In a shock to attendees, frita fanatics and the Miami Twitterverse El Rey de las Fritas’ Cuban hamburger bested the creation of Ortelio Cárdenas, El Mago de las Fritas, at Burger Beast’s first ever Frita Showdown at Magic City Casino Wednesday night. See also: Miami’s Top Ten Fritas Cubanas…
The weather is just starting to really heat up in Miami, but summer will soon be making its exit — something you can’t say about almost any other part of the country. To parents of young kids, that sweltering mid-August sun means only one thing: brown bag lunch season. This…
When deciding on a restaurant for Miami Spice, there are a few factors to consider: location, whether the restaurant serves lunch or dinner (or both), and the price point (fine or luxury dining). Of course there’s also the question of whether or not your choice serves Spice on weekends (many…
Smoked salmon spring rolls aren’t the obvious choice at Biscayne Tavern, a downtown restaurant that peddles more fried potatoes than lox. So when your waiter says he prefers the dish over the “crispy Gulf shrimp dynamite,” you order the rolls halfheartedly and glare at the shrimp platters passing by. But…
David Dodge wears shoes with coiled heels, considers refined wheat to be toxic, and hasn’t taken medicine in more than 40 years. His choice of footwear relieves pain associated with lower-body conditions. And if you look closely enough, you’ll notice flour dusting the black Velcro on his feet. For four…
Everyone has a different way of eating and saying pizza. Some people say pixxa — whatever that is. Some eat leftovers for breakfast without heating them up because they can’t bear the thought of waiting. But we all love the stuff, which is why we got excited when we heard…
It’s a Saturday night, and you’re not sure what to do. It’s all been done before, dinner, movies, that bar down the street, or a club in South Beach. You’re looking for something more exciting, easy on the pockets, and a way to interact with other people. You’re looking for…
Call it a “spirit revival” or call it “getting back to basics”, but bourbon has gained immense popularity in the past few years. Although it’s commonly referred to as Kentucky bourbon, the spirit does not have to be produced in Kentucky. In 1964, Congress declared the whiskey as a distinctive…
Facing I-75, in a nondescript location surrounded by warehouses, lies a delicious deli that you probably haven’t heard of before. Franky’s Deli Warehouse in Hialeah is a place that you have to know about to find. Once you arrive, warm faces, meat waiting to be sliced and Cannabis Energy Drinks…
Toro Toro opened in late 2012, and now has joined Miami Spice, which includes an impressive selection of over 100 restaurants. The pan-Latin restaurant at the InterContinental Hotel is all about sharing. The menu regularly features a selection of small plates and meat platters family style. The first one on…
Call the number of the Sunny Isles restaurant that specializes in dim sum and you’ll be greeted with, “Chef Ho!” No, that’s not shorthand during busy lunchtime order taking. That’s the new name of the restaurant. Chef Philip Ho is now Chef Ho. According to Jackie Sam, one of the…
SoFi seafood lovers officially have a new spot to call their own. Bar Crudo is now open at 40 South Pointe Drive, and it is doling out ocean delicacies like snapper ceviche, beet-cured hamachi and shrimp crostini. From crab to cocktails, the cozy cafe was the brainchild of owners Andy…
Although you might not have eaten at Heston Blumenthal’s three Michelin-star rated restaurant, The Fat Duck, which offers a tasting menu for £195 per person, it’s pretty much certain you’ve heard about the chef and the restaurant. Located in the town of Bray, about a 45-minute train ride from London’s…
In Hoboken, New Jersey, people line up in front of Carlo’s Bakery for pastries and cakes. The shop, in business since 1910, was busy long before the Valastro family gained fame and recognition on the show, Cake Boss. Now, Buddy Valastro, the master baker behind both show and the bakery,…
David Dodge wears shoes with coiled heels, considers refined wheat to be toxic, and hasn’t taken medicine in more than 40 years. His choice of footwear relieves pain associated with lower body conditions. And if you look closely enough, you’ll notice flour dusting the black Velcro on his feet…
Paula Deen’s stellar career as a Food Network celebrity and endorsement darling imploded this past June. The cause? A deposition taken in correlation with a harassment lawsuit filed by a former employee of a restaurant co-owned by Deen and her brother Bubba Hiers in which Deen admits to using the…
There’s a verse in the Babylonian Talmud that goes something like this: When friends take leave of each other, it’s best that they teach each other something, so that when they see each other next time, they remember what they’ve learned, and when they remember what they’ve learned, they will…
For those of us not working (or discoing) at the car wash, dining there seems to be a pretty decent option. A recent trip to Karma Carwash, left us in a sublime zen state. While our car was being scrubbed, we wanted some of our own personal attention, so we…
Watching the season premiere of Eat, Drink, Love on Bravo last evening, I kept repeating one phrase, “My brain hurts.” The reality television “docu-drama” which follows the eating and mating habits of five women in the Los Angeles food scene, makes the Real Housewives of anywhere seem like nuns with…
Smoked salmon spring rolls aren’t the obvious choice at Biscayne Tavern, a downtown restaurant that peddles more fried potatoes than lox. So when your waiter says he prefers the dish over the “crispy Gulf shrimp dynamite,” you order the rolls halfheartedly and glare at the shrimp platters passing by. But…
When the staff at Soi Chinese Kitchen showed up for work this morning, they anticipated a regular Monday filled with lunch orders and diners. Instead, they found the restaurant had been broken into. See also: Soi Chinese Kitchen: Duck Buns, Short-Rib Dumplings, and a Chinese Prayer…
Social portal and user-review mecca Yelp is all about educating the masses on the eats, drinks and other diversions cities have to offer. Be it God-awful service or orgasmic edibles — Yelpers are the ultimate experts. Yelp Miami’s newest endeavor is designed to introduce folks to the 305’s mixology landscape…
