David LaHuta is scouting the Miami dining scene for us this week.
Miami's proven a worthy stop for even the pickiest of foodies: We've chowed the city's best Cuban sandwich, sampled affordable sushi in chic South Beach and dug into some gourmet hot dogs at Dogma Grill.
It's time for something a little Caribé. With one of the largest Haitian populations in the US, Miami has plenty of Caribbean-inspired options to choose from. But locals lineup up Tap Tap, a colorful Haitian restaurant with some of the best goat stew in town.
David LaHuta is scouting the Miami dining scene for us this week.
There's no shortage of fancy cafés in look-at-me-now South Beach, but if it's sushi you're after then you'll have to stray from the crowds that mob glitzy Ocean Drive.
And why not? You've already sampled Miami's best Cuban sandwich so it's high time to indulge in some fresh fish on chic Collins Avenue. If you're looking for the best place to sip sake and munch on maguro then look no further than Kung Fu Sushi.
David LaHuta is scouting the Miami dining scene for us this week.
We may never answer the question of where to find Miami's best Cuban sandwich. After all, more than 700,000 Cuban Americans call Miami home.
In a culture that prides itself on succulent home-style cooking, there's a good chance you'll find more than one winner. But on a recent visit we uncovered a clear contender: David's Cafe II.
We're easy constituents. We back any candidate whose campaign strategy includes a promise to give us more travel options. That's why we now (temporarily) have a crush on Obama.
Breaking with other candidates' stance, the Illinois governor supports repealing the law banning travel to Cuba. Though plenty of Americans criticized this pledge (with, for example, picket signs reading "Barack Loves Fidel"), we've always hoped to visit the stranded red state.
Obama received a warm welcome from a crowd of mainly Cuban immigrants when he visited Miami Saturday. He even wooed younger voters by stopping by trendy South Beach nightclub Mansion. Now there's a president with whom we'd like to have a drink.
A tipster over at HotelChatter, our big sister site, is reporting that a tall, dark haired girl in giant shades left the continuously under construction future site of Nicky O in a huff today.
So unless Nicky Hilton has a Padme type decoy clone, it sounds like all is not fine in the world of Nicky O South Beach.
Shocking, right? This project has been more hype than reality since the very beginning, and earlier this week, developer Robert Falor seemed to be preparing his bail out strategy when talking to the Miami Herald.
No official word from the Nicky O peeps yet, but celebrity hotel projects are never the slam dunks they appear to be on Letterman (scroll down).
Jessica Alba spent the first week of 2007 being photographed over and over again in different bikinis on Miami Beach and she gave one kid the ultimate travel story.
Fratire site DoubleViking.com wrote an open letter to the kid, saluting him:
Put the goggles you wore on eBay. List them as "Goggles Worn When I Saw Jessica Alba In A Bikini" and set the minimum bid at $10,000. And then watch them sell. For a million bucks. You're probably thinking, but wait, they didn't even touch Alba, who's gonna buy them?" Kid, ohhh kid. The same sun rays that were baking the sweet, supple perfection that is Jessica Alba's ass passed through those goggles.
You saw Jessica Alba swim by...and lived to fight another day. Alba in a bikini is like a modern day version of a medieval dragon...mythical, amazing...and dangerous as hell.
There were plenty of reasons to go to Miami Beach before we came across this photo, but from the ear to ear grin on this kid's face, it appears Miami Beach may have just travel acquired a life long customer.
Did you know that it is Italian Horror Month in Miami Beach? Well, it is.
You can still catch the tail-end of this mini-film festival with showings going on for the rest of the week, including of course on Halloween Night. Held at The Miami Beach Cinematheque, the festival is showing Italian cult classics from directors such as Fellini, Bava, Martino, Miraglia, Argento, Fulci and Baino. Price ranges from $6 to $10, which we assume depends on who the film's director is. That or maybe it depends on your Senior Citizen discount.
If you're looking for other ways to spook yourself out on Halloween in Miami, ponder the soon-to-open Nicky O Hotel on Ocean Drive.
