Colombian partners Nicolas Hoyos and Juan Carlos Pardo proudly introduce Baru Urbano, “an experience that will seduce the senses through art, décor, music and cuisine.” The Brickell neighborhood restaurant/club touts an eco-conscious bill of fare with locally sourced ingredients. According to the press release, the menu “has been created with…
Miami’s own Burger King will kill its BK Joe brand to start selling Seattle’s Best, a Starbucks company, at 7,250 BK’s around the U.S. [MarketWatch]Chef Michael Harr, former executive corporate chef for Miami-based Celebrity Cruises, will now work for Gaylord National Convention Center in Washington D.C. [WashingtonPost]Chef James Boyle, who…
The iPhone is annoying for some, addictive for others. Love or hate it, the phone has won over a lot of us. And it’s only natural that among the thousands of applications made for it, there would be many catering to cooks and food lovers. Though you might not be…
In the movie You Don’t Mess With the Zohan, Adam Sandler and his Israeli countrymen are so enamored with hummus that they practically shower with the chickpea condiment. In Miami, people are just as devoted to this Middle Eastern snack. Hummus shows up on the most lowbrow menus in the…
If you’re not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter, here’s a taste of what you’re missing. Click here to subscribe.If one kitchen is good, are three kitchens three times better? One way to find out is to swing by the new Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill, 4,200 square…
Food Network personalities, high-profile chefs, and food fans from all over the world will descend over Miami next week for the 2010 South Beach Wine & Food Festival from February 25 to 28. You locals should consider yourself lucky: In years past, you’d be hard pressed to find a ticket…
Drove past Normandy Isles’ Ariston Restaurant on 71st Street the other night and noticed that it is no more. Don’t know when this happened, but it’s a shame — we liked the place enough to name it our Best Greek Restaurant last year.From the website:Regretfully, Ariston has closed it’s doors…
Yes, all the info you need is in this ad. No, we are not getting paid to run it. I’m just posting it because I like Café Barcelona — it’s a cozy, local spot that works hard to provide a good time for its patrons. I like Bohemians, too. Honestly,…
As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…
The Genuine Kitchen column features recipes and tips for your home cooking by James Beard Award-nominated Chef Michael Schwartz and his team at Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink. For this installment, Executive Pastry Chef Hedy Goldsmith guest blogs a retro recipe. Questions or comments? Visit the restaurant’s blog to send…
What it is: Artichoke heart stuffed with whipped artichoke confit, poached quail egg, and American sturgeon caviar.Now then: Where it at?Give it your best shot in the comments section below, and we’ll let you know when you get it right…
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival is almost here, and that means an orgiastic horde of mostly out-of-town drunks on the shores of Miami Beach concerned with nothing but food, drink, sex, celebrity, their cell phone cameras, and Twitter.With that in mind, here’s our Top 10 list of hypothetical disasters…
Not only is waitress Michelle Conley a stunning blonde, but also she is very passionate about the food she serves at Quattro. The Connecticut native is a newcomer to the Lincoln Road Italian eatery, but she wows her customers with her knowledge of the menu and her winning smile. Michelle…
As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…
Grass Restaurant and Lounge has unveiled a new menu by executive chef and Top Chef alum Micah Edelstein. “Only natural and organic ingredients” will be used, everything from pasta to sorbets will be homemade, and the fare is being tagged as “upscale yet approachable all natural cuisine set in an…
You wouldn’t expect the interior of a restaurant housed inside an Italian home design showroom not to be cool. Fratelli Lyon’s décor is sleek and industrial with clean-lined furniture, flatware and decorative accents from the Driade store.Orange place mats and tables and chairs provide a pop of color against the…
Ever met Brian Cantrell, A Fish Called Avalon’s executive chef and general manager? He’s no stranger to South Florida, though he grew up hunting and fishing in the Blue Ridge Mountains near his farm home in Hendersonville, North Carolina. [Editor’s Note: He still claims Lexington barbecue is the bomb diggety.] At…
Wise men and idiots alike have uttered the words, “Food is better when it’s booze.” But the intelligence of the utterer has absolutely no bearing on the truth of the matter. Booze food is better. And there are three main reasons why: 1) Swallowing takes less effort than chewing; 2)…
No, B&BJ doesn’t probably sell lots of whipped cream-topped adult milkshakes to the biker dudes and Jersey Shore/Ed Hardy-wearin’ wannabes when they stroll without their bitches, but you can imagine how sexy it would be to share one of these with a silicone-enhanced partner of the opposite sex. Heck, it…
The burger craze is heading south, with the expansion of the wildly popular Burger & Beer Joint to Mary Brickell Village. Although B&B has been open for less than a year on Miami Beach, they are on the move. Co-owners Buzzy Sklar and Ron Garcia just signed the lease on…
For the past three months, executive chef Simon Stojanovic, has been working in the kitchen of longtime local favorite AltaMar developing dishes for the restaurant’s sister, AltaMare, expected to open next week. Claudio Giordano’s AltaMar will close its doors the day AltaMare’s doors open, just half a block from the…
The last apartment I lived in for several years had no outdoor space to call my own. So when I started getting the itch to garden, I made sure that the next move would bring a bit of sunlit space I could grow some plants in. A year and a half later…
