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Michelle Bernstein

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2012

    Miami's Top Three Dining Streets

    The question was posed to me in an email from some food television media type for an unspecified project:What is the best restaurant street in Miami? Think in terms of diversity or history or kitchen talent -- whatever quality makes it interesting and worth eating one's way from one end of the stree ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2012

    Cochon 555 Miami at Four Seasons Hotel: A Pignificant Way to Celebrate Pork

    ​We didn't know what to expect from Cochon 555 -- a national, pig-centric culinary event that made its way to Miami for the first time this past weekend at the Four Seasons. We knew that five chefs would be playing with pig parts from five heritage breed animals, but we had no idea how long they h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2012

    Johnson & Wales Anniversary Contest: Eat, Tweet, And Win

    ​Johnson & Wales University North Miami is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a unique contest. And to help them, they've enlisted the aid of some of their culinary school alumni.Alumni who, by the way, happen to be behind the burners at some of Miami's best restaurants.To celebrate JWU's N ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    Gail Simmons: Let's Try an Eggstravaganza

    ​Gail Simmons has a lot on her plate, so to speak. She's just added author to her already insane resume as Top Chef judge, Top Chef:Just Desserts host, and special projects director for Food & Wine magazine.Gail's memoir, Talking With My Mouth Full: My Life As a Professional Eater was just rel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    Palm Beach's Lindsay Autry Gets Booted Off Top Chef:Texas

    BravoLindsay Autry was eliminated from Top Chef:Texas last evening.​Before Top Chef:Texas, Lindsay Autry was best known for her duties as Executive Chef of Michelle Bernstein's at The Omphoy.  Being the protege of Michelle Bernstein and executive chef at one of the her restaurants (since then ... More >>

  • Dining

    February 2, 2012

    Women chefs struggle to break into fine dining's good-ol'-boys club

    BravoLindsay Autry was eliminated from Top Chef:Texas last evening.​Before Top Chef:Texas, Lindsay Autry was best known for her duties as Executive Chef of Michelle Bernstein's at The Omphoy.  Being the protege of Michelle Bernstein and executive chef at one of the her restaurants (since then ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    Tonight: Timon Balloo Cooks a Five-Course Meal at His Own Banquet

    Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill's Chef Timon Balloo will be honored this evening at his alma mater, Johnson & Wales University North Miami, and they'll hold a dinner to recognize him as the school's Distinguished Visiting Chef. The cost is $85 and proceeds will go to a scholarship fund in the university ... More >>

  • News

    November 24, 2011

    Miami People 2011

    View our Miami People 2011 slide show.

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2011

    Common Threads Benefit: Exclusive Menu Preview

    Michelle Bernstein will host the World Festival to benefit Common Threads​Coconut Grove's Cruz Building (in the old Christabelle's Quarter space) will turn into the United Nations for the second annual World Festival Miami tomorrow, November 15 to benefit Common Threads.Chef Michelle Bernstein wil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2011

    Crumb on Parchment: Oh, Those Savory Scones (Recipe)

    Lesley ElliottBacon, date, and blue cheese scones​Michelle Bernstein was kind enough to post her recipe for Crumb on Parchment's cherry-vanilla scones on Tasting Table. If you haven't had the pleasure, the scones are oversize and somehow both dense and fluffy. It's quite an achievement. The scone ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Win a $120,000 Food Truck! Buy a Ticket and Enter the Raffle

    Are you feeling lucky?​If you've been going to some of Miami's food truck roundups with a wistful gleam in your eye and dreams of being the next big food truck sensation, this could be your lucky day. Burger Beast tipped us off that Tania Ramirez of Food Truck U.S.A. is raffling off a food t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 23, 2011

    Tasty Americans

    Are you feeling lucky?​If you've been going to some of Miami's food truck roundups with a wistful gleam in your eye and dreams of being the next big food truck sensation, this could be your lucky day. Burger Beast tipped us off that Tania Ramirez of Food Truck U.S.A. is raffling off a food t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    Pied a Terre's Andrew Balick On Learning to Survive in the Kitchen, Part 2

    Andrew Balick (back left) and his kitchen crew ​After working at Azul for six years, Andrew Balick got the opportunity to head the kitchen at Pied a Terre, a small restaurant inside the Cadet Hotel in South Beach. In the first part of the interview, he spoke about why he wants people to try his ta ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 5, 2011

    Check Please with Tips

    Andrew Balick (back left) and his kitchen crew ​After working at Azul for six years, Andrew Balick got the opportunity to head the kitchen at Pied a Terre, a small restaurant inside the Cadet Hotel in South Beach. In the first part of the interview, he spoke about why he wants people to try his ta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2011

