Best of Miami 2011: Best Party Guests
In anticipation of the upcoming Best of Miami issue hitting newsstands June 16, here is a sneak peek at one category and its winner.Best Party GuestsJen Stark and Alvaro Ilizarbe…
In anticipation of the upcoming Best of Miami issue hitting newsstands June 16, here is a sneak peek at one category and its winner.Best Party GuestsJen Stark and Alvaro Ilizarbe…
In anticipation of the upcoming Best of Miami issue hitting newsstands June 16, here is a sneak peek at one category and its winner.Best New Electronica ArtistEntresolmyspace.com/entresol…
In anticipation of the upcoming Best of Miami issue hitting newsstands June 16, here is a sneak peek at one category and its winner.Best Local Boy Gone BadRick Sanchez…
In anticipation of the upcoming Best of Miami issue hitting newsstands June 16, here is a sneak peek at one category and its winner.Best FestivalO, Miamiomiami.org…
In anticipation of the upcoming Best of Miami issue hitting newsstands June 16, here is a sneak peek at one category and its winner.Best Solo MusicianOtto von Schirachottovonschirach.com…
In anticipation of the upcoming Best of Miami issue hitting newsstands June 16, here is a sneak peek at one category and its winner.Best Late-Night DiningGigi3470 N. Miami Ave.Miami 33127305-573-1520giginow.com…
In anticipation of the upcoming Best of Miami issue hitting newsstands June 16, here is a sneak peek at one category and its winner.Best Jewelry DesignerMixon by Anna MixonLace Nail & Beauty Lab1935 West Ave.Miami Beach 33139305-604-0111annamixon.com, iluvlace.com…
In anticipation of the upcoming Best of Miami issue hitting newsstands June 16, here is a sneak peek at one category and its winner.Best BlogBeached Miamibeachedmiami.com…
In anticipation of the upcoming Best of Miami issue hitting newsstands June 16, here is a sneak peek at one category and its winner.Best Live Music VenueGrand Central697 N. Miami Ave.Miami 33136305-377-2277grandcentralmiami.com…
In anticipation of the upcoming Best of Miami issue hitting newsstands June 16, here is a sneak peek at one category and its winner.Best Restaurant in South BeachPubbelly1418 20th St.Miami Beach 33139305-532-7555pubbelly.com…
Miami New Times editor Chuck Strouse has won the Sigma Delta Chi award for the nation’s best columns in a nondaily publication.Strouse, a codger who writes so seldom that many people don’t even know he can hold a pen, topped all entries for five of his columns, including three about…
The Gourmet Food Truck Association promised to bring order and profit to the local fledgling mobile grub scene. In December, it partnered with the Miami Children’s Hospital to hold a food truck rally and toy drive in South Miami. Now it’s been apparently been disbanded. At least part of the…
American Civil Liberties executive director Howard Simon took part in the last century’s most significant freedom march with Dr. Martin Luther King. Then he was part of lawsuits that indicated our own government might have played a role in one of the civil rights movement’s most heinous killings, Here he…
Miami People 2010
In an interview with Eater, Nigella Lawson promotes her new cookbook, Nigella Kitchen. Yet this curvaceous cookbook author, TV personality, and all around fabulous foodie who has a way of making even a grilled cheese sound sultry and sexy stands fast that she is not a chef.Eater: Why do you…
Miami Book Fair spins into town
Bloggers Paula Nino and Riki Altman disagree about the merits of exposed kitchens. What follows are their disparate views:Paula’s P.O.V.:There’s something exciting about watching a chef and his team working behind the line to create your food. It’s a way to satisfy the curiosity of how the dishes at a…
There are good things to say about Smith & Wollensky, for sure, starting with its incredible location, location, location and the fact that its bartenders are known to be quite generous with a pour. And we think it’s cool they are offering wine enthusiasts the chance to swirl and spit…
Blogger Hannah Littman and New Times editor Chuck Strouse disagree about Design District pioneer and national powerhouse Michael’s Genuine. What follows are their disparate views:Walk into Michael’s Genuine, the much applauded, infrequently dissed Design District restaurant and you note it right away. There’s none of the pretense that so many…
There’s a reason why food truck operators update their Twitter feeds more often than Justin Bieber. The mobile food providers constantly have to find new places to post up. And they are using social networking to keep their customers updated on their whereabouts. The grounds for their nomadic tendencies: city…
We were not surprised when it was announced that Barton G would be opening a restaurant, Prelude by Barton G, at the Adrienne Arsht center. He is a true showman and his original restaurant Barton G. is more reminiscent of a circus act than a fine dining establishment. It is…
Ortanique’s Web site has an “Accolades” tab. One click on it lists 23 excellence awards. Esquire Magazine named it “Best New Restaurant in America.” And the eatery was placed on Zagat’s Top 10 Best Restaurant List nine times. The New Times has even shown its love more than once. Our…