Osteria del Teatro: South Beach old-school done right
Osteria del Teatro: South Beach old-school done right
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Central Beer Garden Will Pour Into Cocowalk…Eventually
It’s a restaurant. It’s a nightclub. It’s a 17,000-square-foot, two-story venue featuring indoor/outdoor dining, dancing, “sushi and other specialty foods.” The lower level will house the dance and entertainment until 3 a.m. Promos boast of “an innovative light and sound system not seen before in South Florida.”Upstairs will be an…
InterContinental Miami: Celebrating 25 Years Over 25 Days In Like 25 Different Ways
The InterContinental Miami turns 25 years old in 25 days — give or take a day — and there will be promotions aplenty to celebrate. Thing is, some of the deals are pretty good, and all have the number 2 and 5 in them. To wit:25 percent off Starbucks coffee…
David Burke Named New Culinary Director of Strike Miami
David BurkeBesides its 34 sleek lanes, Strike Miami, which opened in the Dolphin Mall six years ago, touts a giant sports-themed restaurant. And now David Burke is ready to take charge of the cuisine. Burke is renowned in New York City as the chef/restauranteur behind his flagship David Burke Townhouse;…
McDonald’s-In-The-Morgue Ad Coming To Miami
As our sister Houston Press blog reports, The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is running a television ad that comes right out and says it: McDonald’s food is so unhealthy it can kill you. The ad opens with an obese man on a gurney in the morgue, a half-eaten burger…
Seasons 52: Another Chain To Choke Miracle Mile
Just what the depressed Coral Gables dining scene needs: Another corporate restaurant chain. The newest malignant link is Seasons 52, which aims to exploit the trend towards eating local, seasonal, healthy food. A press release lists two upcoming seafood entrees: Caramelized sea scallops and cedar plank roasted salmon. Not very…
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The Palm Restaurant Cookbook: Recipe for a Perfect Steak
Palm Restaurant is the oldest family-owned white tablecloth restaurant group in the country, with some 28 venues in 24 cities. Bay Harbor is home to Miami’s Palm (we had two for awhile here in South Florida, but the one by Merrick Park didn’t make it). I’ve had some really great…
Fin and Q Launch Lunch Service
Fin and Q American Barbeque begin serving lunch this Wednesday, September 22. Both of Jonathan Eismann’s restaurants will open at 11:30 a.m. and offer lunch until 5 p.m. — and then dinner from 5 until 11 p.m. Think salads, burgers, and sandwiches stuffed with pulled pork, or brisket, or fresh…
Dim Ssam a GoGo All Set To Go-Go
“Munch and move on!” is the motto, which is just what we did last night at the brand new, ready-to-roll Dim Ssäm á GoGo truck. The groovy foodmobile was parked in front of its anchor, Sakaya Kitchen, but pretty soon it’ll be roaming to points north and, according to Richard…
Sneak Review: Osteria del Teatro
The photo above is osso bucco over risotto Milanese from Osteria del Teatro, which not only leads us to the following snippet from next week’s Cafe review, but likewise provides the answer to our What It? Where It At? post earlier in the week:Osteria also serves to remind us of…
World Hunger: Good News, Bad News
First, the good news: The number of chronically hungry people in the world has dropped for the first time in 15 years, according to “The State of Food Insecurity in the World” report that will be jointly released by the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)…
Zuma Miami: Stunning Japanese cuisine
Zuma Miami: Stunning Japanese cuisine
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What It? Where It At?
Haven’t done one of these in awhile, probably for good reason. Anyway, the concept is that you guess what the dish in above photo is and what restaurant it comes from; post your brilliant deduction in the comments section below; and if correct you will be granted bragging privileges for…
Horchata Recipe From Authentic Mexican Cookbook
Yesterday we praised the 1987 cookbook Authentic Mexican: Regional Cooking from the Heart of Mexico by Rick Bayless and Deann Groen Bayless. At the end of the exciting column, we promised a recipe for horchata from its pages. It follows this preface about the beverage:”This recipe is based on the…
Talavera Celebrates Mex Independence Day
Tomorrow is not just any old Mexican Independence Day, but the 200th anniversary of its freedom from Spain. Talavera Restaurant in Coral Gables, as well as the less Mex Jaguar Ceviche Spoon Bar in Coconut Grove are serving special menus to honor the occasion.After dinner, guests are invited to keep…
Authentic Mexican: Regional Cooking from the Heart of Mexico
“One of the greatest contributions to the Mexican table imaginable,” reads the sticker on this cookbook cover. I purchased it for $24.95 when it first came out in 1987 (now it’s $44.29 on Amazon and $32.50 via the author’s website). There weren’t many Mexican cookbooks available in the States back…
3 Chefs Chinese, POC Fusion Buffet Bringing More Chinese Options
3 Chefs Chinese Restaurant will be moving in to 275 NE 18th Street, just off Biscayne Boulevard (close to Bin 18 and Sake Room Sushi Lounge). We know nothing else about this, except we have an inkling three chefs may be involved.POC Fusion Buffet is getting set to open at…
Cape Cod Room Is Doomed
As in kaput. Clammed up. Dead. And, quite frankly, not to be missed. Ken Lyon’s Bath House folly was overpriced and underwhelming in terms of food, service, and decor (although other than that it wasn’t too bad). The Room’s former head chef, Jorge Cardenas, has taken over the kitchen at…
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Luna Corner Pizza Folds
Another Biscayne Boulevard casualty: Luna Corner Pizza just couldn’t turn the corner and has closed its tawdry little doors for the last time. Poor product, petty owners, and soporific promotions by humorless schoolmarms were just a few of the problems associated with this fiasco — along, of course, with lack…
Pizza Volante For Sale — and Q Too!
We’ve hardly had time to digest the news that Jonathan Eismann’s Pacific Time is no more, and that a second Q American Barbecue won’t be opening in South Beach. Now the disassembly of his Design District empire continues as Pizza Volante and Q American Barbecue have been listed for sale…
Write Best Beer Narrative & Win A Trip To New Zealand
From pristine New Zealand comes Steinlager Pure, the new, “fiercely preservative and additive free” beer. The two types of hops used in the brew are “Nelson Sauvin”, developed for its aromatic characteristics; and “Pacific Jade” for its highly intense flavor. Together, they create a beer with a light hop nose,…
Sneak Review: Zuma
An amuse bouche to keep you stimulated until the main review of Zuma gets served next week.”…in Japanese-American restaurants, izakaya has come to mean simply the serving of small plates of food as they issue from the kitchen. Sounds like it could lead to a haphazard meal, but Becker (who…