The South Beach Wine & Food Festival arrives February 19 through 22 with more than 75 events, tastings, parties, seminars, and dinners. The bash, which benefits Florida International University’s dining and tourism programs, brings thousands of fans and celebrity chefs to Miami. With so much to do, the festival can…
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival arrives February 19 through 22 with more than 75 events, tastings, parties, seminars, and dinners. The bash, which benefits Florida International University’s dining and tourism programs, brings thousands of fans and celebrity chefs to Miami. Two of the hottest names at this year’s…
Bravo’s Best New Restaurant is really showing Miami establishments in a great light. The new culinary competition that grades restaurants on both front of the house and back of the house skills and expertise, has been on for less than a month and, already, two Miami restaurants have advanced to…
When it comes to convenience foods, it’s all about maximum nutrient delivery in the easiest-to-eat package — hence humanity’s eternal devotion to smoothies and burritos. Bowls are another all-star, and Della Bowls is planning to make their presence known here in Miami with a plant-based, fast casual concept, slated to…
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival arrives February 19 through 22 with more than 75 events, tastings, parties, seminars, and dinners. The bash, which benefits Florida International University’s dining and tourism programs, brings thousands of fans and celebrity chefs to Miami. With his spiked blond mane, Guy Fieri may…
Due to Miami’s collective obsession with the almighty coffee machine, tea kettles are usually banished to the back burner. But tea culture is gaining ground, and Coral Gables’ Small Tea shows that Miamians are looking for more than cafecitos and coladas. See also: How Tea Can Change Your Life, According…
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival will take over South Beach February 19 through 22 with more than 75 signature events, tastings, parties, seminars, and dinners. The four-day bash — which benefits the Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management’s Wine Spectator Restaurant Management Laboratory and the Southern Wine…
The classic MiMo Vagabond Motel is has just been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Miami Herald reports the announcement was made Monday by the National Parks Service. Carl Shiver, Historic Preservationist at the Florida Division of Historical Resources, confirmed that the Vagabond was added to the…
When Blackbrick’s Richard Hales got a call from the James Beard Foundation in New York City to cook for the annual Chinese New Year celebration, he thought they had the wrong number. “I was shocked. I said, ‘You know you’re calling Miami, and you’re in the epicenter of Chinese cuisine…
A big, fat steak, an overly decadent dessert, and too many glasses of wine does not for romance make. When stomachs are full and food comas set in, things are likely to fizzle back in the bedroom It makes much more sense to enjoy a lighter, aphrodisiac-inspired meal on the…
It’s common for restaurant partnerships to call it quits. Uncommon, however, is for partners to verbally and physically abuse one another. Yet that seems to be the case for Latin House Pembroke Pines, whose founding partner, Michell Sanchez, was recently caught on camera pushing Marcellus Kitt-Chance four times after the…
There’s a new kid on the downtown block, and he’s Nobu veteran Mai Ponrathorn. Fort Lauderdale hot spot Tokyo Blue has decided to take its blue-hued lounge, signature ice glass bar, and larger-than-life menu to the Magic City. The easy-to-find, 3-week-old restaurant sits between Ten Fruits and Juan Hoyos’ growing…
Top Chef fan favorite and Scarpetta’s former chef de cuisine Nina Compton is leaving Miami for New Orleans. The chef announced her move on Instagram last week, with the hashtags #likemovingmoving #NOLA #whodat?. The St. Lucia native who has called Miami home for the past 14 years is not leaving…
Apeiro Kitchen & Bar is set to open in Midtown Miami this summer at 3252 NE First Ave., just down the street from Bocce Bar and Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill. The restaurant features progressive Mediterranean cuisine by chef/partner David Blonsky and legendary South Florida restaurateur Burt Rapoport. The restaurant’s first…
Miami-based juice shop Jugofresh is expanding once again. This time, the company’s new location isn’t in tony Miami Beach or Coral Gables. It’s in the relatively suburban city of North Miami Beach, which appears to be the next best investment for restaurateurs looking for an undervalued neighborhood. Jugofresh will move…
Let’s face it. Not everyone’s Valentine’s Day will be full of candlelight dinners, long-stemmed roses, and chocolate desserts. For some, a bite to eat, a few strobe lights, and some undulating flesh is all that’s necessary to get in the mood to say, “I love you.” If you and your…
With just a week and a half till the South Beach Wine & Food Festival begins, you may be fasting. But you should really reconsider that. Consider a soulful dinner party tonight at Bianca or maybe craft beer night tomorrow at American Social. And speaking of beer, this Thursday Kush…
Update: Following an abrupt closure due to permitting issues The Broken Shaker reopened Friday night while 27 Restaurant & Bar will resume dinner service Saturday, a spokeswoman said. “Brunch will resume as normal next week,” Caroline Sloan wrote in an email…
Miami has its share of botanicas, but how many are equipped with a kegerator and a full stock of candied bacon? We know of just one. “I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but we don’t have that much space,” says Kush owner Matt Kuscher of his not-so-hidden gem. The burger…
Loba chef and owner Jessica Sanchez turned 29 yesterday, and to celebrate, she’s giving herself more work — Saturday brunch. “It’s been two months since we launched brunch and I feel like we have a pretty solid menu,” she says. “Saturday brunch is popular in other cities and we don’t…
Alfredo Patino, owner of Edgewater’s Bin No. 18 and Tap 79, is jumping into the taco fray with plans to open his own spot not far from his 79th Street gastropub. Patino said he’s in the middle of construction and hopes to open Firito Taco open by mid-March. Expect simple…
Nominees have been announced for the fourth annual Johnson & Wales University’s Zest Awards which celebrate excellence in South Florida’s culinary arts scene. Last year, Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill’s Timon Balloo was the big winner, taking home the culinary innovator award and accepting an award for Bocce Bar, which was…
