Imagine a sub shop where a media noche is a triple-decker packed with porchetta and a reuben is smeared with truffle thousand island dressing. If you’re thinking this is only a place that can exist in your gourmand dreams, think again because it’s exactly the premise behind Little Bread Cuban…
It’s typical for Miami restaurants to be delayed in their opening, especially when said restaurant is an oyster bar that has traps as light fixtures and empty oyster shells affixed to the walls. The restaurant at hand is Midtown Oyster Bar and it was supposed to debut in October, but…
Nutella is delicious. Nobody’s going to deny that Italy’s super-famous hazelnut spread is anything but a nectar of the Gods. It’s good on bananas, on toast, on ice cream. On anything. But Nutella isn’t vegan. And it’s loaded with saturated fat and processed sugar. So what’s a plant-based eater with…
It wouldn’t have been a successful Basel without a cocktail lesson in a bungalow penthouse at Miami’s newest and hippest lodge, the Miami Beach Edition. While Ian Schrager is most known for his role as co-owner and co-founder of the iconic Studio 54, he’s also responsible for pioneering the boutique…
Jeremiah Bullfrog’s shipping containers that sustained the Art Basel masses with Royals with cheese and bouncy alkaline noodles topped with spicy, hammy XO sauce will be sticking around Wynwood a bit longer to serve a temporary test kitchen for the mostly mobile chef. See also: Jeremiah Bullfrog Pops Up at…
In a shopping plaza in North Miami that features two favorites, Ricky’s Thai Bistro and Vega’s Burgers, a new star is born. Open for less than two months, Fresh Juice King is your best bet for refreshing juices, smoothies, and friendly service. Perhaps you tried their healthful slurpable concoctions before…
Bottled water isn’t the most exciting of grocery store choices. Dasani or Aquafina? Fiji or Nestle Pure Life? Blue label, blue label or blue label? Art2o is out to change all that. Via human’s number one necessity, the Miami-based company is looking to bring art appreciation to the masses. See…
At a sprawling communal table made of old cherry trees, a black-clad figure appears with an unadorned beech-wood box. As you sip green tea tinged with the faint aroma of burning leaves, she sets the box on the table and slips off one of its sides, revealing three trays. She…
TapCo. Restaurant Group, the new parent company overseeing the expansion of the Tap 42 brand, recently announced the next location for the latest establishment. It will be the third Tap 42 restaurant following the original restaurant in Fort Lauderdale opened by founding partners Sean and Blaise McMackin, and the second…
The longstanding South Beach Italian haven Escopazzo is no more. The closure of Giancarla Bodoni’s two-decade old restaurant, first reported late last week on Miami.com, comes as the island remains awash in Italian spots, some better than others. In its absence beachgoers are left with choices like Scarpetta, Macaluso’s, Macchialino,…
If the occasional trip to Miami Shores for your weekly or monthly ration of sausages doesn’t fit into your schedule, your problem is solved. Proper Sausages now offers overnight delivery locally and nationwide. See also: Five Reasons to Visit Proper Sausages in Miami Shores…
Till next year, Basel. Miami’s busiest and most traffic-inducing week is over, and we’re somewhat happy about that. Mostly because it means no more wait times at you favorite neighborhood joints. Although the end of Basel also means Zak the Baker is back to his regular operating and baking hours…
Andiamo is a favorite neighborhood pizza joint that serves up our number one pick for meatballs in Miami. When it comes to pies they have a full page dedicated to speciality combinations or else you can play Frankenstein and create your own. However, on a recent visit we noticed a…
For more than a decade Trudy Ellis had expected improvements to 54th Street in Miami, where her restaurant Bahamian Pot sat for 26 years. “For years the politicians told me something was going to change, that there would be lights, but it never happened,” she says…
Kris Wessel is famous for his unique, indigenously-inspired Floridian fare. Menu items like barbecue shrimp, coconut-conch chowder, and “Hialeah-style” palomilla steak mark Oolite’s lineup. But Wessel is the master of more than just animal protein. His Miami Beach eatery offers a wide array of meatless dishes, and this Thursday, they’re…
Baseling all weekend? Make sure to fit brunch into your agenda, partly because you’ll need to get some fuel in you but also because Mignonette recently launched brunch service, which means in addition to shucking oysters Danny Serfer is also flipping eggs. No stranger to brunch, Serfer has Sunday devotees…
December 5 is as good as any other day to use for an excuse to drink. But today imbibing becomes your duty as an American because it is Repeal Day, or the day in 1933 when drinking alcohol became a constitutional right. No doubt many parties will be thrown in…
If you’ve been waiting with baited breath for Coyo Taco to open so you can snag one of chef Scott Linquist’s tacos, your wait is over on Sunday. Sort of. Although the Wynwood taco joint is not yet open, it will pop up on Sunday as part of the Sound…
Once again Wynwood Brewing is opening up its Vine Club, giving a chance for new members to get special access to all things from Miami’s first craft brewery. The Vine Club doesn’t open its doors to new members very often, and spots are extremely limited. Vine Club membership opened up…
Hot on the heels of the opening of L’Echon Brasserie at the Hilton Cabana Hotel, the Pubbelly Boys, Andreas Schreiner, Jose Mendin, and Sergio Navarro, are expanding their growing restaurant roster. This time, the boys are headed across the river, to downtown Miami. PB Station will open at the Langford…
By now you’ve probably experienced a few Art Basel parties (and Basel-related parking nightmares) and it’s not even the weekend. Pace yourself, young grasshopper, because there’s a ton of shows, galleries, and parties to attend. Remember to stop and fuel yourself at some of the pop-ups, dinners, and food trucks…
If you’re trekking the beach for Basel revelry and looking for a bite to eat or a few cocktails to sip, you might want to stop into The Redbury where Cleo has recently opened. The trendy Hollywood outfit has suited up to bring Middle Eastern cuisine to South Beach’s busy…
