The Morgans Restaurant provides a sip-worthy reason to venture out on hump day: Drink Special Wednesdays. This Wednesday-only special offers beer, wine by the glass, and sangria pitchers for half off regular price. Beer options check in at $2 to $4 and include Red Stripe, Guinness Draught, Stella Artois, and…
Christy’s in Coral Gables serves shrimp that look as juiced up as the male stars of Jersey Shore. Locals often frequent the upscale eatery on the corner of Ponce de Leon Boulevard and Malaga Street simply for the shrimp cocktail. It gives new meaning to the famed oxymoron jumbo shrimp…
Yesterday we wrote about fabada Asturiana as a way to prepare for today’s Spain-Germany soccer game. If you didn’t start then, maybe you can celebrate la victoria with fabada. It’s a traditional Spanish stew that requires time, patience, lots of meat, and a hearty appetite. Slowly cooked overnight, the flavors of the meat…
Packing into the car and driving 1,300 miles to see friends up North for a summer break is in theory a lot of fun. But as the dullness of flat highway hits, conversation shifts to stopping for eats. Then, just as you cross the state line on I-95 and enter…
Chef Sara La Fountain, a Finnish-American Culinary Institute of America grad who runs a catering company in Finland, will cook up a “slow” Finnish meal featuring Finlandia vodka at the Fairmont Turnberry Isle resort this Saturday. Each of the four courses will be paired with a Finlandia vodka cocktail prepared…
Today we welcome hump day, the awkward midway point to the weekend’s freedom. Why grudgingly crawl over this nuisance when you can conquer it Brazilian-style? Every Wednesday, Boteco offers an all-you-can-eat appetizer special for $9.50 and a corresponding happy hour. This “Rodizio de Salgadinhos” special provides a prix fixe order…
This is the second installment of our ongoing series that spotlights interesting cookbooks. Some will be new and familiar, chosen because we think they’re really good. Others will be highlighted as a means of introducing you to cookbooks you might not know about — and that we also think are…
Bernie’s L.A. Café opened to a packed house on Alton Road last week, and it continues to pack ’em in this week. Part of the built-in appeal is the familiarity with chef/owner Bernie Matz, who has a following from his Café at Books & Books. There is no literary backdrop…
The mainland locale of Burger & Beer Joint has opened its doors in Mary Brickell Village. The new location comes complete with a sports bar and a 5 a.m. liquor license sure to attract the happy-hour and party crowd. For now, the restaurant will open only for dinner from 5…
Some veggie folks are on the fence about “meat analogs” (AKA fake meat). Their main argument: I don’t want to eat meat, so why would I want something that tastes like meat?” Fair enough for some, but I like to think about it more in terms of logistics: the shape…
El Pimiento in Miami Lakes is an owner-operated Spanish tapas restaurant. Mylo Gonzalez is the dude in charge, but don’t call him chef — he prefers culinary director. Mylo says, “I never went to culinary school. I’m not a chef; forget the chef stuff. This is the real-deal home cooking…
The Place: SAWA Restaurant and Lounge 360 San Lorenzo Ave., Coral Gables305-447-6555sawarestaurant.com The hours: Monday and Friday 4 to 7 p.m. and late-night Sunday through Thursday 11 p.m. to close. The deals: Van Gogh flavored-vodka drinks go for $5.50, with other cocktails, wine, and beer under $5. The scene: Everybody needs a…
As we reported last week, Miss Saigon is now open for business on South Beach. Locals are familiar with the Vietnamese restaurant from its Coral Gables and Pinecrest locations. The menu is similar here, although the emphasis is weighted more toward take-out; there are just six seats in the petite…
In preparation for the Spain vs. Germany World Cup semifinal, which takes place at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon, we hit up Delicias de España on Red Road to find out how to eat like a crazed Spanish soccer fan. This bright and friendly grocery-restaurant is a bit of Spain in Miami…
On this, the morning after a frolicking July 4th weekend, you might find yourself in want of a good cup of coffee. Or maybe you crave something better than that, like a cup of coffee made from some of the world’s most heralded beans — those from Jamaica’s Blue Mountains…
Searing a hog and shooting some hard liquor is the only acceptable way to honor avowed pork addict and alcoholic connoisseur Anthony Bourdain. Naturally, any South Floridian’s first impulse would be to stuff that mojo mofo into a caja china and let him roast till sundown. Sadly, though, that’s not…
Word has been leaked that award-winning restaurateur Stephen Starr (you know him from Buddakan, Morimoto, and Steak 954 in Fort Lauderdale’s W Hotel), will be debuting a new 200-seat Japanese concept restaurant in Bal Harbour Shops early 2011.A press release mentions “expansive sushi bar offerings and modern takes on traditional…
The Place: Flip Burger Bar 1699 NE 123rd St.North Miami305-741-3547flip-burgerbar.comThe Hours: Monday through Friday from 4 p.m. – 7 p.m.The Deals: Get two-for-one draft beers (reg. $3-$5), house wines (reg. $6-$8), and select bottles (reg. $3). Beers on draft include Miller Lite, Stella Artois, Brooklyn Lager, and Sam Adams. Bottled…
A small bite of the upcoming Cafe review:Otentic is a clean, bright, contemporary bistro that looks out of place on this fast food stretch of Washington Avenue. Most everything at Otentic is slow: The cooking of food, the movement of workers, seemingly time itself. Yet after you finish off a…
Brittany Smith is a long-legged blonde who struts around Sushi Samba while serving raw fish to Miami’s most beautiful people.The 28-year-old is originally from Michigan but found a home on Lincoln Road three years ago. In her scanty black dress, the tall and svelte server can easily be mistaken for…
On June 12, 18-year-old Cuban-American high school student Lynette Bofill emerged from a field of ten young, aspiring chefs to take $10,000 in Le Cordon Bleu’s Future Chef of America Culinary Scholarship Competition. Today, Lynette offers the recipe for her winning dish, chicken paprikash with bread twist and red pepper…
Now that you have Grill Grrrl’s (Robin Medlin) grilling tips from earlier, you should be ready to try her buffalo sliders. On July 4, follow Medlin’s suggestion to create a slider bar by serving your favorite toppings and letting your guests create their own specialty burger…
