Food & Drink

A list of Miami restaurants that opened and closed in October 2019.

A new event and entertainment complex is set to open in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Located in the heart of the city’s Las Olas neighborhood on the New River, the Wharf Fort Lauderdale is scheduled to debut the weekend of November 8. A sister concept to the Wharf Miami, the 8,000-square-foot space…

The Magic City, known for its nightlife, beaches, and Cuban sandwiches, is now famous for its plant-based cuisine. Miami has just been named the top vegan hot spot in the United States.

One of Italy’s most beloved pizza chefs, Gino Sorbillo, will open the Miami Beach location of his eponymously-named restaurant this week at 100 Collins Avenue.

The Miami Beach-based concept, which has expanded to Davie, Naples, and Estero, serves a suite of hot and cold vegan eats in a 2,000-square-foot restaurant in the residential and retail complex Aventura ParkSquare.

Niven Patel, Todd Erickson, and Aaron Brooks are among a growing group of Miami chefs who in recent years have partnered with everything from large frozen-food conglomerates to national agricultural promotion boards.

Get ready for a new brunch destination: Weston-based eatery Little Hen is set to make its Miami debut in late November. Helmed by executive chef Efrain Barquero and opening for breakfast and lunch at 3451 NE 1st Ave. in Midtown, the English-inspired cafe will offer an unconventional, yet luxurious take on the most important meal of the day.

For the first time, the Salty Donut will offer a weeklong Halloween doughnut promotion, this Tuesday, October 29, through Sunday, November 3.

The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino premiered its Guitar Hotel yesterday with a celebration filled with celebrities, a signature guitar smash, and a pool party complete with mermaids and mermen.

True Food Kitchen is opening its first Miami-area restaurant at the Falls. The health-driven restaurant will replace the former T.G.I.Friday’s and occupies more than 10,000 square feet with an indoor dining room, a patio, and a bar.

The Philadelphia-based chain Rita’s Italian Ice is reportedly getting ready to expand further into South Florida. Their first new location will open Monday, October 28, in Surfside. Three other shops — in Miami Beach, Hialeah, and Hollywood — are projected to open in early 2020.

When Dominic Cavagnuolo opens DC Pie Co. in Brickell later this month, Miamians will no longer have to travel to South Beach to taste one of the best pizzas in town.

Tacos and burritos in an Airstream trailer.

Mama Joon, a homestyle Mediterranean-inspired restaurant with a vegetable-centric menu, is set to debut early next month in Miami Beach. It will be located inside Life House Collins Park, the second South Florida location of the Silicon Valley-backed boutique hotel chain founded in 2017.

From pumpkin tiramisu doughnuts to crisp pumpkin pastelitos, gourd-centric treats are a must-try this season and the perfect pairing for any festive gathering with friends. Here are Miami’s top pumpkin-flavored treats.