This weekend, the South Beach Wine & Food Festival continues across South Florida, 222 Taco launches La Margarita Shop, Blackbird Ordinary hosts a Mardi Gras bar crawl, and the Rotary Club of Coral Gables’ annual Chili Cook-Off returns.
On Friday, February 22, there’s another unofficial holiday that Miami can get behind: National Margarita Day. Served straight-up classic or in playful variations, the tequila-based cocktail drink is a happy hour and vacation hallmark and the perfect libation to enjoy during warm, sultry Miami nights. So relax and sip away…
Fireman Derek’s pies are coming to Coconut Grove. Next Friday, March 1, owner Derek Kaplan is expected to open the doors to his long-awaited second store, located on Main Highway.
Each year, the South Beach Wine & Food Festival takes over South Florida with a seemingly endless roster of parties, seminars, and dinners. The festival’s crown jewel is the Grand Tasting Village, where a massive stretch of sand on South Beach is turned into a theme park of food and…
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival is underway, and hundreds of chefs are flying in from around the world to cook at the fest’s various dinners and parties. Of course, it’s not all work for these talented toques: They also storm the restaurants and bars of our fair city in what’s referred to as “spring break for chefs.”
L’Artisane Creative Bakery in North Miami Beach is unique in its focus on European-style baked goods (French, in particular) — a culinary tradition famous for its heavy use of butter, milk, and cream.
It’s been six months since Ted Allen, the Emmy-winning Food Network host, set foot on the New York City set of Chopped. “I’ve actually been cooking a lot,” Allen says, “you know, just different soups and chicken dishes. It’s funny, though — now that I think about it, I’ve never…
This year’s South Beach Wine & Food Festival will see 350 chefs from around the world cooking at more than 100 events. With each year comes fresh experiences and new additions to the lineup that run the gamut from intimate chef-curated dinners to late-night soirees. Though most attendees gravitate toward…
Every once in a while, there’s a moment so Miami that it seems as though the earth will shatter and a flock of neon pink flamingos will fly from its glitter-filled core. This past Sunday, worlds collided in some alternative universe when Ana Navarro, Gloria Estefan, and Emilio Estefan danced…
Broken Shaker co-creator and Bar Lab cofounder Gabe Orta remembers when the most creative cocktail in South Beach was a frozen mix margarita with an upside-down Corona bottle as both garnish and floater. “Just a few years back, there wasn’t anywhere to get a good cocktail in Miami. It was…
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival is upon us, and thousands of people are flocking to the sands of Miami Beach to eat, drink, and frolic with their favorite culinary celebrities. Though the fest is jam-packed with more than 100 dinners, parties, and seminars, many attendees still find time to grab a bite…
Long before Yelp and Instagram made critiquing food into a global obsession, a handful of dedicated food writers chronicled restaurants and food trends. Ruth Reichl began writing about food in 1972 and amassed quite the resumé in her career. Restaurant critic for New West and California magazines, restaurant critic and…
You might not know that Donatella Arpaia, the acclaimed chef, restaurateur, and TV personality, was once an attorney in her early 20s. But after practicing law for about three months, she sat at the bar inside her brother’s restaurant and realized there was no place she’d rather be. Now, more…
This week, B Bistro + Bakery hosts President’s Day brunch, St. Roch Miami celebrates its one-year anniversary, and the South Beach Wine & Food Festival returns with more events than ever before.
Puerto Rico is having a well-deserved moment in the sun. About a year and a half ago, the exact opposite was true when Hurricane Maria tore through the United States territory. The strongest storm to hit Puerto Rico in 80 years, Maria affected the island’s entire population of 3.4 million…
After two years of planning and building, the Citadel, an impressive multi-use space that incorporates a food hall, shopping, entertainment, and office space, opens its first phase tomorrow, February 16: The Food Hall and Bar. In the coming weeks, the Citadel will introduce pop-up shops with local merchants and live entertainment. A rooftop bar will open thereafter.
On Saturday, April 13, New Times’ Out to Brunch will turn the Design District’s Jungle Plaza into the ultimate weekend food event.
Freedom Para Venezuela, a limited edition beer brewed by the Tank Brewing Company to support the Venezuelan people, will be officially released at a launch party at the brewery on Saturday.
This month marks the 18th-annual South Beach Wine & Food Festival. From February 20 through 24, Miami will turn into a culinary mecca replete with the greatest food celebrities and hordes of adoring fans. As the festival’s name suggests, the event was based in South Beach — until it expanded…
This weekend, Perricone’s serves its last dinner at its Brickell location, M.I.A. Beer celebrates four years, the Citadel officially opens to the public, and Estancia Culinaria hosts Sunday Supper with Knaus Berry Farm.
James Beard Award-winning French chef and restaurateur Daniel Boulud’s downtown Miami restaurant, Boulud Sud, is open for Sunday brunch.
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival returns Wednesday, February 20, through Sunday, February 24, with more events than ever before. When all is said and done, more than 70,000 attendees will have enjoyed 100-plus parties, dinners, seminars, and tastings. The annual fete, which has raised more than $28 million…
