You don’t have to be a tourist to partake in one of Miami Beach’s hotel bars. From alfresco spots with tropical vibes and New York-style speakeasies to posh see-and-be-seen cocktail lounges, Miamians flock to hotel bars for classic drinks, craft brews, and stellar wine lists. Here are seven of the…
Planta South Beach — the Miami outpost of David Grutman’s chic plant-based eatery — has launched a lunch menu.The celebrity-studded spot is now open daily for the midday meal in addition to nightly dinner service and weekend brunch.
It’s a hot Saturday night on Lincoln Road, and Havana 1957 is on fire. Servers dash around, diners laugh over mojitos and yucca fries, and everyone sways to the Cuban beat. “We were just walking by, and we liked the music,” Dallas vacationer José Alta says. “The music makes you feel like you’re in a different environment.” The City of Miami Beach, however, is cracking down on outdoor music on Lincoln Road, leaving guests and restaurants confused and frustrated.
Chi-Fa, a Chinese-Peruvian concept created by the folks behind SuViche Hospitality Group, has taken the place of chef Jose Mendin’s food truck, Baja Bao, at Veza Sur Brewery.
Throughout autumn, South Florida’s restaurant landscape will be punctuated with a plethora of offerings featuring the tender, fragrant, orange ingredient – a sumptuous fall feast of hearty starters, earthy main courses, and festive desserts to get you in the holiday mindset.
The South Beach Seafood Festival returns to the sand for the sixth year in a row, bringing some of South Florida’s most talented seafood chefs together for a variety of events, dinners, competitive cook-offs, and beachside tastings. The seafood extravaganza, dubbed “Seafood Week,” runs from Tuesday, October 16, through Saturday, October…
Halloween is only weeks away, and there’s no better way to celebrate the spookiest holiday of the year than with a few boo-zy cocktails. From stunning pumpkin libations to movie-inspired drinks, Miami purveyors are pulling out all the tricks and treats. Go ahead and pick your poison, because its going to be one hell of a night.
Two new food and beverage concepts recently opened at Generator, a European chain of upscale hostels that made its U.S. debut in Mid-Beach last month. Spearheading the food and beverage operations is Gui Jaroschy, a Broken Shaker veteran who took his talents to Generator to launch two concepts: Driftway poolside…
Captain Jim’s might well have burned down years ago. “Once we got in here and opened up the ceiling, I was surprised it never caught fire,” says David Garcia, who took over the iconic North Miami restaurant early this year. “The place was a dump. It was so dirty I…
Despite sweltering temperatures, thousands of people came out to Grovetoberfest this past Saturday with more than 100 brewers pouring hundreds of beers. The event, as always, showcased upcoming breweries like Tripping Animals alongside well-established names like J. Wakefield. Once again, local breweries continue to use source local ingredients like Panther…
The South Florida beer community was buzzing with rumors that a new concept by an established beer maker was in the works when Facebook and Instagram accounts with the name Strange Beast Beer were established. The rumor has been confirmed with the announcement that John Falco, the brains behind Lincoln’s Beard Brewing Company, will open Strange Beast, a brewpub and pizzeria concept, at the end of 2019. A brewpub is an establishment selling beer brewed on the premises that usually includes a restaurant.
This week, Macchialina serves $10 pasta in honor of Italian Heritage Month, Burger Beast’s My-T-Fine burgers pop up at Union Beer Store, and Chefs Stand Up returns to the Standard featuring Mexican-American chef Gerardo Gonzalez.
Every city has its annual tradition. For some, it’s apple harvest. For others, it’s beer. In Miami, the beginning of stone crab season is an event worth celebrating. The season officially begins October 15 and ends May 15, giving us six months of blissful, sweet claws. That means most restaurants won’t begin offering the delicacy until October 16.
Dasher & Crank will churn out eight limited-edition ice creams to celebrate National Dessert Day, this Sunday, October 14.
This past summer, Rok:Brgr launched Saturday brunch across all of its South Florida locations, including South Miami, Hallandale Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and Delray Beach. Now, the burger joint is behind a new fall-inspired brunch menu filled with caramel, apple, and pumpkin treats.
This weekend, the Craft Spirits Fest will take over the Cruz Building, Grovetoberfest will return to Peacock Park, Dunkin’ Donuts on Ives Dairy Road will celebrate its store opening with free coffee, and the Wharf will host an Octoberfest-themed event.
Grilled, baked, or fried and then split open like baby pita rounds and stuffed with practically whatever befits one’s taste and imagination.
Even though Miami Spice has ended, there’s a new meal deal you can sink your teeth into as Estrella Damm’s Chef’s Choice series returns to Miami. Created by chefs and inspired by Estrella Damm, Chef’s Choice features prix-fixe menus curated by South Florida’s most innovative chefs, each tasked with creating…
You can sample Tallahassee-based Proof Brewing’s 2018 Hunahpu award-winning Blue Raspberry Evil Kiss, Triple Crossing’s Waxing Poetic passionfruit-and-guava Berliner, and Southern Prohibition’s All My Joy coconut, almond, and chocolate stout when Grovetoberfest returns to Miami this weekend.
Wynwood Brewing has just announced it has been acquired by Craft Brew Alliance (CBA). Two years ago, Wynwood Brewing entered a partnership with CBA in an expansion bid. In December 2016, Wynwood’s Luis Brignoni Jr. announced CBA would take a minority, 24.5 percent share of the brewery, allowing the Miami beermakers to expand their local production brewery and taproom.
Fall is here, and your Instagram feed is probably full of people enjoying pumpkin spice lattes. Each year, Starbucks mounts a campaign to make the return of the PSL a major holiday not unlike Christmas. The Starbucks campaign is so successful that Adweek did an entire study on the phenomenon in 2016…
Molly Lu was desperate for a taste of home. For more than a decade, she’s lived in Miami with her Cuban husband, Miguel Astorquiza, longing for the roast duck and crispy pork belly she grew up with in Jiangmen just outside of Macau. “My dad has three sisters and two brothers, and all of them own Cantonese barbecue restaurants…
