A very good year for tacos was 1964. That’s when Roberto and Dolores Robledo and family opened their original Mexican Taco Shop in San Diego. Their mission statement then has remained the same to this day; the far-flung Roberto’s Taco Shop chain calls for “fresh, authentic, quality ingredients, simple food at modest prices, and satisfying […]
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In 2003, Peter and Denisse Schnebly turned their 30-acre farm in southwest Miami-Dade into a fruit-forward Florida winery, a subtropical oasis amid the area’s agricultural sprawl. It’s the perfect setting to enjoy a midday meal or weekend brunch. Coral-like limestone walls wind their way over walkways perched above a koi pond and past a lagoon […]
This intimate, historic theatre was recently restored and reopened after nearly 40 years of vacancy. The historic structure, originally built in 1921, was first restored in 1940 with the iconic Art Deco façade you see today. The theatre, a central part of Homestead’s social life, was mainly used as a movie house until it closed […]
Shiver’s is an institution – that’s what they call you when you’ve been in business for 57 years. The requisite weathered, log cabin/picnic table-and-bench decor remains in place, with obligatory cattle horns and horseshoes on the walls. Chicken, pork, and beef go into two hickory-fueled smokers (some of the meats for up to 12 hours) […]
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There are few places as stunningly beautiful as our own backyard. So what better place to do a 13,500 foot freefall? Talk about your epic views. At Homestead’s Skydive Miami, their jump masters (many of whom are movie stunt jumpers) will bring you down to earth in the most adrenaline-pumping way possible. Complete with parachute […]
