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Underground Dining Groups: Q&A With Frodnesor of Cobaya Miami

Last week, Clean Plate Charlie premiered a new series that covers local underground dining groups with the South Florida Foodies. This week, we're taking you a bit more obscure and bit more badass with the group that has changed and shaped much of Miami's underground dining scene and regular dinin ... More >>

Feast With the Beasts (March 4)

epSos.de​Normally during a trip to the zoo, the people watch the animals eat, not the other way around.On Friday, March 4, the roles will be reversed during the charity event "Feast With the Beasts" at Zoo Miami.

Interview with Chef Geoffrey Zakarian - Part II

​Yesterday, we printed part I of out interview with Geoffrey Zakarian. If you missed it, you can read it here. Today we present part II. Clean Plate Charlie: Where will you eat in Miami when you're here? Any secret places? Geoffrey Zakarian: The problem with secret places is that they don't ... More >>

Interview with Chef Geoffrey Zakarian - Part I

​Over the past 20 years, Geoffrey Zakarian has built up one impressive resume. He's been the Chef de Cuisine at New York's legendary Le Cirque, Executive Chef at "44" at The Royalton Hotel and "21". He's opened Blue Door at The Delano Hotel in Miami Beach and opened both Town and Country, bac ... More >>

Fort Lauderdale House Explosion Becomes Marijuana Bust

via Walter Michot / Miami HeraldExplosion at suspected grow house blew off the roof of a Broward home.​Yesterday evening, an explosion and fire blew the roof off a Broward County home on SW 43rd Way, rattling the nerves of neighbors and launching debris into the air according to NBC Miami. No one ... More >>

From Government Snitch to Best-Selling Author, Andrés López Exposes the Cocaine Cartels

via Walter Michot / Miami HeraldExplosion at suspected grow house blew off the roof of a Broward home.​Yesterday evening, an explosion and fire blew the roof off a Broward County home on SW 43rd Way, rattling the nerves of neighbors and launching debris into the air according to NBC Miami. No one ... More >>

Art Gets Novel at MOAFL

via Walter Michot / Miami HeraldExplosion at suspected grow house blew off the roof of a Broward home.​Yesterday evening, an explosion and fire blew the roof off a Broward County home on SW 43rd Way, rattling the nerves of neighbors and launching debris into the air according to NBC Miami. No one ... More >>

Visit Five Food Trucks in One Day - By Bicycle

​Some people spend their Saturdays glued to the couch, nursing away a hangover or watching bad reality TV shows. Or worse, both. But you're not one of those people. You like spending Saturdays outdoors, with roadside adventures -- and food, served from a mobile source.  Lucky for you, ther ... More >>

Borgore's Dubstep Brilliance Leads Revolution Lineup

​Some people spend their Saturdays glued to the couch, nursing away a hangover or watching bad reality TV shows. Or worse, both. But you're not one of those people. You like spending Saturdays outdoors, with roadside adventures -- and food, served from a mobile source.  Lucky for you, ther ... More >>

[Updated] Stolen Horse Statue Butchered at a Scrap Yard Lacks Feel-Good Christmas Ending

Update: Zachary Knox turned himself in to authorities at the Broward Sheriff's Office on Sunday and is charged with "dealing in stolen property."via NBC Miami​Four thieves swiped a 250-pound bronze horse statue that cost $3,500 from the Polo Club, a new restaurant/club in Pembroke Park, according ... More >>

Broward Is Turning Into Miami-Dade, Says the Census. Here's How to Embrace It

Wikimedia Commons​Nobody takes more sectarian pride in county lines than Florida -- where you would normally find city rivalries and geographic landmarks, we have a patchwork quilt of little sovereign empires dividing up the swamps. Heck, we even named our paper after some counties.So when the lat ... More >>

Christmas in Space

Wikimedia Commons​Nobody takes more sectarian pride in county lines than Florida -- where you would normally find city rivalries and geographic landmarks, we have a patchwork quilt of little sovereign empires dividing up the swamps. Heck, we even named our paper after some counties.So when the lat ... More >>

