Michael Mina

Jeff McInnis and Hedy Goldsmith Finalists for James Beard Awards

The James Beard Foundation has announced its finalists for the 2013 James Beard Awards, and two Miami toques have made the list within the restaurant and chef categories. Jeff McInnis, executive chef and partner at Yardbird Southern Table & Bar, and Hedy Goldsmith, executive pastry chef at Michael' ... More >>

SoBeWFF: The Best of Best of The Best 2013

If you felt slightly overwhelmed walking into last evening's Best of The Best at the Fontainebleau Hotel, you weren't alone.After receiving your complimentary Riedel glass, you were accosted by nearly 50 of the world's best chefs serving the most decadent dishes you could wrap your head and your lip ... More >>

SoBeWFF 2013 Events Everyone's Talking About

For more on the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, check out New Times' Taste guide, hitting newsstands Thursday, February 21. A look at the full events lineup of the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival can be dizzying. There are more celebrity chefs than you can shake a ladle at and more ... More >>

Sexiest Toques at SoBeWFF and Where to Find Them

For more on the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, check out New Times' Taste guide, hitting newsstands Thursday, February 21. As human beings, we are subject to the undeniable laws of attraction. If something looks good, we gotta have it. And if you've got an interest in food, neck-breaking sex ... More >>

Miami's Ten Best Spots for Free Food

Want access to our Best Of picks from your smartphone? Download our free Best Of app for the iPhone or Android phone from the App Store or Google Play. Don't forget to check out the full Best of Miami® online at bestof.voiceplaces.com.We don't know who first said, "Nothing is free except my love," ... More >>

Miami New Year's Eve Dinners: 1500 Degrees to Acqualina to the Betsy UPDATED

With the new year fast approaching (or the end of the world, if that's how you see it), time is working against us to start making New Year's Eve plans. Because Miami is an NYE party destination, locals have to make particularly savvy arrangements to ensure a successful evening. No one likes to ... More >>

Best French Fries in U.S. Are at Bourbon Steak, Says CNN

In 2008, Bourbon Steak, located on the ground lobby of the Turnberry Isle Hotel & Resort in Aventura served greater Miami the finest upscale steakhouse its seen in ages. In 2011, it was named one of Miami's top five steakhouses by New Times. We've told you about their jerk chicken, fried chicken ... More >>

A Vegan in Vegas: Thai Basil Salad, Beautiful Beets, and More

See also Vegans Can Carbo Load in LA, Beet Reporter Finds Vegan Glory in LA Yesterday, my friends and I were walking up the Las Vegas strip in desiccating 115-degree heat. My skin felt deflated, dehydrated and stretched to my bones. I looked to my left and to my right and saw nothing but i ... More >>

Preview: Miami Spice at Bourbon Steak Gets a Check Plus

Miami Spice couldn't come fast enough for restaurants in the slow, slow Miami summer, particularly for places like Michael Mina's Bourbon Steak, tucked out of the way for many South Florida foodies. But the staffers at Bourbon Steak aren't the only ones who should be excited for the upcoming August ... More >>

Michael Mina On Local Product and Miami's "Crazy" Seasons

Michael Mina is the only chef to have a restaurant in both Miami (Bourbon Steak in Aventura) and Seattle (RN74), a fact relevant to last week's Seattle-Miami comparison. The celebrated toque will be in town at the end of this month, in order to help kick off Bourbon Steak's Miami Spice 2012 menu. We ... More >>

Top Five North Miami-Dade Restaurants

​Want access to our Best Of picks from your smartphone? Download our free Best Of app for the iPhone or Android phone from the App Store or Google Play.​​Our North Miami-Dade designation includes North Miami, North Miami Beach, Aventura and Sunny Isles. That's a wide swath of real estate, and ... More >>

Christmas vs. Hanukkah: Which is the Better Foodie Holiday?

via SodaHeadFire burns tree. Fire wins?​The other day in a meeting, the Short Order bloggers got into a tizzy about which holiday had the better bites: Christmas, AKA Santa's birthday -- or is it Rudolph's? -- or Hanukkah, the eight days of lights not being turned off or something. This actually g ... More >>

Mario Tolentino Takes Over BLT Steak, Says He Moved South For the Sunshine

Evan SungMario Tolentino picks up where Sam Gorenstein left off at BLT Steak at The Betsy. ​We all know that Sam Gorenstein recently left his position at BLT Steak at The Betsy Hotel, to join forces with Michael Schwartz at The Raleigh, but the question remained until recently: who would take over ... More >>

