”It’s the first one in America,” says Alexander Hiller, Director of 100 Montaditos, which just opened this past Friday in midtown Miami (just across from Hurricane Grill & Wings). There are some 200 locations worldwide (in France, Mexico, Portugal, and, mostly, in hometown Spain), so these are no rookie operators…
Don’t be a snob about renting a keg. No one’s going to think you’re Van Wilder’s older, uglier brother. You’re just thrifty. Providing libation for your closest 40 alcoholic buds during the Super Bowl can get pricey. In a crappy economy, the smartest way to go is with the money-saver…
We’ve been on the Sweetness Bakeshop trail for the past couple of weeks, since we discovered their awesome custom cakes and took a look at the rest of their store offerings. Cupcakes remain the most popular item at the shop — especially because owner Stephanie Perez-Diaz and her partners keep…
As further proof that 2012 may indeed bring an apocalypse, the current crop of reality TV offerings not only offers warring shows about pawn hockers, hoarders, and trash-sifters, but now, also, abandoned storage container bidders. If you work at home or stay up too late, you may already be familiar…
If you’re having people over for the Super Bowl and want to feed them good food — but don’t feel like doing the work — Sol Kitchen may be able to help. Owned by Steve Berry and chefs Kurtis Jantz and Chad Galiano, the company started offering food packages for NFL…
What better way to get over that mid-week hump than sipping it away? Area 31 has a bubbly happy hour sure to turn that uphill battle into a downhill rush. “Veuve on the Clock” features Veuve Clicquot champagne specially priced according to what time it is — from 5:00 to…
photo by billwisserphoto.com Remember the street food court that was supposed to launch on Biscayne Boulevard and 81st Street a few weeks ago? Yeah, well it didn’t happen then. The trucks ended up relocating for that day and we didn’t hear much more about it. Until now. The gathering…
What it is: A Serrano ham sandwich (on the right) with just a drizzle of olive oil ($1); and a Serrano ham sandwich with Iberico cheese ($2). (Yes, eagle eyes, potato chips too.) Where it at? That’s what we’re asking. Take your best guess in the comments section below,…
If you go anywhere near McArthur Causeway these days, you can’t help but notice the orange cones, workers, flashing lights and trucks entering the roadway But look beyond the settling dust on Watson Island and you’ll find Miami Seaplane Base. This quaint historical outpost has a good cup of coffee…
There’s good news today for those in Miami drooling over moving munchies. The Biscayne Triangle Truck Round-up is back on this week with a new location at the parking lot of American Legion Post #29 (6445 NE 7th Avenue, Miami). After moving from the former NE 109th and Biscayne Boulevard location…
”Um, excuse me waiter, but my ravioli is shamelessly exposed.””Yes, ma’am. You ordered the gnudi.”Those of you who have never heard of naked ravioli should first try chef Andrea Menichetti’s version at Vino E Olio to get a feel for how the finished product should taste and appear. It’s a…
If you haven’t visited the Liberty City Farmers Market, you should. It is in a very nice park and has all sorts of local veggies plus Florida meat and eggs. Redland Rambles has more on the market. Guest blogger Chuck Ferrin gives readers a primer on Ron Zacapa over at Miami…
More food truck mania on the web! (Don’t expect it to stop any time soon.) So, what to do if, even though you’re following all your favorite trucks on Twitter, you don’t get to stay logged in all day for the scoop? How about a website that conveniently lists the…
It seems like the notable restaurant openings in Miami slowed down a bit after Art Basel passed. But there were still quite a few places to start off the year. Below are the restaurant openings and closings for January 2011 (or earlier and not included in our December round-up).OpeningsBacklot Wine…
This is the first dish in a countdown to New Times’ Best of Miami 2011. From now until June, Short Order will be serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305 in random order. If you have any nominations of your own, please send them to cafe@miaminewtimes.com.100. Dumplings…
What portion of the planet makes better breakfasts than the American South? None. And how many American Southern restaurants are there in Miami? At least one that we know of: The First & First Southern Baking Company. And does Ray Hicks, owner of First & First do Southern breakfasts proud?…
Last Tuesday, I suggested that certain local chefs have lessened their reputations by affixing their name to projects that they weren’t fully participating in. One of the chefs I mentioned was Doug Rodriguez, writing that his new restaurant, De Rodriguez Ocean, was “clearly run without any daily input from [Rodriguez].”…
This weekend there’s plenty of food and not-quiet entertainment at the Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Church’s 34th Annual Lebanese Festival. It’s like being at home but with strangers. The boisterous servers on the buffet line will ask you if you are Lebanese; if you are, why don’t you attend…
Friday we chatted with Vino e Olio’s executive chef Andrea Menichetti and his two-Michelin Star-rated chef/mama. If you missed it, click here. We’ll be awaiting your return. Promise.So who’s the most famous celebrity you’ve ever cooked for?Andrea Bocelli. He’s the one most internationally known. A lot [of celebrities] in Italy.What…
Over 20,000 runners will take to Miami’s streets this Sunday for the ING Miami Marathon and Half Marathon. Running a marathon is no easy feat – it requires months of training, mental and physical endurance and a lot of energy. Since the human body really wasn’t meant to run 26.2…
While food trucks get all the shine on the local affordable-dining scene, it’s easy to forget that some of them are offshoots of actual brick-and-mortar establishments! Case in point: Sugar Rush Miami, the city’s first baked-goods truck. The truck wows with so-bad-for-you-they’re-good concoctions like deep-fried cupcakes and super-thick milkshakes. But…
Looking for somewhere to go on Chinese New Year? Ring in the Year of the Rabbit at one of these Miami restaurants. Celebrations begin on February 2. Café Sambal at the Mandarin Oriental Lion dance performances and Asian art in the café’s outdoor terrace are part of this celebration. The restaurant…
