Spicy Wing-Eating Competition at Spring Chicken. To celebrate National Chicken Wing Day, 50 Eggs’ Spring Chicken in Coral Gables will host a spicy chicken wing-eating contest where ten contestants will compete for a crown and prize. The first person to eat two pounds of spicy wings in less than ten minutes will win free Spring Chicken wings for the rest of the year. 7 to 10 p.m. Monday, July 29, at Spring Chicken, 1514 S. Dixie Hwy., Coral Gables; 305-504-2704; eatspringchicken.com.

More than 250 restaurants are slated to participate in Miami Spice this year, including Palme d'Or at the Biltmore in Coral Gables.
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James Beard Foundation Pop-Up Dinner at Le Sirenuse at the Four Seasons Hotel. This Wednesday, the James Beard Award-winning chef Tony Mantuano of the acclaimed restaurant Spiaggia in Chicago will host the Taste America James Beard pop-up dinner with Miami's Soraya Kilgore of Alter and MadLab Creamery and Antonio Mermolia of Le Sirenuse. The evening will begin with a cocktail hour offering beet cookies with whipped cheesecake and candied walnuts, eggplant Parmesan bonbons, and burrata crostini. Dinner highlights include Sicilian red shrimp carpaccio, dry-aged beef porterhouse steak with truffle, and chocolate forest cake. 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 31, at Le Sirenuse, 9011 Collins Ave., Surfside; 786-482-2280; fourseasons.com/surfside. Tickets cost $225 per person via squadup.com.
Wine Wednesdays at Three. Inside the Wynwood Arcade, Three has launched a Wednesday wine special offering two red or two white wines for $10 per glass. The wine list rotates weekly and offers varietals from around the globe. Sommelier Jean-Baptiste Barre is on hand to provide insight on each selection. 5:30 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, July 31, at Three, 50 NW 24th St., Miami; 305-748-4540; threewynwood.com.

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