Cleo Offers Classy, Affordable Mediterranean Fare in SoBe

At Cleo, the Redbury Hotel’s new eatery, Danny Elmaleh proffers a dip called lebaneh. To make it, the soft-spoken chef-partner lets kefir cheese drain for 48 hours and then adds olive oil, lemon juice, and za’atar (his version is a blend of thyme, sesame seeds, and sumac). Finally, he tosses…

The U Part 2 Got It Wrong: Nevin Shapiro Is Not Like Me

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke makes it clear he is nothing like Nevin Shapiro. Everyone, including Jeb Bush, is raving about filmmaker Billy…

Obama’s Cuban Reform Doesn’t Go Nearly Far Enough

Yenis Delgado is a green-eyed, 45-year-old Cuban beauty. She left the island a decade ago with her husband and young son. Her dad stayed behind, though, and it’s hard to keep in touch. Calls cost $1 per minute. Sending gifts sets her back $50 per pound. “Who can afford that?”…

“How to Twerk” Makes Miami’s Most Googled Searches of 2014

C’mon, Miami… Of all the places in America that should possess an encyclopedic understanding of what it means to “dance in a sexually provocative manner while in a squat, thrusting the hips and popping that booty,” we’d expect the 305 to be numero uno con ese culo. And yet it…

Ferguson Grand Jury Proves Criminal Justice System Is Racist

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. Today, Luke assesses the fallout in Ferguson, Missouri. America took five steps backwards when a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, did…

Poison Caused Mysterious Dog Seizures in South Beach

A week after Riptide reported that several South Beach dogs had suffered sudden, sometimes lethal seizures, the animal hospital that treated four victims has confirmed what many suspected: The dogs ingested poison. Lela Morales, a manager at Alton Road Animal Hospital, says the dogs almost certainly ate some kind of…

Golf’s Jackie Robinson Receives Nation’s Highest Honor

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke gives a history lesson on the black golfer who broke the color barrier. On November 24, Barack Obama…

Boisterous Brunchers Can’t Bog Down Miami Chefs

A 50-pound pig is pumped full of brine for four days and then — around midnight on a Saturday — placed in a large wooden box just behind the Four Seasons Hotel in Brickell. The box is closed, covered in hot charcoal, and left for hours beneath a tent that’s…

Hellmann’s Sues Hampton Creek: Is It Still Mayo Without Eggs?

In a case that demonstrates everything that’s wrong with our overly litigious society, a $60 billion corporation is suing a sustainable-food startup because (drum roll, please) the behemoth is losing customers to the underdog. Unilever, the corporate overlord of Hellmann’s and Best Foods mayonnaise brands, has filed suit against Hampton…

Revolt TV Disses Miami’s Music Industry

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke calls out the brains behind Revolt Music Conference. I’m sick and tired of out-of-town entertainment moguls and executives…