The anticipation is building as Miami prepares for Trader Joe’s first Miami-Dade store to open this Friday, October 18. At 8 a.m., a ceremonial lei will be cut by the store’s captain (AKA manager, to you landlubbers), Jodi McCullough, along with TJ’s regional vice president Kent Smathers and Pinecrest Mayor…
Danny Serfer gets a lot of love. Blue Collar fans rave over the tiny restaurant’s $16 veggie plate. They also laud his less salubrious offerings: vaca frita-topped tostones, wild Florida shrimp jambalaya, and the famed “Corben” — a heaping portion of brisket, Portuguese muffins, jus, latkes, and apple sauce. When…
Nothing ruins a meal like qualifying its authenticity. You know the drill: You slurp down a big bowl of aromatic pho, you really enjoy it, and then your brain kicks into gear. It didn’t take you to the streets of Ho Chi Minh City or Hanoi. You have become the…
Miami and Broward home brewers are back at the second annual Home Brewers Bash at LoKal — and this year, the event is so big, it spans two evenings. Tonight and Thursday, October 17, from 6 to 10 p.m., the Coconut Grove beer and burger joint will allow home brewers…
Was Miley Cyrus at the Regent Cocktail Club last night? So far, we can’t confirm whether the ex-Disney pop princess-turned-twerker was at the classy cocktail lounge last evening, but an anonymous source tells us that a young lady who certainly looked like Miley, surrounded by an entourage, spent around 30…
The Hess Select South Beach Seafood Festival is this Saturday, October 19, turning the area around 9th Street and Ocean Drive into a small village of pop-up restaurants. Some of Miami’s finest restaurants will participate, serving delicious offerings straight from the ocean like calamari, octopus, grouper, mussels, oysters, and (yes!)…
Oktoberfest, Oaktoberfest. Kind of like potato, potahto — except Oaktoberfest features beer, food, Esquire (and Miami Herald) writer Evan Benn, and Oak Tavern’s David Bracha combining forces for a four-course meal next Wednesday, October 23. What’s better than a four-course dinner? Not much we can think of. See also: Esquire…
All aboard for the Tequila Express, departing Wynwood on October 22 at 6 p.m. What’s this fun train’s destination? Four Miami hotspots, where you’ll enjoy food and tequila pairings. What’s the ticket price for this tasty journey? Free if you score a boarding pass…
It’s finally official. Concrete Beach Brewery is coming to Miami. The Alchemy & Science Brewing Collaborative project headed by Alan Newman and Stacy Steinmetz formally announced yesterday it will arrive in the Wynwood Arts District. Construction for the new brewery began earlier this month. It will be housed in an…
Today, October 15, marks the start of the 2013-2014 stone crab season in Florida, prompting a feeding frenzy among diners who seek out the first sweet claws of the season. Though you won’t see many stone crabs on menus today, there is one restaurant that’s opening its doors with a…
The 2014 stone crab season officially began this morning, October 15, at midnight, and all over Miami, people are chomping at the bit for their first taste of the sweet claws. But most restaurants won’t have this particular fruit of the sea until tomorrow, when the traps are all raised…
Miami should give thanks to Andrew Carmellini for two things: the Dutch and Chicken Coupe. As the Dutch nears its two-year mark at the illustrious W South Beach, Carmellini is gearing up for an anniversary filled with fried chicken and champagne. Chicken Coupe, part of the South Beach Wine &…
Matsuri has been open since 1988. A quarter-century is a long time on Miami’s dining scene. The restaurant, tucked in the middle of a random strip mall on Bird Road at Red Road, is not where you’d expect to find some of Miami’s best and most affordable sushi, but that’s…
Nothing ruins a meal like qualifying its authenticity. You know the drill: You slurp down a big bowl of aromatic pho, you really enjoy it, and then your brain kicks into gear. It didn’t take you to the streets of Ho Chi Minh City or Hanoi. You have become the…
Grovetoberfest is this Saturday, October 19, at Peacock Park in Coconut Grove, giving beer lovers an opportunity to sample over 200 different brews in many categories. But, out of all the craft porters and IPA’s available to sample, the most intriguing beers are always the ones produced by local brew…
The Coconut Grove Seafood Festival is this Sunday, October 20, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Peacock Park. The festival is part celebration of the start of stone crab season, part celebration of the Grove itself. The small tropical village, established in 1873, is celebrating its 140th anniversary –…
On Friday at 2 p.m., a group of friends got together to celebrate the opening of Wynwood Brewing Company. The event marks the start of a beer renaissance in Miami, with Wynwood the first craft production brewery in the City of Miami. Owned and operated by Luis G. Brignoni and…
Alright, kiddies. There are two types of people in this world. The type with zero responsibilities today who are sleeping in until noon, and have a boss or a job with great respect for Christopher Columbus. In fourteen hundred ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue… And then there is the…
The quest for a good meatball and a great meatball sandwich is always on my mind. I long to say “That’s a good meatball” like Adam Sandler’s character proclaimed in The Wedding Singer. In the 1998 comedy, an old lady places one meatball in each of the wedding singer’s hands…
The government shutdown has put some Miami start-up breweries on hold, at least those who have applied for federal permits. Indeed, brewers and even wine and spirits makers, are being affected in some way. See also: Government Shutdown: Nine Ways It Affects Restaurants and Consumers…
Remember Phuc Yea!, the wildly inventive Vietnamese temporary restaurant that really brought the term “pop-up” to Miami? Phuc Yea! closed, as planned, and two of the pop-up’s partners went on to open the Federal Food, Drink & Provisions, introducing Miamians to pig wings and jar-o-duck. But still, many of us…
Laine DossSatisfries. Try them free this weekend.You’ve heard about Satisfries, the new Burger King French Fry that contains less fat and calories than BK’s classic fries. But have you tasted them? What? Are you waiting for someone to just “give them away”? If that’s what it takes, Burger King’s willing…
