Tiny Taqueria Serves Miami’s Most Authentic Carnitas
A Tiny Little Havana Taqueria Serves Miami’s Most Authentic Carnitas
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Con Sabor a Mexico: Tiny Taqueria Serves Miami’s Most Authentic Carnitas
Andres Tovar searched for swine stomach everywhere. When he moved to Miami seven years ago, he visited grocery stores and butcher shops. He perused supermarket signs, talked to meat vendors, and gazed at pork cuts such as jowl, ribs, and belly through glass display cases. But Tovar was looking for…
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…
Pizzarium in Downtown: Almost Like the Pizzarium in Rome
In Rome, in the Prati neighborhood located a short walk from the Vatican, there is a pizza al taglio (pizza by the slice) joint named Pizzarium. The restaurant is tiny, there are no chairs, and there is a ridiculously long line at lunchtime. There are craft beers and a choice…
Mister Collins Does Nothing Radical, but That’s the Point
Bal Harbour’s Mister Collins Doesn’t Do Anything Radical, but That’s the Point
View the slide show Closer Look: Mister Collins in Bal Harbour.
Mister Collins Does Nothing Radical, but That’s the Point
If Mister Collins were a man and not a restaurant, he’d be the kind to give red roses — but never yellow tulips or a single orchid. He’d favor ocean views and tea lights over cityscapes and Dixon lamps. He’d drink Manhattans. He’d wear black leather loafers, lavish women with…
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Miami’s Top Ten Chefs
Chefs love talking about one another. They discuss talent. They obsess over who cooks better, who lacks integrity, who sold out, who travels looking for recipes to replicate. They talk about hype. They chat about expectations. They know what their colleagues are cooking. They have opinions about every chef-driven restaurant…
Michael Schwartz to Open the Cypress Room March 27 (Photos)
Michael Schwartz is not a white-tablecloth kind of restaurateur. Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink, his flagship place, uses placemats. Harry’s Pizzeria, a neighborhood pizza shop, has bare tables. But his fourth restaurant (his third is an outpost of Michael’s Genuine in Grand Cayman) has many white tablecloths. It also has…
With Oak Tavern, David Bracha Takes Root in the Design District
With Oak Tavern, David Bracha Takes Root in the Design District
See also: “Closer Look: Oak Tavern in the Design District“
BluePrintJuice Debuts in South Florida; Cleansing Surges in Miami
Evan SungBluePrintJuice is now available at Whole Foods markets across Florida.First came Jugofresh. The popular juice shop opened in South Beach one year ago and since then has announced plans of expanding into Wynwood, where it pops up now and again, and Lemon City, where owner Matthew Sherman will launch…
With Oak Tavern, David Bracha Takes Root in the Design District
Oak Tavern’s wooden tables are worn — their faded chocolate surfaces fashioned out of reclaimed lumber, their corners burnt with the logo of a majestic oak. Outside, a courtyard envelops the eponymous tree. Inside, red brick walls guard a precarious past. In less than a decade, the Design District space…
Jeff McInnis and Hedy Goldsmith Finalists for James Beard Awards
The James Beard Foundation has announced its finalists for the 2013 James Beard Awards, and two Miami toques have made the list in the restaurant and chef categories. Jeff McInnis, executive chef and partner at Yardbird Southern Table & Bar, and Hedy Goldsmith, executive pastry chef at Michael’s Genuine Food…
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Clive’s Cafe in Wynwood to Close March 30
When Pearline Murray opened Clive’s Café in Wynwood 38 years ago, the budding neighborhood was much more working-class than mustached hipster. For nearly four decades, Murray and partner/sister Gloria Chin have witnessed the rise of the Shops at Midtown Miami, the success of Amir Ben-Zion’s Bardot and Gigi, and the…
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 room to…
Miami’s Best Fried Chicken: A Top Ten List
Eating fried chicken is no tidy affair. Golden brittle breading bursts after a gentle nibble. Bits of crust cascade beneath your chin. Juices flow. Fingers glisten. Lips gleam. (Call this gloss pollo frito; it sure as hell beats Chanel.) In Miami, a city brimming with restaurants of diverse ethnicities, fried…
Khong River House: Boat Noodles, Cool Digs, and Hot Hooch in SoBe
Khong River House Review: Boat Noodles, Cool Digs, and Hot Hooch in SoBe
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View the slide show: Closer Look: Khong River House in South Beach
Dena Marino Launches Mercato: Casual Breakfast and Lunch in the Design District
Michelle Bernstein must be feeling the heat. Last year, just a few months after the James Beard Award-winning chef closed her acclaimed restaurant Sra. Martinez, Dena Marino made her debut in the Design District with MC Kitchen, a fine-dining establishment serving craft beers and delectable Italian cuisine. Marino became the new…
Khong River House Review: Boat Noodles, Cool Digs, and Hot Hooch in SoBe
Khong River House is buzzing on a chilly Friday night. Waiters add to the clamor, adeptly pronouncing Thai ingredients such as khaep mu (crisp pork rinds) and nam prik num (green chili pepper salsa). Across the dining room, hipsters, bloggers, and socialites cram tightly packed tables. They tweet, Instagram, and…
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Lucali in SoBe: Miami’s Best Pizza
In a city jammed with outposts of overhyped New York restaurants, Lucali in South Beach is an exception. At the pizzeria on Bay Road, just a few steps from the Pubbelly mecca, pizza-makers wearing white T-shirts roll out doughs with empty wine bottles, cut porcini mushrooms with a mandolin slicer,…
The Embassy: Eclectic Buena Vista Fare
The Embassy Restaurant Review: Eclectic Buena Vista Fare
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In Honor of Hugo: Make Homemade Arepas, Venezuelan-Style
Venezuelan restaurants across Miami announced specials such as discounted arepas and one-buck Miller Lites following the news of President Hugo Chávez’s death yesterday afternoon.The end of the socialist leader’s tendentious rule meant Venezuelans took to Doral with flags and Polar beer until late in the evening. This means it’s the…
The Embassy: Eclectic Buena Vista Fare
The route from downtown Miami or South Beach to Buena Vista’s restaurant strip traverses the posh Design District, a neighborhood speckled with Christian Louboutin stilettos and a luxury flagship shop by Hermès. Just a few blocks north is Little Haiti, where many families eke out a living with annual incomes…