2 JANUARY 4-10, 2024 miaminewtimes.com | browardpalmbeach.com NEW TIMES | MUSIC | CAFE | CULTURE | NIGHT+DAY | NEWS | LETTERS | CONTENTS | Featured Stories t Dirty Dozen 2023 Get a load of Miami’s most unsavory characters of the past year. BY NEW TIMES STAFF & CONTRIBUTORS | PAGE 6 Trump Avenue Hialeah stays true to Trump amid a litany of criminal cases. BY THEO KARANTSALIS | PAGE 4 Woman on Top Dee Valladares is Survivor’s first Cuban-born winner. BY CATHERINE TORUÑO | PAGE 13 Classically Cuban Social 27 dishes up elevated Cuban fare in Little Havana. BY MICHELLE MUSLERA | PAGE 14 t Contents VOL. 38 | NO.43 | JANUARY 4-10, 2024 3 Riptide 4 Metro 11 Night & Day 13 Culture 14 Cafe Taste Test .................................. 15 18 Classified Real Estate 19 Classified Employment On the Cover: Illustration by Mark Poutenis. N E D I T O R I A L EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Tom Finkel ASSOCIATE EDITOR Jose D. Duran NEWS EDITOR Izzy Kapnick FOOD EDITOR Nicole Lopez-Alvar COPY EDITOR Kristin Gallagher STAFF WRITERS Alex DeLuca, Naomi Feinstein CONTRIBUTORS Ashley-Anna Aboreden, Grant Albert, Celia Almeida, Dinniah Bartholomew, Rachel Costa, Nicole Danna, Carolina del Busto, Trae DeLellis, Nile Fortner, Isabella Marie Garcia, Mary Gibson, Luis Gomez, Shanae Hardy, Theo Karantsalis, Jen Karetnick, Douglas Markowitz, Sophia Medina, Mathew Messa, Ursula Muñoz-Schaefer, Michelle Muslera, David Rolland, Jesse Scott, Jess Swanson, Catherine Toruño, Liz Tracy, Yessy Urbina, Caroline Val, Elena Vivas, Ryan Yousefi A R T CONTRIBUTORS Kristin Bjornsen, Tom Carlson, Alexander Flores P R O D U C T I O N PRODUCTION MANAGER Mike Lugo PRODUCTION ASSISTANT MANAGER Jorge Sesin A D V E R T I S I N G ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Don Farrell SALES SUPPORT SPECIALISTS Daniel Gomez NATIONAL EVENTS DIRECTOR Jennifer Robinson SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING MANAGER Natalia Ortiz SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR Sofia Jimenez SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Sarah Abrahams, Jeremy Boyd, Peter Heumann, Kristi Kinard ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Steven Greenberg, Trevor Morgan, Andres Marin Pereira, Cristina Rivera, Evan Schaffer C L A S S I F I E D SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Joel Valez-Stokes B U S I N E S S DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS & OPERATIONS Russell A. Breiter ACCOUNTING MANAGER Jeff Stewart CREDIT MANAGER Moses A. Betancourt SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR Kevin Chavez PUBLISHER Adam Simon Voice Media Group EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Chelsey Dequaine-Jerabek SEO SPECIALIST Jenna deJong MEMBERSHIP MANAGER Lily Black VP OF FINANCE & HUMAN RESOURCES Beth Cook LEGAL COUNSEL Steve Suskin CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Jeff Mars CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Scott Tobias I N F O R M AT I O N T E C H N O L O G Y EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF DIGITAL OPERATIONS Gerard Goroski PRODUCT DIRECTOR James Hamilton IT DIRECTOR Dave Marcon OPERATIONS MANAGER Brian Heimert INFRASTRUCTURE ARCHITECT David Fearn DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS SYSTEMS Lee-ann Dunton N E W M E D I A EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF DIGITAL SALES Stuart Folb AD OPERATIONS MANAGER Emily Czech WEB SUPPORT MANAGER Michael Uchtman VICE PRESIDENT OF CORPORATE MARKETING Jenna Corday VMG Advertising N AT I O N A L A D V E R T I S I N G vmgadvertising.com, 888-278-9866 SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES OPERATIONS Joe Larkin FOR RETAIL ADVERTISING: 305-571-7699 FOR CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING: 305-573-9090 FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING INFORMATION: 888-278-9866 D I S T R I B U T I O N New Times is available free of charge, limited to one copy per reader. Additional copies of the current and/or past issues of New Times, based on availability, may be purchased by contacting the New Times office. New Times may be distributed only by New Times’ authorized distributors. No person, without prior written permission of New Times, may take more than one copy of each New Times weekly issue. NEW TIMES MAILING ADDRESS: P.O. Box 011591, Miami, FL 33101-1591 STREET ADDRESS: 3050 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 901, Miami, FL 33137 FOR GENERAL INFORMATION: 305-576-8000 Illustration by Mark Poutenis. New Times: (ISSN 10723331) (USPS 010669) is published weekly by Miami New Times LLC, 3050 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 901, Miami, FL 33137. Periodical postage paid at Miami, FL 33152. The entire contents of New Times are Copyright 2024 by Miami New Times, LLC. No portion may be reproduced in whole or part by any means, including electronic retrieval systems, without the express written permission of the Publisher, New Times, 3050 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 901, Miami, FL 33137. Please call the New Times office for back issue information. Postmaster: Send address changes to New Times, P. O. Box 011591, Miami, FL 33101-1591.