Going Tribal

Wikimedia Commons​Nobody takes more sectarian pride in county lines than Florida -- where you would normally find city rivalries and geographic landmarks, we have a patchwork quilt of little sovereign empires dividing up the swamps. Heck, we even named our paper after some counties.So when the lat ... More >>

Immigration Raid Included Eight Broward Residents, But Details Are Hard to Come By

ICE​"Criminal Alien." That's the phrase that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) uses for anyone who has come into the country illegally and committed a crime, be it a DUI or aggravated murder. ICE makes it a top priority to remove "those who come to the United States to prey upon o ... More >>

Art Basel Satellite Fairs Outshine the Big Fair on the Beach

ICE​"Criminal Alien." That's the phrase that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) uses for anyone who has come into the country illegally and committed a crime, be it a DUI or aggravated murder. ICE makes it a top priority to remove "those who come to the United States to prey upon o ... More >>

Q&A With Tania Ramirez, Owner of Food Cart USA

Latin Burger owner Jim Heins poses in front of his truck, built by Food Cart USA.​It seems like new food trucks are rolling out every week in Miami, from churro trucks to ice cream to trucks that make exceptional grilled cheese. It's enough to make you wonder: Where are they all coming from?Well, ... More >>

Order Up: Food Trucks!

Miami-based truck Dim Ssam a GoGo serves gourmet Asian fusion from a gas station in Coral Gables.​There's no Dish column in this week's print edition -- in its place is a feature story I've been writing for a few weeks on South Florida's food trucks. These mobile kitchens, painted in bright colors ... More >>

Miami Music Festival Ready to Make a Huge Impact

Miami-based truck Dim Ssam a GoGo serves gourmet Asian fusion from a gas station in Coral Gables.​There's no Dish column in this week's print edition -- in its place is a feature story I've been writing for a few weeks on South Florida's food trucks. These mobile kitchens, painted in bright colors ... More >>

Questionable Developer Mark Siffin Wants to Build a Times Square in Miami

Miami-based truck Dim Ssam a GoGo serves gourmet Asian fusion from a gas station in Coral Gables.​There's no Dish column in this week's print edition -- in its place is a feature story I've been writing for a few weeks on South Florida's food trucks. These mobile kitchens, painted in bright colors ... More >>

'Obamacare' Headline Reveals that People Do Read the Newspaper and Care What It Says

via hubpages.com​Proof that journalism, even newspaper journalism, still matters: This Miami Herald article about readers' complaints that the word 'Obamacare' is a "pejorative" with partisan connotations. The Miami Herald changed the recent headline, "Obamacare arrives Thursday," to "Obama-led he ... More >>

Up-the-Skirt Robbery Is Either a Copycat Job or a Repeat Offense

Surveillance shot via NBC MiamiClick to enlarge.​Occasionally, on a very rare and special day, a crime demonstrates almost enviable prowess in feminine grace and agility. Well, South Floridians, today became one of those momentous occasions as a surveillance video surfaced of a woman and her accom ... More >>

You Can Watch Dance If You Want

Surveillance shot via NBC MiamiClick to enlarge.​Occasionally, on a very rare and special day, a crime demonstrates almost enviable prowess in feminine grace and agility. Well, South Floridians, today became one of those momentous occasions as a surveillance video surfaced of a woman and her accom ... More >>

More Layoffs at Miami Herald, English and Spanish Editions

Flickr user: injuThings just got more stressful at the Herald.​The Daily Newspaper Death March continued with yesterday's announcement of 49 jobs cut from the Miami Herald. Of those, nine positions were eliminated in the Herald newsroom, and six were sliced from the Spanish-language El Nuevo Heral ... More >>

Futurism Is So Last Century

Flickr user: injuThings just got more stressful at the Herald.​The Daily Newspaper Death March continued with yesterday's announcement of 49 jobs cut from the Miami Herald. Of those, nine positions were eliminated in the Herald newsroom, and six were sliced from the Spanish-language El Nuevo Heral ... More >>

Guess Where We're Eating and Win Pairings Tickets

​With Pairings coming up next week, we've got one final set of tickets to give away to the all-you-can-eat food and wine event. Then it's time for wine, beer, and so much more on September 16 at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.All you have to do to get your hands on this last pair of pa ... More >>

Is Miami: Beach Heat Merely Skinimax? Or Truly Porn?

