Victoria Pesce Elliott

When some old friends came to visit recently and wanted to know the scoop on the Beach's hottest new restaurants, I immediately mentioned The Strand. "That's been around forever," said Jennifer, a former South Beach denizen. It's true, having opened more than a dozen years ago, the old and beloved...

The food is as good as ever, only now it's kosher. Yes, Tani Guchi's Place in North Miami, which twice was named best sushi joint by New Times, began serving glatt kosher food about eight months ago, just a few weeks after Passover. Why? That might be the obvious question...

Not long ago I called Ruth's Chris Steak House and asked for directions to its new location in Coral Gables. It was a Tuesday evening, South Florida hadn't yet been overwhelmed by high-season tourists, and I assumed dinner reservations would not be necessary. So I was not prepared when the...

Okay, enough with the griping about the dearth of Asian restaurants in this town. Without a significant Asian migration, it's unlikely we'll get a cheap Vietnamese noodle shop on every corner, enough Korean barbecue to really make a choice, a taste of southern Indian Tamil cooking, or spicy Malaysian curries...

There's a lot of Italian out there: the new and old, the good, the bad, and the ugly; the great, unfortunately, seem to be rare. I do think there are a few restaurants in town turning out exquisite cuisine from Europe's boot. And there are plenty of decent places for...