Did you know that there’s a chocolate factory right here in Miami that specializes in private label productions and premium label sweets? We’ve got our own version of Willy Wonka, and it’s called Tierra Nueva. The local chocolate-makers launched here two years ago, but just recently they’ve introduced a new…
On Memorial Day weekend, Miami Beach did a helluva job making sure African-Americans didn’t feel welcome in the city. For the second straight year, the city’s police department turned South Beach into a militarized zone to handle the 300,000-plus predominantly black visitors. With the help of police, the city installed…
Dennis the Menace Attention fiend: Your profile of Dennis Rodman (“Reinventing Rodman,” Terrence McCoy, May 30) proves that the day people stop noticing him is the same day he blows his own brains out. For now, this big tough-guy baby has garnered world championships, international fame, and — for now…
A Miami-Dade County bureaucrat who evoked Jewish mob king Meyer Lansky’s name to orchestrate shady deals ripped off taxpayers to the tune of $3 million in a decade. During an afternoon press conference yesterday, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle unveiled charges of racketeering, fraud, grand-theft, extortion and other white-collar…
Miami, we may argue about a lot of things. But if there is one thing we can all agree on, it’s that the White Hot Heat are gonna win! LeBron, D-Wade, Bosh, and crew have a way of uniting all sorts of people. Even the ones who can’t afford a…
If it wasn’t already official, it is now: North Miami has the sleaziest politics in Dade. Consider the town’s latest tangled web, which involves a finalist for mayor getting secretly recorded talking about her lady parts. In the days leading up to the May 14 city election, candidate Lucie Tondreau…
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. Today, Luke is outraged over the treatment of African-Americans in Miami Beach. Once again Miami Beach did a helluva of a…
It’s high time Tiger Woods stops putting up with the blatant racism thrown at him. He needs to stand up to fools like his golfing rival Sergio Garcia, who revealed his racist side during the European Tour Player of the Year Awards on May 21. The Golf Channel’s Steve Sands…
Cream of the Kramer He’s nice: The cover story about South Beach businessman Thomas Kramer (“The Fall of Thomas Kramer,” Lera Gavin, May 23) was great, very compassionate, and kind of sad. I attended a few of Kramer’s parties. He is a nice guy and a gracious host, and I’m…
The company that won a hotly contested contract at Miami International Airport worth tens of millions of dollars a year is already in the doghouse with MIami-Dade County’s Aviation Department. On Tuesday, department director Emilio T. Gonzalez fired off a letter to Radames Villalon, general manager of Safe Wrap of…
Myth has it that when the moon is full, people let go of their inhibitions and go wild. Truth or fiction, people totally let loose at LMNT’s monthly downtown full moon party. “We need to come together as a community and bring body and soul together,” said Tracie Samara, hostess…
Eric Jason Gold would like to wage jihad on the Miami Beach Parking Department. Problem is, it’s too damn expensive. This past January on a Tuesday night, the 47-year-old property manager drove his gray Kia sedan to South Beach to pick up his partner, who was finishing work on Lincoln…
The former head of a Liberty City non-profit agency that assisted veterans will spend 85 days in jail for stealing taxpayer money meant to help vets get back on their feet. Last week, 60-year-old Charles Leon Cutler was sentenced following his conviction in March on two counts of grand theft…
Every day every caliber of Miami restaurant heads to Craigslist to seek the help they need. You can just as easily find the Genuine Hospitality Group staffing up for the onslaught of tourist season as you can a nameless Kendall pizza joint looking for a prep cook and dough stretcher…
Ever since Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection retook control of the shuttered Coconut Grove Playhouse last year, the storied structure has been left to rot. And until the state closes a deal with Florida International University, Miami-Dade County, and Gablestage to open a new theater on the site, it will…
Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…
In the capital of medicare fraud, Miami therapist Paul Thomas Layman and his cohorts pulled off a doozy of a heist, stealing $63 million from the federal government through bogus mental health services. Now Layman will spend the next nine years in federal prison following his sentencing hearing yesterday. The…
Uncle Luke, the man who made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. Today, Luke gives so,e advice to the world’s most popular golfer. It’s high time Tiger Woods stops putting up with the blatant racism…
It’s time for the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) to investigate North Miami native and sports agent Drew Rosenhaus. For too long, the league has looked the other way when it comes to Rosenhaus’ shady business tactics and questionable representation of his clients. Last week, Yahoo! Sports broke the latest scandal…
Sunshine State Cult An anti-cult message: People who join cults like Kashi Ashram (“Brainwashed,” Terrence McCoy, May 16) get what they deserve. It is Darwin’s Law of Evolution in action. CheckpointCharlie73 Weird Science Live in the real world: Luke is right to point out the inherent racism in Kiera Wilmot’s…
Sometimes there are brands and products that are so well loved, they draw their own fan base and subculture. Take, for instance, Volvo owners, who push their cars until they’re ancient rust buckets in an attempt to get 500,000 or more miles out of them. Or, consider McRib lovers, who…
For amateur chefs, sushi might seem an insurmountable endeavor — like the perfect puffy cheese soufflé or meringue-wrapped baked Alaska. But surprisingly, it’s not as difficult as it might seem, and with a few simple tools, even the most bumbling of kitchen klutzes can pull off some tasty rolls. Trust…
