The Villa by Barton G.: An elegant dining experience for special occasions
The Villa by Barton G.: An elegant dining experience for special occasions
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Scott Conant Likes Miami…
“The people in New York City really took to Scarpetta. So then I decided to spread the love a little bit, and we opened up another Scarpetta in Miami Beach, and the people seemed to like it there as well.Miami is really beautiful, T-Dot. You should check it out sometime.”That’s…
And Scott Conant Hosts New Food Network Show Tonight
At 10:00 p.m., on the Food Network, the Miami-praising chef will be hosting a new competition series called 24 Hour Restaurant Battle. This is how the show is described:”Each one-hour episode features dueling teams who must conceive, plan, and open their own restaurants in 24 hours. On each team, one…
Miami Spice: Deal or No Deal? (Pt. 1)
It’s that time of year again, when restaurateurs, in a desperate bid to appeal to those locals whom they’ve shunned for the prior ten months, try to make nice. Fair enough. I mean a deal is a deal, and $22 for a 3-course meal and $35 for a 3-course dinner…
Top 5 Foods To Pair With Your Morning Cup Of Coffee
Requirements: Must be breakfasty, and easy to pick up and place down without being a distraction from other morning activities (reading news, checking emails, feeding children and pets, etc.). In other words: No utensils involved. Must pair well with coffee — for whatever reason — and be very delicious.5. Homemade…
Top 5 Restaurants in Coconut Grove
We all hope the new Paragon Grove 13 movieplex has a reviving effect on the area’s moribund dining scene. Yet even in its darkest hour, Coconut Grove still boasts a number of bright spots at which to eat. The following five, I think you will all agree, are the very…
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Blue Martini Lounge Set to Stir Up Kendall
Right on the heels of Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza comes another new entry in Kendall. On July 30, an 8,500-square-foot Blue Martini Lounge will premiere at the newly renovated Palms at Town & Country Shopping Center. You might be familiar with the martini-lounge-cum-restaurant-cum-live-entertainment-venue if you live in Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, Las…
The Food of Miami Cookbook
This compilation of recipes from Miami’s best chefs, whose full title is The Food Of Miami:Authentic Recipes From South Florida And The Keys, was published in 1999. It is interesting if for no other reason than to get an idea of who were considered Miami’s top toques at the time. Most…
Anthony’s Pizza Fires Up Kendall
“Well-done pizzas” have landed in Kendall. It happened this past weekend, when Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza opened its fifth Miami-Dade location (and 23rd nationwide) at 12502 N. Kendall Dr., a half-mile west of the turnpike.ACFP’s anthracite-burning ovens heat up to 800 degrees, a beautifully blistering blast of fire that chars…
Pot & Food Pairings
Our sister paper in Denver employs a pot critic who discusses taste characteristics of various smokes much like a wine snob does with grapes. Seems to me it’s getting time to consider pot and food pairings too. So I invited numerous guests to go out to sea with me on…
Chimichanga at Aguacates
The chimichanga at Aguacates starts with a choice: Shredded beef, chicken pastor, or steak carnitas. Try the last, cubes of well-seasoned steak wrapped in a large flour tortilla with refried beans and Monterey Jack cheese, the whole shebangachanga then deep-fried to crisp splendor. Have the friendly counterperson add some dabs…
Jackson’s Soul Food Serves Soulful Breakfasts
Jackson’s has been serving soul food in Overtown, at one location or another, since 1946. Its current incarnation is as a large, bright, 100-plus seat breakfast joint on a redeveloped stretch of NW Third Ave. (open from 6 a.m. until 1 p.m.).The menu includes pancakes, waffles, and the like, as…
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Les Halles & Pacific Time Clock Out, Enrique Fernandez Needs To Tune In
Read My Lips”Pacific Time will remain open through the summer.” — Jonathan Eismann to Short Order, June 16, 2010 Pacific Time shut its doors two weeks ago.I Hear The War In Afghanistan Is Going Pretty WellLes Halles has also halted service, the ominous Temporarily closed for renovations sign posted in…
Sneak Review: The Villa by Barton G
A quick bite from next weeks Cafe review of The Villa:Seared ahi tuna and beef carpaccio were each strikingly presented upon stunning plateware. Four purplish slices of the former were arranged upon a velvety red pepper puree (the peppers juiced, thickened, frozen, and placed on plate like a rectangle of…
Courthouse Cuisine On Trial
I spent the better part of yesterday proudly serving my country and representing all of you, dear citizens. I’m talking about jury duty, which I seem to get roped into every couple of years — making me quite familiar with the routine at the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building downtown:Subzero…
Martha White’s Southern Sampler
This cookbook was published in 1989, on the 90th anniversary of the founding of the iconic Martha White Company (now Martha White Foods). The 200-plus page book encompasses, as the title suggests and intro informs, “a little bit of everything” concerning Southern baking and cooking — pies, cobblers, cookies, cakes,…
Racks Italian Kitchen: Topnotch pizza, casual fare, and cocktails
Racks Italian Kitchen: Topnotch pizza, casual fare, and cocktails
Essencia’s Summer Kisses, Disses to Miss Yip and Miami Spice
*Essencia Restaurant & Lounge at The Palms Hotel & Spa has just introduced a new summer menu. Executive chef Frank Jeannetti, who refers to his restaurant food as “the pure essence of taste”, is including new items — for instance, miso-glazed black cod with celery root puree and shaved radish salad…
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Michael’s Genuine Doughnuts
Ode To Hedy Goldsmith’s Orange Creamsicle Pot d’Creme Doughnuts at Michael’s ($9):Giving in to Hedy’s doughnutsIs like surrendering to lust.You just must.Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink130 NE 40th St., Miami305-573-5550…
Miami Chefs Take Advantage of Free Agency
Chef Micah Edelstein left Grass Restaurant & Lounge. Then chef Brian Cantrell left A Fish Called Avalon. Then chef Brandon Benack left Emeril’s Miami Beach. Then chef Sean Bernal left Oceanaire Seafood Room. Then chef Justin Albertson left The Villa by Barton G. Then chef Jeff McInnis left the Ritz-Carton…
Eden Roc Steak House: Let’s Name It!
Come this fall, the Eden Roc Renaissance Miami Beach will premiere a “farm-friendly steak house” co-conceptualized by Seth Greenberg, my dentist. Wait — sorry, that’s just a coincidence. This Seth Greenberg is a hospitality impresario from the Northeast. “Earth, fire, water, air, and space” will be the classical elements brought…
D. Rodriguez Cuba Offers Unlimited Sangria Sunday Brunch
Concerning the sangria: It is unlimited. The brunch: You start with choice of appetizer: yogurt parfait; chicken empanadas; ham croquetas over tomato marmalade; shrimp ceviche; or smoked salmon on cassaba flatbread with capers, red onion, and goat cheese. What — a schmear of cream cheese isn’t good enough? The entrée…