The Miami: Beach Heat formula calls for flimsy bathing suits and an even flimsier plot.​It's called Miami: Beach Heat. And if you're horny as a bitch in heat, this show's for you. The Showtime series, which is filmed in a Fort Lauderdale studio, might even cross that ever-so-subtle line from Skini ... More >>

Eating Around the Blog-o-Sphere

Got an interesting post or bit of news to share? Email it to Charlie and we'll include it in Eating Around the Blog-o-Sphere.  Here's a little diatribe on why now, more than ever, it's important for journos to stick to the SPJ Code of Ethics.The Burger Beast braves the new Taco Bell cantina tac ... More >>

Order Up: Miami Spice

Scarpetta is one of our dozen recommended Spice deals.​This week we're skipping a Dish review in lieu of a column on Miami Spice. The annual prix-fixe meal deal is designed to draw in diners during the slow summer/fall months and incorporates some of Miami-Dade's better-known restaurants (119 all ... More >>

Keeping It Weird

Scarpetta is one of our dozen recommended Spice deals.​This week we're skipping a Dish review in lieu of a column on Miami Spice. The annual prix-fixe meal deal is designed to draw in diners during the slow summer/fall months and incorporates some of Miami-Dade's better-known restaurants (119 all ... More >>

Mango Mania at International Mango Fest This Weekend at Fairchild Gardens

The annual blow-out festival celebrating the mango, including the popular Sunday Mango Brunch, is this weekend at Fairchild Gardens in Miami.Be very British and wear a raincoat - the only proper way to eat a mango - since there will be a vast variety of the tropical fruits representing those grown a ... More >>

Dirty Day-Glo

The annual blow-out festival celebrating the mango, including the popular Sunday Mango Brunch, is this weekend at Fairchild Gardens in Miami.Be very British and wear a raincoat - the only proper way to eat a mango - since there will be a vast variety of the tropical fruits representing those grown a ... More >>

Do You Party?

The annual blow-out festival celebrating the mango, including the popular Sunday Mango Brunch, is this weekend at Fairchild Gardens in Miami.Be very British and wear a raincoat - the only proper way to eat a mango - since there will be a vast variety of the tropical fruits representing those grown a ... More >>

Gold Digger Baje Fletcher Goes Ahead, Gets Down in SoFla

If you want the rest of Fletcher's secrets, you'll have to dog-ear her paperback.​Her book's called A Gold Digger's Guide. She teaches "apprentices" how to get gifts from men without falling in love. Hell, she wears gold eyeshadow. So while neither Kanye nor I is saying she's a gold digger, t ... More >>

Morning Juice: Lamberti Stung by Minority Report; Miami Archdiocese Installs New Leader

​The news in Broward and Palm Beach this Tuesday morning:An internal report concludes that Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti's agency has neglected measures meant to increase diversity. The sheriff is already being criticized for steering layoffs toward jail staff, which is dominated by minority deputie ... More >>

Fredi's Right; Hanley's Wrong. But Can Marlins Manager Afford to Make an Enemy?