Kane's Young Executive Chef Takes His Steak Seriously (Part 2)

Andres Aravena​Yesterday, Short Order spoke with Executive Chef Daniel Ganem of SoFi's newest meat market, Kane Steakhouse. If you missed Part 1, just click here. What we really wanted to know is how those onion rings manage to be so crispy every time, and the secret behind Kane's steakhouse sauce ... More >>

More Reasons We're Sweet on Mommy-To-Be Andrea Sans Araiza

We're still counting down the days until Chef Andrea from Bourbon Steak pops. See yesterday's interview for her She'll whip the kitchen into shape before baby arrives​thoughts on being pregnant and unable to eat sweets.New Times: Which dessert is seen way too often on American menus ... More >>

The Bourbon Steak Pastry Chef Who Wouldn't Eat Sugar

Pastry chef Andrea Sans Araiza's got one in the oven.​Born in Miami to Cuban parents, Chef Andrea Sans Araiza left the city years ago to study pastry at the French Culinary Institute. The Fates must've been pacified, for right out of school she got a job working for Bobby Flay in both of his New Y ... More >>

Chef Gonzalo Rivera Says Adios to La Marea

Photo by Riki AltmanSave that last empanada for us, amigo!Though most of the crowd at last night's March of Dimes Signature Chefs Event was all smiles, yours truly suffered a broken heart when La Marea's executive chef, Gonzalo Rivera, mentioned he has given notice and won't be at the restaurant aft ... More >>

Three Flavors of Fries and Sauces at Bourbon Steak

​Bourbon Steak, located in Aventura at the Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort & Club, is a restaurant created by celebrity chef Michael Mina. It's situated just off the lobby of the clubhouse and offers a modern and sophisticated atmosphere. Yes, there are steaks, seafood, and a complete menu ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Passion Fruit Panna Cotta at Bourbon Steak

Jacob Katel​As a countdown to New Times' "Best of Miami" 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com.

Lazy Breakfast at La Marea at the Tides

Paula NiñoCoctel de camarones​Feeling like you're on vacation without leaving town is always a good thing. And you can definitely feel like you're on vacation when dining under the sun with all the tourists at a nice hotel on Ocean Drive. La Marea at the Tides South Beach launched the "Lazy Break ... More >>

Michael Mina Cooks It Up at Bourbon Steak

Photo by Lee KleinMiso glazed sea bass, toasted pearl pasta, mushroom consommé; with Clos Uroulat Jurançon Sec, France 2006​One of the things I liked about a media dinner attended last Friday at Bourbon Steak Miami is that nothing in particular was being plugged. Nothing, that is, other than del ... More >>

Miami Dining 2009: Online for a better future

Behind the Line: La Marea at the Tides South Beach

Jacob KatelLa Marea's executive chef, Gonzalo Rivera, in the kitchen.​Chef Gonzalo Rivera says Miami is on its way to becoming a real food city. The well-traveled Michael Mina protégé from Northern Cali says, "Homestead is the new California."Rivera is from Chico, "about an hour north of Sacrame ... More >>

New Chef's New Menu at La Marea at The Tides

​Gonzalo Rivera didn't garner much attention when he took over as executive chef at the Tides South Beach last spring. A first generation Mexican-American, Rivera graduated the California Culinary Academy in 2004 and promptly got work in Michael Mina's restaurants, including a four year stint as e ... More >>

Catching Up: Hello Eater Miami, Vidal at Soleá, and Beaujolais; Goodbye Bancroft

​Eater GreeterWhile I was away, Lesley Abravanel and Eater Miami gracefully traipsed into our incestuous little food blog world. So far it has been an interesting and visually arresting blog, a bit of original snark sandwiched between the sort of local linking that South Florida Menu Pages Blog us ... More >>

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, t ... More >>

Burger Battle '09

Where can the best burger for the buck be bought?

Bourbon and Blues -- Drink Up, Eat Right, Jam Out

Here's what you missed last night if you weren't at the Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort & Club at Michael Mina's Bourbon Steak in Aventura: 25 percent off whiskey and bourbon from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. with live blues by local legend Albert Castiglia.No problemo. They're doin' it again next week, a ... More >>

Bourbon Buzz

The latest Michael Mina venture is as fine as fine dining gets around here.

Letters from the Issue of January 17, 2008

"Miami has become a refugee camp."

The Year in Dining

2007 might go down as pivotal for Miami gastronomy.

Here's the Beef

PrimeBlue sets out to become a national meatery, starting in Miami

A Season Preview for Dining

A Season Preview for Dining