It’s Monday and you’re hungry. Well, let’s not waste any time and get right to it then. South Miami gastropub Station 5 is serving up lunch, which means you only have a few hours till you can nosh on pork belly tacos, rock shrimp guacamole, and a patty melt sammy…
If anyone understands beauty upkeep, it’s you, Miami. Yes, New Times is getting a little nip and tuck and coming back to you very soon looking a bit more, um, refreshed. While we’re gone, there won’t be any new content on our site until midday Monday, March 16. (It takes…
The Miami dining scene is aware of Ralph Pagano’s “go big or go home” attitude toward everything he does. The chef’s larger-than-life personality translates into all his projects — from his television appearances on Hell’s Kitchen and Pressure Cook to his weekly radio stints on BIG105’s Paul and Young Ron…
Le Macaron, the Sarasota-based French pastry shop, is opening several locations in South Florida over the coming weeks. According to the Bradenton Herald, the small chain started franchising its stores about two years ago and has grown exponentially since then. Le Macaron now has nearly 20 locations throughout Florida and…
This past Tuesday and Wednesday, students and faculty at Miami Culinary Institute were given a rare opportunity to share with and learn from instructors from Basque Culinary Center, the world’s foremost modern cuisine school. Located in San Sebastián, Spain, the BCC was created in 2009 by leading Spanish chefs, including…
Another weekend, another new brunch to try. And this time it’s Brickell’s newest and hottest watering hole, American Social, that’s flipping eggs and pouring bottomless booze. If you’ve been to the Fort Lauderdale brunch, this is nothing like it. Gone is the gringo food: crab legs, fried chicken, prime rib…
This weekend’s events include a whole lot of mega celebrations. We’re talking big, brash soirees filled with plenty of food and lots of beer drinking. If you’ve always dreamed of eating a 125-pound hot dog and washing it down with some cotton candy beer you don’t need to be put…
Chesapeake Lodging Trust has closed its $278 million deal to acquire the Royal Palm Hotel from KSL Capital Partners. According to realty site CoStar.com, the South Beach resort will now be called the Royal Palm Miami South Beach, operating under the Starwood Hotels & Resorts’ new independent hotels flag as…
A slice with cheese and pepperoni may sate a teenager in middle America, but this is Miami: We want pies with some pizzazz. New York and Chicago may be more notable pizza meccas, but nowhere else offers Cuban and oxtail pizzas like the Magic City. In the following list, you…
In early 2013, Mimi Gross told her husband she wanted Cuban food. That man was Hans Seitz, owner of the downtown barbecue spot Sparky’s along with Kevin Kehoe, who was testing ham recipes and fortuitously had Dijon mustard, pickles, Swiss cheese, and some bread on hand. Thus Sparky’s Cuban Ex-Patriot…
Klima executive chef David “Rusti” Rustarazo is a simple guy. The Catalonian honed his skills at the acclaimed Coure in Barcelona before making his way to South Beach. He doesn’t want to complicate himself or his menu. “This isn’t NASA,” he says. “Our food isn’t meant to be cryptic, just…
Do you remember Phuc Yea? The temporary Vietnamese restaurant that opened for a season in 2011 was one of the first pop-up restaurants in Miami, taking over downtown’s Crown Bistro during dinner hours. The little temporary spot garnered quite a following in the few months it was open, with people…
Coya, restaurateur Arjun Waney’s London-based concept with a second outpost in Dubai, is open for business in Brickell today. Waney has already brought to Miami his other high-end concept, Zuma. Now he’s expanding his offerings with a taste of Peruvian food unlike anything else around. See also: Coya Is Set…
Tuesday, March 17, is St. Patrick’s Day, the one day, according to a sign at the Guinness factory in Dublin, everybody is Irish. That means it’s time to wear green, eat corned beef and cabbage, and hoist a few pints to celebrate both the life of the patron saint of…
David Foulquier is a Manhattan native with a Persian and French background. His grandma lived across the street from French culi-genius Daniel Boulud in Lyon, France. “Thanksgiving growing us for us was always cooked by Daniel,” says Foulquier. “He catered my bar mitzvah and even gave me my first chef’s…
Brunchers in the MiMo district will have a new weekend spot for eggs and mimosas when the Vagabond Restaurant starts Sunday brunch service March 15. Every Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., chef Alex Chang will offer his unique take on the festive weekend meal, saying his brunch menu…
Situated in the gray area between Coral Gables and Little Havana, the new Asador 5 Jotas offers a delicious take on the cuisine of northern Spain. With walls lined by Spanish wines, whole serrano hams hanging like ornaments in the dining room, and a menu full of tapas whose mere…
In Miami, the name Choices is synonymous with vegan cuisine. And now fans of the plant-based eateries will have one more choice in their roster of restaurants — in Coconut Grove. This will be Choices’ fourth cafe in Miami and comes quickly behind the January opening of their new Coral…
Attention all you party animals! Get ready to have the time of your life at the sixth annual Miami New Times & Zoo Miami Brew at the Zoo. On May 9, from 8 to 11p.m., sample unlimited beer and spirits from around the world (and our own backyard), eat great…
The 64th-annual Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition — AKA the Youth Fair — returns to Tamiami Park for three weeks of corn dogs, rides, and carnival games. But when the gates open this Thursday, March 12, beer lovers will be offered much more than domestic brewski. The fair will up…
Oversize purses of fresh pasta are filled with milky ricotta dotted with basil speckles. Before they’re sealed, a raw egg yolk is nestled in the cheese. The whole thing is briefly poached before a quick toss in brown butter sauce followed by a dusting of savory, salty Parmesan cheese. There…
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to step behind the bar of a world-class cocktail lounge and shake your stuff to an adoring and cheering crowd? Much like baseball has fantasy camp and wannabe metal heads can rock out at guitar gatherings, the Regent Cocktail Club hosts…