Flickr: Michael G. BaronHanley Ramirez​Hanley Ramirez is acting like a diva following his being benched last night for an error. Check that; it wasn't the error so much as Ramirez jogging casually after the ball he kicked into the outfield, while opposing base-runners were hustling toward home pla ... More >>

Boston Market's Revamped Test Locations in WPB Equal Big Sales

Courtesy Boston MarketThe hotcase of sides is now a showcase of colorful pots sitting on top of a "stove."​Lane Cardwell grew up in Miami, so when the CEO was scouting locations to test changes in his Boston Market restaurant empire, South Florida seemed like the perfect place -- but he chose West ... More >>

Morning Juice: Dissention in the BSO Ranks; Boca Inventor Wins $3 Million Judgment

​Let's see what's happening in South Florida this Tuesday morning:After financial struggles led to the closing of Westgate Tabernacle's homeless shelter last week, Palm Beach County commissioners are wrestling with the question of how to care for the region's transients. [Palm Beach Post]Scott Rot ... More >>

South Eats

​Let's see what's happening in South Florida this Tuesday morning:After financial struggles led to the closing of Westgate Tabernacle's homeless shelter last week, Palm Beach County commissioners are wrestling with the question of how to care for the region's transients. [Palm Beach Post]Scott Rot ... More >>

Morning Juice: Jupiter High Grad Kidnapped by Escaped Convicts, High School Just Got Harder

​Here's what's going on in your South Florida neighborhood this morning:1. Three escaped Louisiana convicts who were arrested in Miami are being accused of kidnapping 29-year-old Vincent Binder, a Jupiter High School graduate. Apparently Binder approached them asking to buy marijuana at a gas stat ... More >>

Art Crawl

​Here's what's going on in your South Florida neighborhood this morning:1. Three escaped Louisiana convicts who were arrested in Miami are being accused of kidnapping 29-year-old Vincent Binder, a Jupiter High School graduate. Apparently Binder approached them asking to buy marijuana at a gas stat ... More >>

Sushi Samba Tosses Bluefin Back

​It's no secret that bluefin tuna is endangered. Since 1970, stocks of bluefin have dropped by more than 80 percent, thanks in no small part to its status as a prized sushi fish. In fact, scientists predict that if the rate of consumption of the fish stays the same, it will face extinction within ... More >>

La Cage Aux Brawls

​It's no secret that bluefin tuna is endangered. Since 1970, stocks of bluefin have dropped by more than 80 percent, thanks in no small part to its status as a prized sushi fish. In fact, scientists predict that if the rate of consumption of the fish stays the same, it will face extinction within ... More >>

Five Questions With Cuci Amador of Afrobeta

​It's no secret that bluefin tuna is endangered. Since 1970, stocks of bluefin have dropped by more than 80 percent, thanks in no small part to its status as a prized sushi fish. In fact, scientists predict that if the rate of consumption of the fish stays the same, it will face extinction within ... More >>

Anarchists For Broward

​It's no secret that bluefin tuna is endangered. Since 1970, stocks of bluefin have dropped by more than 80 percent, thanks in no small part to its status as a prized sushi fish. In fact, scientists predict that if the rate of consumption of the fish stays the same, it will face extinction within ... More >>

It Means Little Until It’s a Guinness World Record

​It's no secret that bluefin tuna is endangered. Since 1970, stocks of bluefin have dropped by more than 80 percent, thanks in no small part to its status as a prized sushi fish. In fact, scientists predict that if the rate of consumption of the fish stays the same, it will face extinction within ... More >>

Local Guy Gone Global, Pitbull Headlines the Pepsi Música Super Bowl Fan Jam

​It's no secret that bluefin tuna is endangered. Since 1970, stocks of bluefin have dropped by more than 80 percent, thanks in no small part to its status as a prized sushi fish. In fact, scientists predict that if the rate of consumption of the fish stays the same, it will face extinction within ... More >>

Lessons From Criminal Blunders: Don't Steal a Car with OnStar

Earlier today we warned folks about the dangers of calling 911 from the freeway with a fabricated story of being in danger when the real motive is to get a ride to Miami. Another lesson for aspiring criminals: It's hard to make a clean getaway when your stolen Cadillac has a navigation system like O ... More >>