Have plans tomorrow night? Cancel them because Golden Fig is giving diners who snag a table a preview taste of what to expect when the farmhouse eatery opens its doors to the public on Monday, July 27th for dinner. OTC’s sudden closure in June came as a surprise and huge…
The countdown (T-minus 7 days!) till Miami Spice has officially begun, and if you’re getting a migraine by simply looking at the participating list of over 150 restaurants and trying to devise a game plan for the next 60 days, don’t fret – we’ve got you covered. From the ten…
Last April, pasta-loving locals and Lincoln Road obsessed tourists were saddened to find that TiramesU, the long-standing (17 years to be exact) Italian joint was shutting its doors practically overnight. Now, after a year of not serving al dente parpadelle Bolognese, however, TiramesU has announced it will reopen South of…
After plenty of anticipation and even more delays in construction, the Toronto-based “middleterranean” hotspot Byblos is finally opening for dinne r at the Royal Palm South Beach as of tonight. Helmed by executive chef Stuart Cameron and the brainchild of Toronto nightlife king Charles Khabouth and partner Harif Harji, the…
When was the last time you purposely drove up to Sunny Isles for dinner? Maybe it was for the opening of Basil Park. And before that since Yakko-San went from a hole in the wall under-the-radar spot where chefs would go to for an edible nightcap to a strip mall…
Monday after Swim Week means it’s time to re-load back up on carbs. Good thing you can get a classic margherita pie from Ironside delivered to you for just $4. Keep the eating going with Tongue & Cheek’s NOLA style kitchen collab with the James Beard nominated chef Slade Rushing,…
Craving an Ex-pat Cuban sandwich from Sparky’s? Or maybe shroom buns from Gigi’s? What about a pan con minuta from La Camaronera? Thanks to Favor, which launched in Miami last Friday, you can get all of the aforementioned and just about anything else your heart and stomach desires (so long…
When Dinner Lab, the world’s largest member’s only pop-up supper club, launched in Miami last year you had to pay $150 annual fee to get access to their exclusive one night only events. But now, in an effort to grow Miami’s dining community and network and increase the fr equency…
If there’s an emotion no one enjoys, it’s hunger. That’s why, for the past 25 years, Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation has been feeding foodies so that in turn proceeds can go towards fulfilling the main mission of the No Kid Hungry campaign: ending childhood hunger. Undoubtedly the…
Nothing starts off a week quite like tacos. Get them at Wapo Taco in Coral Gables, which opened on Friday. After going authentically Mexican it’s time to go French. At least tomorrow anyway considering it’s Bastille Day and lots of eateries are celebrating the independence of France with a little…
If there’s a guaranteed hangover cure, buns are it. Which is why at Buns & Buns, the only fast-casual restaurant to compete in Bravo’s newest reality culinary competition Best New Restaurant, brunch dishes are served in or alongside your choice of one of their four buns. There’s a ciabatta bun,…
Since August 4, 2009 a group of adventurous diners — led by formidable and candid local food bloggers/fans David Rosendorf (Frodnesor), Chowfather (or “Chowpapi”), and Steve Berry (Blind Tastes) — without a need to know what they were getting into for the evening food-wise began an underground dinner club concept…
CouOnly in Miami do pastelitos come in a variety of shapes (triangle, squared, even spheres), sizes (have you seen the babies at Pastelmania?) and flavors, from the archetypal guava and cheese to coconut and even crab. Yes, crab all up in your pastelito. Try finding a Cuban bakery in town…
Remember when, as a child, you had summers off and all you wanted to do was play outside and do cart wheels with your friends? Then you grew up and took on these little things called responsibilities. Ugh. But that doesn’t mean that adult you shouldn’t get to have some…
La Savina, the coastal Mediterranean eatery that opened in the Mondrian earlier this year will have its last dinner service on July 15. Then on July 20 the Brooklyn-based and Michelin Guide recommended Momo Sushi Shack from Bushwick will pop-up in its place through October. Momo, from Brooklyn, is the top-rated…
It’s July, which means a few things. Yes, it’s incessantly hot. Yes, it’s beyond humid. Yes, it’s tough to be outside. But if there’s anything that makes all o f the above endurable it’s a little bourbon, beer, and barbecue from the city’s best toques. Good thing July also marks…
Food trivia Monday: what chef has five James-Beard Awards, three cookbooks, hosts two television shows, and an empire of restaurants with his latest one officially dishing out dinner in Miami Beach? If you’re scratching your head right now, turn on Bravo and the answer might just be staring at you…
If you woke up with the taste of BBQ and beer still in your mouth, you did American proud this weekend. The fun doesn’t stop just cause it’s Monday, though it does give you a bit of a break with some healthy salads in mason jars, which you’ll learn to…
“I like brunettes,” an unidentified and happily married (11 years and two kids) stranger said to me. “What kind of girls are you into?” This was the second time I’d been asked this question in two months. The first was prior to my first round at Skirt Club’s launch back…
Last week Tuesday was sous chef Michael Beltran’s last day at Michael Schwartz’s ode to fine dining, the Cypress Room. The toque who worked under the tutelage of chef de cuisine Roel Alcudia since before the Design District eatery opened in March 2013 will be opening his first solo venture…
If you snooze for an hour and thens some this morning, it can only mean one thing: Monday. How will you ever get through another week of e-mails. meetings, and real life? A little scotch and vaca frita tostones might help. Or a bubbles and booze happy hour. How about…
Today marks Red Ginger’s one week anniversary, and if you haven’t made your way over to the South of Fifth eatery that’s décor simulates a Cambodian temple and is helmed by a Top Chef Master’s star well then T.G.I.F. New Times was invited in for a taste of the omakase…
