A Passage to India, a month long pop-up, premiered last evening at the Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove. The special event turns the hotel’s restaurant into an Indian dining hall every Thursday through Sunday from 6 to 10 p.m. from October 3 to November 3. The pop-up transforms the luxury hotel’s Bizcaya…
Michael Mina’s new restaurant at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach is scheduled to open in November 2013 — in time for the rush that Art Basel and the holiday season brings. Michael Mina 74 will open in the iconic resort’s lobby, in the Arkadia space and is quite a departure from…
When Lokal Burgers & Beer opened just before Christmas 2011, Matt Kuscher had a vision of serving “clean” proteins and produce sourced from local purveyors. Now, nearly two years later, Kuscher’s restaurant is one of the most popular in Coconut Grove, with a loyal clientele that comes for a good…
Last evening, we received a Facebook invitation from Jeff McInnis to “like” a new restaurant. We immediately clicked over to the page and discovered that the handsome chef is opening a restaurant in New York’s Alphabet City neighborhood. See also: Jeff McInnis Takes Time to Rediscover His Love of Cooking…
The first episode of every new season of Top Chef is chaotic. Montages of cheftestants pulling wheelie bags through airports and meeting their roommates takes up precious time. Plus, there are so many new faces to learn before the half-dozen or so standouts rise up in the second or third…
It’s not every day that you get an email from PETA suggesting you go out for a delicious cup of frozen yogurt — but that’s what we received the other day. The animal rights group stated, “We’re happy to see this dairy-free non-GMO, and gluten-free frozen yogurt flavor being offered…
When the humidity drops below 90 percent and temperatures cool to the mid-70s, Miami comes alive. Snowbirds and weekenders fly south for the winter in search of balmy breezes and events such as Art Basel and the South Beach Wine & Food Festival. It is also the time when new…
Season 11 of Top Chef, the Bravo cooking competition that paved the way for the cooking-show craze, premieres tonight. This time, the cheftestants compete in New Orleans, where regulars Tom Colicchio, Padma Lakshmi, and Gail Simmons are joined by Emeril Lagasse and Hugh Acheson. Though some critics scoff at Bravo’s…
It sounds like the time Shaquille O’Neal drank too many brewskis, but in reality, Shacktoberfest is the yearly celebration of all things beer, brat, and burger. Shake Shack’s eighth annual Shacktoberfest runs from Friday, October 4, through Sunday, October 13, and is filled with all kinds of special-edition treats and…
Today, the United States Government shut down after Congress failed to reach an agreement to fund federal agencies. The first shutdown in 17 years disrupts a laundry list of federal agencies. Though essential government employees like air traffic controllers, border patrol agents and food inspectors, will continue to work, many…
Breast cancer affects too many of us, whether we are a survivor or the friend or family member of one. According to the American Cancer Society, “breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women, except for skin cancers. About one in eight (12%) women in the United States…
September marks the beginning of the busy fall season. All over Miami, life renews as shops, restaurants, and hotels spiffy up for the winter season. Retooled menus, chef changes, and reworked decor are all par for the course — as are the openings of a plethora of new and interesting…
When Richard Hales opened Sakaya Kitchen in 2009, the “fast-casual, Asian-inspired, organic-conscious restaurant” quickly became an obsession of many Miamians who craved flavorful food that wouldn’t break their budgets. The restaurant served everything from Korean-style barbecue to “chunk’d” tater tots smothered in cheese and beef. Hales, who attended the French…
Here’s a simple equation for foodies: Julia Child is to French cooking as (blank) is to Italian cooking. If you said Marcella Hazan, you’re both correct and saddened by a great loss to the culinary community. Ms. Hazan, the woman who brought Italian cuisine to American homes, died Sunday in…
Here’s hoping you’ve been watching Miami Monkey. We’ve been following for many reasons. Obviously, we’re into the fact that the show revolves around a Miami Beach bar and Big Ang Raiola, the Mob Wife who owns the place. Then, obviously, there’s the whole Staten Island vs. Miami girls theme. And,…
Bocce Bar, forecast to open in late 2013, is designed to give Miami a bit of the dolce vita for which Italians are known. Modeled after a traditional enoteca, the midtown Miami restaurant will feature an indoor/outdoor bar as a focal point. A counter will display a selection of house-made…
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival turns 13 in 2014, and Lee Brian Schrager, creator of the festival and vice president of corporate communications and national events at Southern Wine & Spirits of America Inc., knew exactly how he wanted to celebrate: a good old-fashioned bar mitzvah. “I wanted…
Long before South Beach’s popular pork-centric restaurant Pubbelly was even a thought, a 17-year-old kid named Jose Mendin announced he wanted to be a chef and went to Paris with his father. “My dad took me to a three-star Michelin restaurant, and I think I had the best meal of…
Hard to believe, but Miami Spice is nearly over. The two-month-long dining event ends Monday, September 30, taking with it well-priced three-course lunches and dinners. The good news: You still have a few days to get your Spice fix. We’ve made it easy for you by offering five restaurants you…
New Times’ Pairings is tonight, September 26 at the Broward County Convention Center. From 7 – 10 p.m., south Florida’s best restaurants will pair with great wines and beers for your eating and drinking enjoyment. If you have tickets, we can’t wait to meet you (you can’t miss us –…
Have you tried miracle fruit? The small red berry, native to West Africa, contains a protein called miraculin, which binds with our taste buds and, when introduced to acids, makes sour taste sweet. Called “LSD for your mouth,” the fruit creates a result that’s supposed to be strange. There’s a…
Frozen yogurt is something like the perfect food. It’s creamy, rich, and cold, yet lower in fat and better for you than most treats. Plus, you can actually make the darn thing into a meal by adding fresh fruit and granola. As long as you can stay away from the…
