“Besame Mucho” is the title of a beloved song, a plea by the singer to ‘kiss me a lot.’  That’s what we’re calling this cocktail. If you serve it to your favorite person, maybe you’ll be rewarded with a kiss. Amanda Ali, a bartender at ML Steaks + Sports, created it for Valentine’s Day. In a tall shaker combine: 2 oz. of your favorite vodka 1 oz. Lychee...

     It’s a new place, “For Locals, By Locals.” And it’s a slogan the owners of The Garrison Taproom & Billiards pride themselves on.       Husband and wife team Alex and Sue Perez opened the bar -- which sells more than 100 brands of craft beer, wine, seltzer, and cider -- on Main Street in early January.       The couple are Miami Lakers who love beer...

   The Miami Lakes Barber Shop in the Lake Patricia Shopping Center is the town’s oldest place for men and boys to get a haircut.       Its barbers have continuously shorn gent’s locks since the early 1960s.       Owner Richard Ruiz is carrying on the legacy begun by his late uncle Rolando Ruiz, the town’s first barber who died in July 2021.      ...

     The entrance to Miami Lakes Business Park West is near one of the key traffic intersections in town: It begins on Miami Lakes Drive and is very close to the Palmetto Expressway and Interstate 75.     “You’re right at the highway, you get off and we’re the first building on the left,”  Thomas Bartelmo, president and chief executive officer of The Kislak Organization and chief...

     A weekly outdoor gathering that was to begin on Thursday, Jan. 27 and every Thursday night thereafter has been postponed. The event, called Food Trucks + More, is still planned to eventually be held in the municipal parking lot along New Barn Road near Northwest 67th Avenue in Miami Lakes. This report will be updated when organizers finalize their arrangements.      From 5 p.m. - 10 p.m., up to 15...