Hallelujah! The summer is officially over. How do we know when the weather is still in the 80’s every day and we still can’t get the mail without applying SPF 50?Joe’s Stone Crab is officially open for business today. The iconic restaurant, which opened in 1913 (that’s two years before…
There is one thing you can expect when you go to Miami International Airport (MIA) — prices on everything, especially food, are elevated. Restaurants and retail stores there pay equally elevated rent for those cramped metallic spaces scattered within and outside the terminals. Thanks to the Florida Department of Business…
Local 10 is reporting that former restaurateur-turned-realtor Jonathan Eismann has been involved in a fatal hit and run accident in Miami.The accident occurred around 8:47 a.m. Wednesday, on the corner of NW Third Street and 72nd Avenue.Eismann was driving a Ford Explorer and was involved in a crash with a…
The thought of hotel restaurants doesn’t sound the least bit appealing to most locals. If South Beach were a mouse trap for tourists, over-priced, mediocre quality hotel restaurants would be the cheese. Of course, there are exceptions to this. Restaurants like Hakkasan at The Fontainebleau and D.B. Modern Bistro at…
Anthony Bourdain is one busy guy. In addition to closing out his run on No Reservations, he’s got an additional season of The Layover in the can, is writing for HBO’s Treme, and preparing for his new gig at CNN. That would be way too much for the average man,…
Catharsis Restaurant and Lounge: Feast and Fest in Little Havana
The anticipated 11th annual Wine On Harvest Moon event will take place Saturday, October 27, at the historic Deering Estate at Cutler. It promises to be a spectacular evening in a sublime environment. This year, Harvest Moon will be the theme for the soiree, which invites enthusiasts to eat, drink,…
Miami restaurants may have a reputation for being notoriously overpriced and overrated. There are some places that locals dare not go, but ask any tourist in South Beach and that’s the first spot they want to dine. And then there are the places that, no matter what, keep it on…
If you’ve sat in front of the TV set countless times watching Sandra Lee open a can of peaches on Food Network and thinking, I, too, want to seek fame and fortune as a celebrity chef, get thee to the Epic Hotel October 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for…
Miami foodies know Hedy Goldsmith as the Magic City’s dessert queen, Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink’s pastry chef extraordinaire, and creator of mouthwatering twists on childhood favorites like chocolate peanut-butter brownie banana splits, s’more brownies, and buttered-popcorn gelato.Drooling yet?But besides her role as the 305’s sweets sovereign, Goldsmith is also…
The fifth annual Iron Fork competition, set for October 18 at Grand Central, has a new chef lineup for its featured competition. In it, two of Miami’s top chefs battle in a gladiator-style competition of wits and skill using knives, fire, and raw meat as their weapons of choice. Only…
Wine enthusiasts can indulge in an all-you-can-drink wine tasting celebrating the wines of Portugal at Smith & Wollensky tomorrow, Wednesday, October 10. The Tejo Wine Tasting offers 100 distinct wines from Portugal’s Tejo region, a hilly place around the River Tagus.Tejo offers quite a variety, from easy-drinking reds, roses, and…
With the clock running down on Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations, it somehow seems like cheating to re-cut past seasons into special editions. Maybe Bourdain’s run out of places in the world to visit, maybe he’s busy planning bolder itineraries for his upcoming CNN debut. But even though last evening’s Seven…
Miami homebrewers are back, and this Thursday and Friday they’ll converge on LoKal Burgers and Beer in Coconut Grove to celebrate Oktoberfest with the first annual Home Brewers Bash. The event is a leadup to this year’s Grovetoberfest on October 13. Besides tasting some homebrewed suds that you will not find…
Midtown is expecting. Machiya Ramen Noodle House, a Japanese comfort-food joint, is slated to open October 15 in midtown at 3250 NE First Ave., next to Ricochet Bar & Lounge. The name Machiya refers to wooden townhouses found throughout Japan in which the front of the buildings usually serve as…
Seasons 52 is known as a romantic restaurant and a people-watching sidewalk café on Miracle Mile. Stroll in and hear live, soft music while enjoying appetizers and fun wines after a hard day’s cubicle imprisonment. Chill out. The name of the place isn’t a coincidence. Menu items change 52 weeks…
Oktoberfest in Germany this year wraps up on Tuesday, but the rage officially hit the East Coast Miami style, shattering the autumn apathy with two simultaneous festivals occurring in Brickell this past weekend. The Brickell Sam Adams Octoberfest, originally slated for Friday and Saturday only, was extended an extra day…
Short Order has just received word that chef Kenny Gilbert has departed from 50 Eggs. “50 eggs has chosen to part ways with chef Kenny Gilbert,” they said in a statement to us. “We wish him well in his next endeavor.” Gilbert has been with 50 Eggs as a managerial…
Here’s a reason to get excited! The South Beach Wine & Food Festival ticket presale starts today. The presale, which is exclusively for MasterCard holders, gives SBWFF and FIU-benefitting lovers a whole two weeks to buy tickets before they go on sale to the general public October 22. Festival fiends…
Hebe Denis is a certified sommelier, FIU hospitality grad, and most recently one of two Miami cheese connoisseurs who passed the first-ever comprehensive (and very challenging) American Cheese Society exam. Now she is one of the very few certified cheese professionals in all of Miami.The exam set out to raise…
For Dr. Raja Narine, Miami Broward One Carnival and its scantily-clad outfits are a guilty pleasure. “My patients would be shocked,” said Narine, a native of Trinidad and Tobago. “It feels good to let loose and celebrate our culture.”Narine and thousands of other native Caribbeans — as well as lovers…
New Orleans-based barbecue fast-casual food chain VooDoo BBQ and Grill is coming to Kendall. The new Miami location is one of many opening in South Florida thanks to BBQ Boyz LLC, a Fort Lauderdale restaurant development company, which purchased rights to fund, develop, and operate up to 26 VooDoo restaurants south…
