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The Grind Burgers Announced

​The Grind, Miami's home town burger competition, is this Saturday and we're finally counting down to burger madness.On March 31 at 7 p.m., 30 local restaurants will compete with their meat at Wynwood's Miami Entertainment Complex. Tickets are still available for $75 in advance, $85 at the door. V ... More >>

The Grind Names Participating Restaurants, Backyard Burger Winners

​The Grind, Miami's home grown burger competition is coming soon and all over Miami, people are salivating with the promise of eating burgers from over two dozen participating local restaurants. The key word here is local. Unlike some other burger events in the Miami area, the Grind features burge ... More >>

Latin House Grill to Open Restaurant: Are Food Trucks Turning to Brick and Mortar?

​Is the new food truck trend to turn in the wheels for a traditional brick-and-mortar restaurant? We've already seen restaurants such as Sakaya Kitchen, La Camaronera, Red Koi, Sweetness Bake Shop, and Islas Canarias roll out mobile versions of their brick-and-mortar establishments.We're seei ... More >>

Win a Pair of Tickets to the Grind: Frita Battle Is On!

​The Grind, Miami's home grown burger competition is a month away and the competition is heating up. On March 31 at 7 p.m., 30 local restaurants will serve up their best burgers for your eating pleasure at Wynwood's Miami Entertainment Complex.Restaurants battling for the coveted golden grinder aw ... More >>

Judging The Burgies: 22 Burgers in Two Hours (Photos)

​When Burger Beast Sef Gonzalez asked me to be a judge at the third annual Burgie Awards, I said sure. I've judged a few competitions. They're usually fun, you get a badge, and you meet some new people. When you're asked to oversee a burger competition, you naturally assume you'll be tasting burge ... More >>

The Cuban Kitchen's Raquel Rabade Roque at Books & Books Tonight

Cuban food lovers, put down your forks and stop in at Books & Books in Coral Gables tonight at 8 p.m. to talk rice and black beans and more with Raquel Rabade Roque, author of The Cuban Kitchen, owner of Downtown Book Center in Miami, and co-founder of the Miami Book Fair.Her new paperback is lo ... More >>

Tania Ramirez of Food Cart USA Expands Miami Food Truck Scene

Latin Burger & Taco was Food Cart USA's first food truck.Going to a food truck roundup is like visiting Disney World. Bright colors, hearty meals, and long lines amass in an almost euphoric flurry. The trucks seem to simply appear before your eyes, delivering mouth-watering goodness.Behind ... More >>

Administrative Professionals Day: BLT, Casa Juancho, Fontainebleau, and Islas Canarias

Quentin BaconBLT's juicy steak is the ultimate "thank you."​Today the nation celebrates those who copy, fax, and man (or woman) the phones. What was once Secretaries Day (renamed Administrative Professionals Day in 2000 to accommodate politically correct sensibilities) is now time to be nice to yo ... More >>

Five Best Croquetas in Miami

via jlastras​At the risk of exposing my bad-Catholic tendencies, I'll admit that as a kid, I looked forward to Lent. All the Cuban restaurants in my neighborhood would roll out special seafood menus, and the coffee windows would beckon with extra shelves of bacalaitos, malanga fritters, ... More >>

Plato Royale: Battle of the Upscale Croquetas, Michy's vs. Dolores, But You Can Call Me Lolita

David SamayoaSerrano ham croquetas at Dolores, but you can call me Lolita​A croqueta is an ideal street snack. It's cheap, portable, and easy to eat on the run or while lingering over a counter. Typically filled with ham, chicken, or fish, croquetas pack a protein punch and will quickly subdue a g ... More >>

Does Dwyane Wade Have a Kryptonite?

What's Dwyane Wade's kryptonite? Other than the occasional New Times feature, of course.​Dwight Howard and Shaquille O'Neal, two seven-foot hulks with firm Floridian ties, have, in recent years, been involved in a weird war of words (mostly Shaq's) concerning who has rightful claim to the nickname ... More >>

Behind the Line: El Pimiento in Miami Lakes

all photos - Jacob KatelChurros in the kitchen at El Pimiento in Miami Lakes.​El Pimiento in Miami Lakes is an owner-operated Spanish tapas restaurant. Mylo Gonzalez is the dude in charge, but don't call him chef -- he prefers culinary director. Mylo says, "I never went to culinary school. I'm not ... More >>

Miami Food Culture Featured in New York Times Magazine

Detail of a New York Times Advertisement - 1895An old lady reads the gray lady.​Sunday, New York City, the world; literally hundreds of people will read the newspaper that made newspapers famous.Good thing they have a website.Yesterday's Sunday Times Magazine, in a pre-preemptive strike on Art Bas ... More >>

Grateful Bread and Moises Bakery: One serves hearty fare, the other tasty empanadas

Detail of a New York Times Advertisement - 1895An old lady reads the gray lady.​Sunday, New York City, the world; literally hundreds of people will read the newspaper that made newspapers famous.Good thing they have a website.Yesterday's Sunday Times Magazine, in a pre-preemptive strike on Art Bas ... More >>

Frenchman Pedals Around World

Jean-Gabriel Chelala stops in South Florida while boating and biking from France to, well, France.

Q&A with Celia's Modesto Lacen

Jean-Gabriel Chelala stops in South Florida while boating and biking from France to, well, France.

Flamenco, Still

Helming the Andalusian act Chambao, La Mari forges ahead with her Spanish-world mix.

Tasty Morsels

Helming the Andalusian act Chambao, La Mari forges ahead with her Spanish-world mix.

Elin to Perform at Sandoval's this Weekend

Helming the Andalusian act Chambao, La Mari forges ahead with her Spanish-world mix.

Scenes from a Different Island

Helming the Andalusian act Chambao, La Mari forges ahead with her Spanish-world mix.

Close to You

Helming the Andalusian act Chambao, La Mari forges ahead with her Spanish-world mix.

BEST CROQUETAS

Islas Canarias Restaurant

Big Dreamer

Marlon Fernandez is building a fervent cult on South Beach, but he really wants to be a salsa king

La Gata

de 190

Argentine tango goddess María Angelica Milán remembers her nine lives

At Long Last

Thanks to new local label Duque Productions, two of Miami's most talented musicians will finally be heard

Blue Note Casablanca

It's still the same old story, a fight for jazz and glory

Shake

Bold booking draws top ratings, topples dictatorship, at Second Annual Latin Grammy Awards

Rolo-ing with the Punches

Casa Rolo’s Café

A Cuban Idyll

In the island's countryside the land is lovely, the people are humble, and life is unforgiving

Miami Maestro

Roberto Torres is the leader of the band, the singer of the songs, and the keeper of the Cuban musical flame

Best Cigar Bar

Condal & Peñamil House

A Little Slice of Cuba

Welcome to Rancho Don Goyo, where the pork is fresh, the beer is cold, and the music is pure, rural Cuban

The Junket Queen

Welcome to Rancho Don Goyo, where the pork is fresh, the beer is cold, and the music is pure, rural Cuban

Rebuilding Beethoven

The New World Symphony hopes to start a classical music revolution with a bunch of kids and a big idea

Letters

The New World Symphony hopes to start a classical music revolution with a bunch of kids and a big idea

Best of Miami 1996

Finest Foods

First Class All the Way

You're a very important person. Someone with influence. A big-shot bureaucrat. A friggin' Dade County Commissioner! And when you travel, you expect those airlines to understand that you want to go first class all the way.

Power to the Parish

Father Jose Luis Menendez of Wynwood takes the church to the people and the people to the streets