnered with American rapper Ludacris to produce Conjure Cognac, a liquor blended purposely for mixability, a concept alien to Cognac purists who believe the drink should be served neat, as…
What happens when one of the world’s biggest names in rap starts a liquor company, launches in Florida, and rents a mansion on Miami Beach for the week of Super Bowl?Ludacris’ House of Conjure on Miami Beach, just across the channel from the Fontainebleau kicked off a week of festivities…
Unless you’re an agoraphobic paraplegic sports hater without a TV, radio, internet access, a newspaper subscription, windows, or ears, it’s blatantly obvious in every way that Super Bowl week is only days away. And since the Saints have finally made their first Big Show after four decades of either second-…
February’s comin’ and you know what that means: V-Day and football (AKA smoochin’ and scorin’). So here’s a fresh, sporty concoction created by the folks at Club 50 for those pigskin-tossin’ and jersey-wearin’ babes in our hot, hot city.By the way, if you really want a surefire way to get…
The happy hour scene at Smith & Wollensky is certainly South Beach’s most popular spot for sunset cocktails and mingling. Not only is the waterfront patio and bar a rarity in town, but also the views of the departing cruise ships are breathtaking. It’s like watching a floating city pass…
We couldn’t get anyone to confirm or deny that mixologists at the Whitelaw Hotel & Lounge are still concocting this scintillating cocktail (they offered it as a promotion in the past), but perhaps you can make a special request because Valentine’s Day is coming up. Just give the bartender your best…
SoFi AgaveThe transformation is complete: Beginning today, the old Tuscan Steak space is El Scorpion Mexican Kitchen + Tequila Bar. Ownership includes Jeffrey Chodorow, and son Zach Chodorow, said to have a heavy influence in the project. Décor is by Owen Kamihira, who long-toothed locals will recall as designer of…
Brazil is bad-ass. So much so, the world decided to name a total crotch-waxing process — the Brazilian — after the country’s citizens. It’s also the land that gave us Pelé and a thousand other soccer phenoms, Rio’s O Cristo Redentor statue, Bob Burnquist, Bonde do Rolê, and sex celebrity…
Too early to be planning Valentine’s Day, you say? Ha! You must be a beginner. Nothing feels better than the peaceful satisfaction of knowing that your romantic setting is secured, your gift is purchased, your champagne is on ice. People are liking pink champagne these days, one of the most…
