In a response to our blog about the up-and-coming MIA venue in downtown Miami, Eddie writes that he will miss another downtown spot, Prime Blue Grille — which reminds me of a an old country music song, How Can I Miss You When I Don’t Know You’re Gone?According to Daily…
The Miami Herald Death Page, also known as the Nutrition section, this past week paid homage to chemical-packed butter blends, pork rinds, and other foods that will just make you feel naturally good all over. The Supermarket Sleuth compared the relative deliciousness and nutrition of Smart Balance, Country Crock, and…
This week: Food and family.The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found. ~Calvin TrillinAs a child my family’s menu consisted of two choices: Take it or leave it. ~Buddy HackettYou can say…
The first entry in our new Great Chef Recipe Files comes from Marco Ferraro, the talented top toque at Wish at The Hotel in South Beach. Ferraro was born in Italy, tutored at The French Culinary Institute in New York, trained at Michelin two-star Le Muscandin in Mougins, and followed…
We just received word from Terry Zarikian, Director of Product Development for China Grill Management, that Kobe Club Miami’s closing is only temporary — the steak house will reopen at the beginning of August. Why the confusion? “The New York Times misreported the closing of Kobe Club Miami by omitting…
If you have a cool family recipe — preferably South Florida-ethnic-centric — and a JPEG photo to go along with it, we would like to share it with the hungering world. It’s gotta be an original, passed-down recipe, not something you’ve scooped from a cookbook or website. And it should…
More and more folks are supposedly cooking at home these days, so the next best thing to starting dinner at Michy’s with blue cheese-and-Jamón Serrano croquetas is to start dinner at home with your own homemade version. Not that we’ve asked Michelle for the recipe yet, but you can ask…
We mean a great recipe from a great chef (and you know who you are). We mean a recipe for a dish currently being served in a reputable (but not necessarily expensive) local restaurant. We mean a recipe accompanied by a JPEG photo of the completed course. These recipes will…
MIA at Biscayne, a 14,000-square-foot dining and entertainment venue, is slated to open at the corner of Flagler and the namesake boulevard this coming summer. Executive Chef Gerdy Rodriguez, who you might remember from another gargantuan downtown dining and entertainment venue (Karu & Y), is in charge of producing “reinvented…
Canyon Ranch Grill
…is the next best thing to tea and sympathy. This Friday, May 1st, The Miami Symphony will be performing at the Guzman Concert Hall at the University of Miami at 8:00 p.m. After the event, a Symphonic Celebration takes place at Cacao Restaurant from 10:30 p.m. to midnight. Miami Symphony…
Tabbed as “the first Intracoastal waterfront dining experience in North Miami Beach”, RACKS Italian Bistro And Market will finally and officially open to the public on Monday, May 4th. This 4,000 sqare foot, indor-outdoor “European-style new-age bistro”, “Italian-influenced marketplace”, and “romantic old-world Italian bar” promises to add up to an…
As just reported by Carolina Bolado on South Florida Menu Pages, Kobe Club is shutting its doors this coming Friday, May 1 — just one week after the New York branch did likewise. Will this turn out to be just the first pinprick in the South Beach steak house bubble?…
Miami Spice started as a discount deal that was meant to promote dining out during the traditionally sluggish month of August. Then it was officially lengthened through September, and the following year restaurateurs unofficially jumped the gun and started the program in July. This year there were winter Spice programs…
…is the next best thing to tea and sympathy. This Friday, May 1st, The Miami Symphony will be performing at the Guzman Concert Hall at the University of Miami at 8:00 p.m. After the event, a Symphonic Celebration takes place at Cacao Restaurant from 10:30 p.m. to midnight. Miami Symphony…
A bloody good deal this is: From 11:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sundays, guests at 8 oz. Burger Bar can partake of unlimited Bloody Mary drinks for $20 per person. Best part:You customize it any bloody way you want. The base of the 8 oz. drink can be a…
Essensia Restaurant & Lounge at The Palms Hotel & Spa (3025 Collins Ave., South Beach) will be making its debut this Mother’s Day, May 10th, with a holiday brunch. The Palms’ executive chef Gerd Richter has created a menu of “nourishing gourmet cuisine” that according to Maria Bond, Director of…
Michael Gilligan has left his executive chef position at Atrio/Level 25 at the Conrad Hotel to become executive chef at the W Hotel in South Beach. Besides managing culinary affairs for the property in general, Gilligan will be overseeing Solea, the condo hotel restaurant described as “Mediterranean with strong Spanish…
You might have noticed the recent absence of our Broward-Palm Beach food writers. Or not. Point is, the staff of our sister paper has spun off into a captivating food blog of their own called Clean Cup Chuckie — or something clever like that. Check it out for the latest in…
May first is the date set for the debut of Quattro Gastronomia Italiana’s Sosta Pizzeria (1025 Lincoln Road, Miami, 305-722-5454). Sosta means “a quick stop”, which is all it should take for a taste of pizza meister Carmine Leocata’s Neapolitan and Roman-style pies. The pizza toppings will be numerous and…
…Saves Business. So reads the tag for a very short-story-pitch from Por Fin regarding its new $19.50 power lunch special. The promo for the Spanish restaurant in Coral Gables goes like this: Ad man about to lose account. Client sips fruity wine and bites into bikini ‘de luxe’ sandwich…
The Fontainebleau’s heralded Hakkasan opening perhaps overhadowed another of the hotel’s newly debuted eateries, La Côte. Inspired by the Côte d’Azur (as opposed to the Côte d’Jersey), this seaside beach club and restaurant (with open-air second level) offers guests “the flavorful cuisine of the French Riviera” — plus a DJ…
