Hurricane Irma has left millions of Florida residents without electricity.  According to Florida Power & Light, service should be restored to everyone by Sunday. That’s the good news. The bad news is that your cell phone is likely useless by now without a charge or Wi-Fi. Luckily, there are some…

Brian Mullins, is swamped. It’s 3 p.m. the day after Hurricane Irma and his popular fast casual restaurant, Ms. Cheezious, is filled with people trying to get a hot meal and a cold beer.

Pubbelly’s Juan F. Ayora called New Times with some good news on Monday morning.  “All of our restaurants are OK, including the ones in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic,” Ayora says. But Ayora isn’t feeling great about his restaurants this morning. That’s because neither Ayora nor his Pubbelly Group…

Hurricane Irma may have made a westward turn, but Miami still isn’t out of the woods yet. With the exception of a slim few, most Miami restaurants and bars are closed for the rest of the weekend to allow employees to stay home and be safe. But, between finishing hurricane prep and waiting for the storm to arrive, there’s time for a little humor. Here are the best Irma-related posts from Miami industry professionals.

With Hurricane Irma setting its sights on Miami, there’s no longer any time or excuses to get your house in order — literally and figuratively.Many stores are closing early to allow employees time to prepare for the storm. Here’s a list of major outlets and their hurricane closure information.

Hurricane Irma is coming for South Florida.  Hopefully, everyone’s gotten their water and canned tuna, gassed up their cars, and battened down the hatches.The only thing left to do?  Eat and drink (as long as it’s safe). Several restaurants and bars in Miami are offering deals and happy hour specials.  If you’re heading out, it’s best to call the establishment first if conditions start to deteriorate.

The wind is starting to pick up although the skies are sunny as people file in the Publix on Biscayne and 90th in Miami Shores just about noon. Inside, a police officer, dressed in riot gear, instructs shoppers to walk into a designated entrance. Water is stacked up and the officer is guarding it. A line queues for the water, handed out by store managers.

As Hurricane Irma continues to move toward Florida, restaurants and bars are starting to set plans in motion. Some, like Gramps in Wynwood, plan to remain open as a literal port in a storm and communal meeting space. Other establishments, such as Spris and Pincho Factory, are postponing events originally scheduled to take place later this week.

With much across town shutting down as Hurricane Irma nears, chefs and restaurateurs are scrambling to batten the hatches and do everything they can to protect their spaces as a potentially lethal storm looms in the future. Yet the main question is what to do with freezers and coolers stuffed with food worth thousands if not tens of thousands of dollars

As Hurricane Irma churns in the Caribbean, hitting islands such as Barbuda that are smaller than the monster storm’s eye, South Florida continues to prepare for the storm. Miamians, however, are panicking as they find empty shelves where water should be. Last evening, on a quest for water and supplies, no less than five locations were either out of bottled water or had only one or two designer brands on the shelf.

Miami is in serious storm prep mode, making plans to either evacuate or ride out the storm with family. And family, for many Miamians, means both two-legged and four-legged varieties.Planning for a disaster with a dog or cat (or, in my case, four Chihuahuas) takes just a bit of extra planning.

Already, social media feeds show stores like Publix running out of core supplies like water, with people rushing to buy hurricane supplies in case. But Publix director of media and community relations, Maria Brouss, says to not panic if your local store looks bare: Help is on the way.

Hurricane Harvey has left a trail of devastation, taking 40 lives so far, with millions of people trying to pick up the pieces of their storm-ravaged communities.Barely days after the 25th anniversary of Hurricane Andrew, Miamians are finding ways to help those affected by Hurricane Harvey. Wynwood Yard is hosting a Hurricane, Harvey benefit concert on Labor Day and on Saturday, Cafe Caruba in Coral Gables is offering a tostada and cafe con leche for $10, which will be donated to Global Giving for hurricane disaster relief efforts. Now, several Miami Beach bars and restaurants have come together to raise funds for Hurricane Harvey relief efforts in a most delicious way: the Texas lemonade.

It’s Labor Day weekend and, while people in most cities are planning on of the last beach days before cold weather kicks in, Miami still confounds us with otherwordly temperatures and humidity.Miami is a coastal town and, while an afternoon on the water is a cooling salvo, most of us don’t have access to a boat. There are, of course, tour boats that depart from various points, but they’re usually jam-packed. You could go the way of boat rentals, but they’re costly, you can’t enjoy a few beers if you’re the captain, and you have to worry about navigating.

In an all-cash transaction, giant online retailer Amazon purchased Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion this past Monday. That figure also seems like the average shopper’s annual expenditure at Whole Foods (lovingly referred to by some as “Whole Paycheck”).