After more than a year of construction, Momi, the mysterious Brickell ramen shop, opened its doors about two weeks ago. You might have heard or read ramen enthusiasts wax about the endless lines stretching out of legendary Tokyo or Osaka shops. We found no such queue on a weekday afternoon,…
In spite of past problems, little seems to be standing in the way of Miami food trucks serving the masses in Wynwood during the week of Art Basel. Sakaya Kitchen’s Dim Ssam a Gogo will host more then 30 food trucks at the usual art walk location, 210 NW 22nd…
Want access to our Best Of picks from your smartphone? Download our free Best Of app for the iPhone or Android phone from the App Store or Google Play. Don’t forget to check out the full Best of Miami® 2012 online at bestof.voiceplaces.com. Perhaps it’s the closely guarded techniques, sauces…
Jai Mazumddar earned a master’s degree in finance from the University of Florida in 2002. He spent more than half decade crunching numbers, mostly as a stockbroker for Continental Securities, which the Securities and Exchange Commission shut down, and later as a financial analyst for a real estate company in…
More and more these days, we hear Miami touted as a “World-Class City.” Putting marketing copy aside, it isn’t really a town to which you’d attach adjectives like old world, el;egant, or classy. So it’s not the kind of place you’d expect daily afternoon tea accompanied by live classical music…
The weeklong, orgiastic mashup of artistic intellectual elitism is upon us. On December 5, Art Basel Miami Beach will begin with a VIP preview, also known as a vernissage. It’s a quiet affair where only those with buying power are invited to inspect what’s on exhibit and make their purchases…
Besides depriving your great aunt in Astoria, Queens of power for more than two weeks, Hurricane-Superstorm Sandy also put the kibosh on Jennifer Rubell’s breakfast-cum-art exhibit held annually at her family’s Wynwood gallery. Gallery Director Juan Valadez said Rubell, who lives in New York City, was working on the installation,…
Step up to the counter and order a burger or slider and perhaps a side salad or some charcuterie. Grab a craft beer and a seat, and your food arrives on oversize wooden cutting boards. This is Over the Counter, or OTC for short. Father-and-son team John and Michael Sullivan…
Before the tattoos, before the Bánh mì and before the food trucks Sakaya Kitchen Chef and Owner Richard Hales was sommelier at Azul at Mandarin Oriental and the hotel’s wine director for more than six years. After a two-year stint in New York as corporate wine director for the entire…
There’s a lot of debate at Thanksgiving tables over whose stuffing, or dressing, is best. Should it be put it inside the bird and cooked? Cooked it as a casserole? What kind of bread should you use? We may never know the right answers. One thing, however, is for sure…
Long before he was a competitor in the Food Network’s culinary hazing extravaganza The Next Iron Chef, Seamus Mullen, chef and owner of Tertulia in New York City, was one of countless young cooks who bought a one-way ticket to Spain in hopes of landing a job as a free…
Faced with a longing for her native Japan but few of the ingredients found there, culinary consultant and cookbook author Hiroko Shimbo set out to find ways to meld Japanese and American cuisine to satisfy cravings for the flavors of her childhood. Shimbo will discuss her third book, Hiroko’s American…
The closing of Sustain, the Midtown restaurant that emphasized local everything, elicited groans from some parts of the blogosphere. Months later, the space remains empty, but rumor has it the team behind the adjacent Sugarcane (and Lincoln Road’s Sushi Samba Dromo) has taken over the space and is planning an…
Not much goes better with live music than drinks, cheap drinks, and plenty of them. A handful of bars and venues participating in Miami Live Music Month are offering two-for-one drink specials every Friday until November 30. Forty-five venues across Miami-Dade are hosting live acts during the month of November…
Voice Media Group, which owns the Miami New Times, settled it’s less than two-week old trademark infringement lawsuit with Yelp over Yelp’s use of “Best Of” lists. No money changed hands. Yelp agreed to stop using the trademarked name and return will revert to “Best of Yelp [City Name].” In…
Take a drive down 41st Street on Miami Beach and you’ll notice something Kosher is afoot. Almost all the eateries and markets in this part of town boast their offerings conform with Kashrut, Jewish dietary laws. On weekends, starting Friday evenings, black-clad Orthodox and Hasidic families take over the sidewalks,…
Both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are ready. The two have been giving their visions for what the country will look like if they take 270 or more of the total 538 votes in the Electoral College. If Republicans take back the White House, here’s a list of what might…
In a matter of days The Hoxton emerged in the space formerly occupied by the now-closed Irish pub, Lucky Clover. It is a stripped down version of the former bar with a stark interior and a New England-inspired menu. All of the wood paneling and Irish flare was quickly pulled…
Being a farmer isn’t easy and it’s easy to understand why being a member of a CSA can be expensive. Yet with all the supposed benefits of eating local, there’s still no answer to the affordability issue and why a Big Mac is a more cost-effective way to fill a…
When we first heard the locavore manifesto to eat organic produce as it’s seasonally available from local producers to improve your health and boost the local economy it seemed to make sense. Then we investigated the community-supported agriculture (CSA) programs across Miami and realized how expensive doing the right thing…
Miami Gardens is a mecca for interesting food. Consider for example Lorna’s Restaurant, the Caribbean place that for the last six years has offered up a variety of fresh dishes influenced by Jamaican, Bahamain and American cooking. Thankfully restaurant matriarch Lorna Westmoreland’s son, Matari Bodie, opened a downtown Miami outpost about…
Want access to our Best Of picks from your smartphone? Download our free Best Of app for the iPhone or Android phone from the App Store or Google Play. Don’t forget to check out the full Best of Miami® 2012 online at bestof.voiceplaces.com.Instead of bringing some insipid blood-covered body part…
