Whole Foods Market in downtown Miami is open for business, and Zak The Baker’s infamous bread is for sale at $6 per loaf. That’s exactly what you’d pay at the flagship Wynwood caf� and bakery. The downtown location is the first Whole Foods to sell the sourdough loaves, but owner…
When Car�ne and Jean Zaragoza moved here from France, they found Downtown Miami lacked healthy, fresh and local dining options. 221 Cafe is their way of addressing the issue, and the couple pride themselves in offering mainly organic food from local purveyors. “We decided on this concept because this is…
At Cleo, the Redbury Hotel’s new eatery, Danny Elmaleh proffers a dip called lebaneh. To make it, the soft-spoken chef-partner lets kefir cheese drain for 48 hours and then adds olive oil, lemon juice, and za’atar (his version is a blend of thyme, sesame seeds, and sumac). Finally, he tosses…
If I were forced to pick just one favorite dish in Miami, it would have to be the artichoke heart bruschetta at MC Kitchen ($26). The antipasti has five components, beginning with lightly charred ciabatta infused with rosemary and olive oil. The bread is then crowned with a fresh artichoke…
Stephen Starr has quite the year ahead of him, and it’s about to get even busier. The restaurateur announced he’s opening another eatery in Bal Harbour Shops in the space La Goulue once called home. It will be just seconds away from Makoto, Starr’s popular Japanese restaurant. Details such as…
Pause for a moment to inhale the aroma of fresh Burgundy truffles that fleck the frothy soup’s surface. Swirls of brown butter diffuse the mushrooms’ fragrance, infusing the appetizer with the rich scent and taste of toasted hazelnuts. Both raw and golden tips of cauliflower float atop the dish that…
Restaurateur Tony Gallo and chef Pietro Vardeu have drawn crowds to Sardinia Enoteca in Sunset Harbour since 2006. Now the pair offers cuisine from another part of Italy. Apulia is a region in the southeast, the heel of the boot. It’s somewhat poorer and flatter than much of the country,…
This past October 4, ten people were hurt when a Toyota Camry careened onto the sidewalk and plowed through Lemoni Caf�’s unlicensed outdoor seating area on NE Second Avenuein Buena Vista. According to a lawsuit filed November 17, three of the victims are suing the restaurant, as well as 3G…
On December 9, rain or shine, Miami will become the 14th American city to host a D�ner en Blanc. Picture this: A thousand people dressed in head-to-toe white will be transported to an unknown landmark location where they will dine and drink to live music. Afterward, they’ll dance and socialize…
With a little over a week left before Thanksgiving, you ought to have a pie plan in mind. Namely, are you going to make your own, or are you going to trust the professionals? If it’s the latter, you can’t go wrong with one of Derek Kaplan’s creations. Kaplan is…
This Friday, the Redbury Hotel South Beach will open the doors to Cleo, a Mediterranean eatery with an emphasis on small shared plates. Cleo is taking over the space formerly occupied by the Italian restaurant Lorenzo, which closed after less than a year in business. Expect a raw bar, a…
When it comes to our favorite dishes, more often than not it’s best to avoid finding out what makes them great. Ignorance can be oh so blissful. But since taking my first bite of the meatballs at Lucali, I just had to know why they’re so insanely delicious. Apart from…
Miami isn’t exactly overflowing with praiseworthy brunch spots, so we get unusually excited any time a cool restaurant launches a brunch program. This weekend it happens to be Loba, an intimate gastrobar in MiMo serving Latin and South American cuisine. The hybrid meal is owner Jessica Sanchez’s favorite, so to…
Don’t let its proximity to the Design District fool you — Seven Seas Restaurant & Fish Market is all about the food. More specific, this blink-and-you’ll-miss-it gem in Little Haiti features inexpensive and expertly prepared Dominican and American dishes. Owner Nicholas Paulino and his wife, Ana, are originally from San…
Bathroom talk is usually off-limits during meals, but at Loba, a 3-month-old restaurant in MiMo, the lavatory is a conversation piece. That’s because apart from the complimentary dental floss (greatly appreciated), the wallpaper is composed of pages torn from the classic children’s book Where the Wild Things Are. It’s no…
For the third consecutive year, Panther Coffee has been nominated for a Good Food Award. The Wynwood-based, small-batch roaster is one of 23 finalists in the coffee category for 2015. Panther took home two awards in 2014 and one in 2013, but husband and wife Joel and Leticia Pollock and…
If the name SooWoo sounds familiar to you, it’s likely you’ve visited or heard about the Korean/Japanese restaurant’s former location in Doral. But come the end of October, a revamped, sleeker SooWoo will open on Washington Ave. in South Beach. Along with Korean dishes like bulgogi (thinly sliced marinated rib…
It’s 9 p.m. and it’s raining in sheets outside Mignonette, a new oyster bar and seafood eatery off NE Second Avenue across from the City of Miami Cemetery. Gentlemen pull their cars onto the sidewalk to let their ladies scurry in (relatively) dry. But there’s nevertheless a wait to be…
“Modern” isn’t a word typically associated with Passover. For starters, the holiday, which begins April 14 this year, commemorates the Jews’ escape from slavery in Egypt thousands of years ago and is rife with age-old traditions. And when it comes to the food served throughout the eight days, many will…
The yellow and red sign beckons you, but it’s the staff at Denny’s that makes you feel right at home. On a sunny Thursday afternoon, the location in midtown Miami (Biscayne Boulevard at NE 36th Street) was packed with parents and their broods, hungover teenagers, and elderly couples, but that…
“Everything on the menu at Perfecto, I would serve in Barcelona,” chef-restaurateur Oscar Manresa says. Case in point: Both of the striking anchovy dishes proffered at Perfecto can also be ordered at Casa Guinart, Manresa’s casual eatery inside Barcelona’s storied market La Boqueria. The pickled boquerones marinate for a day…
A man in a pink button-up and slicked-back hair raises a flute of rosé cava and whispers into the ear of the young blonde perched beside him. She sports a perfectly teased topknot and tilts her head ever so slightly to angle her cheek in the direction of his lips…
