Miami Restaurants Get Ready for Super Bowl With Signature Dishes
Walk through the Art Deco district of Miami Beach, with its pastel colored houses, palm trees and manicured lawns and you might be excused for thinking that the residents don't care who wins Super Bowl 41 in Miami. But the big party that is the Super Bowl becomes evident as you cross Collins Avenue in South Beach. Music blares from huge speakers both in restaurants and from some of the exotic automobiles that snake their way through the snarled traffic. On the Friday before the game, along Washington Avenue, Collins Avenue and especially along Ocean drive, the party is in full swing. Upscale restaurants are packed with diners, and the smell of steamed seafood and grilled steaks mingles with cigar and cigarette smoke in the open-air dining areas. Along Espanola Way, a slightly quieter street that intersects with Washington Avenue, New York native Dave Ryan is the assistant manager of Chocolate. Sitting under an umbrella at one of the couches outside the restaurant, Ryan told VOA that while his restaurant caters to upscale clients, it is counting on catching some Super Bowl revelers as they make their way through South Beach. "We specialize in drinks mainly. We do have some special plates," said Ryan. "We have a lobster-crab chocolate ravioli, which has chocolate mixed into the sauce. It is actually a big hit. It surprised me.
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Texans star in Super Bowl commercial - Houston Texans
Two of the Texans’ most likeable players introduced themselves on the world’s biggest stage Feb. 3. Tackle Ephraim Salaam and guard Chester Pitts co-starred in the NFL’s Super Ad commercial. The 60-second spot, directed by legendary commercial director Joe Pytka, aired at the start of the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XLII. Salaam ousted 240 other NFL players who related a personal story on camera as part of the NFL’s Super Ad contest. Fans voted for their favorites on NFL.com beginning in early December. After more than 500,000 votes were tallied, Salaam emerged as the winner, punching a ticket to stardom for he and Pitts. To say Pitts is excited would be a gross understatement. “Come on, man. Are you kidding me?” Pitts said. “To have a Super Bowl commercial, there just aren’t many players that have had that honor, that have been graced and blessed with something like this. It’s unbelievable. My chin hit the ground when I found out. “I got a phone call and I was told that the story was in the running and there would be a good shot at it happening, but I took that with a grain of salt, because I don’t believe it until it’s done.
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» Bowl Bender: Gator Bowl UWIRE: Powered by The Content Generation
PREGAME KNOWLEDGE Laughable and/or unknown title sponsor: Konica Minolta Announcers subject to our devastating witticisms: Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson, Tracy Wolfson All-star to watch: Virginia DE Chris Long (#91) GAME BLOG Who’s watching — Adam Marantz, UWIRE. (1:21) - Welcome to the Gator Bowl. Let’s see if we can’t make this more exciting than it looks. (1:25) - Graham Harrell just toyed with the Virginia defense on that drive. Looks very comfortable. I think it’s a harbinger of things to come. (1:30) - Virginia is going to have to work extra hard to keep up with Tech’s offense. Especially the way they just ripped through the Cavs defense down the field. (1:37) - Nice jump pass on the other end for a Virginia touchdown. I have to admit.
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