Patrick-Gruest-Desneiges and New York developer Jack Cayre are bringing SENSES to Midtown Miami later this year. The 6,100 square foot space will encompass a bar, lounge, 110-seat terrace, 120-seat restaurant, wine shop, wine lounge, and art gallery. Wine bottles in the restaurant will cost the same as in the shop,…
This weeks recipe comes from one of Miami’s elite chefs, Pascal Oudin of Pascal’s On Ponce. Oudin has trained under Ducasse, Vergé, and Jean-Louis Palladin, who mentored the young Frenchman when he first came to the States in 1982. After a lengthy stint as executive chef of Grand Café in…
This week: VegetablesVegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie. ~Garfield (Jim Davis)Large, naked raw carrots are acceptable as food only to those who lie in hutches eagerly awaiting Easter. ~Fran LebowitzLife expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables…
Those of you bemoaning the lack of restaurants in Miami can breathe a little easier this week, as announcements for newcomers keep pouring in. Here are just a few:Bar Rosso Restaurant & Vinoteca opened its doors this past Monday in Aventura (where Ivy used to be). Executive chef, Joshua Medina,…
This week’s NT review is of Petit Rouge, a charming 24-seat French bistro in North Miami. Chef/owner is Neal Cooper (formerly of Neal’s and Il Migliore); chef de cuisine is Daniel Small. In keeping with our recent theme of light, summertime recipes, here’s one for Petit’s delicious Frisee lardon salad…
Joey’s, located in Wynwood and one of our favorite Italian joints, shows up in the June issue of Food & Wine magazine as one of America’s New Pizza Artesans. Gracing the pages are photos of the cafe and of its’ gorgonzola-arugula pie; the article highlights a dozen or so restaurants…
Petit Rouge in North Miami Offers Honest, Accessible, Well-Executed French Cuisine
Little, Red, and Good
Restaurateurs are increasingly seeking new ways to boost sales. I say: A good motto never hurts. And also: But a bad motto is funnier. In that spirit, allow me to lend some ideas for catchy tag lines — don’t worry restaurant owners, no charge for the suggestions!Motto for Einstein Bros…
Baire’s Argentinian Grille, the popular South Beach restaurant which gave way to I Corsini this year, is coming back with a Lincoln Road location — next door to the Colony Theater.Also in South Beach, Maya Tapas & Grill has launched a Local Appreciation Program in which a Florida ID card…
Bonnie Schwartzer wrote in to let us know about Le Banyan, a new Thai restaurant. I haven’t yet been, but Bonnie has, and really likes it. Here, with her permission, is what she had to say:”I would like to recommend a restaurant called Le Banyan, located at 7300 Ocean Terrace,…
This week:DietingI bought a talking refrigerator that said “Oink” every time I opened the door. It made me hungry for pork chops. ~Marie MottMy doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four — unless there are three other people. ~Orson Welles The second day of a diet is…
This light and zesty crab dip is a favorite among Chef Allen’s clientele, and when scooped up with fresh, crisp chips of yuca, boniato, potato and green plantain…well, let’s just say you’ll wonder why you wasted all those years with potato chips and onion dip…
North One 10 is holding one of its’ great Winemaker Dinners tonight beginning at 7:00 p.m. Andrea Cecchi of Cecchi Winery will be on hand to preside over the tasting of his wines. From the release:”Andrea Cecchi’s surname is cloaked in tradition, the wines that he crafts on his family…
I Corsini Darwini
New York Bagel Deli, which for years has been stuffing the kishkas of grateful customers at 6546 Collins Avenue, is opening a downtown Miami branch in the Dupont Building, and is also slated to start a bagelry at Biscayne Boulevard and 23rd Street. The downtown deli should be open next…
You asked, we fetched. Mercy wrote in: “I tried making Michy’s croquetas and matched up the ingredients well — but what breading is used? Can you give me the receipe for the croquetas and fig marmalade? It is one of my favorites.”The recipe for croquetas with blue cheese and jamón…
Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza, which in 2002 launched its first branch in Fort Lauderdale, has opened location number 15 in Pinecrest (10205 S. Dixie Highway). The chain is known for its authentic-800-degree-anthracite-coal-burning-oven “well done pizzas” — and, to a lesser degree, chicken wings roasted in the same oven. This will…
Pizza Fusion wants readers of Short Order to know that their 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. deal, details of which were posted earlier today, brings diners a personal size pizza (4 slices), not a medium pizza (6 slices) as their first release had erroneously claimed. Also, please note that the special…
Pizza Fusion in North Miami Beach (in the Biscayne Commons Mall) has come up with a timely special: Between the hours of 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., price for a medium pizza (with white or whole grain crust) will be dictated by the clock. So if you arrive at 5:31…
We alluded to the bubble in this column yesterday. Here is a list of many, maybe most, but certainly not all of the mid-to-high end restaurants that have opened over the past 6 months (actually, the majority are fairly expensive). We’re leaving out lower end ethnic joints, pizza places, and…
Cinco de Mayo, like Independence Day, Labor Day, Memorial Day, St. Patrick’s Day — heck, like most of our holidays — means little to Americans other than an excuse to congregate in large groups and get shit-faced on booze. Sad, really, but I’ll leave that as fodder for social scientists…
You Can Change The Spelling, But…The Z Ocean Hotel, formerly known as The Regent and home to Table 8 Restaurant, has opened Zushi Flirt — formerly Flirt Sushi, which went out of business rather quickly after opening at Washington Avenue and 12th Street three years ago. Owner Marko Radisic still…
