Kiss My Cocktail: The SKYY Violet

Know anyone with a February birthday? Here’s a drink perfect for those wacky Aquarians and sensitive Pisceans, since it is the color of their birthstone (amethyst). By the way, it was created by Jon Gasparini, co-founder of a San Francisco-based cocktail catering company called Rye on the Road, so hit…

Seafood in Your Booze at Alonzo’s Oyster Bar

Wise men and idiots alike have uttered the words, “Food is better when it’s booze.” But the intelligence of the utterer has absolutely no bearing on the truth of the matter. Booze food is better. And there are three main reasons why: 1) Swallowing takes less effort than chewing; 2)…

Kiss My Cocktail: Pop My Cherry from Burger & Beer Joint

No, B&BJ doesn’t probably sell lots of whipped cream-topped adult milkshakes to the biker dudes and Jersey Shore/Ed Hardy-wearin’ wannabes when they stroll without their bitches, but you can imagine how sexy it would be to share one of these with a silicone-enhanced partner of the opposite sex. Heck, it…

Kiss My Cocktail: Fontainebleau’s Box of Chocolates

Here’s one box you can really get your tongue into. Okay, that was totally foul, but hell–you know the impending holiday just makes us a little perverse. Have a few of these and you’ll forget all about our bad behavior.Box of Chocolates1 oz Van Gogh Dutch Chocolate Vodka1/2 oz Van…

Cocktail World Cup Coming Up at the Delano

The United States Bartenders’ Guild (USBG) has been busy recruiting the top mixologists in the United States in order to enter their most inventive and elegant elixirs into The 6th Annual Cocktail World Cup competition (hosted by 42BELOW Vodka). Next step is for the ten winning cocktail entries to compete…

What’s Hip Wednesday Dresses in Red

Tonight, from 7 to 9, What’s Hip Wednesday at the Biltmore Bar brings, among other things, half-price drinks, including glasses of wine and champagne for $5 to $9. Other things: complimentary Atlantico Rum love potions will be poured, live jazz will be played, and the Valentine’s theme is red –…

Kiss My Cocktail: Black & Gold and Big Blue from Morton’s

Why sit in a smoky, stinky sports bar, staring at those mini-skirt-clad waitresses and sucking down cheap beer when you can do the Super Bowl in style? (Besides, can’t you get your best girl to wear a cheerleading uniform and serve you anytime?)All seven of Morton’s The Steakhouse South Florida…

Audio Interview: Kim Birkedal Hartmann Talks Cognac

Kim Birkedal Hartmann is a fourth generation French Cognac boss. His family has been in the business since 1887.He recently partnered with American rapper Ludacris to produce Conjure Cognac, a liquor blended purposely for mixability, a concept alien to Cognac purists who believe the drink should be served neat, as…

Ludacris Gets Miami Liquored Up With Super Bowl House of Conjure

What happens when one of the world’s biggest names in rap starts a liquor company, launches in Florida, and rents a mansion on Miami Beach for the week of Super Bowl?Ludacris’ House of Conjure on Miami Beach, just across the channel from the Fontainebleau kicked off a week of festivities…

Drink Like a Louisianan Gentleman at News Lounge

Unless you’re an agoraphobic paraplegic sports hater without a TV, radio, internet access, a newspaper subscription, windows, or ears, it’s blatantly obvious in every way that Super Bowl week is only days away. And since the Saints have finally made their first Big Show after four decades of either second-…

Kiss My Cocktail: Wheat & Mint from Club 50

February’s comin’ and you know what that means: V-Day and football (AKA smoochin’ and scorin’). So here’s a fresh, sporty concoction created by the folks at Club 50 for those pigskin-tossin’ and jersey-wearin’ babes in our hot, hot city.By the way, if you really want a surefire way to get…

A Guide to Smith & Wollensky’s Happy Hour

The happy hour scene at Smith & Wollensky is certainly South Beach’s most popular spot for sunset cocktails and mingling. Not only is the waterfront patio and bar a rarity in town, but also the views of the departing cruise ships are breathtaking. It’s like watching a floating city pass…

Kiss My Cocktail: Passion Pop Rocks Martini From the Whitelaw

We couldn’t get anyone to confirm or deny that mixologists at the Whitelaw Hotel & Lounge are still concocting this scintillating cocktail (they offered it as a promotion in the past), but perhaps you can make a special request because Valentine’s Day is coming up. Just give the bartender your best…

Get Caipi-Crazy at Botequim Carioca

Brazil is bad-ass. So much so, the world decided to name a total crotch-waxing process — the Brazilian — after the country’s citizens. It’s also the land that gave us Pelé and a thousand other soccer phenoms, Rio’s O Cristo Redentor statue, Bob Burnquist, Bonde do Rolê, and sex celebrity…

Valentine’s Day No-Brainer

Too early to be planning Valentine’s Day, you say? Ha! You must be a beginner. Nothing feels better than the peaceful satisfaction of knowing that your romantic setting is secured, your gift is purchased, your champagne is on ice. People are liking pink champagne these days, one of the most…

Sunbox Eleven Winery, More Boutique Wine in More Places for 2010

Grapes mean business.We introduced you to Sunbox Eleven Winery in May and June last year, and we’re glad to say Miami’s own limited-production, boutique California winery is stronger than ever and looking forward to greater expansion.We recently spoke with Sunbox Eleven Winery co-owner Sunny Fraser about her and her partner chef…

Kiss My Cocktail: French Kiss From RA Sushi

Beginning our countdown to sexy, salacious beverages that are sure to turn even innocent Cupid into a binge drinker by Valentine’s Day is the creamy French kiss, available only at RA Sushi Bar Restaurants from Monday, February 8, through Sunday, February 14. This classy concoction, served in a chocolate-drizzled martini…

Ludacris’ House of Conjure Superbowl Miami Weeklong Bacchanal

Parlez vous Cognac?Oui, je parle Conjure.Get with the program.Ludacris has his own brand of Cognac, he has partnered with Birkedal Hartmann to create it, it debuted in Miami and Atlanta, and this Super Bowl season, he’ll throw a weeklong party at a Miami Beach mansion dubbed the House of Conjure…

Elvis’ 75th Birthday Celebrated in Cocktail Recipes

Today would have been Elvis’ 75th birthday. In his honor Three-O Vodka (more formally known as Three Olives Vodka) has thoughtfully compiled a few cocktail recipes to help you remember The King (preferably the early years). Three-O’s food-pairing suggestions include peanut butter & banana sandwiches, sweet potatoes, cheeseburgers, and burnt…