Miami Vice Shot

Frozen Piña Colada and Strawberry Daiquiri in one glass — named for NBC's Miami Vice (1984–1989), cream-white and vivid red echoing the show's pastel color palette.

The Miami Vice Shot is a layered presentation combining frozen Piña Colada and frozen Strawberry Daiquiri in a single glass, taking its name from the NBC television crime drama Miami Vice, which aired from September 1984 to May 1989. The show, created by Anthony Yerkovich and produced by Michael Mann, was set in Miami and the surrounding South Florida landscape and became one of the most culturally influential American television series of the 1980s — its pastel-colored fashion (linen jackets over T-shirts, no socks), electronic soundtrack, and glamorous Miami Beach locations defined an aesthetic that extended far beyond the show itself into architecture, fashion, and nightlife design. The combination of two iconic frozen tropical drinks into a single glass — the white-cream of the Piña Colada alongside the vivid red of the Strawberry Daiquiri — creates a visual contrast whose color pairing echoed the show's own pastel-and-vibrant color palette. Florida beach bars and resort bartenders developed the half-and-half layered presentation through the 1980s and 1990s, and it became a standard order name at tropical-theme venues. The technical execution requires pouring one frozen drink first and carefully floating the second, slightly denser preparation on top to maintain the visual separation before consumption.