Miami likes to be fashionably late, especially when it comes to food trends. But, in the last few months, we’ve started to get up to speed, with craft doughnut shops, juice bars, and fancy brunch spots sprouting up around town. The newest gastronomic movement to sweep through the Magic City…
Since launching her chef career a couple of years ago, Pamela Wasabi has fashioned herself into a food artist. She offers a colorful, refreshing approach to vegan and raw foods that’s earned her a special niche in Miami’s culinary scene. This weekend, Wasabi is whipping up a Colombian-inspired, plant-based dinner…
Three months ago, Piyarat Potha Arreeratn, better known as Chef Bee, returned to South Beach with the opening of NaiYaRa, 1854 Bay Rd. in Miami Beach’s Sunset Harbour neighborhood. The chef, who made a name for himself at the now shuttered (and rumored to reopen at some point) Khong…
When Magnum Lounge closed in October 2015, the Upper Eastside neighborhood mourned its loss. Magnum was more than a bar. For years, it was a place of all-inclusive community: Gay, straight, young, and old were welcome. As long as you liked your cocktails with a side of music, you…
Hialeah sometimes gets a bad rap. It’s far, their street grid changes at its’ own volition, and there is always traffic. In the past year alone, the city has topped lists for being one of the worst places to date and stay fit. But this Saturday evening from 6 p.m…
Sherry Yard has quite the impressive resume. A James Beard award winner, Yard served as executive pastry chef of the Wolfgang Puck empire for more than 20 years, and has written two best-selling books,“The Secret of Baking” and “Desserts by the Yard. In her current role as vice president of…
Coconut Grove eatery Ariete is barely a few months old, and already its about to get a sibling. The restaurant’s partners, Jason Odio and Michael Beltran, along with nightlife professional Roman Jones, have announced the imminent opening of Baby Jane, a new bar and eatery in Brickell. The partners, forming…
Food trends come and go with the flip of a calendar, but at one point the biggest food trend of them all wasn’t even food — it was juice. Despite its inconsistency in mainstream food culture, juicing is still all the rage in the Magic City, with both longstanding and…
Many health-driven restaurants omit meat from their menus, but Dirt is all about inclusivity. Yes, the eatery offers açaí bowls ($12) and cold-pressed juices, but, as cofounder and general manager Jeff Latulippe puts it, “this is a place where our dads can go.” And it’s true — at this fast-casual…
At Talde, the new Asian-American restaurant inside the Thompson Hotel, every dish has a backstory. For instance, the short ribs are an homage to chef/owner Dale Talde’s Korean-American wife. The newlywed and Top Chef alumnus places deboned, prime short rib in a traditional Korean marinade of garlic, sesame oil, Asian…
Lunch in Miami can mean many things. in South Beach, tourists flock to outdoor tables on Ocean Drive, and in Brickell, businessmen host power lunches in white-tablecloth dining rooms. For the rest of us, there’s Coral Gables, where already beloved restaurants show a different side of themselves during afternoon hours…
The team behind Buena Vista Deli are opening a second location of the beloved French eatery this coming summer. It will be located in North Miami at 750 NE 125th Street, in the same plaza as the Museum of Contemporary Art. However, because the name Buena Vista is trademarked due…
In summer 2015, Ms. Cheezious announced plans to expand its cheesy sights by opening an additional location. Finally, that talk has shaped into reality. Ms. Cheezious is opening a second brick and mortar location, in Coral Gables. The restaurant will be located at 1915 Ponce de Leon Blvd., at the…
Spice up Monday by taking a lunch break at Italian eatery Quattro Gastronomia. The Lincoln Road restaurant is offering a two-course lunch special from noon to 6 p.m. Then, end the day with beer school at Concrete Beach Brewery’s monthly Brew House Rock. Tonight’s lesson is all about yeast and where…
For weeks now, we’ve seen The Anderson being teased with images of everything from kittens to 80’s women. Now, The Anderson officially opens this Monday, March 7. Like a phoenix rising from its own ashes, The Anderson opens at the former Magnum Lounge (709 NE 79th St. Causeway, Miami) bringing…
At last week’s Oscars, Leonardo DiCaprio did what our governor refuses to do: acknowledged the painful reality of climate change, an issue that’s particularly relevant in Miami, where another inch or two of sea level rise will leave us all underwater. The award-winning actor wasn’t just paying lip service; he…
Miami’s perfect winter weather means that event season is in full swing. Even though the South Beach Wine & Food Festival is behind us for one more year, you can still spend your entire weekend drinking wine, eating delicious food, and hanging with friends. This weekend, canoodle up to a…
At first glance, it looks like a bowl of yellow mush. There’s an egg in the middle, but what surrounds it is unclear. You dubiously take a bite, hoping it doesn’t taste the way it looks. A few minutes later, the bowl is empty. Nikki Beach calls it a deconstructed eggs…
Crazy food mash-ups continue to flourish with hybrid creations pushing culinary boundaries like never before. For a while, the cronut had its moment. Then the ramen burger. Now comes the sushi burrito, which Downtown Miami-based eatery Burrito San has held the reins on since its opening almost a year ago…
At first, Izzy’s Fish & Oyster’s Jamie DeRosa had no plans for opening the intimate little restaurant for weekday lunch. But potential diners, walking by the busy SoFi street where the homage to New England seafood shacks is located, had other ideas. Chef de cuisine William Crandall explains, “The restaurant…
We all know that coffee can wake us up, boost energy and get us through the day. But with Eternity Coffee Roasters’ nitrogen-infused beverage, you can achieve euphoria. They call it the Euphoric Brew, named for its signature caffeine experience. Though it doesn’t contain alcohol, the drink is served from…
Gluten-free pizza can taste like, well, gluten-free pizza. Think pale, chalky and matzo-like, which isn’t exactly anyone’s idea of appetizing. But with celiac disease (an autoimmune disorder where the ingestion of gluten leads to damage in the small intestine) affecting about one in 100 people, and an increase in the number of…
