Parlez vous Cognac?Oui, je parle Conjure.Get with the program.Ludacris has his own brand of Cognac, he has partnered with Birkedal Hartmann to create it, it debuted in Miami and Atlanta, and this Super Bowl season, he’ll throw a weeklong party at a Miami Beach mansion dubbed the House of Conjure…
Wyoming’s Gordon Food Service buys a million-square-foot distribution center in Hillsborough County, between Orlando and Tampa, for “rapid growth” in Florida. [MLive]Severe crop loss throughout Florida thanks to that no-good, sock-doubling, two-sweatshirt-necessitating, wearing-a-blanket-around-the-house cold weather. [NaplesNews]Interview with Nicko McBrain of Iron Maiden about his rock ‘n’ roll-themed Coral Springs barbecue…
If you’re not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter, here’s a taste of what you’re missing. Click here to subscribe.If you find your bliss in burgers, you need to find Bliss Burger Bistro. The newly debuted SoFi patty purveyor takes over the space of the old Café…
PR reps leaked only the following to us: “new resto in South Miami,” “fine dining BBQ mid-January,” “the masterminds behind the famous TOWN Kitchen & Bar are opening it up” and “tastings will be in early February.” Smoke’t Southern Kitchen and Tap’s website informs that this “neighbourhood [sic] BBQ joint”…
Willis Loughhead’s first South Florida gig was 14 years ago at the Palm Grill (locations in Key West and North Miami). Most locals, however, will remember him from when he was top toque at Tantra (1999 to 2002) and from when he ran Bizcaya at The Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove (until…
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival yesterday released additional tickets to the “sold-out” Amstel Light Burger Bash. That’s great news for those who missed out on tickets the first time, but I’m with those who bought tickets early at full price in feeling a little cheated. Organizers claimed that unlike in…
Last year, the more than $2 million generated by the South Beach Wine & Food Fest was handed directly to FIU. The university has been a partner in the event with Southern Wine & Spirits since the beginning and has continued to reap the ever-growing rewards of its wise investment.Of course,…
2010 Taste of the Grove — an unfortunately cold and rainy weekend. [BlindTastes]Eating at Heartstoppers Sports Grill in Dania includes a menu with an obesity disclaimer, a hospital theme, and dishes with names like Artery Clogger, Chili Chest Pain Fries, and the Heart Attack Burger. [BurgerBeast]”Chicken stock… the most universal…
As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…
What it is: Pizza, salad, bottle of wine — and this week we’re even showing you the room. But where it at? If you guess correctly, we’ll confirm below. Otherwise, the answer comes later this week…
Dinner for two at Morton’s Steak House Miami Beach is now just $99 for those who take part in the new three-course Signature Menu. The meal starts with choice of caesar or Morton’s salad. Each guest then gets a single-cut filet mignon with choice of sea scallops, shrimp, jumbo lump crab…
For every incredibly boring interview we get in (be thankful we spare you from those), at least one comes in chock-full of so much creative stuff that we find it near impossible to cull. So consider the extra five answers from Chef Kurtis D. Jantz (below) a New Year’s giftie…
News Flash: The South Beach Wine and Food Festival has expanded the site for their sold out Burger Bash event to include more of the Ritz Carlton South Beach’s prime real estate and is releasing more Burger Bash tickets for sale.The post-sellout sale will sell out quick, so, act fast…
OMG 2009 is sooo eight days ago.Here’s our Miami New Times Restaurant Roll Call for last year.We’ve rounded up the openers, shut down the closers, and written our predictions for the new year into existence.Note to foodies: If Wikipedia can do it, so can we. Please comment us with any…
We first reported the imminent opening of the SushiSamba offshoot called Sugarcane Raw Bar one month ago. It was to be an Art Basel affair. Now Sugarcane is imminently debuting in Midtown Miami once more, this time a week from today — all 4,000 glorious square feet of it, including…
100.As a countdown to the Best of Miami 2010, Short Order is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your own nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com.TIMO in Sunny Isles does Italian right. Take for instance their dish of bufala mozzarella with clay baked roma tomatoes and eggplant…
At one point during his career, Tim Powers simultaneously controlled six restaurants rated in the Top 10 for both Zagat and Harden’s London Restaurant Guide. Two of these, The Ivy and Le Caprice, held either the number one or number two spot for more than 12 years. Powers is now…
Today would have been Elvis’ 75th birthday. In his honor Three-O Vodka (more formally known as Three Olives Vodka) has thoughtfully compiled a few cocktail recipes to help you remember The King (preferably the early years). Three-O’s food-pairing suggestions include peanut butter & banana sandwiches, sweet potatoes, cheeseburgers, and burnt…
Fish much? Not anymore. New federal regulation outlaws fishing for Red Snapper in Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas.The U.S. government says the red snapper population off the Atlantic coast is at 3 percent of what it was 60 years ago, and is still dwindling.Fishermen disagree. The one NPR spoke to…
Wok Town provides fresh, fast Chinese food in downtown Miami
Agriculture is big business, but at the end of the day Mother Nature still makes the rules.The Florida Freeze of January 2010 threatens our $100 billion fruit and vegetable industry and may drive up prices down the road. Earlier today we spent some time in the fields of South Dade…
My colleague Jake mentioned the airing of the Super Bowl-themed Man vs. Food Miami episode on February 3, but what he didn’t mention is that a big portion (ha ha) of the show is going to be filmed tomorrow on Miami Beach. That’s right, everyone’s favorite hipster gobbler Adam Richman…
