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culture Basel Bites Art Basel arrives in Miami Dec. 4 to 7 and with it comes a selection of art fairs and events. Here’s our guide of where to spot unique art, indulge on bites and sip on cocktails while in the city.

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dining Drink Up Perfectly refreshing for the fall is Yardbird’s Blackberry Bour- bon Lemonade. The cocktail features bourbon, fresh

raspberries and tangy Sip at Yardbird lemon in a unique mix that will have you wish- WHERE TO SIP ing for seconds while The drinks will be flowing from champagne flutes at the art you dine there. tents, of course, but there is so 1600 Lenox Ave., Miami much more out there! Oak Tavern Beach, 305.538.5220. in Wynwood is named for the www.runchickenrun.com beautiful, towering tree in the backyard and a bar of both classics (a Moscow Mule) and new fangled drinks (Tavern Storm, with house- fermented ginger beer). Broken Shaker is known for its fresh herbs plucked straight from the garden on site to make the most decadent cocktails. At the Loews Hotel, res- taurant Lure Fishbar has a menu of drinks that will have you struggling to pick the best musically-inspired libation: Across the Universe, Figgy Smalls is the Illest, and Purple Rain, are some of the cocktail names fea- tured. Also at the hotel is newbie Rum Line, opening this winter. For a truly classic cocktail bar experience, watch the mixologists behind the bar at Regent Cocktail

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