Coconut Grove is packed with artsy boutiques, outdoor cafes and dive bars, but a new little spot has squeezed onto Commodore Plaza. Chef Sebastian Fernandez, formerly the food and beverage director of Coral Reef Yacht Club, and wife Leslie will officially open the doors to their new restaurant, 33, this Saturday in Bombay…
Golden Fig, a quaint farmhouse eatery located in the former OTC space in Brickell (1250 S. Miami Ave.), is finally open for weekend brunch. Think seasonal dishes made with fresh ingredients, in line with restauranteur Michael Sullivan’s farm-to-table mission. The neighborhood style brunch, crafted by executive chef Tomas Prado, adds a twist…
All of the staff at Uvaggio Wine Bar & Restaurant are trained sommeliers. But this isn’t to say they’re snobbish when it comes to vino —- quite the opposite in fact. To show they don’t take themselves too seriously, the wine list is broken down by categories such as “you…
Miami is in the thick of Art Basel madness. A time when the streets teem with celebrities, you can’t get a table at your favorite restaurant and Uber prices surge. Of course, this is also the time of year when our city is the most vibrant and colorful. Take a…
Top Chef returns for its 13th season with a slew of new cheftestants and four familiar faces. To spice things up this year, Bravo cooking competition will have its 17 chefs compete all over the state of California, with challenges in Los Angeles. Santa Barbara, Palm Springs, San Diego, San…
For six years Embarek Alibay has toiled away in a nondescript North Miami Beach warehouse pumping out baguettes, brioche and sourdoughs in the dead of night. His wares can be found at Michael Schwartz’s places, Blue Collar, DB Bistro Moderne, and Buena Vista Bistro. Yet early next year the towering…
When the parents aren’t in town and there’s no date to impress, college kids just want some down-to-earth, good food that satisfies their appetites and budgets. From late-night munchies to study break lunches, many meals are hard to find. Around the University of Miami, students don’t have to turn to…
Two Miami originals got together yesterday to merge two art forms at the start of the Art Basel frenzy — art and beer. J. Wakefield Brewing Company’s Jonathan Wakefield and Miami street artist Ahol Sniffs Glue combined forces on a limited edition version of the brewery’s Harbinger beer. The brew,…
If you plan on heading over to the Design Miami fair this weekend, you’re in for more than squared-off furniture, a futuristic car, and millions of dollars worth of timepieces. That’s because New York design firm Charlap Hyman and Herrero, an architect and interior designer duo, teamed up with Dean…
Back when I lived in New York as a kid, I had an aunt who lived in Miami Beach. Each holiday season, my well-meaning relative would send me a box of “Florida Sunshine”. The box always held the same thing – a few oranges, some grapefruits, and a jar of…
Christmas may have some turkey and a magical gift-giving Santa, but there’s one thing it can never take away from the Jewish December holiday: latkes. The best ones are light and airy in the middle with a crisp, salty, golden-brown exterior. With Chanukah starting this Sunday night, your first choice…
Palmeiras Beach Club, located a quarter mile off Coconut Grove at 4 Grove Isle Drive, opens today with a myriad of Mediterranean-inspired dining options from former Seasalt and Pepper chef Alfredo Alvarez. The eatery will feature indoor and outdoor seating, a 20-seat private dining room, and a menu highlighting Spanish, French,…
It’s too late to sample the treasure chest of delights Kevin Cory has offered for more than a year at Brickell Key’s N by Naoe. The soft-spoken chef has switched the meal from a quasi-kaiseki concept presented in a lavish bento box to shabu shabu. It “is a very lightly…
Next to shelter and food, we need clothing to survive. In fact, you could say that fashion and food have a lot in common. . Some people think of food as merely fuel for the body, subsisting on grilled chicken and steamed vegetables, while others indulge in fine wines and…
Raw guru Matthew Kenney’s Wynwood restaurant and cooking school will open in mid-January, he told us during an interview last week. The launch date has been delayed by a year and a half due to construction related issues, however, the James Beard nominated chef says it will be worth the…
Art Basel is here, bitches! That time of year when the rich and famous swoop down on Miami to attend fabulous parties, peruse gallery shows, and dine at out best restaurants. If you’re not one of the two percent, Art Basel still offers a good time with many smaller shows…
Drinks and art go hand in hand. Want proof? You can’t walk into a gallery reception without being offered a plastic flute filled with Champagne. Of course, there’s more to art than a free cup of chardonnay. There’s beer…and cocktails. Many of Miami’s breweries have already blurred the lines between…
November was a very good month for the Miami restaurant scene. Over a dozen restaurants of note scrambled to open before the Art Basel rush, which could mean a successful kick start into the future. Not surprisingly, the industry steadied, with only one restaurant of note closing, the Coral Gables…
The faded-yellow house with windows covered by rusty black bars could be a squat for vagrants or drug addicts. Inside, rooms are stripped down to cinder blocks and wooden beams. After passing through a ragged hole punched into a concrete wall, hundreds of people enter the place, pluck a small…
Just in time for Miami Art Week, museum goers at the Pérez Art Museum Miami can have their art and eat it too. To honor its newest exhibition, Sun Splashed by Jamaican-born, Brooklyn-based artist Nari Ward, Verde has created a menu to pair with Ward’s artwork. “I was so inspired by the…
Beaker & Gray, the Wynwood restaurant and bar, opens today – just in time for Art Basel. The self-described eatery, bar room and purlieu soft opens tonight at 5 p.m. for drinks and dinner. The 120-seat establishment, located at 2637 N. Miami Ave., sees chef Brian Nasajon and bartender Ben…
It’s a busy week for Miami’s foodies. The Social Club at the Surfcomber is launching new winter offerings today. Scarpetta is celebrating Frank Sinatra’s centennial a few days early with a five-course, prix-fixe dinner hosted by Jack Daniel’s. And celebrate hump day with oysters and rose at Sweet Liberty’s new…
