Wine Date Reopens as Bacco, With Extended Food Menu

In case you needed another excuse to break dry January, Bacco wine bar is now open in the Roads. The artisanal wine shop, formerly known as Wine Date, reopened its doors January 2 after being closed for several months of renovations and an overhauled kitchen. In addition to its new name, Bacco…

Miami Bars Open on Christmas Day 2018

It’s Christmas. You’ve unwrapped the presents, had a holiday brunch, and watch Elf for the seventh time. You’re bored. Now that your familial duties are done, it’s time to throw on that ugly holiday sweater one last time for the year and knock back a few. Here are some bars…

Miami’s Best Holiday Beers Bring Out the Flavors of the Season

Christmas is a great time to gather your friends and hoist a pint or two at one of Miami’s breweries. Most make seasonal beers rich in holiday flavors. Brews spiced with clove and cinnamon or exuding sweet hints of coconut and vanilla conjure images of sleigh rides and snowball fights — even in Miami. Here is a list of breweries making great holiday beers to get you through to the new year.

Miami Breweries Make Beer to Help Camp Fire Relief Efforts

To raise money for those affected by California’s Camp Fire, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. created a special beer. All sales of the Resilience Butte County Proud IPA will go directly to the Sierra Nevada Camp Fire Relief Fund, supported through the Golden Valley Bank Community Foundation.

Miami’s Eight Best Winter Cocktails

December 21 marks the official beginning of winter, and although Miami’s sandy beaches might never see snow, there’s nothing like a festive cocktail to get you in the holiday spirit. From punch bowls brimming with candy canes to pumpkin spice coquito, local bartenders are shaking up all of your favorite winter flavors…

Where to Get Coquito in Miami

Christmas is around the corner, and with it comes coquito. Sometimes called Puerto Rican eggnog, the recipe varies by household, but traditionally, it’s made with coconut cream, condensed milk, vanilla, cinnamon, and a healthy helping of rum. Though no Puerto Rican holiday gathering is without a few bottles of this delightfully sweet beverage, Miami has adopted it as its own.

Six Miami Restaurants and Bars to Try Now That Miami Art Week Is Over

Miami Art Week is one of the city’s most vibrant times of the year. Tens of thousands of artists, gallerists, and A-listers converge upon the area to observe, party, and be seen. The only bad part is trying to get a reservation — or even a seat at the bar — of the newest and coolest restaurants and watering holes.

Funky Buddha’s Maple Bacon Coffee Porter Festival Returns With Over 50 Breweries

Funky Buddha’s beers have a loyal following, but one particular brew has so many fans that its annual release inspires an entire festival. Maple Bacon Coffee Porter fest returns to the Oakland Park brewery on January 12, 2019, with an afternoon of beer from Funky Buddha and over 50 local and regional breweries. The main draw, of course, is the Maple Bacon Coffee Porter.

Brad Kilgore and Nico de Soto’s Design District Lounge, Kaido, Opens

Kaido, the cocktail lounge by Bradley Kilgore and Nico de Soto, opens today with a menu that places equal emphasis on its food and drink. The 2,200-square-foot cocktail lounge, located in the heart of Miami’s Design District, opens just in time for Art Basel with a menu of Japanese-inspired fare inside a room fashioned in the style of a Tokyo drinking den.

Miami Art Week 2018 Brewery Events

This week, Art Basel and Miami Art Week return to take over most of Miami and Miami Beach. From Banksy to Basel, tents, shows, and galleries are serving up doses of culture. Miami’s craft beer scene has always had a strong connection to art, using brewery walls as gallery space and commissioning talented artists for murals. As you plan your Miami Art Week experiences, be sure to put some Miami breweries on your list. Here is what’s going on at the breweries during the festivities.

A New Crop of Bars Could Be a Harbinger for Downtown Miami

Will Thompson is part bartender and part psychologist. At Jaguar Sun (230 NE Fourth St., Miami; 786-860-2422; jaguarsunma.com), the slight 32-year-old in delicate copper-framed glasses and a floral-print buttonup uses a dozen cocktails to determine what kind of drinkers are at his bar. The place, which Thompson and chef/owner Carey Hynes…

Miami Bars Open on Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving is that wonderful time of the year when family gets together to enjoy a lavish meal and reminisce. Of course, it also means having to listen to Uncle Harvey’s tired jokes and Abuela asking why you’re still single and working part-time at Burger King.  That’s when a cocktail could…