February was a huge month for the Miami food scene. The South Beach Wine & Food Festival brought a slew of celebrity chefs — all wanting to be enchanted by our city’s restaurants and bars. And if the likes of Geoffrey Zakarian, Martha Stewart, and Rachael Ray were feeling peckish,…
With tasty fare made from handpicked, fresh ingredients, the chef-owned Konata’s in North Miami has been sating locals for more than four years. Mr. Konata makes his Jamaican heritage apparent with the d�cor and cuisine. It is a spare but quirky shack filled with colorful photos of Rastafarian leaders such…
Living a healthy lifestyle doesn’t mean you have to forgo all convenience foods. You’re busy, you’re on-the-go, you’re the master of your universe, and you sure as hell don’t want to be stuck eating McDonald’s out of desperation. Sometimes, everyone just needs to eat something out of a plastic wrapper…
If you’re a fan of Top Chef (or of Miami’s Nina Compton), you probably watched a bit smugly for Padma Lakshmi’s pronouncement of the winner of this season, only to be in complete shock and denial when Nicholas Elmi was declared victorious. No doubt, all of Miami (and Saint Lucia)…
Ladur�e’s famous macarons have landed in Miami Beach. The luxury French pastry shop has opened its third U.S. location (there are two in New York City), on Lincoln Road. To celebrate the occasion and pay homage to South Beach’s roots, the brand has designed a limited-edition, art deco-style macaron box…
World of Beer-Dadeland celebrates its two-year anniversary tomorrow, but instead of receiving gifts, it is raising money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Partnering with Cigar City Brewing in Tampa for “The Road to Hunahpu” event, WOB is bringing a list of CCB special release and flagship brews and raffling off…
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival is over for another year and, though some of us have been in serious detox mode, it’s time to party once again. After all, how many days does your liver need to recover? We’re saying five days should do it. This weekend’s activities…
It’s no secret that fruits and vegetables are the health Holy Grail. As author and professor Michael Pollan so succinctly said: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” But it’s not quite as simple as chowing down on anything you find in the produce aisle, because lots of it is…
“You drove all the way to Sweetwater for a burger?” The answer is yes. And we’d do it again in an artery-clogged heartbeat. After compiling a list of Miami’s Five Most Outrageous Burgers, we were told that A&G’s Burger Joint was “outta hand.” We headed over and our hands, mouth…
At Bianca, the restaurant at the Delano, dinner is a special affair. Patrons are dressed up and decked out. Exotic accents waft across the dimly lit terrace, adorned by candles and furnishings reminiscent of the Hamptons. This is an expensive place to see and be seen. So if you’re looking…
There’s only one thing that could put us in a better mood than the announcement of a new happy hour. And that’s the announcement of a bottomless happy hour by The Federal Food Drink & Provisions, along with new cocktails crafted by The Federal’s “Booze Fairy” Emily Brown (because Mixologist…
Top Chef alum and Italian heartthrob Fabio Viviani is closer than ever to opening Siena Tavern in Miami. The restaurant, a partnership between Viviani and DineAmic Group of Chicago, are bringing the successful Siena Tavern to the former China Grill space on 5th and Washington. Though Viviani hails from Italy,…
Cookie delivery has become a thing. Several late-night delivery services have popped up over the past couple of months, but only two offer more healthful, eggless, vegan alternatives. Om Nom Nom Cookies was Miami’s first fully vegan cookie business to take treats from the oven to your doorstep. Now there’s…
Matthew Kenney recently visited five countries in the span of a week. It was an educational trip for the American chef, and Kenney’s eager to put his unique spin on the knowledge he’s accumulated. One of his stops was in Denmark, as Copenhagen is home to some of the world’s…
Looks like Spring — and new beginnings — are in the air! Chef Michael Reidt and wife Carina welcomed a baby boy into the world late last week. Noah Michael Reidt was born at 3:28 p.m. on February 21 at Mercy Hospital. The healthy, happy baby boy weighed in at…
The term “French fries” may refer to elongated pieces of fried potatoes, but it can mean so much more. You can have them straight, curly, fat, thin, sweet, garlicky or crinkle cut. Although the options don’t end there. This is Miami, we like our papas accessorized, blinged out. We have…
Ali Lauria thought everything would arrive unscathed. It was not long before rush hour on a sunny January evening when she stacked 30 dozen eggs on the passenger seat of a silver Dodge Ram and drove north from Homestead on Florida’s Turnpike. Filled with strawberries and tomatoes, the pickup truck’s…
Whole Foods is on a mission. In addition to wresting control of Americans’ grocery shopping from the likes of uncouth competitors like Publix and Ralph’s, it is also all about healthful eats. And the Health Starts Here (HSH) program is designed to promote just that. HSH is the chain’s in-store…
No food trucks allowed on the beach? No problem. The solution: 5 Napkin Express. You might be familiar with 5 Napkin Grill, the Lincoln Road outpost whose originator hails from the Big Apple and is wildly famous for the namesake dish. If you’ve been there, you know the matzo ball…
The 30-something gentleman leaning against the counter said it best: “Such a cute little place. I’m so glad I found it,” he told the waiter. Sporting a newsboy cap, a T-shirt, and jeans, he hummed along to UB40’s “Red Red Wine” while waiting to grab his take-out from Noa Caf�…
When I made the decision to go vegan, I was as mentally prepared as possible to sacrifice milk and dairy, but there were a few favorite items that made the choice more challenging. Namely, cheese, Wet Willie’s Bahama Mamas, and boba milk tea. For anyone not lucky enough to have…
Have you ever been to a restaurant and wished the ordering process were more futuristic? Soon you’ll be able to order right from your table at a local Chili’s. The Ziosk tabletop ordering system has been installed at Chili’s locations in Hollywood and Homestead, along with 248 other locations across…
