Repour Homemade Cocktails: Garden-Inspired Drinks in South Beach

Repour, South Beach’s newest craft cocktail bar, opened a few months ago at the Albion Hotel, just off Lincoln Rd, and already it’s getting a reputation as being a place to get fine cocktails in a casual setting.   Isaac Grillo opened Repour Homemade Cocktail after searching for the right…

Wynwood’s Miami Club Rum Goes National

William Levy, well-known Cuban American actor, model and third place winner on season fourteen of Dancing with the Stars has teamed with Matt Malone of Miami Club Rum. Their collaboration is on the brink of going national  The first targeted areas include New York, California and Las Vegas.  Miami Club…

Via Verdi’s Wine-Pairing Dinners Are Affordable Decadence

The most striking aspect of visiting Italy is the immense welcome you receive at most restaurateurs. Walk into a bar for a glass of wine and you’ll be offered a plate of small sandwiches or thinly sliced prosciutto. If you protest that you didn’t order the nibbles, the retort is…

The Regent’s Bartending Classes: Fantasy Camp for Booze Hounds

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to step behind the bar of a world-class cocktail lounge and shake your stuff to an adoring and cheering crowd? Much like baseball has fantasy camp and wannabe metal heads can rock out at guitar gatherings, the Regent Cocktail Club hosts…

Sprung Highlights Florida’s Craft Beer Scene

Sprung, the Spring beer festival at Coconut Grove’s Peacock Park, featured everything beer-related one could want in an afternoon. thousands of brew enthusiasts donning beer goggles, lederhosen, and their favorite brewery’s logos gathered on a cloudy day to sample beer, listen to music, and play beer pong. What made Sprung…

Coyo Taco’s Secret Bar: 50 Tequilas and PaletaRitas

Wynwood’s Coyo Taco is pretty straightforward: a fast-casual place to get tacos, guacamole, and Jarritos. But step beyond the small dining area and past the bathrooms, and you’ll find a secret lounge. There, more than 50 bottles of tequila and mezcal glow by the light of novena candles. It’s a…

Boxelder Craft Beer Market Opening Today in Wynwood

Walk into Boxelder and the first thing you notice is a hexagonal mirror configuration on the wall. Besides being pretty to look at, it has a shape that’s representative of the molecular structure of fermentation. That’s an indicator of how serious the folks behind Wynwood’s first craft beer market are…

Saint Arnold, Texas’ Oldest Craft Brewery, Launching in Miami

Craft beer drinkers in Miami will soon be able to purchase suds from Saint Arnold Brewing Company locally. The Houston-based brewery announced it’s coming to the Magic City April 6. Saint Arnold already has a presence in the Sunshine State. The company introduced itself in the Panhandle and on the…

SoBeWFF 2015: Broken Shaker Wins People’s Choice at Art of Tiki

A blustery evening couldn’t stop the Shore Club pool from resembling an exotic port of call at last evening’s Art of Tiki. This first-time event celebrated the art of the tropical cocktail, with master bartenders from some of the country’s best tiki bars creating inspired drinks. Guests were issued a…

MIA Brewing Company Holds Grand Opening Party Tomorrow

MIA Brewing Company began production last August and recently opened its tasting room to the public in January. But tomorrow, February 21, the Doral brewery will finally throw a grand-opening party. The tap list will be epic. Besides the 23 original MIA brews, there will be a ton of guest…

J. Wakefield Brewing Grand Opening Tickets on Sale Now

Miami brewery J. Wakefield Brewing has announced the date for its official grand-opening brouhaha, and ticket sales for the event are now available online. The brewery’s taproom, which opened to the public in early January, will host a craft brew extravaganza featuring more than 60 specialty beers on tap and…

Esquire’s Brew Dogs Wraps Filming at Wynwood Brewery

This weekend, Brew Dogs’ stars James Watt and Martin Dickie wrapped filming of their third-season South Florida episode with a final tasting party at Miami’s Wynwood Brewing Company. On Saturday, February 14, Watt and Dickie unveiled a specialty Miami-inspired beer brewed with Wynwood Brewing Company, a beer they say encapsulates…

Brew Dogs Filming Miami: Wynwood Brewing Shoot Open

South Florida’s beer scene has officially made it with the arrival of the Brew Dogs in Miami. The “Dogs” — Martin Dickie and James Watt — made the rounds of South Florida’s best and brightest breweries to focus on our exploding craft beer scene. See also: Blackbrick, Panther Coffee, Azucar,…

R House Featured on Best New Restaurant Tonight

Bravo’s Best New Restaurant is really showing Miami establishments in a great light. The new culinary competition that grades restaurants on both front of the house and back of the house skills and expertise, has been on for less than a month and, already, two Miami restaurants have advanced to…

Kush’s Secret Botanica: Beer Reserves and Candied Bacon

Miami has its share of botanicas, but how many are equipped with a kegerator and a full stock of candied bacon? We know of just one. “I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but we don’t have that much space,” says Kush owner Matt Kuscher of his not-so-hidden gem. The burger…