Five years ago, a mild-mannered fan of comfort food started a blog. The first post? A review of East Side Pizza on September 12, 2008, where the fledgling blogger ate a Swiss Alp burger and wrote the following: I give them points for attempting fresh ground beef at a pizza…
Last week’s season premiere of CNN’s Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown was serious and thoughtful. Bourdain, clearly a student of anthropology as much as food, visited Israel and the West Bank, focusing on both the history of the region and the current political and cultural happenings. This week, Bourdain traveled to…
Many people — even dyed-in-the-wool carnivores — don’t choose a meat-laden lunch. Maybe it’s because of the fear of an afternoon torpor that stunts any creative work time; maybe it’s the thought of a decadent over-the-top dinner that leads people to eat a vegetarian midday meal. In any event, a…
Beer shows up a lot in this weekly guide. It could be that there are just lots of local free beer events all the time, and it could also be that we have a free beer radar. Either way, we offer you a couple things to keep yourselves busy this…
Round two has just started in the match that pits Chef Bee and Oishi Thai against John Kunkel and 50 Eggs. Piyarat Potha Arreeratn, better known as Chef Bee, has responded to a lawsuit filed against him and his restaurant Oishi Thai on August 27, 2013 by former employer 50…
Time is an interesting concept. It seems as we get older, times goes by faster, or maybe it’s the technological advances that are speeding up the way the world works. Though two months once seemed like a lifetime, August and September have gone by in a blip, and fall is…
You’ve been to Second Saturdays and Art Basel. But have you really seen Wynwood’s art galleries up close and personal without hoards of people? Taking an art and dine tour with The Art Experience allows you to visit several galleries and collections without circus-like distraction. From the minute you board…
Sure, Bravo’s Real Housewives franchise generally portrays women as foul-mouthed botoxed, spoiled harpies who do nothing but drink Pinot Grigio, shop for shoes and plastic surgery, and gossip. But not all of the Real Housewives of Miami are like that. Take, for example, Ana Quincoces. This Miami native and RHOM…
As the Dolphins prepare to play the Atlanta Falcons in their most suspenseful home opener in years, it looks like Coconut Grove has gained unofficial status as the Miami-Dade capital of sports bars with the opening of Duffy’s Sports Grill at Cocowalk today. This is the second Miami-Dade location for…
If Miami was your girlfriend (be it the dating kind or the platonic kind), what would you do with her this weekend? There are plenty of options (like Flugtag at Bayfront Park, and DWNTWN Art Days, and so on) but there is also an Italian dinner in South Beach, a…
It’s fall, so the annual pumpkin smorgasbord has officially begun. But honestly, much better than your standard Pumpkin Spice Latte or pumpkin-flavored cupcake is some spicy, pumpkin-infused booze. Because everything’s better with booze. And at the Aloft Miami Brickell’s w xyz bar they’re serving up a seasonal treat dubbed the…
The Peruvian-American Chamber of Commerce will be presenting the third Peru Gourmet Festival next Tuesday, showcasing both the food and drink of the South American country. Marisol Chocano Gomez, president of the Chamber, says the event will feature, “The best Peruvian restaurants in South Florida and the best drinks, such…
Gotham Steak hopes you like Cristal champagne. Oh, and caviar, oysters, lobster, and Japanese Wagyu steaks too. Because earlier this month, the restaurant inside the Fontainebleau debuted its so-called $1,954 dining experience — a meal for two described on its website as a “one-of-a-kind extravagance of rare and prestigious indulgences.”…
Good news, brunch buffs. Following the success of its now-shuttered lunch pop-up, Macchialina will debut brunch this Sunday, September 22…
Avast ye mateys and listen to a fantastical tale of how to get free booty! Today, September 19, is International Talk Like a Pirate Day, better known as “bring your parrot to work day”. Today and only today, it’s perfectly acceptable to trade in your iPad for an eye patch,…
Nothing earns instant street cred like the ability to consume gut-busting quantities of food. Just ask competitive hot-dog eaters Takeru “the Tsunami” Kobayashi and Joey Chestnut. Chicks dig dudes with stomach-stretching skills. And if you want a spot in the gluttonous hall of fame, you’ve got a chance this Thursday…
Imagine you live in the burbs, want to build a garden, but don’t want to disturb your pristine lawn. So you decide to pot your plants. Sorry, but that’s not allowed, according Miami-Dade County zoning officials. Rigo and Eliza De La Portilla were a little shocked to discover this fact…
James Beard Foundation’s Taste America national tour kicks off in Miami Friday, and with it come big names like internationally renowned culinary pioneer Norman Van Aken, favorite TV personality Ted Allen, and West Coast pastry chef Yigit Pura of Top Chef Just Desserts fame. Raised in Turkey and now residing…
Eating clean ain’t easy. And what with the limited number of hours in the day and convenience of fast food, it’s no wonder you opt for McDonald’s more often that not. Ain’t nobody got time for preparing a week’s worth of meals from Whole Foods. But with the addition of…
Yesterday was one hell of a washout. And Saturday, there was more humidity than we thought was physically possible. So, basically, what we’re trying to say is we can’t wait for fall to arrive so we can at least enjoy, like, two “cold fronts” and wear boots or something. #MiamiProblems…
Piyarat Arreeratn is not in the kitchen. Tonight, the boyish chef with spiky hair roams the dining room at his family-run restaurant, Oishi Thai. He pats a blond kid on the head, wipes down an empty table, and bounces around asking guests if everything is all right. Chef Bee, as…
Miami Children’s Hospital is South Florida’s only licensed free-standing specialty hospital exclusively for children. Founded in 1950, the not-for profit 289-bed hospital is world-renowned, with several specialty programs ranked among the best in the nation in the 2012-13 rankings by U.S.News & World Report. What that means is if you…
