El Rey de las Fritas. Don Pan. Versailles. For some reason, Cuban joints in Miami have really boastful names; it takes a restaurant with cojones to actually prove it. For 25 years, “El Mago de las Fritas”, located at 5828 SW 8th Street, has shown Miami that its bark matches its delicious,…
If you’ve ever traveled North Miami Avenue between The Vagabond and The Electric Pickle, or Target and the Arsht depending on your proclivities, then you’ve probably noticed a distinctive pink, and white, and polka dotted building known as Grubstake (2401 N Miami Ave., Miami). It is a thrift store, a…
The Filling Station (95 SE 2nd Street) is Downtown Miami’s only automotive themed hole in the wall burger joint. The interior boasts red brick printed wall paper, hurricane shuttered wallspace, and sayings like “My favorite animal is hamburger.” The menu features items like the Big Mack Truck Burger (a double…
Oi! Blogs ahoy. Here are some recent posts from the local foodisphere.A new pizza oven at Focaccia Rustica in the Grove? That’s news? Yes. Yes it is. [Grapevine]One guy’s top ten reasons why he eats at Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink on a weekly basis. [BlindMind]A professional South Florida blogger…
Mexican Independence Day takes place this Wednesday, September 16, and Rosa Mexicano is celebrating all week. Starting today and running through Sunday, September 20th, the Mary Brickell restaurant will be offering a three-course prix-fixe dinner menu “inspired by the patriotic holiday celebrated in plazas throughout Mexico and by Mexicans all…
Getting creative with garlic croutons and bacon Generally, I’m not a big buffet fan. But it’s not the heart-crippling calorie count involved in consuming massive quantities of deep-fried animal flesh that turns me off. Really, I just can’t accept serving myself in a restaurant. Whatever the deal, I paid for a…
Add “Bacon Infused Bourbon” to the list of the things to try before ’09 is up. Soon you’ll have the chance to do so at a high-life, Asian-style hotel on South Beach.The Setai is revamping their bar menu with new drinks and cocktails focused on infusions and recipes created by…
Starting this week, and continuing until whenever, Red Light Little River will be offering happy hour deals as such:Times: High Tide (5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.) and Low Tide (10 p.m. to midnight).Deal: $5 will bring any, but not all, of the following: BBQ Shrimp, wines by the glass or…
Did you know that there’s a Miami Police Department Café…and that back in 08′ they caught a restaurant inspection violation for “identity of food product misrepresented?”. According to WPLG10 it was for mislabeled fish. Something funny about that. Here’s what you might have missed this week:Jackie Sayet goes in on…
It was the end of June in New York City. The gourmet industry gathering that was the 2009 Fancy Food Show had run its course. Founder Francisco Pinto and partner Damien Claire, of luxury foodstuffs importer and distributor South Pacific Specialties, were boarding an evening American Airlines flight home to…
Watch the above video and you’ll notice that Miami-based international culinary personality Ingrid Hoffmann has more than milk stuck to her lips. According to a spokesperson for the Got Milk? campaign, “the milk mustache is a combination of low-fat milk and other low-fat dairy products.” Pressed as to what…
Another horse killed and stripped of meat in similar manner to the 20 or so others so far this year was found murdered Wednesday morning in the ranch where it lived in Miami Gardens. Its throat was slit and two legs were removed. According to ABC it was the back…
Miami’s Finest Caribbean Restaurant (236 NE 1st Ave) may or may not be the best Caribbean restaurant in Miami, that’s a statement I can’t make without further research. But, one experience later, I will definitely be going back. The front window only says Caribbean Restaurant, and the awning reads Caribbean…
It’s official. As of last Sunday (August 30,) the Au Pied de Cochon outpost on South Beach is the only one company-wide unable to sustain a 24 hour business.According to the general manager, the restaurant was unable to secure late night authorization for its liquor license and found that staying…
Sang’s Chinese Food Delivers
Funny that a school of hospitality makes students walk a 1/4 mile to take a cold-water-shower every other day. But, according to a Miami teacher in China, whose bathroom quarters are Western style, and heat equipped, that is indeed the case. Susan Berg Gladstone, an adjunct lecturer at FIU’s Biscayne…
Hippies, peaceniks, and pothead philosophy majors, rejoice! It’s OK to kill and eat plants. They won’t scream, they don’t cry, and “they don’t have a soul, they don’t have a spirit, they live within us, they like to live within us.” That’s according to Julio Maza, president of Harmony Vegetarian…
The fall 2009 Allen Brothers catalogue has just been released. For those not familiar with the mail-order meat company, Allen Brothers has been America’s leading source of USDA Prime beef since 1893. The company has also been one of the main sponsors of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival and…
La Esquina Tropical (1060 SW Eighth St., Miami), or the Tropical Corner if you don’t speak Miami, is a Little Havana minimart with a lunch counter and coffee window. Peep game on that bungeed-up water cooler — it’s an MIA trademark. Short Order stopped by yesterday around 3:30 p.m. for…
Sure, ceviche comes in all shapes, tastes, and sizes worth sampling regularly… But living on the edge during recent Peruvian restaurant outings, we shifted from automatic to manual ordering and tried some different menu items.Surprise! There are dishes for which it’s worth kicking the ceviche habit. Well, temporarily, at least. …
Every evening, thousands of local foodies head up to their respective rooftops and issue a plaintive wail that resounds and echoes forth into the dark and balmy Miami sky: God is great, but the same can’t be said for our Chinese restaurants! Actually, most of these people are obnoxious New…
The Hungry Sailor in Coconut Grove, where Sandbar is now, was well known for its reggae and penny beer nights. According to this web reference, they also made a mean chicken sandwich. Here are some more web references, mostly from the New Times archives.Do you remember when a machete wielding…
