Roger Duarte

Stone Crab Season Ends Today: Six Places Offering Last Call For Claws

The 2012-2013 stone crab season closes tomorrow, May 16, with the last day of harvest today. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, traps must be removed from the water within five days. All restaurateurs and stores must obtain their stone crabs by May 16. It's been a ... More >>

Miami's Top Ten Inexpensive Restaurants

Miami is a city laden with restaurants of little value. There are stylish joints, the kind where mediocre $24 tuna tartares and $30 chicken breasts, filled with fontina and foie gras, are the norm. There are hackneyed Asian concepts, the type where $20 sushi rolls are packed with fried shrimp, douse ... More >>

My Ceviche Brickell Opens Today: Sam Gorenstein Reveals What's New (Photos)

Certain things make ceviche taste better: the crunch of spiced popcorn, the piquant flavors of chili peppers, the burst of citrus from a squeeze of orange or lime. But the menu at the new My Ceviche has something else -- something beyond the red onions, herbs, and aji. At the S. Miami Ave. location ... More >>

La Camaronera: Fish-Fry Staple Now Open For Dinner on Fridays and Saturdays

In the past two years, La Camaronera has evolved from simple shrimp shack to full-service, casual restaurant. In 2012, the 40-year-old West Flagler staple broadened its menu to include non-fried items such as shrimp tacos and fish fillet with rice. Then, this January, the spot expanded its dining r ... More >>

My Ceviche to Open Second Location in Brickell

When My Ceviche opened in SoFi, there was much to love about the tiny shop that featured fresh-from-the-sea ceviche and stone crab. Except, of course, if you wanted to sit down and dine at a leisurely pace. The little shop had very few seating options. You could eat at the youth hostel next door, ta ... More >>

Lee Brian Schrager's Favorite SoBeWFF 2013 Events

For more on the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, check out New Times' Taste guide, hitting newsstands Thursday, February 21. Unlike the Wizard of Oz, people who know the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival pay attention to the man behind the curtain -- Lee Brian Schrager. The fou ... More >>

Seven Best New Restaurants of 2012 In Miami

If you were to look back at the restaurants openings of 2012 in Miami, you might notice a bit of a trend. Our epicurean vista has evolved and diversified. We are now home to more mid-priced, chef-driven eateries: Surfside gained a deli; South Beach has a ceviche joint run by a James Beard nominee; ... More >>

Stone Crab Season: My Ceviche, Kitchen 305, Capt. Jim's and More Offer Deals

Stone crab season is as uniquely South Florida as the neon-colored strip on Ocean Drive. Sure, Joe's Stone Crab and Joe's Takeaway are "the" places to grab some claws and mustard sauce, but there are many other places in Miami to get your claws on some fresh stone crabs -- many at great values.While ... More >>

Obnoxious Tourists Here: Brickell Oktoberfest, My Ceviche and Promotions Galore

Around October and through around April, those lovable tourists start flooding the streets of Miami wearing sun visors and holding flimsy Kodaks. Locals find themselves dodging groups of people speaking strange languages just to get to their favorite spots for a bite to eat. Thankfully, those same e ... More >>

My Ceviche's Sam Gorenstein On Fish Pricing

Groupers have giant heads, which combined with neatly pressed white napkins and tasteful interiors, explain why a good piece of fish comes at a high price. Great seafood in South Florida is as ubiquitous as bad driving, and some of the best can be had at prices as low as few bucks. Keeping it cheap ... More >>

My Ceviche's Fresh Take on Seafood in South Beach

My Ceviche: Sam Gorenstein's Fishy Business Is a Welcome Addition

After quite a bit of deliberation at the teeny counter of My Ceviche, I decided to order ceviche. It might seem the obvious choice, but it's not necessarily an easy one to make when seafood tacos are also on the menu. Seafood tacos are on my shortlist of both must-order and must-avoid dishes, depend ... More >>

Sam Gorenstein's Tips on Fresh Fish, Part One: Shop for Guts, Slime, and Bloodlines

Photo Courtesy of My CevicheThe phrase "catch of the day" might evoke thoughts of family-run fishing boats, quaint coastal towns and early morning markets. Add a couple of seagulls, a few fishmongers wearing yellow rubber overalls and you have quite the romanticized vision of fresh fish.Unfortunatel ... More >>

My Ceviche: Sam Gorenstein Is Taking Orders

Here's an actual conversation overheard at My Ceviche last evening:Sam Gorenstein: Hi. Welcome to My Ceviche.Young couple: [Perusing the menu board] Hi!Gorenstein: Is this your first time here?Man in couple: Yes. I know someone who works at the Raleigh, and she said that Sam Gorenstein ope ... More >>

Gorenstein Set To Open My Ceviche "Very Soon" (And Ignite Stone Crab War?)

Gorenstein will soon be looking at lots of fish.​The rumor mill was spinning yesterday that Sam Gorenstein, Beard-nominated chef formerly of BLT Steak, was set to open his new venture called My Ceviche at 235 Washington Avenue in South Beach. Miami's Restaurant Power Rankings reported this back in ... More >>