If our local restaurants can’t succeed in giving us great value for our food, the next best thing is to give us great value for our drinks. This way we can get drunk and forget how much we’re paying for dinner. And so in this spirit of cut-rate spirits, we…
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At Cafe Barcelona, where Mondays are Saturdays, bartender, bar manager, co-owner, and guy who does everything, Beppe, says complimentary cocktails will be available Mondays from 10 p.m. to midnight. How do they do it? “We got sponsors. Next Monday is Sagatiba Cachaca. We have complimentary caipirinhas. You know that? It’s…
Here’s what you missed last night if you weren’t at the Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort & Club at Michael Mina’s Bourbon Steak in Aventura: 25 percent off whiskey and bourbon from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. with live blues by local legend Albert Castiglia.No problemo. They’re doin’ it again next week,…
Unrepentant beer drinkers, rejoice! Each week, Short Order will select one craft or import beer and give you the lowdown on it: How does it taste? What should you drink it with? Where can you find it? But mostly, it’s all about the love of the brew. If you have…
Unrepentant beer drinkers, rejoice! Each week, Short Order will select one craft or import beer and give you the lowdown on it: How does it taste? What should you drink it with? Where can you find it? But mostly, it’s all about the love of the brew. If you have…
It was an afternoon filled with beer, beer, and more beer as Lake Worth’s BX Beer Depot hosted its first Homebrew Fest, an intimate gathering where members of BX’s Lagerhead Brewers Club shared their handcrafted creations with the public. There were nearly a dozen homebrew beers on tap at the…
Only one day a year we get to dress in stupid emerald green hats and down as much Irish whiskey and Black & Tans as we can drink with two fists: St. Patrick’s Day (not pictured above**) is ready to launch — just look at your local pub, they’ve already…
Unrepentant beer drinkers, rejoice! Each week, Short Order will select one craft or import beer and give you the lowdown on it: How does it taste? What should you drink it with? Where can you find it? But mostly, it’s all about the love of the brew. If you have…
To say we get courted for promotion is an understatement. We got harassed by P.R. whores asking us to talk about their products. Psst! Let me let you in on a little secret: Best way into a New Times writer’s heart is to offer free booze. With the economy in…
I fancy myself an intrepid cook, one who strives to try out new ingredients and push my own boundaries on a regular basis. Every so often, I’ll pick some dish I’ve never made before — flour tortillas, berry sabayon, cote du boeuf — and I’ll set out to do it…
It isn’t often that we New Timesers get a bottle of $200 whiskey in the mail. We did, not long ago, thanks to the folks at Canadian Club, which is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year with the release of a primo 30-year-old, 80-proof, white-oak-barrel-aged blended whiskey retailing for a…
The Florida Strawberry Growers Association wants to remind us that strawberries are not forever: The big season for our Florida beauties, grown mostly in Plant City and Dover, is November to March. It’s your last chance to gorge on one of our most delicious local fruits, so here are the…
Dogfish, Shipward, Lefthand, Terrapin, and Stone are five of the seven microbrews being poured tonight at Angelo & Maxie’s Steakhouse. It’s the latest in this restaurant’s series of Thursday night beer tastings, which run from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. For twenty dollars, patrons can quaff the aforementioned quintet of suds…
Beer Girls from MiamiNewTimes.com on Vimeo.There are many facets of the food service industry that stretch beyond the boundaries of culinary endeavours. For example, working the beer concession at a Motley Crue concert. Let us take you into that world for a minute. Find out about Rod Stewart, Dennis Rodman…
On Thursday, February 19, Miami New Times celebrated the end of calendar editor Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik’s illustrious five-year career with the paper. We had a party and got drunk at Uva 69 in Miami’s historic MiMo District in the Upper Eastside. At the end of the night, I fell…
The Mandarin Oriental, in tandem with TRU Organic Spirits, has launched the first “all-organic cocktail menu” in Miami. Two of the tastiest-sounding tipplers are the Mandarin: TRU Organic Vanilla Vodka, organic tangerine juice, brown sugar and a splash of heavy cream (pictured above). And the Basil Melon: TRU Organic Lemon…
Many of you probably spent a romantic Valentine’s Evening at a fine restaurant, supping on foie gras and fine wine. And that’s all good. But here’s an alternate view of Valentine’s Day – a less expensive option for leaner times. This simple meal of salad, cheeses, good olives, fresh bread,…
To celebrate their recent Golden Spoon Award for Best Place for a Cocktail, Lola’s on Harrison, in downtown Hollywood, is teaming up with the Glades to Coast Slow Food Chapter on February 17th for a night of locavore mixology and finger foods. Cost is $25*** for cocktails and canapes. Join…
I’ve gone too long without giving a plug to my favorite little wine bar in Wilton Manors, the Naked Grape, a place where cozy hipness meets an imaginative selection of wines, a tapas menu, and the kind of lighting that makes everybody look good. And, our favorite bartender, Georgie, who…
The Third Annual Jupiter Craft Brewers Festival took place on Saturday, and in case you missed out on what was a perfect day of beer sampling and cavorting, check out our slide show here. What made the fest so “gee, shucks” great? For starters, the festival area – the amphitheater…
After a hard day of filing my nails, receiving deep tissue massages, and ordering Manolo Blahniks from Neiman Marcus’s online store (THANK GOD for the plummeting economy – sales are faaaabulous), there’s nothing that I like more than grabbing my komodo dragon and baby panda-fur lined purse, driving my Hummer…
