Like most people, Miamians are drawn to shiny, new restaurants. Sure, there are gems in obvious places, but we’re here to highlight the lesser-known spots — the places without big-name publicists and trendy menus. They simply serve great food. Here are the ten best restaurants that consistently serve the tastiest…
It’s likely you know her best as Cher, the fashion-forward, well-intentioned Beverly Hills high-schooler who created pop culture legend in 1995’s Clueless. But Alicia Silverstone is much more than a pretty face and Aerosmith video vixen — she’s also a dedicated mom, author, and vegan activist. Her cookbook The Kind…
UPDATE: B&S Gastropub has, indeed closed. According to Jorgie Ramos, “We closed the doors last night. We’re hoping it’s just temporart, but not sure.” Stay tuned for updates to this story. Kendall’s B&S Gastropub’s owner Jorgie Ramos is in a bitter feud with the condominium his restaurant is located in…
Imagine this. It’s Miami Beach circa the late 1940s. You’re sitting at a rustic, yet elegant beach bar, enjoying one of those daiquiris you’ve heard are all the rage with a writer named Hemingway in a little island town called Havana. A warm breeze softly shakes the lights strung up…
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival, the annual multi-day celebrity-fueled bacchanalia that hits Miami Beach every February like a wine-soaked tidal wave has been the site to numerous parties, events, and seminars. Privy to some epic antics like Robert Irvine being shackled upside down by his ankles, Guy Fieri…
When 4th Age Brewing Company’s Chris Campos and Daniel Morales began their voyage into beer production, they brewed a modest five gallons a month as a hobby. But when the amount of drinkable frothy concoction swelled to as much as 35 gallons per week, costing tens of thousands of dollars,…
If you can’t get enough of the fried goodness that is a croqueta, you’ll be glad to know that this coming Sunday you can find about 10,000 of them. Dubbed Croquetapalooza, the event is the brainchild of local blogger Sef Gonzalez, better known as Burger Beast. BB is at it…
Tomorrow, on Thursday, October 9, Coconut Grove’s Cruz Building will house some of the world’s finest craft spirits at the Craft Spirits Festival’s Grand Tasting event. This second annual tasting, held from 7 to 11 p.m., features over 120 distinct spirits by more than 30 exhibitors. In addition to small…
Larry Chi has been working with fish in raw form since his early 20s. His restaurant, Akashi, which opened in 1993 near Sunset Place, was among the first sushi bars in South Miami. Twenty-one years later, it is a landmark of the local culinary scene. Two decades, two Akashi locations,…
The 17th-annual New Times’ “Original” Beerfest, presented by Isle Casino, returns to Fort Lauderdale’s Esplanade Park Saturday, October 25, and it promises to be one amazing evening filled with music, fun, and beer. More than 100 brews will be on hand for your sampling enjoyment, including beers from Florida’s best…
Looking for refuge from the heat and rain? P�rez Art Museum Miami has the A/C cranked on high and is inviting art-loving foodies to pair art and food with new menu items at its restaurant, Verde. The new dishes are inspired by the recently opened “Jardim Bot�nico” exhibit by Brazilian…
Sixpoint Brewing has landed a tap takeover in Miami and will attempt to empty all of its 33 kegs this Thursday, October 9, at both Kush in Wynwood and Lokal in Coconut Grove. To sample all the brews without having to drive, take the Miami Brew Bus, which will taxi…
It seems that just more than a year after Bradley Kilgore was named chef de cuisine at J&G Grill at the St. Regis Bal Harbour, the chef is leaving the building. Miami.com reported Kilgore would leave to open his own restaurant. Though details are murky, the chef’s departure was, indeed,…
In a yawning space surrounded by inky, lacquered shelves stacked with Mexican folk art, sharply dressed business types negotiate over pale-green margaritas. Two men wearing matching Piguet watches and Ferragamo belts are trailed by their wives, both pushing strollers and toting Chanel purses as they make their way to an…
It’s hard to believe, but Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink is turning 8 years old in a few months, a rare feat considering that about 30 percent of restaurants are doomed to failure, according to a recent UCF study. So what keeps Michael’s Genuine relevant? Restaurateur Michael Schwartz’s answer is…
When I started writing for Short Order in 2010, Lee Klein already was an established commodity in the Miami food scene, having written for Miami New Times for well over a decade. For me, Lee is the standard bearer of what food writing should be. And, after so many years…
Barely a year after celebrating a year on the job, Wynwood Brewing Company brings home a gold medal from the Great American Beer Festival, the country’s largest beerfest, which was held from October 2-4 this year. Wynwood Brewing’s flagship beer, Pop’s Porter, took first place in the Robust Porter division,…
If you don’t have plans for eating and drinking this week, that’s about to change. There’s plenty to do, from a five-course wine-pairing dinner at BLT Prime, featuring vintage wines personally selected from one of the world’s 219 master sommeliers, to Yardbird turning 3 years old and celebrating with $3…
Just how significant has Miami’s Central American population become? In the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, there is a small chain of cafeteria-style restaurants called Coco Baleadas. The first U.S. location opened quietly on Coral Way last month, and it’s the busiest the small space (which once held a Peruvian and pan-Asian…
Back in July, Bocce Bar announced a change in its kitchen staff. Timon Balloo, who opened the Italian restaurant with a bocce court out front, would give up his role and stick at the neighboring Sugarcane, and Daniel Tackett would take over Bocce’s kitchen as executive chef. Together with chef…
Ten people were injured Saturday in Buena Vista when a Toyota Camry careened onto the sidewalk and plowed through a sidewalk caf�. It happened around 4 p.m. at Lemoni Caf�. None of the injuries were serious, police said. One elderly woman broke her foot. For months, that stretch of NE…
Taperia Raca, the Spanish tapas joint launched earlier this year in MiMo by Giorgio Rapicavoli and Alex Casanova, is closed. According to a news release, the owners received an offer on the property they couldn’t refuse. The team, however, says this isn’t the end of Raca and is planning to…
