Weekly Wrap Up – Friday Fresh – A Poem

Dade county, AK’s, fireworks, cherry bombs, fresh greens, suited up, chopstick unagi dons, dirt brown, Homestead, sawasera, 8th street, make, sell, frog legs, taco filling, gator meat, fry, serve, Hialeah, be organic, navy cook, raw fish, tiger milk, bbq, fried food, meal deals, four course, cutta ridge, south side, shrimp,…

Lamoy’s Living Food is Raw, Vegan, Organic, Alive

Lamoy Andressohn is a dedicated raw food lifestylist. Her specialty is preparing all raw, vegan, organic meals from scratch. She says “the idea behind my food is health, wellness, and simplicity. It’s all my own creation. I’ve been raw for 9 years and I thank God everyday for it, I…

Gerbaud Bakery Serves Up Market Fresh Baked Goods at Jackson Market

Gerbaud’s Bakery has stood in Hollywood for “about 15 years” according to Johanne Cyr who has worked there for around ten months. Johanne works the Jackson Memorial Foundation Green Market every Thursday and sells fresh baked danishes, sweet potato pudding, rugalach’s, coconut candy, poppy seed rolls, walnut rolls, a coconut…

Anet’s Baked Goods Sells Colombian Antojitos in Miami

Anet’s Baked Goods is a Colombian antojitos specialist owned and operated by Anet Marin. He says “I sell baked goods,” but he doesn’t cook them, he’s got people to do that for him. The goods come from Los Tres Monitos, a restaurant in Hialeah. Anet started supplementing his income by…

Scott Uehlein: “The Best Thing I Ever Ate”

Scott Uehlein, Corporate Chef, Canyon RanchI love my garden… There is nothing like picking a tomato still warm from the heat of the sun, cutting it in half, sprinkling a little sea salt on it and eating it on the spot. The sweet, salty and slightly acidic flavor along with the…

Beyonce Got a Cheeseburger, Baby

beyonce-source.com Fresh off of us naming SoBe burger joint the Best Place to Meet (Let’s Hope) Single Guys, Beyonce Knowles, pop diva and the (married) queen of single ladies, dropped by to pick up 2 hamburgers, 2 cheeseburgers, and a 6 pack of baby cheeeseburgers. According to owner Stephanie Vitori,…

Yelp Restaurant Week: $25 Prix Fixe Dinners

Yelp Eats Restaurant Week will take place starting Monday, July 20 and run through Sunday, July 26. Restaurants will offer a special 3-course prix fixe menu for $25 (does NOT include tax or tip) — much better than that crummy Miami Spice deal.Here are the participants: 6601. Andalusian Gazpacho or…

Shantel Lounge Sunday Fish Fry With Live Blues and R&B

Shantel Lounge, winner of our Best Barbecue Chicken and Best Open Mic Night awards also deserves recognition for their fried fish. Find out why for yourself this and every Sunday as they host their Sunday Fish Fry featuring live blues and real R&B. This past Sunday featured the music of…

Norman’s 180 Update: Blueprints and Van Aken’s Moving Plans

Blueprints and drawings for Norman’s 180, Norman Van Aken’s forthcoming Coral Gables restaurant slated to open at 180 Aragon in the Colonnade Hotel in November, are now on his architect’s website.  At first glance, the design itself will be a social lubricant, featuring elements conducive to sharing and interaction among…

The Ladies of Guacamole House Make Healthy, Natural, Peruvian Foods

Guacamole House has made natural food products for sale at local markets for about a year now. The food is all prepared by Alejandra Cruzado and Vilma Montoya and their motto is “Tu propia comida es tu propia medicina,” which roughly translates to “your food is your medicine.”Vilma explains that…

Mark Militello: “The Best Thing I Ever Ate”

Mark Militello, chef/owner Mark’s and executive chef Regent Bal Harbor culinary operations, including 1 Bleu restaurantBest pizza was in Eluthera playing pool with the family. We ordered a conch pie and the kids thought it sounded disgusting. It was so good we went back the next day for a second…

South Dade’s Own Robert “The Mango Man” Got That Rambutan

Robert The Mango Man is a carpenter turned tropical fruits dealer. He got the idea while plying his carpentry trade on the fruitful grounds of South Dade. “I was working and saw that these people got all these trees in their backyard that they weren’t doin’ nothin’ with, so I…

Paellas R Us Serves Miami Up for 13 Years and Running

Paellas R Us is a 13-year-old and running catering company started by Chef David Calavia and his wife Angelina Calavia. The company was born of the couple’s desire to start their own business at a time when Chef David was working at Spanish restaurants around town.Angelina doesn’t know how many…

Archive Diver – Old Cutler Oyster Co ad from June 1988

This week Archive Diver takes you to the original Old Cutler Oyster Company and Raw Bar, which was located at 20535 Old Cutler Road.The restaurant has a storied past in the media. The first Oyster Co was destroyed in 1992’s Hurricane Andrew. It reopened 3 years later in Cutler Ridge…