The Argentinean ice cream empire Freddo Helado will open it’s second Miami location in Brickell on the ground floor of an under-construction condo building at 11000 S. Miami Ave. The company, which was founded in Buenos Aires in 1969, opened its first Miami outpost on Lincoln Road in late November…
Miami is a city of excess. On any given day, you can enjoy endless miles of beach, have drinks at dozens of chic cocktail bars, and expand your literary horizon at a small, but excellent, bookstore chain. For those of us who still like the feel and smell of an…
Miami is one hot metropolis, but it will get cooler when the city’s first vodka ice bar opens across the street from the Delano in May. Drinkhouse Fire & Ice (1672 Collins Avenue) is part ice bar, part fire lounge. It will seek to bring an experience to Miami unlike…
Cochon 555 returns to Miami on April 19 with more celebration of the pig. But, even though the event is seen as a bit of porcine debauchery, there’s a message to the madness. It is meant as a celebration of family farms, heritage breed pigs, and bringing together the chef…
It’s a classic professional’s dilemma: Your clients want to grab a fancy lunch that could take half the day, but you’ve got a budget and looming deadlines. Atrio Restaurant + Wine Room at Conrad Miami aims to solve that conundrum with an express prix fixe that will still leave your…
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and now you can get it at OTC. That’s right — Brickell’s go-to spot for craft brews, burgers, and Korean chicken ‘n’ waffles now serves morning sustenance. And though OTC isn’t pouring any of its 12 rotating beers on tap, it…
Bistro Cassis isn’t interested in serving provocative, forward-leaning food. Quite the opposite. At this new midtown eatery, the focus is on adhering to culinary traditions and offering authentic French fare. From the restaurant’s menu to its decor, New York-based Restar Hospitality Group is trying to mimic a typical French brasserie…
Antonio Rodriguez doesn’t have a good reason why he opened his no frills Avila Bistro in a Biscayne Boulevard strip mall in Aventura. The rent was cheap, he said, and friends told him of a large, underserved Venezuelan population after he arrived here from Caracas about a year ago. “Behind…
No-knead bread pioneer Jim Lahey, a 2015 James Beard Foundation nomination for best baker, is planning a commercial and retail bakery in Little Haiti steps away from the longstanding Soyka. The 4,000-square-foot operation could also host Lahey’s pizza concept Co., according to the Miami Herald which reported the news late…
It’s completely understandable if you miss BarMeli while driving on 79th Street. The tapas and wine bar shares a small, slightly seedy shopping center with a hair salon and a tiny gym that promises personal training at discount prices. That makes it seem all the more like a hidden gem,…
With Miami’s looming sea level crisis, it’s more important than ever that local leadership—and residents—wake up to the realities of our environmental issues. And food is one important inroad to a sustainable lifestyle. Oolite, Kris Wessel’s Miami Beach hotspot, is all about sourcing locally, serving environmentally-friendly vegan eats, and embracing…
Green strawberries appeared on Miami restaurant menus in force this season, and you can thank Palm Beach for it. Last year Daniel Boulud’s Cafe Boulud requested some of the tart, unripe fruit from Jodi Swank’s Loxahatchee farm. When the season closed in June she and her husband Darrin sent a…
John Kunkel is going back to his roots. After opening hits like Yardbird Southern Table & Bar, Khong River House, and Swine Southern Table & Bar, the 50 Eggs chief is again dabbling in fast-casual with Burger Taco Whiskey, BTW for short, and a pair of other concepts. “John has…
Andrew Gilbert knows his mushy peas would infuriate any bona fide British citizen, including his mother. They’re not the kind you’d find at an English chip shop.
If you had been on the hunt for Bolivian cuisine in South Florida back in January, you would have come across two restaurants, one in Broward County, and one in Miami Dade. However, with the closing of Las Americas, located off South Royal Poinciana just north of the FLL there…
Contrary to popular belief, Miami doesn’t have enough waterfront restaurants. Come April 7th, however, we’ll have one more when the Brazilian based Soho Bay (520 West Ave.) opens its first US concept on South Beach. The 200-seater is minimally modern with a rustic feel. A yellow onyx bar and sushi…
On your first visit to Fooq’s you might encounter a homeless man sitting out front of the adjacent parking lot with a sign that reads “$10 Parking.” Don’t pay him – your car will get booted. Ignore the fella, feed the meter, and walk into the intimate 40-seat restaurant to…
Overdid it with the peeps yesterday? Get back on track by foregoing masticating for the day and going full throttle with juice from Wynwood’s newest juice bar. Then throw it all away tomorrow at Michael Mina 74’s new social hour, where you’ll drink $8 Manhattan’s, $5 beers, and eat bar…
Brunch in Miami is a big thing, but even the most delightful parts of the week have their down sides. For one, a lot of brunches in Miami are simply insanely priced. Am omelette any other time of the week would cost under $15, but serve it on a Sunday…
You didn’t forget that Marlins opening day is this coming Monday, did you? This year, it seems like the team might actually have a chance to stand up in National League again after some major investment was put into the team. But, if you don’t care about bats and balls…
Michelle Bernstein shuttered-but-not-forgotten Spanish restaurant Sra. Martinez will return for one night April 10 at the Thompson Miami Beach. The recently opened hotel hosts her latest concept, Seagrape. At the same time Bernstein seems only weeks away from reopening her namesake MiMo restaurant while also juggling a lounge at Miami…
Arjun Wanjey, a partner in the popular, pricey Zuma and recently opened Coya, will opened a French restaurant in Brickell in the coming year, according to The Real Deal. The announcement comes little more than a month after Coya, a high-end Latin American spot focused on Peruvian cuisine, opened at…
