The French are known for having exquisite taste. So it came as no surprise that when the painter made a mistake preparing the La Sandwicherie store in Brickell, owner Alexandre Pilar came up with the perfect solution.”I have lived in Miami many years and have always liked the artwork on…
I feel for people who have a genuine desire to improve their diets and get healthy – really healthy, not like Jenny Craig or Slim Fast healthy – but who have no clue where to start. There’s a lot to learn, and for the many who have graduated from the…
The 16th Annual Americas Food and Beverage Show at the Miami Beach Convention Center is a great barometer of what’s going to be hot and interesting in the food world next year. The show is massive, with 15 aisles of food vendors, distributors, and manufacturers displaying and sampling their product…
Join the New Times crew tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. at Taverna Opa at Mary Brickell Village for this month’s Tweet Up event. Celebrate the near-end of the work week with free Flor de Caña rum and Radeberger German beer. Free light bites from Taverna’s menu will also be…
Dunkin’ Donuts recently pledged to start using cage-free eggs and eliminate gestation crates for its products. While the chain will move slowly to transition out the crates and cages, it will cut back by 5 percent by the end of next year. A final goal is yet to be determined…
Bloom in Wynwood Needs Polishing
See also: Slide show: “Closer Look: Bloom.”
South Beach burger lovers have probably done a double take in the past couple weeks, as Alton Road’s popular 8 oz. Burger Bar was suddenly replaced with the red, white and blue branded American Burger.Confused fans wondered, is this new ownership? A complete re-branding?…
Blue Collar’s Daniel Serfer is renaming his restaurant Pink Collar for the month of October in honor of National Breast Cancer awareness Month.Read Also:-Blue Collar — My Favorite Miami Restaurant- Eating a Blue Collar Corben with Billy CorbenFor the chef/owner of the small restaurant that was named Best Restaurant Value…
Tucked inside what appears to be a small home along Coral Way near 17th Avenue, Casabe 305 Bistro looks like somebody ripped a cottage out of Nantucket or Martha’s Vineyard, gave it a three week juice cleanse in San Francisco then dropped it off in Miami with a Latin menu…
If the world was a pageant, the City of Miami would be a beauty queen. The white sand of the beaches gives way to hotels and condos that have undergone unbelievable renovations, some that have cost upwards of a billion dollars. The most modern cruise ships in the world line…
Locavores and vegans will bask in the spotlight at Paradise Farms during a lecture and workshop with chef Cherie Soria October 12 and 13. She’s the same chef who founded Living Light Culinary Institute in California, which is one the highest rated organic raw vegan chef training schools. There will…
BGR The Burger Joint is asking for your vote.Only this time, it’s not about greasy politicians, it’s about hamburger meat. The burger chain has created two burgers as different as the candidates they’re named after. Go ahead, Eat your favorite politician in effigy.The presidential burgers are available at all BGR…
Once again, Anthony Bourdain reads my thoughts and brings me an hour of fast cars, fresh pastas, and aged treats. Of course, we’re talking about Italy. Specifically the northern part, known as the bread basket of the country — Emilia Romagna.Tony is joined by Michael White, once an American football…
Yom Kippur is in many ways similar to ripping off a bandage. Unlike some of our Christian brethren who apologize for their wrongdoings throughout the year and flagellate themselves accordingly, we the Jewish people condense all of that into one depressing day of fasting, prayer, and spending time with extended…
In the past five years, the Wynwood Arts District has transformed from an area of warehouses and thrift shops to a mecca of art-centric lounges, bars, and restaurants. Crowds of creative folks and Magic City hipsters now strut around gallery events in vintage-meets-American Apparel — with an added touch of…
In an effort to marry food and fashion, Toscana Divino in Mary Brickell Village will fly in sommeliers and designers and then pair them with chef Marco Stabile for Wine & Fashion Florence Week, October 8 through 12. Organizers of the five-day event — combining authentic food, wine, fashion, and Italian…
According to Yahoo!, model/singer Chan Marshall (AKA Cat Power) was hospitalized at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach over the weekend. Power’s record label confirmed she was admitted to the hospital, but it would not confirm the medical issue.Read Also:Cat Power Announces Sun North American Tour, Kicking off at…
The owner of Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink and Harry’s Pizzeria is planning a third restaurant in the Design District.According to the Genuine Hospitality Group’s blog, the Genuine Kitchen, the Cypress Room is set to open in early 2013. It will be an American tavern featuring “sophisticated food, service, and…
Imagine if you will, the plight of the Burger King. One minute you’re fast food royalty, wearing a crown and a royal robe with an enormous grin permanently fixed to your plastic face…the next you’ve been downgraded from the 1 percent to the rest of us unemployed schmucks.What’s a mascot…
There’s a new product at your local liquor store for the over 21 crowd, who are…on the go, and for the rest of us who are too lazy to mix our own drinks. Along with Smirnoff, Arbor Mist, and others — a New Orleans firm, Cordina, is selling an alcoholic…
It was a rainy night on Key Biscayne. That didn’t make finding Exit 1, the restaurant by the owners of Route 9, any easier.”OK, it’s after the tennis center but before Bill Baggs State Park,” I helplessly told my husband as we drove through a monsoon. After making several u-turns,…
Trader Joe’s is finally bringing its first store to southeast Florida. Joe’s plans to open a location in the tony Pinecrest neighborhood in 2013 and Miami is all abuzz over the prospect of shopping for trail mix, nectarines, and cheap wine.The grocer has something of a cult following in the…
