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Full Bloom Opens With Plant-Based Cuisine and a Killer View

While Miami's plant-based landscape has evolved enormously in the past few years, upscale vegan eateries are still surprisingly scarce. Full Bloom Gourmet Vegan Cuisine, which opened last month in Miami Beach, is now filling that niche, offering a healthy, chic alternative to the city's traditional culinary scene.  Tucked away in...
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Donald Trump Is Beating Hillary Clinton in Florida

Here's the good news for those wary of Donald Trump's surging popularity: Amongst the major Republican candidates polled against major Democrats in three major swing states, Donald Trump does the worst. Here's the bad news: In Florida he's still beating Hillary Clinton. The data comes from Quinnipiac University's latest telephone survey...
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Miami Beach Cop Won’t Be Charged Over Taser Death of Graffiti Artist Reefa

The Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office announced today that they will not be bringing charges against Miami Beach police officer Jorge Mercado for the Stun Gun-caused death of 18-year-old graffiti artist Israel "Reefa" Hernandez-Llach.  Back in August 2013, Hernandez-Llach was caught tagging a shuttered McDonalds on 71st Street and Collins Avenue in Miami Beach...
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Byblos’ Middleterranean Melody in South Beach

Spicy, sweet, tender, and toothsome only begin to describe the lamb ribs at Byblos, the new Eastern Mediterranean eatery at the Royal Palm South Beach. To give the starter its sensual mix of flavors and textures, the meat is cooked sous vide for 24 hours before being brushed with carob...
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Goosebumps Honors the Vigorous Fun of R.L. Stine — for a While

Here's a scary story for you. Somewhere in Hollywood, a cabal of producers are forever zombie-ing up the corpses of long-dead licensed properties, ever hopeful that you will continue to throw your money at familiar trademarked characters even as they eat your brains. Sometimes, when a silver moon shines just...
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Superb Reporting Drama Spotlight Is a Rallying Cry

Newspapers are dead, except in the hearts of anyone who has ever loved them — which means there are still narrow slivers of hope. One of them now comes to us in the form of a movie: Tom McCarthy's bold, shirtsleeve-sturdy newsroom drama Spotlight, which shows how a team of...
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Rich Miamians Wage War Against People Who Live on Boats

Al Holden's 34-foot yacht, M/V Close Knit, bobbed as he prepared a meal of chicken and dumplings. On his way to Key West, the Canadian had threaded his way off the Intracoastal Waterway and found a sweet spot to drop anchor. Sunset Lake is situated right between mainland Miami Beach...
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What the World Was Like the Last Time a Hurricane Hit Florida

Florida has gone almost 10 years since receiving a direct hit from a hurricane. The last time a cane actually touched our shores was when Hurricane Wilma made landfall in late October 2005. That's an awfully long (though not necessarily scientifically strange) gap for hurricanes in Florida. The world and...
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Michael Namkung, Jedediah Caesar Debut New Work at Locust Projects

Miami might be facing its first hurricane in a decade, but that's not stoping Locust Projects from opening up two new shows this weekend. Jedediah Caesar and Michael Namkung are both California natives fascinated with Miami's physical and cultural landscapes. Each exhibition tackles a different aspect of the South Florida...
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Severe Coastal Flooding in Florida Is Getting Worse, New Study Finds

Anyone who’s ever lived on South Beach knows the moment. Thunder booms, rain pounds down in solid sheets of water, and then it happens: The streets suddenly turn into rivers, sending cars and pedestrians bobbing in the massive buildup of precipitation. Floods are part of the contract that comes with...
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Culinary Incubator Pops Up at Wynwood Yard

Miami's first culinary incubator, along with a host of dining and drinking options,  opens this fall at the Wynwood Yard. This "pop-up community gathering space" opens at 70 NE 29 St and features everything from gardening classes and eateries to a a place where up and coming entrepreneurs can have...
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Golden Fig Starts Lunch Service Next Week

Golden Fig might have opened in the former OTC space by OTC's former restaurateur Michael Sullivan, but it quickly held its own, thanks to executive chef Tomas Prado, who gave the restaurant its own unique identity by serving fresh from the farm, Florida-inspired fare.  Prado, whose resumé includes heavy hitters...
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After Arrest, Rick Ross Comes Back Strong With New Track “Foreclosures”

It's been a little over two months since Rick Ross was arrested for kidnapping, aggravated assault, and aggravated battery in Fayette County, Georgia.  Ross, after posting a $2 million bail, is walking free now (with a GPS ankle monitor), awaiting his trial. Testimony hasn't begun yet, so specific details are scarce but...
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Chris Bosh Says He’s Lucky to Be Alive

Basketball isn’t a life or death situation at the end of the day, but it almost was for Heat star Chris Bosh. The big man revealed that he’s “lucky to be alive” after playing through symptoms that turned out to be the result of blood clots in his lungs that...
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Here’s a Map of What Florida’s New Congressional Districts Could Look Like

After the state Supreme Court threw out Florida's congressional districts as unconstitutional and politically motivated, the state legislature will assemble for its  second special session of the year next Monday to redraw fairer district. House Speaker Steve Crisafulli  and Senate President Andy Gardiner, both Republicans, instructed staff to draw up a...
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Dogfish Head’s Choc Lobster Debuts at World of Beer

Normally, getting Dogfish Head's one-of-a-kind Choc Lobster would require a few days off, a plane ticket to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, and a visit to their speciality brewpub. But now, the rare brew that's only been available in house at Dogfish Head, will make its debut in selected World of Beer...