Food Truck & Music Fest Craze comes to Miami Beach

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North Shore Bandshell on September 19, October 17 and November 14 Miami Beach’s North Shore Park Bandshell & Ocean Terrace will dress in the typical, characteristic Latin flavor of the North Beach area to welcome the Miami Beach Food Truck and Music Fest on Wednesday nights this fall. The events take place on September 19, [...]

More than great seafood is on the menu at The Fish House

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  People who like fish go to The Fish House Seafood & Raw Bar on Miller Drive. Since 1995, owners Jose and Angela Rivero have been satisfying diners with fresh seafood seasoned and cooked to perfection. With drink specials, live entertainment and your favorite game on the many TVs, The Fish House delivers more than [...]

Harvey’s Smokehouse BBQ gets small business grant

Pictured (l-r) are Cutler Bay Mayor Ed MacDougall, Miami-Dade County Commissioner Lynda Bell and restaurant owners Harvey and Natalie Alexander.

Cutler Bay restaurateurs Harvey and Natalie Alexander of Harvey’s Smokehouse BBQ had a special visit from Miami-Dade County District 8 Commissioner Lynda Bell on Friday, July 27. The proprietors of the popular eatery were the recipients of a $2,000 check from the county’s “Mom and Pop” Small Business Grant Program. Natalie Alexander explained what the [...]

Eat, drink and score at Homefield Sports Bar & Grill

Homefield’s spacious, modular design allows for several events to happen at once.

Homefield Sports Bar & Grill, located in Kendall Village, is not your typical sports bar. Sure, there are pool tables and flat-screen TVs everywhere, more than 50 of them; and the bar offers your favorite cocktails and ice cold beer. But that’s where the similarities to other sports bars end. Instead of a dark, cramped [...]

U.S. Century Bank hosts event for HACER Scholarship Awards

RMHC of South Florida HACER Scholarship winners (l-r) Kevin Pardinas, Melissa Quintana, Priscilla Suzal-Wright, Xiaowen Wu, Nicolas Carchi, Pamela Saavedra, Lissette Noda, Elianne Vazquez, Kendrick Cancio and Emily Salvador are joined by Ronald McDonald at the 14th annual South Florida HACER Scholarship Award ceremony at US Century Bank headquarters. Pardinas and Salvador were chosen from among thousands of applicants across the country for the national $100,000 scholarship given to four students each year. Pictured in the back are Alejandro Krauskopf, David Beltran and Mathew Penna.

The Doral headquarters office of U.S. Century Bank, located at 2301 NW 87 Avenue, recently welcomed local McDonalds restaurant owner/operators and recipients of the 2012 HACER scholarships. Each year, the Ronald McDonald House Charities/Hispanic American Commitment to Education Resources (RMHC/HACER) awards scholarships to high school seniors of Hispanic descent. Since 1985, RMHC/HACER has awarded more [...]

Miami Spice restaurant program to offer expanded dining options

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The Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau (GMCVB) has announced the 11th Annual Miami Spice Restaurant Program — the wildly anticipated summer celebration in which Greater Miami restaurants offer discounted three-course lunch and dinner menus. To make dining deals spicier, new to the program this year is a second option, which will be available simultaneously [...]

Keys resort offers special rates to military, police, fire personnel

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In recognition of the bravery and dedication of America’s heroes, Hawks Cay Resort in the Florida Keys will again honor military, fire and rescue, law enforcement and medical personnel through its Heroes Welcome Program. From Aug. 20-Nov. 18, the program features starting rates of $99, special dis- counts on resort activities and a series of [...]

Marlins’ high concession prices are an issue

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 In all, he has visited 31 different ballparks, counting a few that are no longer in existence. He is three ballparks shy of visiting all 30 current ballparks — Arlington, Houston, and Toronto — and those will surely be checked off by next year. In my young life, I have been fortunate enough to visit [...]

Dadeland Mall welcomes variety of new tenants

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 Additionally, Zara has expanded its store and added a Zara Children section and Koko & Palenki has moved to a larger location within the mall. “Dadeland Mall is always striving to enhance our exciting mix of retailers,” said Maria Prado, mall manager. “We are pleased to welcome each of these vibrant new tenants to the [...]

Mixing it up: Arts and Culture Unique Bardot, Cooper Avenue and ABZ, Man Behind the Magic

Along with a Cooper Avenue Lounge, Bakery, Market, Deli and Kitchen, — Cooper Avenue Bar plans to wow Miami Beach this Fall

I recently had the opportunity to spend some time with Amir Ben Zion - owner and opera- tor of some of Miami’s most illustrious haunts. When I arrived at Bardot, his lounge-y nightclub in Wynwood to find that he wasn’t there, I set out to look for him and lucky for me he was only [...]

Marlins now offer public tours behind the scenes at ballpark

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The Miami Marlins now offer behind-the- scenes tours of Marlins Park. The tours are open to the public on non-event days for just $10 per person. The tour includes visits to the field (behind home plate), home clubhouse, home batting cage area and Diamond Club, Promenade Level featuring the art in the facility, the Bobblehead [...]

The Falls to add Brio Tuscan Grille to revamped lineup of restaurants

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The Falls, one of Florida’s largest open-air, retail and entertainment destinations featuring Bloomingdale’s, Macy’s and American Girl (opening fall 2012), announces the addition of Brio Tuscan Grille and TCBY to the already impressive lineup of new restaurants and retailers. Brio Tuscan Grille will open its first Miami location at The Falls in early 2013 and [...]

Summer Crush-Tacean

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Fisheries in the northeast United States have received an overwhelming amount of soft shell lobsters to kick off an early start to Lobster Season. Commercial fishing in Maine is nearly a $1.8 billion dollar industry. Kitchen 305 at the Newport Beachside Hotel & Resort is cashing in on this summers crustacean by offering All-You-Can- Eat [...]

European kitchen in Pinecrest, FL

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Driving on US1 in Pinecrest, I saw a shopping center on 112th Street which had a place called The Cheese Course. At first glance, I thought that it was only a shop and while I am always looking for small local restaurants with amazing food, cooking is always an option. Therefore, I like to find [...]