    A Miami Chef Timeline (1986-2008)

    Chef Allen helped launch the modern Miami dining scene in 1986The closing of Chef Allen's last week represented the end of an important chapter in Miami restaurant history. There was a time in the mid-'90s when the main restaurant debate at gatherings focused on whether Allen Susser, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Mystery Solved (Sort Of), Cinco Coming, and The Chew on TV

    We found out the mystery café that had it's soft opening earlier this week will be called Crumb on Parchment. Michelle Bernstein's momma is making the baked goods. Stay tuned for an interview with her soon.Coral Gables is getting a new eatery: Cinco. Cinco is due--wait for it--on May 5 (uh, yeah, t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    12 Top Miami Chefs Who Were Not Too Big To Fail, Part Two

    Ben FinkIt was a genuine struggle to the top​In yesterday's installment, we listed six chefs, in alphabetical order, who at one point or another in their careers encountered a flop. We continue with the remaining half-dozen:7. Chef: Andrea Curto-Randazzo and Frank RandazzoFlop: Water ClubTalula fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2011

    Midtown Is Miami's Best Dining Neighborhood

    Coming to midtown...​As Waylon Jennings might have put it, we were looking for Miami's up-and-coming dining scene in all the wrong places. Like, for instance, the Design District. When Michael's Genuine Food & Drink took off, followed by Fratelli Lyon, Michelle Bernstein's Sra. Martinez, and J ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2011

    Miami Culinary Institute In Session; New Digs in April

    ​It seems everywhere you turn a new restaurant is popping up trying to get a foothold in a very competitive industry. Miami Dade College hopes to support this enthusiastic entrepreneurial spirit at the Miami Culinary Institute. A long awaited addition, the $22-million eight story building located ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2010

    Mercadito's Tasty Taco with a Cause

    ​In October Mercadito Restaurants launched Tacos for Strength, a national campaign that supports Share Our Strength's fight to end hunger by 2015. Each month a new taco goes on the menu and five percent of the sales from these tasty bites go towards feeding hungry kids nationwide.Patricio Sandoval ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2010

    Miami Chefs Return from NoLa Ready to Support

    Photo by Pete Souza/White House​Five months after the Deepwater Horizon spilled more than 5 million barrels of crude into the Gulf of Mexico, New Orleans economy is still hurting. Three locals toques, Michelle Bernstein, Michael Schwartz, and Peter Vauthy, recently visited re-opened waters, spent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2010

    Five Best Gourmet Foods in a Hurricane

    The weather stinks today. Almost a hurricane. Who said just because the power is out you need to scrimp? In the event of a hurricane-caused power outage, one can only eat so much tuna or canned beans. And we don't even want to bother trying cheeseburgers, sandwiches, (AKA candwiches), or whole chick ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    Crock of Gibraltar

    ​While perusing Paula's roundup on Easter specials yesterday morning, I couldn't help but notice the pricing strategies pursued by the various restaurants. For instance, at Essencia you can enjoy organic selections cooked up by one of Miami's really talented veteran chefs, Frank Jeanetti -- plus&n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Easter Brunch in Miami: Where to Go?

    ​Easter Sunday is not only about Easter bunnies, egg hunts and Hallmark greeting cards. It's also a time for festive meals in the company of family and many local restaurants have created special menus to celebrate the occasion. We've selected the best around town.(In alphabetical order) Angelique ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2010

    Kris Wessel Interview, Part One

    ​Kris Wessel, a tall, lanky New Orleans native, is Miami's blue-collar superstar chef. He looks and acts it -- a laid-back demeanor, a hard work ethic, and a no-nonsense, populist approach to dining. His acclaimed Red Light Little River was carved from a ruinous space wedged in a formerly seedy mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2010

    100 Favorite Dishes: Blue Cheese and Jamon Croquetas at Michy's

    ​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

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2010

    Michelle Bernstein's Check, Please! Season 3 Premieres

    via Check, Please! on FacebookEpisode 303: Doc Arrue, Michael Mayo, Michelle Berstein, and Mia McDonald.​We might have to get a TV.Michelle Bernstein's awesome, public television restaurant review show, Check, Please!, premiered January 18.They haven't started streaming the episodes online yet, bu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2009

    Short Order Samples World's Strongest Beer, Survives

    Doesn't the dude above (video by Jake Katel) just look-and sound- like the human embodiment of a Boston-brewed beer with a whopping 27% alcohol content? All he needs is one of those colonial get-ups and, like, a drunk horse by his side.Sam Adams brewmaster Bob Cannon invited Short Order to a "beer d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2009

