Tobacco Road held its Red, White and Booze party, featuring food and drink from over a dozen food trucks and American micro-breweries and distilleries, though Budweiser and Bud Light seemed to still be the reigning king of beer. Live music, contests, and even psychic readings had the crowd revved up for…
Vegan Assassin and soon-to-be Miami restaurateur Alex Cuevas is at the helm of yet another veg-head initiative here in Miami — a mass juice fast lasting from five to seven days. Via Facebook, 45 Miamians and friends have committed to joining one of two groups of juice fasters: the rabbits and…
We tasted every cut, savored every sauce, and guzzled shot after shot of free beer. After sampling the wares of the 20 featured restaurants and a similar number of brew stands at the Seminole Hard Rock/New Times first annual Rock N’ Roll Beer-B-Que, we’ve now been rendered, for the most part, immobile. At…
It’s July 4 and you’re already feeling especially patriotic. As you don your favorite Uncle Sam hat and straighten up your star-spangled apron, perhaps you’re wondering, “Hmm… What recipe I can make to show my friends and family just how much I love my country?” Ah! Fret no more. Linda…
On Friday, we stopped by Louie’s All American Hot Dog Cart Showroom for the Hot Dog King’s fifth annual hot dog eating contest. Unfortunately, Louie DiRaimondo was not in his regal garb, and the 15 to 20 person turnout was lower than expected, but that didn’t stop seven eager eaters from…
If you’re looking for an alternative to crowded beaches and causeway traffic jams, Coconut Grove has put together an incredibly lively calendar of events for this Fourth of July weekend. From wine tastings and art walks to hot dog eating contests and food trucks, you could spend the entire weekend…
You’d think that a restaurant that declares itself the “house” of anything would rock your world in that department. For example, you should expect some pretty damn good pancakes from the International House of. The House of Subs in Florida City proves this theory wrong. As an admitted sub addict,…
Watermelon and summer just go together, don’t they? There’s nothing like sitting in the backyard or the porch with a slice of cool, crisp watermelon after a long day at the beach. The trouble with a watermelon is that they’re so big and intimidating in the store or on the…
To be honest, what attracted us to Knead a Pizza was the name. We’re a sucker for clever word play. We’re also a sucker for good food, and when it comes to pizza and pasta – Knead a Pizza satisfies your every knead need (sorry, we had to). The girl…
This year, the rising took over Miami, and while brains were obviously on the top of the menu, a few restaurants made the cut for Best of Miami, too.From Lulu in Coconut Grove, to B.O.’s Fish Wagon in Key West, to Prime One Twelve in Miami Beach, we had you…
No matter what form of entertainment you’re into this long holiday weekend, you’ll find food trucks to suit you. Take the kids for an outing to see classic trains at the Gold Coast Railroad Museum on Saturday or hit Haulover Beach. If you’re into beer and music, head over to…
Two giveaways in one week, we know, but this one was just too good to pass up.On July 7, Taste of the Nation brings together Miami’s most talented chefs for a good cause — feeding South Florida’s hungry children. Around 40 restaurants will participate this year, including Michy’s, Sugarcane Raw…
Could it really be that there were not notable restaurant closings in June? Maybe we missed something. There were, however, a number of openings. A couple more burger joints opened shop, as did Steven Haas’s City Hall and Micah Edelstein’s Nemesis Urban Bistro. Also two coffee roasters are now officially…
We were starting to wonder when the heck Chef Joel Huff was going to be brave enough to invite us to try “his” Azul and finally, thank the heavens, we got our big moment Wednesday night when the Mandarin Oriental, Miami staff extended the invitation. And folks, trust us when…
The 40th anniversary of Versailles, the Little Havana center of all things Cuban and Cuban American, turns 40 this month. Wow! Forty years means the place was established when South Beach was merely a deserted town and before the Dolphins ever won a Super Bowl (yes, naysayers, it happened twice,…
Admist the skyscrapers downtown, there are few breakfast and lunch offerings for worker bees. In fact, on a street filled with hotels catering to business clients and crowded with foreign consulates, La Provence has had quite the monopoly. Enter Maje Café, a restaurant that has quietly opened in the bottom…
And last, part three of Riki’s trip to Atlantic Canada. Check out part one here and part two here.In New Brunswick, I recently visited Breviro Caviar, the only captive breeding facility for Acipenser Brevirostrum sturgeon on the planet licensed by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species…
Summer in Miami is here with the killer combo of tropical heat and high humidity. You know, the kind of days that make you feel like you’re wearing a hot, damp mop on your head. The last thing you want is to eat a heavy, hot, greasy, double cheeseburger or…
Grey Goose is partnering with the Fontainebleau Hotel to offer vodka ice pops as a refreshing poolside treat. Available in three flavors (berry lemonade, pineapple and orange), they won’t be shipped in from a manufacturing plant — they’ll be made in-house. Unfortunately, that’s causing a bit of a delay in…
Lucky Strike Lanes, the national bowling chain with a location in Miami Beach, is set to debut a new menu in July. Bowling alley food doesn’t sound like much to get excited about, but chef Chaunte Goodena’s new items are better than a three-strike final frame. The grilled cheese sliders…
The future is upon us. Miami’s own Burger King corporation is testing a high-tech, space-age, and basically just kick ass soda dispensing machine. It was developed by the Coca-Cola company, always on the cutting edge of coolness. (The Simpsons/Coca-Cola commercial during the Super Bowl, anyone?)The apparatus offers 125 different libations,…
According to the National Hot Dog & Sausage Council (no, we didn’t make that name up), tomorrow kicks off National Hot Dog Month. To celebrate the “Month of the Wien” and Independence Day, the Hot Dog King himself is hosting his fifth annual hot dog eating contest.At noon tomorrow, Louie…
