For two and a half decades now, Miami New Times' Best of Miami issue has brought you our expert picks for our town's best spots to get a mojito, eat ropa vieja, purchase shoes and everything else in between. And for just as long, you -- the good people of the 305 -- have gleefully pointed out just how wrong our experts are by voting on what, in fact, should be the best mojito, the greatest place to grab a snack in Coconut Grove, the single most mind-blowing bike shop in all of Miami-Dade, and dozens of other categories.

Already, more than 10,000 of you have voted in this year's Best of Miami poll. The rest of you slackers still have time to cast your ballot -- but not much! Voting closes Friday, folks.

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​By now, you probably know that you can bring wine and get boozy in the grass while watching a free movie with the New World Center wallcasts. And you're also likely aware that -- although it used to be easier -- a determined drunk can definitely get sloshed for free on the Second Saturday Art Walks through Wynwood. Such are the little hustles that get us through our hectic, penny-pinching lives in one of the world's weirdest cities. A few of our staffers collaborated to bring you fifteen other tips and tricks that make us feel like geniuses every time we pull them off. Hopefully, at least a few items on this list will be helpful to both Miami lifers-- don't roll your eyes smugly when we get to Laurenzo's-- and new transplants.

The whole reasons we're sharing our secrets, of course, is because we want yours. Drop some knowledge in the comments section.

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​BRAAAAAAIIIIIIINSSS! Er, excuse us. We meant to say the wait is finally over. Best of Miami 2011 is finally here. Winners were chosen by the New Times editorial board in 345 categories such as Best New Restaurant, Best Dance Club, Best Art Museum, Best Tattoo Shop, and others.

If you are waiting for a freshly printed copy to keep year-round, they hit newsstands tomorrow.

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In anticipation of the upcoming Best of Miami issue hitting newsstands June 16, here is a sneak peek at one category and its winner.

Photo by C. Stiles

​Best Politician
Frederica Wilson
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In anticipation of the upcoming Best of Miami issue hitting newsstands June 16, here is a sneak peek at one category and its winner.

​Best 15 Minutes of Fame
Kat Stacks
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In anticipation of the upcoming Best of Miami issue hitting newsstands June 16, here is a sneak peek at one category and its winner.

​Best Local Boy Gone Bad
Rick Sanchez
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In anticipation of the upcoming Best of Miami issue hitting newsstands June 16, here is a sneak peek at one category and its winner.

​Best Blog
Beached Miami
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2009's Best Politician Michelle Spence-Jones

​Next week, this year's Best of Miami issue hits the stands. So you know what that means! It's that time of year we pick a kick-ass politician who'll end up getting kicked out of office! Getting named Best Politician is like an endorsement from The Miami Herald editorial board: the kiss of death. Three of our picks in the past decade have been unceremoniously removed from office.

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​After a brutal recession, Miami's corpse has reanimated itself into something that's hungry for BRAAAAAIIIINNNNSSS!, er, a comeback. Sure, this zombie smells a little rotten and moves a bit slowly, but soon enough there will be an army taking over. No government-enforced quarantine will keep it down.

Every good zombie takeover needs a large pack. If you're ready to join the hunt for flesh, uh, the city's best, fill out our Best of Miami 2011 Readers' Poll.

As a faithful zombie reader, you have the chance to chime in on categories such as Best Dance Club, Best Chef, Best Food Truck, Best Museum, Best BRAAAAAIIIINNNNSSS!, and others.

Voting and the hunt end June 3. Time to get infected.

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​More than two decades of Miami's best is available today on our new Best Of... app for iPhone. That's right. You can check out categories like Best Dance Club, Best New Restaurant, Best Bar, Best Hotel, and many others.

The app lets you check out not only current winners -- this year's issue is due out in June -- but also those of past years. Plus it determines your location and lets you know what Best Of winners are nearby. And if you've visited a Best Of winner, you can click "Check In" and earn badges along the way.

As TechCrunch points out, our Best Of choices aren't user generated, instead what it has "going for it is it's expert (not crowd-sourced) curation." Those experts happen to be people like us, the editorial staff of the Miami New Times.

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