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Best Adult Cabaret

Gold Rush Cabaret

Aug 31, 2021
Best New Restaurant Miami-Dade

Red Rooster

Aug 31, 2021

Marcus Samuelsson and Derek Fleming were set to bring Harlem sensation Red Rooster to Overtown when the pandemic closed down restaurant dining rooms in Miami. Almost immediately, the restaurant's chef, Tristen Epps, and team started making meals for people who lost their jobs during the pandemic. That's indicative of the...
Best Jewelry Store

Aba Jewels

Aug 31, 2021

Aja Butler-Burns was born to a "witchy lady" in Baltimore. Though her mystical practice doesn't incorporate herb walks and winter-solstice rituals like her mother's did, she can't deny that she's always been drawn to crystals and their healing abilities. When she moved to Miami in 2007 to study accessory design...
Best Local Girl Made Good

Marilyn Bonachea

Aug 31, 2021

Marilyn Bonachea is as Miami as guava pie. In fact, baked goods are even to blame for her dalliance with one of the city's biggest drug kingpins, Sal Magluta: She met him in 1971 while working at his parents' Little Havana bakery back when she was a teen and he...
Best Outdoor Attraction

SkyViews Miami Wheel

Aug 31, 2021

Some cities might look at a wheel and think: There's no point in reinventing you! But Miami's the kind of town that takes a revolving disk, invests $18 million into it, and unveils a ginormous wheel fit for Apollo's chariot. This rotating contraption soars 200 feet over Bayfront Park, reshaping...
Best Casino

Hard Rock Casino

Aug 31, 2021
Best New Restaurant Broward

Gastrothèque

Aug 31, 2021

When South Florida restaurateur and Wilton Wings founder Gary Bouvier discovered that the unique space at 1818 East Sunrise Boulevard — the former home of Canyon restaurant beside the Gateway Cinema — was available, he didn't hesitate to pounce. Today, much of the intimate interior remains the same, from the...
Best Costume Shop

La Casa de los Trucos

Aug 31, 2021

La Casa de los Trucos has been around for a long time — a really long time. A fixture in Miami since 1972, the store, was founded in Habana Vieja as a magic and costume shop a century ago. When Castro seized power, the Torres family brought their "House of...
Best Local Girl Gone Bad

Lubby Navarro

Aug 31, 2021

In the late summer of 2021, as COVID-19's Delta variant was sending an alarming number of children to the hospital, Lubby Navarro had the distinct honor of being the sole member of the eight-person Miami-Dade County Public School Board to vote against implementing a mask mandate. During an August meeting...
Best Indoor Attraction

iFLY

Aug 31, 2021

Have you ever looked up at the sky and admired a flock of birds spending an afternoon riding the thermals? Maybe you've always wanted to skydive, but the thought of jumping out of a perfectly good airplane didn't sound like a good idea? There's a safe solution to the problems...
Best Lingerie Shop

Voight by Valentina

Aug 31, 2021

The lingerie market is a competitive arena. But that didn't deter 23-year-old Miami native Valentina Voight from diving in, pandemic be damned. Voight launched her brand, Voight by Valentina, last year, and what began as a swimsuit collection has blossomed to include jewelry, dresses, crop tops, stickers — and lingerie...
Best Local Boy Made Good

Cassius Corrigan

Aug 31, 2021

Born and reared in Miami, Cassius Corrigan is the son of a judge, who spent part of his youth in the courtroom watching his father at work. The experience led him to write, direct, produce, and star in a movie about a Latino MMA fighter whose fight extends beyond the...
Best Cheap Thrill

Metromover

Aug 31, 2021

It's outlandish to think that people live in Miami without a car. The light rail system, with its regular delays and minimal reach, doesn't seem dependable enough for a daily commute. To be fair, though, the world's more efficient mass-transit systems (think London, Tokyo, New York City) operate via systems...
Best Category We Didn't Ask

Improv Comedy - Just the Funny Theater

Aug 31, 2021
Best Restaurant When Someone Else Is Paying

Carbone

Aug 31, 2021

You've heard about Carbone. You've seen the famous rigatoni on your Instagram feed. You've heard about the pricey dishes and the month-long wait to snag a reservation. But here's the thing: Carbone is actually worth all the hype. The restaurant is beautiful, the plates are hand-painted in Italy, the waiters...
Best Restaurant to Die in the Past Year

Ortanique on the Mile

Aug 31, 2021

It was one of the first and most high-profile COVID-related losses, and it hit us hard. Maybe not as hard as it hit chef-proprietors Cindy Hutson and Delius Shirley. But nearly so. After just over two decades of serving high-end Caribbean dishes like Bahamian-style conch chowder, Red Stripe Mediterranean mussels,...
Best Bridal Shop

J. Del Olmo Bridal Gallery & Couture

Aug 31, 2021

Joaquin del Olmo stumbled into the wedding business when a friend asked him for a favor. A Cuban immigrant living in California at the time, del Olmo noticed that all his friends were getting married at a young age. One asked him to create the flower arrangements for their wedding...
Best Local Boy Gone Bad

Jeff Bezos

Aug 31, 2021

The image of Jeff Bezos soaring above the Earth's atmosphere in his own rocket earlier this summer was like a scene straight out of Dr. Strangelove, right down to the Amazon mogul's Slim Pickens-esque choice of headgear. The 11-minute, $5.5 billion supersonic joyride may have been brief, but it represented...
Best Not-So-Cheap Thrill

Mega Yacht Charter

Aug 31, 2021

Oh, Miami, if you look at the tabloids (or even out your car window), you'll see a life of wealth and luxury, with rappers and Kardashians drinking champers on yachts. What's that? You don't have seven mil to plunk down on a 92-foot Ferretti yacht? Well, here's a little secret:...
Best Dance Club

E11EVEN

Aug 31, 2021

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