Subject: Fratelli Lyon

• Rating Zagat Miami 2009

  The 2009 Zagat Miami/South Florida Guide was just released -- the Miami portion edited by New Times contributor Bill Citara. Here are some impressions: Michy’s On Top For Food With 28 Rating You can’t argue with this -- or, more to the point, you can argue with this, and every other selection. But by any measure, Ms. Bernstein’s restaurant has to be considered one of Miami’s very finest. Oishi The Biggest Surprise Oishi Thai, tucked away on Biscayne and 146th Street, scored a 29 foo

  November 19, 2008

• New Chef At Fratelli Lyon

  Alejandro (Alex) Pinero has just been named chef de cuisine at Fratelli Lyon, the great regional Italian bistro that opened last May in Miami's Design DIstrict. Pinero, 35, is a Miami native who graduated Johnson & Wales University with honors. Between 1996 and 2004 he worked his way through the kitchens of Baleen, The Strand, The Gaucho Room at the Loews Hotel, the RItz-Carlton Coconut Grove, and Talula. He had been the sous chef at Casa Tua for four years prior to his appointment at Frate

  January 6, 2009

• Glass Envy? Reach For PETG

  Govino Making an impressionIf you covet those tumbler beauties at Fratelli Lyon like I do (thanks for rubbing it in, Lee,) listen up. A real case of shatterproof, reusable, recylceable -- not to mention elegant -- plastic dopplegangers awaits you, for $11.99 per 4 pack.  The picky people policing the New York Times home section seem to agree.  And can you really trust partygoers in the summer spirit with your $15 a pop Riedels?&nbs

  June 3, 2009

• Weekly Wrap Up - The Friday Limbaugh

  Jacob Katel What you know bout the Rush Limbaugh Diet Some people just don't know when to shut up. They talk when they're getting paid to, they talk when they're not, they talk in the car, to their dog, on their phones, at the bank, during movies, over the airport lady when you're trying to catch a flight. They talk in their sleep, to themselves, on the bus, on the streets, over bullhorns, megaphones, and microphones. They talk so much, you don't care what they say. Good thing Short Order

  June 5, 2009

• Miami's Dining Scene Goes Big League

  December 25, 2008

• Art Capsules

  December 4, 2008

• Art Basel Invasion!

  November 27, 2008

• Heaven’s Kitchen

  April 16, 2009

• Fratelli Lyon Brings Authentic Italian to the Design District

  August 14, 2008

• Bottled Water Gets the Boot

  August 14, 2008

• The Spice Scene

  July 31, 2008

• Ken Lyon

  June 19, 2008

• Fast Times for $15 at Fratelli Lyon

  Fratelli Lyon Dining on the fly at Fratelli LyonOn deadline?  Early afternoon conference call?  Stressed out in general?  Type A personalities won't be left to starve thanks to a speedy and satisfying (for the tummy and wallet) lunch option at  Fratelli Lyon. The recently introduced "Menu Veloce" (fast menu in Italiano) features this Design District favorite's best-sellers at lunchtime and is priced right at $15.  "We had a fisso (fixed) menu

  May 13, 2009

• Drink Up at Level 25, Luna Cafe, Meat Market and More

  It's going to be a long weekend, whether or not you plan to get all up in the Memorial Day craziness.  Here are some classy liquid opportunities to wind up before ....or down after... Jackie Sayet Keep the planet top of mind at Go Green Tuesdays, menu to be announced soonBody Mind and Planet: The Bar at Level 25 now has weekday happy hours that flaunt  culturally relevant rather than cheesy themes. Skinny Thursdays kicks off May 28 from 5 - 8 p.m. (1395 Brickell Ave, (305) 503-6

  May 22, 2009

• Taste of the Nation's Tasty Freshman Class, New VIPish Room, and the Ritz on the Key is Practically Giving Rooms Away to Celebrate

  Share Our StrengthThe children won't go hungry and neither will youLet the chowdown countdown begin!  The 21st annual Share Our Strength Taste of the Nation is just four weeks away today in Miami, but event organizers already have a healthy crop of 19 restaurant newcomers confirmed for the July 30 orgy of eats.  Is it promising or disconcerting that this freshman class currently outnumbers alumni?  Some of last year's participants hit the obits section like Prime Blue Grill, Tusc

  July 2, 2009

• Cartoon Ice and St. Germain Dreams: It's Refined Cocktail Time at Fratelli Lyon and EOS

  Jackie SayetEven the garnish is a star at EOSWe've come to expect high quality ingredients and technique in fine dining kitchens around town, so why shouldn't the same principle be applied behind the bar?  It is now thanks to a new focus on natural spirits, supporting mixers and special touches, as well as precision in drink-making.  We checked out Fratelli Lyon Driade and EOS, two establishments who are taking this mission to heart.

  July 17, 2009

• Miami Food Scene Is Stalled

  ​ For a while there, when Michy's, Michael's, Fratelli Lyon, North One 10, Pacific Time 2 and Red Light were all newish news, it looked as though Miami was on its way to becoming a cool food town -- the sort with a community of chefs who open restaurants that reflect their vision, and that, taken together, form a gastronomic montage of the tastes and cultures of the city. But at this point, it appears to have been just a temporary surge by a group of brave and seasoned chefs. Miami's cur

  August 28, 2009

• Ken Lyon To Open Cape Cod Room

  The Bath Club on Miami Beach (59th St. and Collins Ave.) has long been a private, membership-only establishment with its' own intimate, members-only restaurant. But starting Sunday, November 1st, the fully restored 1920s Mediterranean-style clubhouse restaurant will be open to the public. It will be known as The Cape Cod Room, operated by Ken Lyon, longtime caterer now best known as owner of Fratelli Lyon.Lyon describes The Cape Cod Room as "a retro-classic restaurant featuring upscale East Coas

  October 5, 2009

• Tonight: Tuscan Wine Tasting at Fratelli Lyon for $45

  The wines of Tuscany, from Chianti to Brunello to Vino Nobile "and everything in between" will be poured at the sixth installment of Fratelli Lyon's "Passport to Italy" wine tasting series tonight at 7:30 p.m. Chef Alex Pinero will prepare snacks to pair with the 6 to 8 wines that will be sipped. This guide for "newbie winos" is $45, and includes everything but the tip. Fratelli Lyon 4141 Ne 2nd Ave., Miami; 305-572-1271.

  October 14, 2009

• South Beach Wine & Food Fest Preview

  ​Tickets for the 2010 Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival go on sale this coming Monday, October 26, 2009. The Festival is scheduled for February 25 to 28, and unlike past years there will not be a second block of tickets sold in early 2010. So Monday is, like, the day to buy. A complete lineup of events for the Festival is available here, but what follows is a taste of this year's highlights: Amstel Light Burger Bash presented by Allen Brothers and hosted by Rachael Ray.  W

  October 21, 2009