Denny’s Promises Free Breakfast Tomorrow

February 1st, during the Superbowl, not only did Hulu admit it’s got an evil plot to take over the world, but Denny’s promised everyone in America that on Tuesday between 6am and 2pm they’re giving everyone in America a free Grand Slam. Instant, disposable, corporate junk food culture be damned,…

BB King and Buddy Guy – Your Pre West Palm Show Warmup

If you haven’t heard already, two of the world’s greatest living blues guitarists descend on South Florida on February 9. The legendary BB King and Buddy Guy will be rocking the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. The show is not sold out and the cheapest tickets available can be…

Behind The Line – Chef Allen Susser Talks Sustainable Fish

Chef Allen Talks Sustainable Fish from Miami New Times on Vimeo.Chef Allen Susser, owner of Chef Allen’s restaurant in Aventura and the innovator behind “New World Cuisine,” talks about the importance of sustainable fish to our local economy, environment and his restaurant’s menu. Learn more at ChefAllens.com…

DJ R3K Says Techno Sucks

R3K was on the streets of downtown putting flyers on peoples cars. I asked him what the deal was. Here’s the interview.New Times: What’s your name and what do you do?My [DJ] name is R3K+. I spin at Psychic Tuesdays with DJ Healer at Bella Rose and Nightdrive Wednesdays at…

Pizza-Related Violence at Mokai Caught On Tape

52: Pizza Guy from rakontur on Vimeo. The digital auteurs from Rakontur caught this classic South Beach food-related violent club incident on tape as part of their Clubland Miami web series. The pizza this pain-glutton lunatic is eating appears to be Papa Johns. I placed a call to their 15th…

Hells Kitchen 5 – Chef Giovanni

Alright culinary-reality-fanatics, meet Giovanni, one of three Hell’s Kitchen 5 contestants from Florida. Giovanni is the executive chef at Creehan’s Copper Grill in Destin, Florida. Destin is a Gulf Coast beach town close to Pensacola. Pensacola’s about as un-Miami as you can get in Florida, but it is in the…

Hell’s Kitchen 5 – Chef Danny

  This dude is appearing on Hell’s Kitchen 5 premiering tonight on Fox at 9pm. His name is Danny and he’s from Edgewater, Florida. There are three Florida contestants this year on Hell’s Kitchen 5. Danny is 23 years old and works as an executive chef. He’s a self proclaimed…

Proof that Hustle Holicz Have a Street Hit: Fan Videos on YouTube

The Hustle Holicz are the Dade County group behind the streets-to-radio hit “I’m So Throwed.” The song has a great ad lib and you’ll find it hard to get it out of your head. It’s a sound effect that sounds like a cross between Master P’s “uuhhhh,” Lil Jon’s “Yeeeeaayah”…

Throwback Tuesdays: John Cougar – “Miami”

Here’s a great video I found by none other than John Cougar before he added that stupid Mellencamp and ruined everything. This video pioneers the South – Beach – music – video genre and exceeds the quality of almost everything that came after it. Here are the lyrics to the…

Cafe Martorano Media Blitz

Ft. Lauderdale’s Cafe Martorano and its owner Steve Martorano exert the media-industry equivalent of gravitational pull. He and his restaurant attract attention. Da guy’s a star yaknowwhadamean? He’s got his landmark South Florida headquarters, a joint in Vegas, national tv spots cookin meatballs, Gail Shepherd’s writin’ about him, face on…

Liberty City Gospel Video with Basic Training Deliverance Academy

Vincent Spann and The Spann Family Band from Miami New Times on Vimeo.Back in late December I embedded myself for 24 hours with the Basic Training Deliverance Academy in Miami’s Liberty City. This video of Pastor Vincent Spann covering a classic track with his kids on keys and drums is…

Cheech And Chong Drink Bongwater

I caught up with Cheech and Chong backstage at the South Beach Comedy Festival. I asked them questions about food and they told me about pussy, roaches, white people, and drinking bongwater. Cheech and Chong are great Americans, even for a Mexican and a Canadian…

The Inspector – 10 Miami-Dade Restaurants with ZERO Violations for 2009

Lest you think The Inspector is a hater, this week we won’t bring you the dirt on local routine-food-inspection-reports. Instead we’ll highlight the reports reporting that there is nothing to report. These restaurants were found to be totally violation free on their most recent inspections.Pita Pit –  16323 SW 88…

A Liberty City Breakfast with Basic Training Deliverance Academy

Liberty City Breakfast from Miami New Times on Vimeo. Gus Garcia’s feature story this week explores the world of Basic Training Delivery Academy in Miami’s Liberty City. Here’s a video detailing the Sunday breakfast ritual they offer free to the community. Click here to read the full article…

Charlie Pickett & The Eggs Buy Heroin From Overtown

      As long as we’re talkin about Charlie Pickett getting his due, here’s one of the reasons why, this video for the song “Overtown” written by Dave Froshneider and performed by “Charlie Pickett and The Eggs” is some real pioneer shit. Now, I’ll admit it, I hadn’t ever heard of…

Tune of Destruction

This is South Florida, home of Chevy’s riding high; but you ain’t a real big timer until you’re sittin’ on 66-inch tires and have 1475 horsepower pumping out of a 540 Merlin engine. That’s Gravedigger, the most famous monster truck in the world. And you can see it live at…

Gunline Entertainment Make South Dade Goon Muzik

Gunline Entertainment is a rap group of young gutter dudes from South Dade’s meanest corners steadily making a name for itself by playing shows all over Dade County. From Maracas to Gusto’s, Nice and Naughty to Coco’s to Sobe Live, they bring a real bloodthirsty-party-vibe with em’ wherever they go…