Just when disgraced lawyer Scott Rothstein's sordid saga couldn't get any stranger comes this unbelievable plot twist: He worked undercover for the feds and helped them bag a suspected Italian mafia man living in Miami Beach.

Mercadito, a classy-casual Mexican with locations in New York and Chicago, makes its South Florida debut at Midtown Miami, 3252 NE First Ave. Open from 5 to midnight daily, the restaurant features gourmet guacamoles, ceviches, salsas, tacos and such small plates as tostadas de hongos (corn tortillas with wild mushrooms, pinto bean hash, manchego cheese, tomatillo salsa and epazote crema fresca ...

Just when disgraced lawyer Scott Rothstein's sordid saga couldn't get any stranger comes this plot twist: He worked undercover for the feds and helped them bag a suspected Italian Mafia man living in Miami Beach.

Here's the situation: The "Jersey Shore" could be moving to the Florida coast.

Scott Conant sure keeps his cards close to his black chef's jacket.

It’s 6 p.m. on a Monday and the room is filled. The lights have been dimmed and the mahogany walls glow with the setting sun making you feel as if you have stepped onto a cruise ship.

When Myles Chefetz started building a small South Beach hotel next door to his popular Prime One Twelve steak house, where a rib eye costs $56, he figured the 14-room Prime Hotel would be worth about $12 million.

Mercadito, a classy-casual Mexican with locations in New York and Chicago, makes its South Florida debut at Midtown Miami, 3252 NE First Ave., with previews Friday through Tuesday and an official opening March 18. Open from 5 p.m. to midnight daily, the restaurant features gourmet guacamoles ($8.50-$12.50), ceviches ($10-11.50), salsas ($2.50-$4.50), tacos (four for $13.50) and such small plates ...

SEASIDE HEIGHTS — Talk has it that JWoww, The Situation and the rest of the cast of MTV's hit show could be taping their second season under the golden rays of the Sunshine State.

SEASIDE HEIGHTS — Here's the situation. The "Jersey Shore" could be moving to the Florida coast. Talk has it that JWoww, The Situation and the rest of the cast of MTV's hit show could be taping their second season under the golden rays of the Sunshine State.