Venezuelan restaurateur Symcha Zylberman’s first name means “happiness” in Hebrew. But on a Tuesday night at 7 o’clock, his charmingly landscaped, oversize courtyard across the street from Joe’s Stone Crab in South Beach is empty. He’s at the host stand looking surprised to see us. Though the place opens at…
Yesterday we dished about the Mercadito Group’s culinary tour of Spain, and discussed how Executive Chef Ryan Poli is using said trip to inspire the menu at his new restaurant, Tavernita, opening on SoBe. Today we bring you a sneak peek of what is to come; a recipe from Chef…
via Everglades National Park The interior view of Buttonwood CafeButtonwood Café is a restaurant located in the Flamingo District of Everglades National Park about an hour south of Miami. It s a mere 38 miles south of the Homestead main entrance to the park. Serving lunch and dinner, the eatery…
When Bravo decided to make Rocco’s Dinner Party, the producers were probably trying to figure out what to do with all the reality show “celebrities” still under contractual obligation. The answer? Put them around a dinner table, call them Rocco DiSpirito’s friends, and have Rocco judge three chefs on the…
The Raleigh Hotel has announced a new “Happier Hour” at both its Martini Bar and outdoor White Bar. Every Wednesday through Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m., both bars will get really happy with drink specials, a new food menu, music and other touches that make the Raleigh one of…
At the Biscayne Truck Triangle Roundup on the grounds of Johnson & Wales University, chef and restauranteur Michelle Bernstein made about 1,000 samples of a refreshing summer dish to distribute to visitors for free. All of the meals were scarfed down by eager eaters within an hour.Miami was the inaugural…
We can hardly wait for the long weekend ahead. If you don’t know what you’re doing to celebrate Independence Day, you’ll be glad to know there are several restaurants and parks hosting parties for the occasion. Following are some options around town. Tobacco Road Celebrate early at Tobacco Road’s Red…
Fourth of July is all fireworks and hot dogs. We were cringing at the prospect of the same, boring foods this year. We wanted foods with some pop…and then it hit us — Pop Rocks. It turns out you can do quite a lot with this popping candy, including making…
Ever wondered what it’s like backstage in the world of restaurant making? How do they come up with that long list of menu items, select the ingredients…where do the ideas come from? Although we are in a holding pattern until they open later this year, Mercadito’s newest restaurant concept, Tavernita,…
Shareef Malnik is teaming up with entrepreneur Buzzy Sklar to open The Well at the former Glass space, adjacent to Malnick’s iconic The Forge Restaurant/Wine Bar. It won’t be your typical mid-Beach joint, except for the drink selection and small plates. The decor is modeled after an Aspen ski lodge,…
If you’ve been going to some of Miami’s food truck roundups with a wistful gleam in your eye and dreams of being the next big food truck sensation, this could be your lucky day. Burger Beast tipped us off that Tania Ramirez of Food Truck U.S.A. is raffling off a…
In our opinion there are two South Beaches: the one that tourists see, marked by flyer-ridden dirty sidewalks, $400 Grey Goose bottles, and fly-by-night restaurants attended by stoned waiters; and the one that locals enjoy, marked by eccentricity, health- and body-consciousness, and solid, “take care of our own” business practices…
Isn’t America great? Our forefathers fought for our freedom… to drink beer, grill various meats, and blow stuff up. So the only real way to celebrate America’s birthday is to do all three activities in one sitting, and, GASP!, Seminole Hard Rock and New Times are helping you achieve that…
Great article about deep-frying in this month’s Food Arts by Chris Young (co-author of Modernist Cuisine:The Art and Science of Cooking and head of The Fat Duck Experimental Kitchen for five years). Assuming you already know the basics of frying (the oil should be clean and hot, the food very…
We take the subject of Cuban sandwiches very seriously. If there is anywhere except maybe Havana, that should be able to deliver a classic Cubano, it’s Miami. Yet we find that some of the most popular joints on South Beach serve up a surprisingly lackluster version. So we keep searching…
Kane Steakhouse is a collaboration between restaurateur Matthew Glazier (the man behind New York’s Michael Jordan’s Steak and Strip House), Roman Jones, and Justin Levine. It opens tonight in the former Tuscan Steak space on South Beach in SoFi. The dining room is a collaboration by Francois Frossard Design and…
Here’s part two of Riki’s trip to Atlantic Canada. If you missed part one, go here.After getting our fill of funnel cake at Ship to Shore, we were taken to Prince Edward Aqua Farms in Malpeque Harbour to see not only how blue mussels are farmed but also how the…
Everyone’s getting in on the food truck action. Even Macy’s is taking the popularity of the mobile meal and using the talents of famous chefs to market to the good old U.S.A. Miami is the first stop on the national Macy’s Chefs A-Go-Go food truck tour, which will be showcasing…
Richard Hales, chef and owner of Midtown hotspot Sakaya Kitchen, spoke with Short Order about his love for Thailand and about the trials of food trucks. He then was kind enough to share with all of us a recipe for a dish worth trying to make at home. Dae Ji Grilled Baby…
The 15th Annual Hooters International Swimsuit Pageant was held Saturday at the Fillmore Jackie Gleason Theater in Miami Beach. All 100 contestants are actual Hooters Girls, competing for their area. Florida was well represented, with 11 girls, five of whom made it to the top ten, including Miami’s Juliet Cabrerra…
Looks like the early birds caught the local, organically raised worms. Tickets to OMG!, a dinner and movie collaboration between Wynwood’s O Cinema and Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink, are officially sold-out.Notwithstanding the critical acclaim of The Life of Reilly — described with the tagline “If, in 1940, you had…
Scarpetta, Hakkasan, and Gotham Steak at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach will participate in Miami Spice this August and September. As always, the dinner Spice menu will cost $35 per person.Scarpetta’s menu will include a creamy polenta ($16 regularly) with fricassee of truffled mushrooms. The spaghetti ($24 regularly) with a tomato…
