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Drink guarapo. Look like this -- Guarapo co-owner Karen Franco.

Good news! Each time you've had guarapo with your Cuban frita, the sugarcane juice was probably lowering your total cholesterol. The juice can also improve sexual performance and increase sex drive when consumed with regularity.

Sugarcane juice and sex? Yes.

Two months ago, Edwin de los Santos and Karen Franco opened Guarapo Organic Juice Bar on NE 79th Street. The store sells smoothies blended with fresh sugarcane juice, in addition to pressed juices such as carrot, kale, ginger, and wheatgrass.

The best news? Juices are priced at less than $6. Some even go for $5.

In short, there's a new juicebar in Shorecrest where you can buy affordable love potions made with caña de azúcar.

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All Photos by Carla Torres

Prickly Pear Margarita Made With George Clooney's Tequila

Miami's all about Latin flavor. Haven't you seen Pain & Gain? If you haven't we recommend you go watch it. Like tonight, or maybe Thursday, so that afterward you can head over to Wynwood Kitchen & Bar, where you can admire some of the city's most popular murals and have a "Taste of the Americas."

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Don't sit on your corks, cash them in for food

Are you one of those that collects corks from after a weekend of drinking wine? Maybe you have corks as decoration in your kitchen and you've no more space. Not to worry, wine is never quaffed in vain. Devon Seafood + Steak is introducing ReCORK Mondays. It starts today. So if you opened bottles yesterday to toast to the woman that made you, then thank her for saving you a few bucks on dinner tonight.

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All photos by Emily Codik

Interior of gourmet shop The Village Stand in Miami Shores

Have you tried Shawnee's Green Thumb Popcorn yet? Tinted green by kale powder and spirulina, the $3.99 bags pair popped maize with garlic powder and organic nutritional yeast.

What about Copperpot's chili garlic rice wine vinegar or Pascale's pear, cardamom, and vanilla jam ($9.89)? Or Glaser Organic Farms' peanut butter ($11.29) and the Cheesecake Gallery's Key lime mini-cake ($2.95)?

If you haven't sampled these things, then you probably haven't been to the Village Stand, a petite gourmet shop in Miami Shores stocked with cheeses, jams, pastas, canned goods, coffees, and teas.

And if you haven't been to a farmers' markets lately, then you probably didn't know this: these products are all locally-made.

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All photos by Hannah Sentenac

Small businesses make Miami special. After all, what's better than knowing your hard-earned dollars are supporting your fellow 305'ers, versus soulless corporations and their fat cat CEOs? This city wouldn't be what it is without Panther Coffee, Whisk Gourmet and Abraxas Lounge.

So the Unemployed Chef in Coral Gables is a welcome addition. The only problem? Not nearly enough people know they're there. This sister-owned outpost serves home-cooked breakfast and lunch, and they're earning rave reviews from those in the neighborhood. So why the hell haven't you eaten there yet?

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Image via Belle Isle Blog.

Inside Panther Coffee's second store.

Update: Panther Coffee co-owner Leticia Pollock said the Sunset Harbour shop received its certificate of occupancy from Miami-Dade County Thursday morning. They'll be soft opening on Monday May 13 at 7 a.m.

Construction atPanther Coffee's long-awaited Sunset Harbour store at 1875 Purdy Ave. on Miami Beach has wrapped and the the shop is days away from opening.

Belle Isle Blog posted a picture of employees inside the Sunset Harbour space over the weekend.

There's a chance the Pollocks might bless the beach with free coffee before opening, as they did in the Wynwood location, "but rent is expensive and we'd like to be selling coffee if we can."

On Thursday morning Pollock said they're "still not sure" if they'll be giving away free coffee to celebrate the opening.

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All photos by Emily Codik

Interior of butcher shop Proper Sausages in Miami Shores

Florida Wagyu beef, Lake Meadow Naturals Rhode Island Reds, artisanal sausages, Sunshine State craft brews, local produce, boutique wines. Only one place in town offers this all in a single setting: Proper Sausages in Miami Shores.

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What began as a farmers' markets stand has evolved into a full-fledged butcher shop. Freddy and Danielle Kaufmann, the husband and wife team who founded the flesh-centric brand, opened the shop in a quiet section of 2nd Ave. about a month ago.

The store may be new, but this much can already be said about it: Miami needs more places like Proper Sausages.

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Photo by Adrian Gaut

What's better than handcrafted cocktails by the Bar Lab boys? Savory snacks that perfectly pair with the beverages and help to soak up the booze. Now, the Broken Shaker is serving up both with a rotating menu of small plates designed to complement the beloved cocktails. Short Order sat down with Gabriel Orta of Bar Lab who, along with Elad Zvi and techie-turned-chef Steve Santana, created the new menu.

"People know Broken Shaker as a place to drink," said Orta. "But now, we are enhancing that experience with a fresh approach to bar food. The menu will change just as our cocktails do, using local ingredients whenever possible and herbs from our garden."

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Goodbye, tuna choclo. Hello, tuna hamachi roll.

Spring has officially sprung, and with the change of seasons comes the change of seasonal dishes. Locally grown produce and sustainable eating has become a permanent trend in the Magic City. More restaurants are converting daily to this way of life, and we love it. What we don't love is the sudden change in menus from one day to another. Letting go of our winter favorites sucks, but for local restaurants to keep up, so must their menus.

Neighborhood favorite and late-night eatery Gigi has removed a few of the beloved buns (don't you worry, child, the pork bun has survived the cut), but new delicious bun choices have been added, along with other menu items.

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Cabrera.

After two years of delays, Alberto Cabrera has found a space for his long-discussed Frita Shop at the corner of Ponce de Leon Boulevard and Salamanca Avenue. Opening sometime this summer, the shop will be the first of several spots, he said.

"It's going to be terribly simple," he said. We're thinking "a double [frita] and then a couple of different variations. We wanted to have a couple [hot] dogs, and are planning on doing some dogs with the actual flavor profile of frita."

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