Food & Drink

I planned to respond negatively here to Lee Klein’s defense yesterday of Nespresso, the new Lincoln Road joint that doesnt allow take-out coffee. But after running head-on into the Starbucks bureaucracy and hyprocrisy, I am taking a new tack: Starbucks should burn in hell. The company serves paper cups and…

Monday night at The Oceanaire Seafood Room in Brickell, Chef Sean Bernal hosted the Chef’s Club, a semi-monthly meeting of some of the tri-county’s best food talent for eats, drinks, talkin’ smack, and hanging out. Just some of the chefs who came through were Alberto Cabrera (STK), Gonzalo Rivera (La…

It’s just about every guy’s dream to have a woman cook for him, but when that woman has a banging bod and wears stilettos while sautéing, well that will just about put any heavy testosterone-toter over the edge. So it was with great pleasure that many local gentlemen (and a…

We don’t like to print out direct plugs for businesses, but free chocolates on Earth Day? Damn! Plus Romanicos makes great chocolate…

There may be no food as perfect as the Cuban sandwich. The fresh bread, ham and cheese, and pickle are sublime when made at a restaurant or by your abuela. It is often misinderstood — as in this entry from Wikipedia, which confuses it with a Media Noche.And there may…

Miami lawyer Jared Beck’s lawsuit against Yelp has already led to some real changes at the giant of user-generated reviews. On April 5, Yelp’s CEO, Jeremy Stoppelman, announced that the company would stop allowing businesses to pay to place a positive review atop their profile, and that Yelp would add a…

No, it’s not another movie starring Meryl Streep. It was announced today that cooking legend Julia Child will return to the airwaves. Child, who passed away in 2004, will be resurrected via the new Cooking Channel. Beginning June 1, Julia’s informative and oft-imitated show will be paired with the Galloping Gourmet…

Today is 420, the international stoner holiday, and we’re in a legal-weed America (well, legal in some states for certain reasons). So, for all of you medical patients responsibly smoking marijuana for your bad back, cancer, glaucoma, hypertension, headache, stress, muscle pain, stomachache, comedy, fun, rest, and relaxation, we have…

Today Eater’s national arm did a nifty — well, if you are in the restaurant biz — roundup of anonymous restaurant critics, and guess who was mentioned? Our own Lee Klein. While most of the anonymous epicures are exposed in photos, Eater couldn’t come up with a image for Klein,…

Oceanaire Seafood Room, a premium restaurant in Mary Brickell Village that has drawn solid reviews, has been purchased by a large national chain, the Nation’s Restaurant News reports. Landry’s, which owns Rainforest Cafe and Chart House among other restaurants, paid $6.6 million and assumed $17 million in debt. Oceanaire filed for…

Miami moviegoers will experience the next generation in entertainment when Paragon Theaters launches in June at CocoWalk in Coconut Grove. The complex will feature a 1,500-seat luxury movie theater with reserved stadium seating, the only Sony 4K high-definition digital projection in Miami, three 3-D screens, valet parking, deluxe concessions, and…