Food & Drink

1. If you order a coffee with steamed milk (also known as a Caffé Misto) instead of a Caffé Latte, you’ll save about 85 cents.2. Ten cents off when you bring your own cup or mug.3. Any Starbucks coffee can be ordered served in a coffee press for two, which…

When gourmet catering outfits also open up shop with a la carte for the paying public, something tasty usually results.  It’s true at Whisk in Coral Gables, and now at Kouzíne’s Delicacies and Wines a short ride away. Owners Claudia Batlle and Mariela Valdez Roman are behind this gourmet market…

So a Long Island dentist and his wife decide to embark on the adventure of a life time, leave New York and open a restaurant on Miami Beach, “Right on Collins Avenue sweetheart!” Maybe that’s how the Fairmont Gardens Bar & Grille came into existence. Here’s our idea of how…

Back in 92′ I spent the duration of Hurricane Andrew laying on a blanket in a hallway with the family dog Harry and a skateboard Pro Tec helmet on my head. I was 10. Three weeks later when South Miami got power back our fridge stopped being that useless box…

Heavenly fish tacos have arrived on the stretch of Red Road between Bird and Flagler at Fish Shack Market. One of the best dishes: the daily Triple Tail catch. Thick pieces of fish are seasoned and seared a la plancha. They land on crunchy strips of julienne green cabbage inside…

8 year old Miami Beach kid Joshua Williams tackles world hunger, starts in Dade. [Herald]Sometime Miamian, the pregnant Kourtney Kardashian, craves fruit smoothies, eats twizzlers and Mexican food in bed, runs around naked all day. [USMagazine]Ford Motor Company and Newman’s Own donate a refrigerated truck to Miami’s Daily Bread Food…

Ocean Drive. 8th street. 3 a.m. Need hamburger, fries, cold drink, stat. Your old standby may be News Cafe, but not today suckafish, or tomorrow, or August 19th for that matter.The iconic South Beach restaurant is seeing a renovation to its property that includes a new interior for the restaurant…

Not a whole lot of activity in the world of local food blogs lately. Guess everybody’s on vacation. Well, not everybody. Here are some recent posts from the local food web.Will Jog For Food talks buffalo wings and hits La Marea for Miami Spice.Miami Dish interviews Chef John Critchley of…

​Ferragosto was around before the death of Jesus, but chances are that you have never celebrated this holiday. This Saturday, the Setai plans to change this with their Ferragosto Italiano. From 8 p.m. to 2 a.m., guests of the Ferragosto will indulge in food, drinks, and a fashion show. The…

Clearly we didn’t attend last night’s opening at The B&B Lounge, the third arm of Buzzy Sklar’s new trinity of meat (there’s a sports bar, too) at 1766 Bay Road on South Beach. We rang no later than 8:30 a.m. this morning curious about how the restaurant, Burger & Beer…

Two days from now yesterday will be tomorrow. Think about it. Time is just a matter of perspective. Here’s what you might have missed this week.Lobsternomics 101 explores the bottom line on bottom dwellers in Miami, Cuba, and the world.What’s Rush Limbaugh’s diet got to do with Bill Clinton, the…

What do you get when you cross kosher meats, non dairy cheese, and the largest buyer of Florida tomatoes in the world? Kosher Subway, that’s what.According to the Jewish Tribune, Ghazi Faddoul, a Lebanese Christian, opened the first kosher Subway in Cleveland in 2006. Later this month, the Michael-Ann Russel…

What happens when a government starves its people? Dade County will find out the hard way if it axes Farm Share from its budget as proposals suggest.Farm Share is a 501(c)(3) non profit organization that provides food directly to at least 6,500 Miami-Dade families a month. They also supply 250…

Back in prehistoric times, you’d call up a friend and watch your favorite TV show together.  You’d laugh, maybe you’d both call out one of the characters for doing something stupid — or each other for disagreeing on that assessment.  Maybe you’d give your undivided attention to the screen and…