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…
What’s better than dinner and a movie? Beer and a mini film festival under the stars. New Belgium Brewing’s annual Clips Beer & Film tour is making the rounds of 21 different cities and, for the first time ever, it’s coming to Miami — because we’re officially a beer town,…
It is no easy feat to find sensational Indian food in Miami. The profound level of spices and ingredients in Indian dishes are quite difficult to replicate and perfect. Luckily, the Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove is bringing back its Indian cuisine with a six-week long experience. Executive chef Ramesh Kaduru will…
Alcohol, one the world’s beloved vices, has many uses, and in some cases it could be argued that it is even medicinal. It can wash away a stressful day, numb physical and mental pain, and heighten a celebratory occasion. Never mind the hangover. You can find remedies for that in…
This weekend is all about the pop-up, the made-up, and the tatas. And all come in pairs! First the pop-up: There are two different pop-ups this weekend: a speakeasy and a beer garden. Then the made-up: As in made-up holidays. Again, there are two. National Taco Day and National Vodka…
Mark Reinfeld is a vegan dynamo. Cookbooks, classes, retreats, online instructionals– the award-winning culinarian covers plant-based eating from every angle. His organization, Vegan Fusion, is all about creating a better, healthier, more peaceful world — and he’s doing it through mouth-watering edibles like pistachio-crusted tofu and curried pumpkin soup. Reinfeld…
To welcome October and tis’ the season to have pumpkin, Haven hosted a collaborative dinner last night with Michael Pirolo of Macchialina. Dubbed Pumpkinpalooza, the five-course dinner featured over seven pumpkin varieties, with cocktails (also with pumpkin) to match each dish by Isaac Grillo and Will Rivas. “Michael and I…
The South Florida beer scene is really kicking up. From Funky Buddha in Fort Lauderdale to Wynwood Brewing Company in Wynwood, small craft breweries are making Miami a beer city. What’s most exciting is that many of these brewery owners started out as home brewers. Wynwood Brewing’s Luis G. Brignoni…
What began in a hip little shop in a once-blighted neighborhood has morphed into a drink that discerning diners seek in restaurants across Miami. First brewed in 2011, Panther Coffee has become required drinking for owners who aspire to greatness. Sure, places might buy produce from Homestead and pork links…
Something about meat and condiments shoved between two pillowy slices of bread does it every time. Sandwiches are worthy of love sonnets and dying words. They can even unite the world. “All of humankind has one thing in common: the sandwich. I believe that all anyone really wants in this…
When Danny Serfer opened Blue Collar at the beginning of 2012, the chef/restaurateur had humble aspirations for the small restaurant on Miami’s Upper Eastside. “I just wanted a job. I came back down here from New York and no one would hire me.” Instead of pounding the pavement, Serfer took…
One of the most anticipated restaurants scheduled to open in Miami this fall is Siena Tavern. The restaurant, which hails from Chicago, will open in the old China Grill space, a massive 10,000-square-foot space. Viviani, who garnered fame from his two seasons on Bravo’s Top Chef franchise and whose good…
For over a century it was the home of bootleggers, gangsters, hookers, musicians, and people just in need of booze and a burger. Now, come sunrise October 26, Tobacco Road, the oldest bar I n Miami, is closing its colorful doors. Starting at 6 p.m. on Saturday, October 25, the…
If you think there isn’t a decent spot where you can get lunch for under $10 in Brickell, you’d probably be right. Up until a couple of weeks ago, anyway. That’s when Palmas Caf� quietly opened in the gorgeous courtyard shared with Deli Lane and a few other places. Palmas…
September 2014 in Miami will be remembered for two things — endless days of torrential rain and the opening of Iron Chef Morimoto’s restaurant at the Shelborne Wyndham South Beach. Of course, the “official” opening isn’t until today, but if you’ve been on social media, you’ve seen practically everyone in…
Good things supposedly happen in threes, so we can only hope that a third oyster bar will open in Wynwood/midtown. Midtown Oyster Bar will start operation sometime in October, making it the area’s second oyster bar this year, after Mignonette. Midtown Oyster Bar is the brainchild of the Graspa Group…
When Concrete Beach Brewery opens in Wynwood this month, it will take Miami beer to another level for two reasons. First off, this will be the third brewery located on Northwest 24th Street in Wynwood, which can now unofficially be called Brewer’s Way. See also: The Inside Track on Wynwood’s…
Miami’s own Wynwood Brewing Company is teaming up with the Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove in what promises to be the classiest Oktoberfest in South Florida. The brewery’s Brignoni family has collaborated with the tony resort’s chef Ramesh Kaduru to create the Beer Garden, located on the property’s terrace. Luis G. Brignoni,…
Yesterday’s Botran Mixology Showdown at Miami Beach’s Lure Fishbar proved to be an extreme battle between eight of Miami’s most talented bartenders. In the end, Lure Fishbar’s Josue “Joshua” Gonzalez’s Guatamalan Flip, a mashup between a Cuba Libre and a classic egg-white flip, won yesterday’s competition, snagging the mixologist a…
Last week, Giorgio Rapicavoli found himself in familiar territory as he faced Chopped judges for the third time in the dessert round of the first-ever Chopped Champions. The only difference this time around was that once Ted Allen lifted the silver cloche, Rapicavoli lost. Diana Sabater, a single mother of…
Pretend for a moment you’re chef de cuisine at one of Michael Mina’s 22 restaurants and want to add something to the menu. You must first face the “Recipe Exchange.” You conceptualize, execute, and sell the dish as a special for three days. Still like it? Good. Next, you upload…
It’s 9 p.m. and it’s raining in sheets outside Mignonette, a new oyster bar and seafood eatery off NE Second Avenue across from the City of Miami Cemetery. Gentlemen pull their cars onto the sidewalk to let their ladies scurry in (relatively) dry. But there’s nevertheless a wait to be…
