Just a little more than a month since Gaijin Izakaya’s closure, Phuket “Cake” Thongsodchaveondee has announced a new concept opening at B Bistro + Bakery. On June 22, Thongsodchaveondee will take over the Brickell bistro during dinner and late-night services with the concept Cake Thai Zap Elee.
Miami New Times’ annual Best of Miami issue lands online this morning. For hundreds of our staff’s picks on the finest places to eat and drink and the most notable people and personalities that defined South Florida over the last year, check out the full issue.Here’s a rundown of this year’s best restaurants, by neighborhood.
Andrew Alessi, a promising young cook who was poised to take on a management position in the kitchen of the popular 27 Restaurant & Bar in Miami Beach, has died.
New Times’ Best of Miami issue hits newsstands and goes live online this week. The annual issue lists more than 300 of the area’s finest restaurants, hottest clubs, most delightful diversions, and top places to shop. To give you a taste of things to come, here are the best comfort-food winners in Miami.
This week, the Wynwood Yard hosts a cooking class with Michael Schwartz, Pubbelly Noodle Bar’s PB Burger Series returns with a ramen burger, Bourbon Steak welcomes Alter’s Brad Kilgore into the kitchen, and Kyu hosts a late-night, Persian-themed mixology event.
If you love the MTV’s Wild ‘n Out, get ready to get wild on Ocean Drive when Nick Cannon brings the hip-hop comedy show to life in the form of a sports bar and arcade.
South Florida’s Rok:Brgr is giving customers a new reason to get up earlier on the weekend: Saturday brunch. The burger joint, known for its popular Sunday Social Brunch, will extend service to Saturday beginning at 10 a.m.
This weekend, Upland offers free pizza in South Beach, the Rum Renaissance Festival gets in the spirit, Cochon555 returns to South Florida, Brimstone Woodfire Grill Doral hosts Bark ‘N Brunch, and Byblos teams up with the Saffron Supper Club for a Mediterranean dinner.
As news travels of the untimely passing of John Lermayer, the bar that he cofounded will open tonight for regular service.
If you’ve ever wanted to create your own tiki cocktails, this year’s Hukilau is the place to be. The next three days will be a whirlwind of classic tiki-inspired Americana, and for those who love the culture and want to learn more, Fort Lauderdale’s annual event now offers a series of classes and symposiums geared toward the aspiring tikiphiles.
North of Wynwood and the Design District, a charming acre of land called Upper Buena Vista is home to a crop of new restaurants.
John Lermayer was a bartender of the world, and Miami’s craft cocktail and bar scene wouldn’t be what it is today without his knowledge and guidance. He was found dead in his Miami Beach apartment yesterday evening…
Coral Gables has launched its inaugural Culinary Month. Celebrated throughout June, the event, which aims to celebrate the area’s cuisine and creativity, is an expansion of the city’s annual restaurant week. Patrons can expect 30 days of food-centric events such as chef demos, panel discussions, themed meals, and tours.
Run by a family of Brazilian chefs, Mundo Café occupies a corner inside the lobby of the Miami Green office building near Coral Gables. Co-owner Samuel Soares can usually be found behind the counter. When he was 9 years old, his mother, Vera da Silva, taught him and his siblings how to bake their first dessert, a Brazilian brigadeiro cake…
Chef Pippo Lamberti has grown up in a family immersed in the culinary world. The 37-year-old chef is part of a dynasty of successful eateries in the Northeast created by his father, including the flagship Caffe Aldo Lamberti in New Jersey and six other restaurants spread throughout southeastern Pennsylvania and the Garden State.
Cochon555, which will take place at the 1 Hotel South Beach from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday, June 10, features five new chefs — including Pubbelly’s Jose Mendin and Beaker & Gray’s Brian Nasajon — along with winemakers, bakers, and barkeeps, to create an innovative lineup of pork-centric food and drinks.
Russian restaurateur Arkady Novikov’s arrival on Miami’s dining scene almost seemed destined. Because of the city’s sizable population of Russian immigrants — many of them wealthy enough to afford the kind of luxury dining Novikov is known for providing — the only surprising thing about Novikov’s namesake arriving in Miami is that it didn’t land in Sunny Isles Beach.
On a recent Saturday afternoon in May, Pharrell Williams strolled through the doors of Planta (850 Commerce St., Miami Beach; 305-397-8513; plantarestaurants.com), a buzzy new vegan restaurant located off South Pointe Drive in South Beach. Hair dyed a bleach-blond and wearing a backward cap and an oversize lemon-yellow sweatshirt, the…
Jack’s Miami, the small Wynwood eatery that payed homage to famous people named Jack, has closed.The restaurant, known for its Italian-American comfort food, closed a few days ago. The restaurant, which opened December 2016, served up pasta dishes and other favorites by chef/partner John Parlavechio. The restaurant was co-owned by hospitality veteran Alan Roth., who said of the closing, “We are so sad to be leaving this area of Miami, but could not be more grateful for all of the love, memories, and support we received from all of our customers and from the community.”
It’s not inaccurate to describe Drink Miami Hostel as fashion week for cocktails. This past Saturday, the cocktail event that’s sold out every year brought back a tour de force of liquor brands with nearly 40 drinks from around the world, inspired by countries as close to home as Cuba and as far away as Greece.
Few would argue that pizza isn’t the perfect food, so the news that Miami is getting a new pie place will be music to many hungry ears. But this isn’t just any pizza joint: It’s all vegan.
This week, one of South Florida’s original craft beer hangouts will become a new brewery when the Boca Raton-based Funky Buddha Lounge makes the transition to Robot Brewing Co. & Quixotic Lounge.