    All You Can Eat Fried Chicken Every Wednesday at Michy's in Miami

    Jacob KatelMichy's fried chicken and sides.​Why did the chicken cross Biscayne? To take a hot bath at Michy's, in bubbling oil. Fried is to chicken as cold is to beer. If chicken was the first female president she would be called Aberhen Lincoln. Think out of the bawks. What came first the chicken ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    Bernstein, Eismann, and Johnny V Forsake Helpless Animals

    A few years ago I wrote a feature in New Times called Foie Wars, in which a dozen local chefs offered their views on the bloated liver controversy. I bring this up not to revisit the debate, but rather as a cheesy way to recycle a past article for self-promotional reasons. And also because I thought ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2009

    Michy's Launches Summer Wine Series, Updates Menu

    TwitterBoiling it down on the Twittermonster... you go girl!Michelle Bernstein knows not to mess with a good thing.  But it's nice to see that a busy bee who juggles ownership of three restaurants, her own TV show, a consultancy with Delta, and a leadership role with nonprofit Common Threads is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2009

    Miami Chefs Offer Their Takes On "The Best Thing I Ever Ate"

    Foodnetwork.comOur turn!Giada, Guy, Bobby and friends are sounding off on the favorite things they've eaten -- EVER, EVER -- on a new Food Network special called "The Best Thing I Ever Ate."  This week's episodes are about fried food and BBQ.  So it got us thinking...  What unmatched ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2009

    La Camaronera, Media Darling

    PBS La Camaronera, happy as a... shrimpWe'd like to take the credit, having honored La Camaronera Fish Market with "Best Fish Sandwich" in last year's Best of Miami issue...  But the Garcia brothers, who have been fryin' up down home Cuban favorites at this Little Havana seafood joint fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2009

    Check, Please! Two Debuts Tonight

    Season two of Check, Please! kicks off tonight on WPBT-2, with Michelle Bernstein returning to host and lead each week's panel discussion. The show features three dining enthusiasts who escort one another to their respective favorite restaurant, then afterward in the studio, make-believe they are re ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 25, 2008

    Miami's Dining Scene Goes Big League

    In 2008, our city's gastronomic curve trended sharply upward.

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2008

    Restaurant Preview 2

    Michelle Bernstein's Sra. Martinez will be debuting this Monday in the  Design District. On Tuesday the Wynwood hood, which has been quiet as an empty canvas concerning food, will finally have a restaurant: Joey's, a contemporary Italian café at 2506 N.W. 2nd Avenue. Developer Joey Goldman and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2008

    Bernstein at the Omphoy?

    Michelle Bernstein's Sra. Martinez will be debuting this Monday in the  Design District. On Tuesday the Wynwood hood, which has been quiet as an empty canvas concerning food, will finally have a restaurant: Joey's, a contemporary Italian café at 2506 N.W. 2nd Avenue. Developer Joey Goldman and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2008

    New Times Iron Fork at the Miami Science Museum

    Michelle Bernstein's Sra. Martinez will be debuting this Monday in the  Design District. On Tuesday the Wynwood hood, which has been quiet as an empty canvas concerning food, will finally have a restaurant: Joey's, a contemporary Italian café at 2506 N.W. 2nd Avenue. Developer Joey Goldman and ... More >>

  • Dining

    April 10, 2008

    Doug Rodriguez Is Back

    New Latin cuisine moves to the Beach.

  • Dining

    June 22, 2006

    The Skinny on Social

    Darn good food that’s darn good for you

  • Dining

    February 23, 2006

    Tin Chefs

    The disconnect between a culinary student's white-collar dreams and the restaurant world's blue-collar reality

  • News

    February 16, 2006

    Never, or Then?

    The chief cuts loose, Michy’s opens, Carmel Ophir and La Gata rock on

  • Dining

    October 30, 2003

    Season Opener Part II: The Comeback Kids

    Get ready, this season is dishing up a lot of new restaurants

  • Diversions

    May 15, 2003

    Michelle Bernstein

    Personal Best

  • Restaurants

    May 15, 2003

    BEST RESTAURANT IN COCONUT GROVE

    Bizcaya Grill

  • Dining

    November 15, 2001

    Miamian Beauty

    Naked breasts and rose petals in the name of WTC relief

  • Dining

    November 1, 2001

    Who's Cooking?

    Expendable chefs are the order of the day

  • Dining

    October 4, 2001

    Dish TV

    Karetnick is convincing in this miniseries

  • Dining

    July 5, 2001

    A Rumi Rumination

    Rumors of its debut have been greatly exaggerated

  • Dining

    February 22, 2001

    Side Dish

    Gossip for foodies

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