Chef Richard Hales’ Centro Taco opens today at 125 SE Third Ave. At a friends and family dinner last evening, the chef literally has finished setting up minutes before the door opens. He points to the light fixtures and says they went up at some point in the wee hours…
The countdown (T-minus 7 days!) till Miami Spice has officially begun, and if you’re getting a migraine by simply looking at the participating list of over 150 restaurants and trying to devise a game plan for the next 60 days, don’t fret – we’ve got you covered. From the ten…
When Nina Compton competed on Top Chef’s season in New Orleans, Miamians cheered on our home town girl. The then Scarpetta chef de cuisine fell just short of first place, but still snagged the coveted fan favorite award. Three months after the series finale aired, Compton announced she was leaving her…
Miami Gardens is about to get a new place for fried lobster and grilled shrimp when Finga Licking expands into a second location. The new Finga Licking, located at 17467 NW 27 Ave in Miami Gardens, opens Friday, July 24 with a party. The celebration starts at around 3 p.m…
Chicken sandwiches are blowing up for a good reason. It’s all about texture. Burgers rely on the delicate interplay between juicy beef (if the right cuts are used), melty cheese, and toasted buns. Chicken sandwiches pack the flavor. Though Shake Shack and David Chang’s Fuku grab headlines in NYC for…
Miami Spice starts August 1, just over a week away, but already the stress of trying to figure out what restaurants to eat at is kicking in. After all, with nearly 200 quality Miami establishments participating, it’s not easy trying to figure out which restaurant has the best Spice choices…
Fruit is in season, the weather is sticky hot, and the seasonal sweets menu at The Dutch has just been revamped. Queens-born Executive Pastry Chef Josh Gripper, who has worked with all restaurant royalty in NYC and has been with The Dutch in South Beach since they opened, has much…
Downtown Miami was graced with the beloved, Dallas-born sandwich shop Which Wich (91 NW 1 St.) this past May. And now the franchise’s second South Florida location is slated to open the first week of August in Downtown Dadeland. (8880 SW 72 Pl.) Michael Fili, President/CEO of Fortune Management and the…
The corner of Biscayne Blvd and 64th Street is about to become a caffeine mecca with the opening of Starbucks this week, and Panther Coffee later on this year. The brand new state-of-the-art Starbucks, located at 6320 Biscayne Blvd., replaces the old strip mall store on 69th St. and Biscayne…
On Thursday, July 30, Eileen Andrade of Finka Table and Tap will face MC Kitchen’s Dena Marino in a “Fork Off” at Miami New Times’ Iron Fork/Miami Spice kickoff, presented by the Miami Downtown Development Authority. It all goes down at the Hyatt Regency Miami, where the two toques will battle…
The past few years haven’t been kind to Kris Wessel. First came the 2012 closure of his beloved Red Light Little River after his landlord (the new owner of seedy Biscayne Boulevard motel) juiced his rent up to unsustainable levels. Along with Michelle Bernstein’s Michy’s the restaurant was a pioneer…
Another Tales of the Cocktail is over, and Miami bartenders and spirits professionals are back in town after spending nearly a week in the Big Easy drinking, eating, learning, and networking. This year’s Tales of the Cocktail had a large Miami contingent, with dozens of South Florida’s finest taking part…
Last April, pasta-loving locals and Lincoln Road obsessed tourists were saddened to find that TiramesU, the long-standing (17 years to be exact) Italian joint was shutting its doors practically overnight. Now, after a year of not serving al dente parpadelle Bolognese, however, TiramesU has announced it will reopen South of…
After plenty of anticipation and even more delays in construction, the Toronto-based “middleterranean” hotspot Byblos is finally opening for dinne r at the Royal Palm South Beach as of tonight. Helmed by executive chef Stuart Cameron and the brainchild of Toronto nightlife king Charles Khabouth and partner Harif Harji, the…
Michelle Bernstein knows she let her eponymous MiMo District restaurant get stale. “I got comfortable,” she says. “I outdated myself.” It’s a jarring confession from one of Miami’s most celebrated culinary figures. Bernstein, who’s 45, catapulted to greatness in 2000 when she took the reins at Azul inside Brickell Key’s…
Uncle Tom’s Barbecue is opening its third restaurant this week, with plans for a fourth. The newest Uncle Tom’s is open to the public, located at 8345 SW 124th St. is open for lunch and dinner, starting today. On Wednesday, July 22, the restaurant will close to the public at…
This weekend, Miami Beach’s own Broken Shaker was named Best American Hotel Bar at Tales of the Cocktail’s ninth annual Spirited Awards. The Broken Shaker had been nominated for the award in the past, but this is the first win for the visionary cocktail bar, located at the Freehand Miami…
When Pitbull was laying down vocals for “International Love,” do you think he knew that his then manager would go on to open a food truck serving innovative comfort food to late night diners around Wynwood? Probably not. But for Derrick Turtan, better known as Chef Teach, a career in…
When was the last time you purposely drove up to Sunny Isles for dinner? Maybe it was for the opening of Basil Park. And before that since Yakko-San went from a hole in the wall under-the-radar spot where chefs would go to for an edible nightcap to a strip mall…
Monday after Swim Week means it’s time to re-load back up on carbs. Good thing you can get a classic margherita pie from Ironside delivered to you for just $4. Keep the eating going with Tongue & Cheek’s NOLA style kitchen collab with the James Beard nominated chef Slade Rushing,…
Oolite is no more. The year-old restaurant South Beach Restaurantat 166a Pennsylvania Avenue , which has achieved great things since it opened last year, owes the city more than $446,000 on its $61,000 per month rent, according to a letter dated April 28 to the Miami Beach City Commission from…
The weekend is coming and it’s going to be a hot one. It’s too muggy to go for a walk, too humid for a picnic, and even too steaming for the beach. What you need is a nice leisurely Sunday brunch. One where you and your friends can sip on…
