Stephen Starr

Miami's Ten Best Sushi Bars: Hunting for Fresh Fish

​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. Sushi seems so easy -- raw fish, rice, wasabi. So it would seem that really good sushi bars should be on every corner, sorta like Starbucks. OK, ... More >>

Wynwood Kitchen & Bar Gets New Executive Chef

Lesley ElliottThe tempura'd cod and fries at WKB.​The ever popular Wynwood Kitchen & Bar welcomes a new kitchen leader. Miguel Aguilar has been appointed Executive Chef, replacing the Goldman's longtime collaborator, Marco Ferraro, who continues to helm Wish at The Hotel on SoBe. There's no of ... More >>

Makoto ranks with Asian greats

Best Of Miami Teaser: Best New Restaurant

1500° at the Eden Roc The tomato salad at 1500°, made with local burrata.​Next Thursday, our New Times Best of Miami edition will once again name more than 350 of the finest restaurants, hottest clubs, most delightful diversions, and top places to shop till you drop dead as a zombie."The ... More >>

Makoto Talks About His Bal Harbour Restaurant Opening This Sunday

Chef Makoto Okuwa​This coming Sunday, March 27, marks the opening of Makoto at the Bal Harbour Shops. "Makoto Okuwa worked for us at Morimoto in Philadelphia and New York," explains Stephen Starr (who is known locally for Steak 954 in Fort Lauderdale, but whose restaurant group includes a host of ... More >>

Morimoto Disciple To Open Eatery, Balloo To Cook At Beard Bash, and The Kosta Is Clear

Lee KleinWill Morimoto chef serve Morimoto sake?​Restaurateur Stephen Starr (Steak 954 in Fort Lauderdale) is set to debut his second South Florida Restaurant, Makoto at Bal Harbour Shops, in late March. Why are we genuinely optimistic? Namesake chef Makoto Okuwa is a disciple of the famed Chef Mo ... More >>

New Word on Stephen Starr's Bal Harbour Restaurant

Bullfrog & Baum​We learned a little something more about the new Stephen Starr restaurant opening in Bal Harbour.Last Friday at Fashion's Night Out, there were samplings from the venue which included a delicious tuna tartare. The restaurant is still lacking a name and in hopes to finding one, ... More >>

Stephen Starr Opening Japanese Restaurant at Bal Harbour Shops in 2011

Restaurateur Stephen StarrWord has been leaked that award-winning restaurateur Stephen Starr (you know him from Buddakan, Morimoto, and Steak 954 in Fort Lauderdale's W Hotel), will be debuting a new 200-seat Japanese concept restaurant in Bal Harbour Shops early 2011.A press release mentions "expan ... More >>

Interview With James Beard Semifinalist Myles Chefetz of the Prime One Twelve Empire, Part 1

Photo by Seth Browarnik/Red Eye ProductionsMyles Chefetz​A veteran Miami restaurateur, Myles Chefetz owns some of the hottest eateries in town -- all of which are within a block of one another. First came the eclectic Nemo, which was followed by the amped-up diner Big Pink. Chefetz really hit his ... More >>

Stephen Starr Restaurant to Open in Lauderdale

Getting ready to do battle with Stephen StarrPhiladelphia restaurateur Stephen Starr thinks opening a restaurant is like going to war. Starr was named Restaurateur of the Year by Zagat, and he's said in an interview that restaurant reviews  "are the enemy. We're like the Marines going into bat ... More >>