Bring on fancy, handcrafted drinks as today is National Margarita Day. Local restaurants and bars are offering a bevy of specials, including Radio Bar, Bodega, and Cleo. Or elect for a vegetarian-style dinner instead, helmed by Chef Allen Susser at Books & Books inside the Arsht Center. On Wednesday and Thursday, head…
Stephanie Izard is not one to turn down a challenge. She opened her own restaurant when she was 27 years old and became the first woman to win Top Chef in 2008. She even earned a Best New Restaurant nomination from the James Beard Foundation for her fearless fare at…
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival returns February 24 through 28 with more than 75 signature events, tastings, parties, seminars, and dinners. The annual bash, which has raised more than $22 million to date for Florida International University, is bigger than ever this year — expanding from Miami Beach…
M.I.A. Brewing Company in Doral began production in mid-2014, and the taproom opened the following January. This Saturday, February 20, the brewing company will celebrating its first anniversary in style with an outdoor party featuring food trucks, live music, and lots of beer. The party runs from 2 to 10…
We’ve made it to another Friday. Miami and Miami Beach is gearing up for the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, so this is a good weekend to chill out with a beer or some brunch. Weekend events include live music at a brewery, a chili cook-off, a gorgeous new…
Chef de cuisine Jason Bamford wants to revolutionize the way eaters think about brunch. Though the daytime boozy meal can be found at various eateries across Miami Beach, Bamford, who joined Bianca in May, believes its remodeled Sunday feast is different than others. Instead of eggs benedict, French toast, and…
The who’s who of gastronomy are nearing their Miami takeover once again for the 15th-annual South Beach Wine & Food Festival. Hundreds of chefs will serve their best creations as more than 80 events sprout up across South Florida — basically the best 96 hours of a die-hard foodie’s year…
California-based Pieology Pizzeria has made its way to Florida and set up shop in Miami. The fast-casual restaurant, which serves made-to-order pizzas in less than three minutes, is now open in the Fountain Square shopping plaza at 10141 W. Flagler St. in Fontainbleau. Pieology is doing for pizza what Subway…
The latest in a string of hot new eateries from chef and restaurateur Matthew Kenney, Plant Food + Wine is making its debut in Wynwood Monday, February 29. The plant-based eatery will serve small and large plates, organic cocktails and juices, and fresh, healthy desserts. The menu will highlight local…
Forget everything you think you know about gas station food. Abandon thoughts of soggy pizza, unidentifiable empanadas and unfriendly staff. The underground, hole-in-the-wall restaurant is on the rise, and the modern wave of foodies knows that good eats can truly come from anywhere. Offering everything from handmade sandwiches with fresh-baked Cuban bread to romantic…
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival offers a multitude of celebrity chefs cooking their best for thousands of fans who flock to its parties and dinners. This year, however, one particular event will feature actual local heroes. At Fireman Derek’s Midnight Breakfast, Derek Kaplan, the pie-making City of Miami…
With temperatures dropping and Uggs making their annual appearance — now’s the perfect time for a mid-winter’s FEAST. FEAST Miami, the city’s art-meets-eats vegan pop-up dinner series, is kicking off its sixth installment on Sunday, February 21. For those who haven’t had a chance to indulge in any of the…
The 2016 James Beard Restaurant and Chef Award Semifinalists have been announced, and several Miami chefs — and one restaurant — are in the running. This year sees a dramatic increase in the number of local chefs up for an award from the New York-based organization. A Beard is the…
Imagine Velvet Creme Doughnuts, Jake and the Cake, Mr. Bing, Donut Divas and more than 15 other sweets boutiques all under one roof. No, it’s not the newest edition of Candy Land. It’s Dessert Wars. The second-annual eats and sweets event is back, transforming the BankUnited Center into the closest thing to…
Once a month, dozens of cooking utensils, raw ingredients, and plastic gloves are draped over five wooden tables in preparation for Sarah Myers’ Sprouted Chef cooking series. A little after 8 p.m., attendees, hungry to learn and munch, shuffle through the Wynwood Yard’s gates to find a seat. Every spot…
Despite Miami’s tropical locale and abundance of beachfront, the city can feel less than paradisiacal at times. If you’re itching to bring a little more magic to the proverbial table, this month’s Brunch in Paradise at Homestead’s Paradise Farms offers an edible escape. The event, hosted by Les Dames d’Escoffier Miami…
Sunset Harbour’s NaiYaRa is like an Asian night market nipped, tucked, and primped to meet South Beach standards. The wicker baskets that, on the streets of Hanoi, might bear the purple, razor-edged herb called red perilla have been refashioned into tall, dangling light fixtures. The sheaths of Thai magazines and…
A new craft beer and coffee bar is coming to Midtown Miami this spring. 305 Brews is set to open May 2016 at 3501 NE 2 Ave. The name, according to Zeke Man, partner and general manager at the new restaurant, is a tip of the hat that both beer…
No one moves to Miami to live the simple life. This is a city filled will all-night clubs, yellow Ferraris, and cocktails accented with real gold. Even if you can’t afford to own an Italian sports car, there are places that let you channel your inner Trump — at least…
What’s the secret to great tasting pizza? “Patience,” says chef Rubens Mullaj who has been honing his craft for nearly 15 years. Born in Livorno, a city on the western coast of Tuscany, Mullaj has been in Miami for six years, the last two of which have been spent growing…
Miami, it’s a busy, food-filled week. Spend an afternoon Monday through Thursday at the Surfcomber’s new happy hour series. It’s located at its new pool-side restaurant and bar, High Tide. Chef Blair Wilson has crafted a bar bites menu to be paired with a slew of craft cocktails and fruity…
Choices Organic Cafe is about to be a quartet. The popular vegan eatery is opening its fourth location at 2895 McFarlane Rd. in Coconut Grove tomorrow, February 13. The spot — in a cheery-hued historic building right in the heart of the Grove — has been in the works…
