Things to do

A taste of heaven in Miami Gardens

Ice Cream Heaven is bringing a lot of flavor and a little fun to Miami Gardens. Just scope out their menu, and you’ll see what we mean. You can order a BIG A– ice cream sandwich. Yep, that’s what it’s called, and it’s as big as it sounds. But don’t worry, you don’t have to go […]

/ January 8, 2020

YoungArts Week: A chance to see the future of the arts

The 2019 YoungArts winners in dance. (📸: Em Watson) National YoungArts Week kicks off Jan. 6 and for some of the young artists attending, they’ll see a familiar face. Santino Fontana (2000 YoungArts Winner in Theater and Voice & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) is a Tony Award-winning actor and star of Broadway’s TOOTSIE […]

/ December 23, 2019

These are the results of the Nov. 19 election in Miami-Dade County

( 📸 : Gaetano Cessati via Unsplash) Below are the complete results for the races in the three cities on the Nov. 19 ballot.  About 28 percent of the registered voters in Miami, Miami Beach and Hialeah voted in the Nov. 19 election.  A couple things to know: These figures are based on the Miami-Dade […]

/ November 19, 2019

November 2019 Local Voter Guide

On Nov. 5, voters in Miami and Miami Beach elections will vote in multiple commission races and Beach voters will also decide on six referenda.

/ November 13, 2019

Where France meets Cuba in Hialeah

Hialeah’s probably the last neighborhood where you’d expect to find excellent French cuisine, but about five years ago, La Fresa Francesa popped up — and it’s très bon.  It’s owned by a young couple, Benoit Rablat and Sandy Sanchez, who met while working at a Michelin-starred restaurant in Los Angeles. He’s a French chef, and […]

/ November 13, 2019

The proof is in the pastrami

Henderson “Junior” Biggers remembers his first day on the job. He wanted to be an auto mechanic, but the employment agency sent him to Stephen’s Deli in Hialeah, where he started working as a dishwasher. That was nearly six decades ago. Today, he slices corned beef and pastrami by hand at Florida’s oldest deli and will celebrate […]

/ November 13, 2019

Allapattah’s bean-to-brew roasters

Gannon Mennis is serious about coffee. He’s showing us how he transforms green beans sourced from Ethiopia, Cameroon and Brazil into brew by guiding us through his coffee-roasting process. “The more coffee I get to taste and work with, the happier I am,” says Gannon. Take a peek inside Deco Coffee Co. in our video […]

/ November 13, 2019

A “typical” Sunday in Allapattah

So you think you can dance? Well, at Club Tipico you can show off your bachata, salsa, merengue or reggaeton moves seven days a week — always for fun, and sometimes for cash. This is the spot in Allapattah, a.k.a Little Santo Domingo, where locals have been coming to do something typically Dominican — eat, […]

/ November 13, 2019

Lechón y reggaeton

Papo Llega y Pon is one of Allapattah’s oldest businesses, and it’s serving up one of Miami’s biggest pan con lechon sandwiches. Take their Cuban flautas for example. They sell for $16, are about two feet long, and can serve up to four people. So whether you come for the pan con lechon or stay […]

/ November 13, 2019

Jackfruit and canistel and mangosteen, oh my

Even if you’ve lived in Miami your entire life, Robert is Here has a selection of tropical fruits you may never have heard of before — and milkshakes worth adventuring into Homestead for. If you hop off the 35 or 344 bus at S. Redland Rd. And W. Palm Dr., you’ll find Robert is Here […]

/ November 12, 2019