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Showing 177 - 198 of 385You don’t have to head all the way to the island nation to get your fill of Jamaican food — just to the Hammocks, to Island Restaurant & Variety Food Store. At this orange-walled eatery, you can sample all the traditional Jamaican eats that might otherwise be difficult to find. Think callaloo with codfish, oxtail, […]
By any other name – say Coral Sky, MARS, Sound Advice, the Snuggles Fabric Softener Bear Arena, Cruzan Amphitheatre – this gigantic outdoor shed now called the Perfect Vodka Amphitheatre would still sound as sweet. However, unlike the big, open-air venues up north, ours is available year-round. Music seems to sound better out-of-doors, and Perfect […]
Legendary French master Jean-Georges Vongerichten spread his empire to Miami this year with J&G Grill, a fine-dining restaurant at the St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort. Chef de cuisine Richard Gras helms the kitchen, offering expertly precise and delectable French, American, and Asian-inspired fare. Appetizers are small, featuring fresh fettuccine with Meyer lemon, Parmesan cheese, and […]
Opened by Monroe Udell in 1956, Dania Beach landmark Jaxson’s Ice Cream Parlor & Restaurant still makes each of its 45-plus flavors of ice cream by hand. Today the old-fashioned ice cream parlor boasts not only one of the largest – and best – ice cream selections in the area, but also one of the […]
This Russian and European deli and grocery store draws customers from several counties away, who come to buy the herring, halvah, kasha, caviar, candies, kefir, Georgian wines, bottles of bouncy Baltika beer, and all manner of marinated and pickled vegetables in glass jars — including full garlic bulbs as well as whole tomatoes with the […]
Timon Balloo has shared his life through food for more than a decade at his various Miami restaurants. At the Katherine, he and his wife, Marissa (her middle name is Katherine), share their love story. The menu is a culinary scrapbook of the couple’s travels and experiences together. The oh-so-addictive clam chowder fries, for example, […]
Since we have to miss out on all the Rockefeller Center-style fun in the wintertime, what with the 75 degree temps, an ice arena is the next best thing. It’s our change to dig out those forgotten scarves and fashionable layers for an evening. At the Kendall Ice Arena, you can get your ice skate […]
Once upon a time, Kendall Village Diner was known as Starlite Diner, and it was good. It provided an intimate, coffee-house atmosphere where people hung out playing chess or writing furiously in beat-up journals. Those days are over. The Diner has become a place where people go to drink and God-knows-what-else. On Wednesdays and Thursdays […]
Garlic knots garlic knots garlic knots. If you’re not a connoisseur of all things Italian – you may not be familiar with these greasy, doughy, pungent balls of perfection. Kings County Pizza & Heroes has what’s arguable North Miami Beach’s best Brooklyn-style slice, AND they serve up fresh-baked garlic knots to boot. That alone is […]
This event will be in front of the starbucks on Miracle Mile – 200 Miracle Mile
This is Miami, and what’s the point of living in a piece of Latin paradise if you’re not into sexy beats? The misleadingly monikered L’Boulevard Cafe is your home for late night bachata, reggaeton, trance and hip-hop. It’s a sweaty, sultry scene – and that’s what this city is all about. They host weekly all-you-can-drink […]