2 September 11-17, 2025 miaminewtimes.com | browardpalmbeach.com NEW TIMES | MUSIC | CAFE | CULTURE | NIGHT+DAY | NEWS | LETTERS | CONTENTS | Featured Stories ▼ Full of Beans The best Miami coffee shops to lock in and work. BY NICOLE LOPEZ-ALVAR | PAGE 11 Bunny Money Top python slayer has thoughts about Florida’s robot rabbit army. BY B. SCOTT McLENDON| PAGE 4 Immunity Impunity Ladapo and DeSantis push to eliminate all vaccine mandates in Florida. BY CHRISTINE SEXTON| PAGE 6 You Read It Here First Miami sees a new wave of bookstore openings. BY DOUGLAS MARKOWITZ | PAGE 10 ▼ Contents Contents VOL. 40 | NO. 27 | JUNE 5–11, 2025 4 Riptide 6 Metro 8 Night & Day 10 Culture 11 Cafe Taste Test .................................. 12 14 Music Crossfade .................................. 15 18 Classified Section On the Cover: Photo-illustration by Tom Carlson; Eyes Wide Open photo by Andrea Piacquadio via Pexels.com N E D I T O R I A L EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Tom Finkel NEWS EDITOR Natasha Yee FOOD EDITOR Nicole Lopez-Alvar CULTURE EDITOR Celia Almeida MUSIC EDITOR Flor Franceschetti SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR Anna Magluta STAFF WRITERS Alex DeLuca, B. Scott McLendon, Naomi Feinstein CONTRIBUTORS Ashley-Anna Aboreden, Grant Albert, Francisco Alvarado, Rachel Costa, Carolina del Busto, Trae DeLellis, Asha Elias, Osvaldo Espino, Nile Fortner, Mary Gibson, Luis Gomez, Shanae Hardy, Theo Karantsalis, Douglas Markowitz, Sophia Medina, Michelle Muslera, Mario Rodriguez, 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 P R O D U C T I O N PRODUCTION MANAGER Mike Lugo A D V E R T I S I N G ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Don Farrell SALES SUPPORT SPECIALISTS Daniel Gomez SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING MANAGER Analise Perez SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Sarah Abrahams, Jeremy Boyd, Peter Heumann, Kristi Kinard ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Cristina Rivera, Evan Schaffer, Josh Elenberg 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 PUBLISHER Adam Simon Voice Media Group EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Chelsey Dequaine-Jerabek EDITORIAL OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Bridget Thomason DIRECTOR OF MEMBERSHIP & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Jennifer Robinson AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Dallon Adams AUDIENCE STRATEGIST Allison Stephenson 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 Photo-illustration by Tom Carlson 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 2025 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.
