Can you feel a change in the air? Fall is coming, bringing a time for endings and new beginnings. We say goodbye to summer, but look forward to a new school year for some and the holidays for most. This weekend is filled with endings and new beginnings. Celebrity chef…
New Times’ Pairings is here! South Florida’s best foodie event happens this evening when the Broward Center for the Performing Arts hosts over 40 restaurant, each serving amazing food paired with a fine wine or craft beer. If you haven’t already snagged tickets, don’t worry. Tickets available online at browardcenter.org…
As the Fit to Fight challenge comes to a close in just two weeks, a dozen Miami chefs are going full force in the final stretch to shed pounds and raise funds. Dinners, brunches, cooking classes, and workout sessions have all been part of the fun events chefs and supporters…
Biscayne Bay Brewing Company is officially open for production and its first kegs are shipping out today to three locations throughout Miami-Dade County. The inaugural kegs will be delivered to Rok:Brgr, the Butcher Shop, and Taurus. The tappings will begin at each location at noon, 5, and 9 p.m., respectively…
Ball & Chain hasn’t opened yet, but the Calle Ocho lounge already has quite an interesting history. The bar, which originally opened in 1935, back when the area now known as Little Havana was a mostly Jewish neighborhood known as Shenandoah, was a well-known jazz palace where the likes of…
Miami’s culinary darling is hosting a special pop-up dinner this Friday, and it looks like it’s been flying under the radar. This Friday, at 7:30 p.m., Bernstein will put on the four-course tasting menu with table-side plating at her Design District bistro, Crumb on Parchment. She will personally explain each…
If the Jameis Winston saga unfolding at Florida State University has soured your taste for college football in general, one Gator fan wants to help you forget, for a moment, how college football leeches insane amounts of credibility from universities across the country. Frank Coto, whose LinkedIn profile says he…
At Basil Park in Sunny Isles Beach, the Parmesan sprinkled over crisp emerald kale chips is cashew-based. The nuts are pulverized and then mixed with nutritional yeast to mimic the piquant cheese. A dash of sea salt finishes the disguise. Vegetarians have long refashioned a cornucopia of seemingly animal-based products…
In what could be the most amazing food/movie tie-in ever, Krispy Kreme and Sony Pictures have announced a collaboration of giant Stay Puft Marshmallow Man-proportions! To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the greatest ghost story in modern history, Krispy Kreme is releasing two special, limited-edition, Dr. Peter Venkman-approved doughnuts. See…
The Federal Food Drink & Provisions is kicking off Oktoberfest in German fashion tomorrow night with their third-annual beer celebration. Cesar Zapata and Aniece Meinhold have crafted a five-course dinner menu to pair with brews chosen by local beer guru Patrick Lunn and owner of Gravity Brewlab Diego Ganoza. Can’t…
The atmosphere is what you might expect from a kosher restaurant in Mid Beach: an Israeli having a pressed bagel sandwich while talking business on his cell phone, two Orthodox women wearing tichels (kerchiefs) on their heads and donning casual uniforms of long denim skirts. Located at 41st Street and…
Sit down in La Gazzetta and you’ll be welcomed with a monthly newspaper — or actually a menu. The modern Italian restaurant, which quietly opened three months ago in Mary Brickell Village where El Vato used to be, boasts an outdoor terrace and a large indoor space occupied by booths,…
MasterChef, the Fox cooking competition that has “real people” competing just wrapped up season five, with judges Gordon Ramsay, Joe Bastianich, and Graham Elliot choosing Courtney Lapressi, an aerial dancer from Philadelphia, as the victor. Now, it’s on to season six. MasterChef is seeking contestants for a new season with…
J. Wakefield Brewing Company is finally set to open in the coming weeks. According to founder Jonathan Wakefield, the brewery will start production at the end of September in anticipation of an October opening of the tap room. “We are in our last leg of the completion process,” Wakefield says…
Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto has finally picked a date for the opening of his Miami Beach restaurant. Morimoto South Beach opens October 1 at the newly renovated Shelborne Wyndham South Beach Hotel. See also: Iron Chef Morimoto to Open Restaurant at Shelborne South Beach…
Chic dinners are usually the domain of foie gras and filets, but little by little, the concept of conscious cuisine is making its way into Miami’s foodie scene. On September 27, Darren Lazlo of Jugofresh (AKA Chef Paco) is whipping up a four-course vegan dinner at Primary Projects. The exotic…
Albert Trummer, the “mad scientist” of cocktails, has announced the opening date for his new Miami Beach venture, the Drawing Room Bar & Lounge. The bar, located inside the Shelborne Wyndham Grand South Beach, will feature Trummer’s own brand of cocktails that include botanicals, essences, herbs, and florals to create…
Healthy and convenient aren’t two words that typically go together. Although your stomach might not agree, fast food is easy and cheap, two highly valued qualities in today’s fast paced, expensive world. Maybe you should follow the advice of your cardiologist and stop shoveling pizza and French fries down your…
In the beginning of the summer, a dozen Miami chefs entered the Fit to Fight challenge. The challenge, created by Top Chef alum Mike Isabella, started in Washington D.C., where the toque enlisted his Beltway peers to work out and raise over $30,000 for cancer support and research. The challenge…
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon remain the most mysterious of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Unlike the Great Pyramid of Giza, which can still be visited, scholars and historians are still debating over whether the gardens ever existed at all. Whether fact or fiction, the gardens are legendary…
Aaron Brooks is one of 12 Miami chefs participating in the Fit to Fight weight loss challenge, which is just two weeks shy of coming to a close. So far the executive chef of Edge Steak & Bar has lost a whopping 20 pounds, most of which he attributes to…
Divino Ceviche celebrated its third anniversary at its cozy Gables location with a pisco-addled shindig. To commemorate the occasion, chef-owner Christian Encalada invited his close friend chef Frabricio Pareja of North Miami Beach’s Cholo Ceviche and Grill. Together they concocted a menu that highlighted some of Peruvian cuisine’s lesser known…
