Starting this week, and continuing until whenever, Red Light Little River will be offering happy hour deals as such:Times: High Tide (5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.) and Low Tide (10 p.m. to midnight).Deal: $5 will bring any, but not all, of the following: BBQ Shrimp, wines by the glass or…
A teeny sneak preview of the New Times restaurant review for next week — an amuse-bouche, if you will, to whet your appetite. The cuisine weaves an enchanting web, fusing strands of French bistro fare with ingredients such as the curry and coconut milk that globalize a beurre blanc pooled…
A Texan, a Russian and a New Yorker enter a restaurant in London. “Excuse me, but if you were going to order the steak, I’m afraid there’s a shortage due to mad cow disease,” says the waiter.The Texan says, “What’s a shortage?”The Russian says, “What’s a steak?”The New Yorker says,…
Sang’s Chinese Food Delivers
The fall 2009 Allen Brothers catalogue has just been released. For those not familiar with the mail-order meat company, Allen Brothers has been America’s leading source of USDA Prime beef since 1893. The company has also been one of the main sponsors of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival and…
Every evening, thousands of local foodies head up to their respective rooftops and issue a plaintive wail that resounds and echoes forth into the dark and balmy Miami sky: God is great, but the same can’t be said for our Chinese restaurants! Actually, most of these people are obnoxious New…
Desperate times call for desperate promotions — and dumb promotions — and even desperate and dumb promotions within desperate and dumb promotions. Starting tonight, the Mayfair Hotel Lobby Bar begins its’ Mad Men Mondays promo. From 5:30 pm. to 7:30 p.m., guests can partake of drinks for just $3.50 each;…
BGM Management, run by Al Boatright and partners Brionne Gillion and Kareem Memarian, tore down Templo, Club Deep, and Ruby Lounge, at 619, 621 and 623 Washington Avenue respectively, in order to build out the 9,000 square foot Ahnvee Restaurant & Lounge. Tom Azar was lured as executive chef from…
Two missionaries in Africa get apprehended by a tribe of very hostile cannibals who put them in a large pot of water, build a huge fire under it, and leave them there. A few minutes later, one of the missionaries starts to laugh uncontrollably. The other missionary can’t believe it. …
Beginning this week, gay and lesbian couples can marry in the state of Vermont — and in recognition and support, Ben & Jerry’s has renamed their “Chubby Hubby” flavor “Hubby Hubby”.The company states:”Ben & Jerry’s has a long history of commitment to social justice, including gay rights. Its partnership with…
The summer prix fixe menu at Côté Gourmet has been as easy to miss as Côté Gourmet. In case you have indeed missed both: Côté opened a couple of years ago as a lunch spot tucked into a Miami Shores office building. Afterwards an outdoor patio was added, which opens…
The Quiet Palate: Much of Indian Palate’s cuisine warrants praise. Will it be enough to fill seats at the Coral Gables eatery?
I was hanging out at The Standard the other day, and in the lobby encountered Gabriele Marewski of Paradise Farms — she sells her organic produce to the Standard’s Lido Restaurant. Gabriele graciously offered me a jackfruit to take home. I believe she said “Would you like a really big…
Chef John Critchley has attracted plenty of notice and praise for his sustainable fish dishes at Area 31. Rightly so, as few chefs have made sustainability so inherent to their cuisine. Plus his simply adorned and pristine seafood preparations taste great. We asked for a recipe and got one for…
Thou shalt not eat at any establishment calling itself a “New York deli” where the following is also served: sushi, Thai food, pizza, pasta, lobster.This is one of the Ten Commandments of Jewish Deli according to journalist David Sax, author of the forthcoming Save the Deli: In Search of Perfect…
For a while there, when Michy’s, Michael’s, Fratelli Lyon, North One 10, Pacific Time 2 and Red Light were all newish news, it looked as though Miami was on its way to becoming a cool food town — the sort with a community of chefs who open restaurants that reflect…
Do chickens think rubber humans are funny? Do cannibals get hungry one hour after eating a Chinese person?If Wile E. Coyote had enough money for all that Acme crap, why didn’t he just buy dinner?If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and talks like a duck, it…
Casale Pizzeria is the new, rustic, informal pizza/mozzarella bar/enoteca-type place next door to and owned by the Sardinia folks. Drove over there the other day and shared a lunch of margherita pie and “Argentinean chorizo with three beans salad”. The latter was actually a cassoulet of warm, long-cooked beans and…
Ariston Restaurant, New Times’ 2009 winner for Best Greek Restaurant, has just premiered a new set menu that makes it the Least Expensive Greek Restaurant as well. Deal is $34.95 — for two! — for a three course meal that includes: Choice of Greek salad, dip of the day with…
*Frank Bruni, recently retired restaurant reviewer from The New York Times, has been all over the media of late to promote his memoir, Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater. Bruni writes about food as well as any critic in the country, some of his more cutting comments…
Howie’s Healthy Eating is on the A2 road at the turnoff to YS Falls, west of Treasure Beach on Jamaica’s Southwest coast. Truckers and tourists alike make sure to stop in at this institution for all manner of Jamaican food cooked in large pots over pimento wood fires — 24…
The South Florida Chapter of the American Institute of Wine & Food is getting set to present its annual Labor Day weekend “Sand Bake” on Sunday, September 6th, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.. The “casual Florida tapas-style affair” will be held at the private Ocean Club at Fairmont Turnberry Isle…
