It’s good to see restaurants take food holidays seriously, especially fast food chains like Pollo Tropical when they offer $1 cups of soup all day to celebrate National Soup Day. To take advantage of this deal, a customer has to say, “Happy Soup Day!” to the cashier and you pay…
The world of toasters just got a little weirder. Research firm IDC released a report predicting that 2012 will be the year when companies start making kitchen appliances that can Tweet and send us notifications via the web; this will include toasters.Until that happens, it might seem we must settle…
One way to tell a sports bar from any other is the array of 20-plus TV sets with live broadcasts of every college or professional football/basketball/soccer game or pay-per-view game known to man.However, you can’t simply judge a good sports bar by its flat-screens; some actually have kitchens that serve…
Forget about that restaurant known as Ago at the Shore Club on 19th and Collins. It’s gone. Now you’ll find Terrazza, another Italian eatery featuring the chophouse styles of executive chef Stefano Riccioletti. Walking into the Shore Club, you’re greeted with a pleasant smell of potpourri — or something that…
Who wants $40 tiny dishes and formalities in fancy upscale eateries? Not chef Daniel Serfer, who will open Blue Collar this Friday in the space formerly occupied by short-lived American Noodle Bar.A true working man’s joint,it will focus a menu on contemporary American dishes from Serfer’s experience in New York City, although…
On a past episode of Food Network’s Chopped, Ronnie Vincent lost a closely matched dessert round. The executive sous chef at Joe’s Stone Crab comes from Overtown. Despite the loss, his appearance has since brought him many accolades.Raised by a single father who worked three jobs to support his family,…
Miami’s first rum distillery recently opened in Wynwood, but the name of the rum hasn’t been released yet.Considering the proximity of the Caribbean culture and its influence on South Florida, it’s about time the Magic City got a distillery. The place is aptly named Destilería Canéca.Matt Malone, a transplant from…
Miami isn’t immune from cold snaps like the one hanging out for the past three days, but folks aren’t falling out of palm trees, stunned by the arctic blast. Instead, people rolling in from the frozen tropical tundra on a cold day gather and socialize at La Palma restaurant on…
There’s no question that if left unattended, our kitchen appliances can develop minds of their own, but tweeting toasters? What the hell? This is a prediction from a report released last month by Massachusetts-based marketing research firm International Data Corporation. IDC predicts that 2012 will see the arrival of microblogging…
Well, 2012 is finally here, and while some folks are out preparing for the apocalypse, others are taking advantage of their last days on Earth by partying every day.Foodies can party it up each day of the year, mostly thanks to industry promotion and consumerism. It’s not hard to make…
After the party winds down and clubs close, you still need a place to finish off the night before passing out with a half-eaten gas-station egg-salad sandwich in your hand. Thank God for dive bars. It’s hard to pin down exactly what a dive bar is — you just know…
If you’re looking for quick and easy finger foods and hors d’oeuvres for your New Year’s Eve party, why not give homemade sushi a shot? It’s easy and relatively inexpensive to make, provided that you have all of the necessary tools.Why make your own sushi? It’s fun (‘specially when you…
Now that craft beer has firmly established itself as more than a market niche, beer giants are looking to microbreweries for their next edge. To wit:Anheuser-Busch Inbev is going bottle to bottle with South Florida’s Florida Beer Company and FBC is not too excited about it.Next month the beer company formerly…
The chain of holidays at the end of the year is good of an excuse as any to party up and overindulge, which also means you can plan to bring on the weight gain!Not so fast. Between the cookies, candy canes, pastries, egg nog and Yorkshire pudding, there’s no question…
Cigars are as Miami as white guayabaras, cafecitos and questionable uses of teal and pink, but a national group is slamming the Orange Bowl this week for including the Calle Ocho favorites in the bowl week festivities.The American Cancer Society has sent a letter to NCAA and Orange Bowl officials demanding…
Last Thanksgiving you might have seen the Tonight Show parody of Martha Stewart donning a face shield then spraying a turkey with what appears to be a canister of pepper spray.Despite the fact that the video appears to be fake — and despite Fox News’ Megyn Kelly’s claims that Occupy…
Being gay in Miami is hard to match. The weather’s gorgeous. The nightlife is amazing. And the pool parties never stop. However, an exodus to Wilton Manors up in Broward has left the gay bar scene in Miami on the decline. “Part of it has been a migration more than…
South Floridians in need of a job can now look to Denny’s restaurant and the Rebuild Your Life Project for some hope. Two Denny’s locations are holding mass hiring events tomorrow in Broward and Miami-Dade counties.The chain is looking to fill several dozen part-time, full-time and management jobs in 14…
Shoppers at the supermarket are bombarded with a variety of brands and types of olive oil to choose from but the reality is that as much as half the stuff sold in the U.S. as “extra-virgin olive oil” is either deceptively mislabeled or just plain fraudulent, according to Tom Mueller…
Foodies, rejoice! Miami-based Celebrity Cruises is rolling out a series of culinary-inspired boat rides set to begin in March.Celebrity Cruises’ lifestyle cookbook, Excite the Senses, was the inspiration for the new food-and-wine-themed luxury cruise series aptly named Excite the Senses Culinary Theme Cruises. It will offer guests an opportunity to…
Today is Friday, it’s the end of the week, so why not treat yourself by getting a free value order of fries at any Burger King?The Miami-based firm is promoting the new version of its fried potato bonanza by giving away a free order to every single customer, no purchase…
Now that the new Miami Marlins ballpark is almost complete, it’s time to start deciding what will be available to eat as the baseball club decided on three local restaurants that will best represent the culinary side of Miami, Latin cuisine of course!”The three restaurants selected are local shops and…
