For weeks now, we’ve seen The Anderson being teased with images of everything from kittens to 80’s women. Now, The Anderson officially opens this Monday, March 7. Like a phoenix rising from its own ashes, The Anderson opens at the former Magnum Lounge (709 NE 79th St. Causeway, Miami) bringing…
Here’s a big South Beach Wine & Food Festival pro tip for Food Network fans. If you want to get up close and personal with Rachael Ray, you’d best be sporting a tail. The celebrity chef and host of yesterday’s Yappie Hour gave face time to every doggie guest at…
Miami Beach’s Surfcomber Hotel was transformed into a tropical oasis at the second annual South Beach Wine & Food Festival Art of Tiki. This cocktail showdown saw the best tiki bars in the country coming to Miami to create drinks filled with rum, spices, and juices. The competition was fierce,…
Happy Friday — if you’re like most of Miami’s food obsessed population, this weekend is all about scoring tickets to some of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s parties and dinners. The festival, which swung into life last evening, is filled with events. That also means that most every…
Union Beer Store plans to be an oasis for beer lovers in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood. David and CiCi Rodriguez signed the lease for Union, located in the heart of Calle Ocho, (1547 8th St.), in late 2015. The couple are heavily involved in Miami’s craft beer industry. David started with…
Break out the beer goggles and the silly hats because it’s time to party with the animals at Brew at the Zoo. New Times’ Brew at the Zoo, the seventh annual celebration of beer returns to Zoo Miami on Saturday, May 7 with more beer, more food, and more entertainment…
M.I.A. Brewing Company in Doral began production in mid-2014, and the taproom opened the following January. This Saturday, February 20, the brewing company will celebrating its first anniversary in style with an outdoor party featuring food trucks, live music, and lots of beer. The party runs from 2 to 10…
A new craft beer and coffee bar is coming to Midtown Miami this spring. 305 Brews is set to open May 2016 at 3501 NE 2 Ave. The name, according to Zeke Man, partner and general manager at the new restaurant, is a tip of the hat that both beer…
It’s hard to believe, but it’s only been a year since J. Wakefield Brewing opened its doors in Wynwood. Since then, the brewery has become a central part of the Miami community, hosting events like the Florida Weisse Bash and collaborating with local artists like Ahol Sniffs Glue. Just recently,…
Remember Lincoln’s Beard Brewing Company (LBBC) brewer John Falco and his offer to buy Anheuser-Busch InBev for only $26,000? Now he’s raising money — not to buy AB-InBev, but to open a brewery in the Bird Road Arts District. On Jan. 30, Falco and his business partners did what many brewers have…
Miami brewer Jonathan Wakefield was in Santa Rosa, California, this past weekend swigging some Pliney the Elders at Russian River Brewing Company at the RateBeer Best Awards and Festival January 30. Thousands of beer fans from as far away as China and Poland converged on the Northern California city to taste the world’s…
The fourth annual Miami Beer Festival is this Saturday — are you pumped? If you enjoy beer or appreciate the hard work that goes into hyperlocal home brews, you should be. Once again, the festival will be held at Marlins Park this Saturday, January 30, featuring breweries from all U.S…
Between January 23 and 30, South Florida Beer Week brings local beers from Broward and Palm Beach counties to Miami-Dade and no one has to make an hour, sometimes two hours, long trip north. Less money spent on gas leaves more for beer, right? But there’s plenty of Miami beer…
Madonna like her tequila. The Unapologetic Bitch singer has been accused of drinking during performances on her Rebel Heart tour. The queen of pop irked country music star Reba McEntire by taking the stage at 10:30 at a recent Nashville performance, two and a half hours later than scheduled. McEntire Instagrammed a picture…
Wynwood Brewing Company is growing its family. The Wynwood brewery announced the addition of Rob Barker as taproom general manager. Barker, who has years of experience in the hospitality industry including seven years serving as GM at Anthony’s Cola Fired Pizza, will be responsible for all day to day aspects…
Cafeina, one of Wynwood’s first eateries, is finally catching up with its neighborhood’s beer craze by announcing a weekly beer garden. Every Thursday evening, starting tonight, January 14, the eatery and cocktail lounge hosts Cerveceria 23 beer garden. Though based on German biergartens, Cerveceria 23 takes place at Cafeina’s lush,…
Broken Shaker is opening its third location. The Miami-based bar, located inside the Freehand Miami, has announced plans to open Broken Shaker in the City of Angels. Broken Shaker will begin operation at the Freehand L.A., scheduled to open at 416 W 8th St. in downtown Los Angeles fall 2016. The…
Though it might not be socially acceptable to take a shot of Bourbon or grab a quick coquito on most days, munching on a spiked doughnut is fair game. At The Salty Donut, a Miami-born craft doughnut shop opening sometime in February or March, infusing alcohol into different doughnuts is…
Miami has another spirit maker in town. It’s called Big Cypress Distillery and co-owner Fernando Plata received his federal permit from the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau on December 8. Located near the Tamiami Airport, Plata’s distillery is one of a handful in the county, along with Miami…
You may not have heard of mastiha, but it’s likely you’ve tasted the liqueur’s woodsy tones in a favorite Greek dish. It’s that secret little something that you can’t quite place — part anise, part pine cone, part rye. That flavor comes from the resin of the mastih (or mastic)…
MIA Brewing Company is brewing up some positive changes for the new year. Foremost, the Doral-based brewery is planning a major expansion of its operations and taproom, more than doubling its footprint. According to owner Eddie Leon, the brewery will now have a total of 21,000 square feet of space…
What do Four Peaks, Camden Town, and Breckenridge brewing companies all have in common? Announcements of their buyouts from Anheuser-Busch InBev all came within a span of less than a week. They’re just the latest breweries to be added to AB-InBev’s ever-increasing craft beer portfolio. With AB-InBev on a microbrewery shopping…
