A Miami family says they paid more than $6.7 million for Andy Warhol works that turned out to be forgeries, and a new lawsuit lays out how a network of dealers allegedly ran the con. At the center: gallery owner Leslie Roberts, already facing wire fraud charges and awaiting sentencing.
— via Miami New Times, B. Scott McLendon
Skip the I-95 crawl: Brightline is now running free shuttles from its Aventura station straight to Hard Rock Stadium for concerts this fall, starting with Bruno Mars this weekend. One-way train fares run as low as $10, undercutting the $50-plus parking passes at the venue.
— via Miami New Times, David Rolland
Angie Nixon beat a better-funded, establishment-backed rival by more than 150,000 votes in Florida's Senate primary. Now she's betting a shoestring campaign and a hard-left platform can flip a state Democrats haven't won statewide since 2018.
— via Miami New Times, Joseph Contreras
A father-daughter team spent three years and six months of ricotta cavatelli testing to open La Sponda, a waterfront Italian spot on Grove Isle with a 42-ounce Wagyu Fiorentina and tableside branzino. It's the first restaurant Thomas Angelo has built with daughter Kassidy since closing Fiola Miami.
— via Miami New Times, Olee Fowler
Big City Tavern will shut its Las Olas doors for good on September 30, ending a 25-year run without explaining why or what comes next. The restaurant, which once gave future star chef Louie Bossi his start as a line cook, is still taking reservations for one last round of burgers and Bolognese.
— via Miami New Times, Olee Fowler
Peter Luger’s famed bacon is headed from NYC to South Florida with a collaboration with Fuku in Coral Gables and West Palm Beach.
— via Miami New Times, Olee Fowler