Cheers to the new year with the Wharf’s annual Riverside Circus event, complete with live music, performances, and various food and cocktail specials. Plus, Miami Beer Festival returns to Marlins Park, and the Salty Donut launches a market-style pop-up in South Miami with baked goods and artisanal vendors.
If your new year’s resolution is to drink more beer, Johnathan Wakefield has just made it easier for you to reach your goal.
Amid the hullabaloo of winter in Miami, several restaurants opened. Highlights include the reopening of the Regent Cocktail Club, a beloved lounge where some of Miami’s best bartenders prepare proper drinks with care; and the debut of Frohzen, a wonderland of upscale treats.
Miami bartenders and industry professionals are pros at fighting hangovers. Here are some of their favorite cures to help you survive the aftermath of New Year’s Eve.
Each year brings new food trends, and the Magic City has made leaps and bounds in its food scene. As a new decade swiftly approaches, New Times’ food writers were tasked with looking forward. Though the year will soon be 2020, we can never have perfect 20/20 clarity as to what the future holds for any of us, but we can surely hope. Without gazing into a crystal ball, here are our predictions and wishes for Miami’s culinary scene in the coming year.
What made the Regent truly special was its dream team of bartenders. A group of professionals that included John Lermayer, Julio Cabrera, and Richie Petronzi perfectly executed the drinks.
Is bacon the perfect food? Many would argue yes, and indeed it is, but not quite in the way you’d expect.
Happy New Year, Miami! Usher in 2020 with chef-driven multicourse dinners and brunches at restaurants across the city. New Year’s Day, visit the Wharf for a Veuve Clicquot picnic complete with drink specials, live music, and food.
In just a couple of days, a new decade will dawn. Many people enjoy starting the year with a lavish brunch with family and friends. If you’d rather not spend the day cooking, check out these Miami restaurants with the best brunch buffets this Wednesday, January 1.
What was once a pesky weed growing in Cuba’s countryside, marabu in recent years has become a major Cuban export for its use as artisanal charcoal in everything from hookahs to pizza ovens. In 2017, it became the first Cuban export to the United States in decades. And now Miami is making the proverbial lemonade out of it.
As Miami looks toward the new year, restaurants and bars continue to spread holiday cheer via themed bars, cocktails, and limited-time pop-ups. Plus, Candytopia, the sugar-centric pop-up museum, remains open at Aventura Mall.
Chris Paciello and Mio Danilovic are set to open a beach club next to Jungle Island.
Miami eateries are ringing in 2020 with special New Year’s Eve menus.
The Miami food scene lost a lot this year.
Christmas is a wonderful time to gather with family and unwrap presents. At least that’s what the Hallmark Channel would have you believe.But sometimes family can be too much or you’re simply spending the holidays with friends and want to get a few drinks. Either way, Miami’s bars feel you. Here’s a list of bars that will be open Christmas Day.
The Betsy South Beach is serving its own beer inspired by the hotel’s resident dogs, Betsy and Rosa. The two dogs, dubbed the hotel’s “Canine Executive Officers,” belong to the Plutzik-Goldwasser family, owners of the Betsy Hotel. Both Golden Retrievers, today Betsy and Rosa also stand as the unofficial greeters for the hotel’s CEO cocktail hour, held every Friday at 5 p.m. at the Lobby Bar and hosted by managing director Zachary Plutzik.
From last-minute gifts for your doorman to no-fuss dessert options to make the holidays a tad easier, Trader Joe’s has stepped up its holiday game this year with amazing last-minute finds. Most items are only available during the holiday season, so stock-up because before you know it, they’re gone. Here…
Cuban-American restaurateur Jason Odio is set to open his first Miami Beach concept in early January 2020: Bebito’s Casa de Cafecito.
Time to put on the Ritz: After a multiyear renovation, the Ritz-Carlton South Beach will finally reopen in late January.
Happy holidays, Miami. La Cocina Cocteleria hosts a pre-Noche Buena celebration in Hialeah with bacon-infused vodka shots and Cuban Santa. By Christmas, restaurants and bars will open for brunch, lunch, and dinner. If interested, make sure to make reservations in advance.
Brothers Assaf and Tal Hadad missed the food from home. Born in Hadera, Israel, a 40-minute car ride north of Tel Aviv, they moved to Ariel, a settlement in the occupied West Bank, when Assaf was 12. There they grew up surrounded by a rainbow of cuisines.
It’s hard to believe that something as simple as a salad could garner a rabid fan base. However, anyone who has eaten at Sweetgreen knows why this fast-casual salad shrine has a cult-like following. Next year, Miami will get in on the action when Sweetgreen locations open in Coral Gables and Coconut Grove.
