As part of our annual competition to determine the best pancakes in town, we visited Picnic Miami, which picked up the coveted On Second Thought, Maybe I’ll Have Some Peanuts and Cracker Jack Award. Its boom-boom soundtrack at 11 a.m. proved only slightly less distracting than the ESPN sports highlights…
Panda Kitchen & Bath, in cahoots with Whole Foods Market (and Miami New Times, among others), is offering a total kitchen makeover plus one year of free groceries — the two worth over $14,000 combined! Here’s how it works:You visit this place HERE, upload a photo of your miserably ugly…
After years of tossing the idea around I’ve decided to stop being a nancy and do the damn Master Cleanse. You may be asking…what is this Master Cleanse? Well, it’s a 10-day (minimum) detox developed in the 1941 that’s still being used today. Also called the “Lemonade Diet”, you subsist…
Cacique’s Corner is a Cuban coffee shop and cafeteria that has stood at SW First Avenue and Flagler Street under the same ownership in downtown Miami since 1987. When Selim Diaz and his family emigrated from the small town of Sasa del Medio, Las Villas, Cuba, in 1980, he was…
The Place: Sushi Maki, Brickell 1000 S Miami Ave.305-415-9779sushimakirestaurants.com(Other locations include South Miami, Coral Gables, and Palmetto Bay.)The Hours: Seven Days of Sake takes place daily throughout the summer from 4 to 8 p.m.The Deals: Get half-off daily sake selections and sake cocktails. Cocktail options might vary depending on location…
Soyka Restaurant has hired a new executive chef and a new pastry chef. The new top toque is “Chef Paul” (I don’t know why, but it sort of creeps me out when chefs go by first name only) — or Paul Soriel, who worked at Orso in New York and…
Miami’s lack of public transportation makes bar hopping a bit more complicated and sometimes even illegal. So when Gran Sierpe Pisco offers a bus to take a few locals from bar to bar for the purpose of consuming free drinks, we say, where do we sign up? Last night, the…
No stews or soups this time of year! Chef Jeff McInnis is sharing the perfect summer recipe — light, flavorful, and exploding with all the colors of the season. Yeah, the sorbet takes a little technical know-how, and finding verjus and gelatin sheets might prove a little challenging, but the…
Talk about musical chairs in the local food world: With the departure of Emeril’s Miami Beach chef de cuisine Brandon Benack to Norman’s Orlando, a void was left at the New Orleans-style restaurant. Well, that job has been filled by Brian Cantrell, who most recently helmed Ocean Drive’s A Fish…
Evos, a new health-conscious eatery in Pinecrest that totes the cutesy slogan “Feel Great Fast Food,” has the charm of a Starbucks. Complete with décor that can only be described as “generic coffeehouse corporate chic,” it boasts a loop of effervescent-sounding indie music that makes you feel like your order…
The decade has seemingly flipped by faster than a griddlecake in midair: The Tenth Annual Mrs. Beeton Flapjack Flip-Off is just around the corner (Mrs. B. being our patron saint for her prescient in-print assertion, made 101 years ago, that pancakes “must be regarded as somewhat beyond the capabilities of…
Mary’s Coin Laundry and Cafeteria opened in 1982 as a simple wash house. It had been converted from a plant nursery and Bahamian-style wooden shack that had been around for 55 years. Then, Victor Sanchez, a construction worker and son-in-law of the Mary for whom the place is named, noticed…
Since its opening in 2008, Lincoln Road’s Maya Tapas & Grill’s Argentinean-fusion cuisine and reasonable prices has become a local favorite. The restaurant’s second location will be nestled in the heart of South Beach on Ocean Drive. Chef Hector Diaz and owners Rolando & Marsha Maya plan to follow the…
For years, almost every restaurant has offered “still” or “sparkling” water. Today, more and more eateries are producing the sparkling in-house with their own soda systems. This trend has grown at homes too, and because I am a lover of all things cold and sparkling, I decided it was time…
The second episode of Top Chef D.C. was more spirited, lively and heated than the premiere. By now, we know who the contenders are (Angelo and Kenny) as well as the villains (Angelo and Amanda). And we are still following our local girl Andrea Curto-Randazzo, who is representing Miami with…
This is Part Two of our interview with Chef Jeff McInnis. You can read the first part of the interview here.What five words would you use to describe yourself?Strong work ethic, creative, passionateAnd what five words would you use to describe your food?Fresh, organic, local, healthy, globalWhat food(s) do you…
It’s summer time and it’s hot. You’re more than parched with sticky white stuff forming are the corners of your lips. Yeah, you need beer. And lot’s of it. Good because the Democratic Republic of Beer (DRB) is hosting the first ever Downtown Summer Beer Luau on July 10. How…
The decade has seemingly flipped by faster than a griddlecake in midair: The 10th Annual Mrs. Beeton Flapjack Flip-Off is just around the corner (Mrs. B. being our patron saint for her prescient in-print assertion, made 101 years ago, that pancakes “must be regarded as somewhat beyond the capabilities of…
This is the last description of our 100 favorite dishes in the 305…
Ten of our 100 favorite foods in Miami
The Place: Area 31270 Biscayne Boulevard Way, Miami305-424-5234 The Hours: Thursday 6-9 p.m. The Deals: $5 cocktails. $5 light bites menu. Oh yeah, ladies drink free. Holla! The Scene: The prospect of an outdoor happy hour in Miami sounds good, until you realize that temperatures stay in the high 80’s,…
The saying “Don’t Mess with Perfection” does not always apply to cooking. Take for example a perfect meatloaf and the perfect Cuban sandwich. You may wonder how you can make each of these comfort foods better? Try combining them! Anyone who has tried this dish will tell you it’s a…
