The “Ice Cream Man” a.k.a. Matt Allen is a dude who rolls around the country in an old van named Mitch giving away free ice cream. We caught up with him at O.H.W.O.W Gallery (Our House West of Wynwood) on NW 7th Ave and 32 Street during a Basel week…
Another day, another restaurant debut. After a soft opening in November, Canyon Ranch Grill in Canyon Ranch Miami Beach (6900 Collins Ave.) is set to go public. Chef Alex Asteinza oversees the Canyon canon of healthful foods that fit with the spa’s “wellness lifestyle”. Starters, $9 to $16, include: Pumpkin…
President Reagan was finishing his second term, Rain Man was the big box office hit, and we were more than a decade away from having heard of Osama or Obama. As much as the world has changed over the past 20 years, South Beach has undergone an even greater transformation…
Roaches. Love em’, hate em’, eat em’. Or don’t, at least not at a North Miami Quiznos location (11850 Biscayne Blvd., North Miami). The restaurant was temporarily closed down on December 4 by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation after inspectors found 12 violations, which they termed “critical.”…
They’ll have it their way.If you’ve somehow missed Burger King’s hilarious terrible! absolutely terrible! new marketing campaign, where they bring Whoppers to Hmong villagers in remote Thailand, the Inuit of Greenland, and a Transylvanian town in Romania, you have to check this out. Although the campaign generates a seriously sinking feeling (it’s…
The interior of The Grill at The Setai (as well as The Restaurant portion) is arguably one of the most beautiful in Miami-Dade. When it comes to the Zen-like outdoor pods-on-the-pond dining area there is no argument — this is the most beautiful al fresco setting. The cuisine here has…
My steak is bigger than your steak.Super-corporate, super-expensive, super-good Morton’s Steakhouse cuts the ribbon on a brand new (and totally unnecessary) Fort Lauderdale branch on December 14. That’s at 500 E. Broward Blvd — which, we suppose, will be a convenient spot for the few local carnivores who always secretly…
We get some strange things in the mail from companies looking to pump their products: care packages from popcorn advocacy groups and breath mints designed to help you fake your way out of alcohol-related trouble come to mind immediately. But this candy has to take the unleavened cake. Orthodox Chews…
Four women, two web-based companies, and innumerable sweet holiday gifts that you needn’t leave your house to purchase.,Eileen Sanchez and Evelyn Dieppa are the “cupcake catering duo” of 2 Girls and a Cupcake, and they’e serving up sweet gift ideas for purchase online. The Miami natives describe themselves as “two…
One of the unheralded winners of the recently concluded Art Basel was Clive’s Café, (2880 No. Miami Ave. and 890 NW 2nd Ave.). The Wynwood location, generally closed for weekend nights, stayed open for the hipster crowd and was jammed. Best option was the jerk chicken ($7.50) – finest we’ve…
“Peace out, New Times.”Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto’s new restaurant in the Boca Raton Resort is exclusive. So exclusive, in fact, that New Times can’t get in.Last week we made a call down to the resort to see if we could snag a table at the month-old sushi bar and restaurant,…
You couldn’t pay me the $500 prix fixe to get me to eat “dinner in the sky” at the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek — apart from my terror of heights, I haven’t been strapped to a dining chair since I was 6 months old and I’m regressing fast enough as…
It wasn’t that long ago that serious diners in these parts pointed to Coral Gables as the go-to spot for eating out. Palme d’Or, Pascals, Ortanique, Christy’s, Caffe Abracci, Francesco’s, Norman’s, Mundo, Chispa, Restaurant Brana, Max’s Grille, The Palm Steakhouse…quite a roster. Mundo, Norman’s, Chispa, Restaurant Brana, Max’s Grille and…
(sturgeon: It’s what’s for dinner)The Slow Foods Glades to Coast Chapter, which covers roughly the Palm Beach and Broward areas, is hosting a 5-course Growers’ Discovery gourmet dinner at Cafe Boulud in Palm Beach this Thursday, December 11, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. The dinner, overseen by chef Zach Bell, is pricey at…
I’ll put up my vegetarian chili against any meat-based recipe — this one is insanely flavor- and color-full, and it’s so spicy it’ll make you weep. It’s ideal post-Thanksgiving eats, since it’s cheap, criminally healthy from all the folic acid, B vitamins and lycopene, and loaded with fiber if you’re…
Art Basel brings so much cool stuff to Miami each year, but also throngs of people and a whole lot of hype. Tonight, however, far from the madding crowd, Two Chefs in South Miami will be offering a single malt sampling that is eminently reasonable in price: Twenty dollars will…
This coming Monday, December 8th, Asia de Cuba will debut in the Mondrian South Beach (1100 West Avenue). This China Grill Management concept first appeared eleven years ago in New York CIty’s Morgans Hotel, and has since branched out to The Mondrian in Los Angeles and Scottsdale, The Clift in…
Joe Allen, the restaurateur, once remarked, “Life is a cruel joke, but less cruel and more of a joke when you’re in a good bar.” Joe Allen, the restaurant, has a good bar. It is also one of very few casual, unassuming restaurants on South Beach that offers affordable American…
I’ve used and abuse my poor Weber (Thermos make) grill over the years — slow cooking pork for hours on end, roasting peppers for bold salsas, and grilling hundreds of steaks, chops, and burgers has taken its toll on the big hunk of metal. So when I set out to…
We’ve confirmed with executive chef Mark Liberman this morning that Stephen di Asprinio has in fact left the restaurant he gave his name to, Forte di Asprinio, in West Palm Beach, “to pursue other opportunities.” Liberman wouldn’t, or couldn’t tell us much more, except that Asprinio left sometime last week,…
Balans restaurant, which has been an anchor on the west side of Lincoln Road Mall since 1997, five weeks ago opened its’ second South Florida location in Mary Brickell Village (there are five London branches as well). The interior is modern and minimalist, with outdoor tables spread upon the VIllage…
On November 14th, 2008, the Lakes Sports Bar and Grill, located at 6125 Miami Lakes Drive, underwent a routine “Food Licensing Inspection” conducted by the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation. What they found was shit, from rats, and lots of it. The rat-shit code violation is one of…
