Farm workers will protest Publix on International Human Rights Day

​The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) are planning to picket the newly opened Publix on KIllian Parkway and SW 104th Street on December 11th, International Human Rights Day.

The protesters, comprised of dozens of farm workers from Immokalee, Florida, will join other supporters to call on the supermarket chain to participate in the Fair Food Program, which guarantees Florida farm workers a living wage and better working conditions.
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​Sixteen tomato pickers are suing Miami-based Burger King and Subway for back wages.

Under a 2008 agreement with a group called the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, the tomato pickers were supposed to get a living wage for their work from the restaurant chains. They didn't.

So they are claiming unspecified damages.
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Burger King is giving away free ice cream. Bad for kids?

​Miami-based fast-food giant Burger King has announced an ice-cream giveaway in celebration of its foray into a full line of frozen treats, just in time for after-school snacking.

From now through October 9, customers who order a value meal can also walk away with a free soft-serve cup or cone.

After the 9th, ice-cream cones, cups, and sundaes will be available for $1 or less, making them very attractive (and affordable) to kids and preteens on an allowance.

Let's cite some hard numbers in our rant. A Tendergrill Chicken Sandwich value meal (small size) sounds like a healthy choice. After all, it's a grilled chicken sandwich with only a small order of fries. According to Burger King's nutritional website, that value meal has 1,000 calories, 35 grams of fat, 85 milligrams of cholesterol, 58 grams of sugar, 135 grams of carbs, and 1,630 milligrams of sodium.
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​Our sister publication, OC Weekly, broke the news that Lime Fresh Mexican Grill, the Miami-based chain that's slowly taking over South Florida with nine locations and more to come, has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Irvine California's Lime Truck.

It all started when The Lime Truck was in Miami to tape the finale of The Great Food Truck Race. While Lime Truck owners Jason Quinn and Daniel Shemtob were busy trying to win the race by attempting to outsell Cleveland's HodgePodge Truck, they apparently caught the attention of Lime executives.

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Burger Beast Sef Gonzalez (right) -- just in it for the burgers.

​In another episode of our regularly scheduled program about Miami-Dade government -- titled Hey, Miami, What the F**k? -- Burger Beast blogger and all-around hamburger fan Sef Gonzalez was sent a "cease and desist" email yesterday from Assistant County Attorney Thomas W. Logue.

In the email (What? Miami-Dade can't afford to send these things via snail mail anymore?), Logue states, "County officials have discovered that your business is illegally using the County Sled Trademark in your advertisements and T-shirt sales."

First of all, let's compare the logos side by side:

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Slow Food Truck's Oren Bass (on Left) is surprised to find local opposition to his truck.

​Paul Ripa, owner of Paul's Sub Shop in North Miami Beach, was Googling North Miami Beach election results when he found something interesting -- a notice on the City's website announcing Slow Food Truck would be serving lunches in front of City Hall.

Ripa, whose family has had businesses in NMB for over 30 years, was livid. "It's incredible. All these little businesses are struggling. They need their lunch business and the City of North Miami Beach decides they're going to park a food truck for four hours a day and promote it on their website? These people are absolutely out of their minds," he told Short Order.

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Miss Yip, a shell of its former self.

​Eater, with the help of Frodnesor of Food for Thought Miami uncovered a slew of filings against the eatery by its landlord -- referred to as Lincoln Road III (LLC) -- including a scheduled court hearing. A motion to "determine accrued rent" signifies this could be a dispute about unpaid cash. The reason for Miss Yip's move likely isn't convenience. It's possibly an eviction.

We first suspected this when our sources told us about a month ago that Miss Yip was behind on rent and facing closure. This perhaps confirms that.

Management told Short Order the reason for the downgraded Miss Yip at Lincoln Lane was because of an impending move to Lincoln Road proper.

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I passed by one of the new South Beach rental bicycle racks just after the bikes were installed last week. A few years back my wife and I took advantage of the same system in Paris, and I have a photo of the bicycles lined up on a street in the Montmartre neighborhood. Thought the comparison was interesting in terms of style, and rifled through some old photos to see if I had any other Paris-Miami contrasts. Turns out there were a few, which I present here. Draw your own conclusions.

One of these is a photo of the new South Beach bicycles, the other is from Paris. Can you tell which is which?

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​Rosa Mexicano opened last week on the ground floor of the architecturally arresting parking garage at 1111 Lincoln Road (and by that I mean the architect should be arrested). There are Mexican restaurants popping up all over South Beach, but Rosa's main competition is shaping up to be Lime Fresh Mexican Grill just a few blocks south.

Over the weekend, Lime sent the first troops out to battle: A street team handed out cards (see photo) calling out Rosa for its expensive guacamole -- and, presumably by extension, its pricing in general.
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​Whether you actually like sucking on them or you prefer to dangle them on the tree, the red and white candy canes seem to put you into the Christmas spirit.

And then there are the flavored candy canes. Is there really a reason we need to have blueberry flavored candy canes? Not only are there fruity, sick to your stomach sweet candy canes but there are also some just plain strange flavors and we have found some that will surely tickle your holiday fancy.
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