“How to Twerk” Makes Miami’s Most Googled Searches of 2014

C’mon, Miami… Of all the places in America that should possess an encyclopedic understanding of what it means to “dance in a sexually provocative manner while in a squat, thrusting the hips and popping that booty,” we’d expect the 305 to be numero uno con ese culo. And yet it…

Ferguson Grand Jury Proves Criminal Justice System Is Racist

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. Today, Luke assesses the fallout in Ferguson, Missouri. America took five steps backwards when a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, did…

Poison Caused Mysterious Dog Seizures in South Beach

A week after Riptide reported that several South Beach dogs had suffered sudden, sometimes lethal seizures, the animal hospital that treated four victims has confirmed what many suspected: The dogs ingested poison. Lela Morales, a manager at Alton Road Animal Hospital, says the dogs almost certainly ate some kind of…

Golf’s Jackie Robinson Receives Nation’s Highest Honor

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke gives a history lesson on the black golfer who broke the color barrier. On November 24, Barack Obama…

Boisterous Brunchers Can’t Bog Down Miami Chefs

A 50-pound pig is pumped full of brine for four days and then — around midnight on a Saturday — placed in a large wooden box just behind the Four Seasons Hotel in Brickell. The box is closed, covered in hot charcoal, and left for hours beneath a tent that’s…

Revolt TV Disses Miami’s Music Industry

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke calls out the brains behind Revolt Music Conference. I’m sick and tired of out-of-town entertainment moguls and executives…

Kill “Pitbullshit,” Fake DJs in New Video Game

Does Pitbull’s “Timber” make you wanna murder? Are you effin’ fed up with fake DJs like Paris Hilton getting paid $1 million per night? Time to play Ghosts ‘n DJs, a new, retro video game from a Spanish electronic music producer named Dr. Kuch. The mission… Rid mankind of all…

Seven Seas Restaurant & Fish Market: Little Haiti’s Hidden Gem

Don’t let its proximity to the Design District fool you — Seven Seas Restaurant & Fish Market is all about the food. More specific, this blink-and-you’ll-miss-it gem in Little Haiti features inexpensive and expertly prepared Dominican and American dishes. Owner Nicholas Paulino and his wife, Ana, are originally from San…

Loba in MiMo Draws a Pack of Admirers

Bathroom talk is usually off-limits during meals, but at Loba, a 3-month-old restaurant in MiMo, the lavatory is a conversation piece. That’s because apart from the complimentary dental floss (greatly appreciated), the wallpaper is composed of pages torn from the classic children’s book Where the Wild Things Are. It’s no…

Katherine Fernandez Rundle Fails Miami’s Blacks

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke says Miami’s state attorney has fooled African-Americans in the city. On Memorial Day 2011, cops from Miami Beach…