C.B. Station, short for “Cold Brew Station,” now has a permanent parking spot. Miami’s first-ever iced-coffee truck will set up shop three to four days a week outside the South Dade YMCA Family Center (9355 SW 134th St., Miami) near the Falls in Kendall.
Everyone knows the Big Mac is the signature sandwich of McDonald’s. But not too many people know it has some mighty savory cousins. This Monday, November 14, Miami will be introduced to the burger’s family when the Mac Jr. and Grand Mac will launch. South Florida will be one of first regions to try these new offerings before the nationwide launch in early 2017.
Bryan and Michael Voltaggio have announced details about their first Miami collaborative restaurant.Monger will located in Central Fare, the food hall that is part of Downtown’s MiamiCentral complex. The complex will feature retail, office, residences, and will serve as the Miami hub for the Brightline train that connects our city to Orlando.
Artistic collaborations are a beautiful thing. After all, creativity is best when it’s shared: Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, and Drake and Rihanna all found that working as a team enhances the artistic process.
This past summer, Sweet Melody, a craft ice-cream concept, popped up across Miami restaurants with whimsical flavors such as Brie and apricot, and pecan and bourbon. Now owner/creator Mike Romeu’s ice cream is being packed into more than just cups and cones.
Shuji Hiyakawa, former executive sushi chef of Kuro inside the Hard Rock, is bringing Japan to Miami. His first restaurant — Wabi Sabi by Shuji — is weeks away from opening on the Upper Eastside where it will offer intimate and traditional Japanese dining in a quiet space located at 851 NE 79th St.
Miami’s favorite Asian epicurean celebration is back for it’s seventh year. The LuckyRice grand feast returns to the magic city for one night only this Friday, November 11th. This year, the event is hosted by Top Chef champion and James Beard Award-winning chef Paul Qui (Pao by Paul Qui).
The Salty Donut won’t be open Thanksgiving or Christmas Day, but there’s still a way to snag the shop’s wildly popular doughnuts for you and your loved ones this holiday season. The pop-up, which is expected to open as a brick-and-mortar before the end of 2016, launched an online shop stocked with seven varieties to preorder.
With temperatures dropping well below Miami’s 85-degree norm, cravings for comfort-food favorites are on the rise. Pizza, mashed potatoes, tomato soup, and grilled cheese might top your list, but mac ‘n’ cheese is arguably the mother of all comfort foods.
It’s hard to say which part of bakery life burrowed deepest into Naomi Harris’ soul. There’s the bit about being an integral part of a community, a kind of indispensable gathering place. There’s the opportunity, particularly in the industrial-food era, to give people something unlike anything else they’ve tasted. Then, of course, there’s the bread itself.
For three short months in 2011, Aniece Meinhold and Cesar Zapata spent nights running the wildly popular Vietnamese pop-up Phuc Yea inside downtown Miami’s Crown Bistro. Then, like a midsummer squall, the place vanished. At the time, contemporary Miami cuisine was just taking shape. Michael Schwartz’s James Beard Award was…
No matter where in the world you go, you’ll find eerily similar dishes spun out with regional ingredients. They’re humble, universal plates. Dishes such as chicken soup (pho ga and aji de gallina, for example), skewered and grilled meat, and savory fillings wrapped in tender dough…
The 45th president of the United States is hours away from being elected, a moment most of us have anxiously awaited. Instead of stress-eating a slice of pizza, nosh on something more timely: a Grab ‘Em by the Pistachio or Vanillary Clinton ice-cream cone at Serendipity.
Fall is upon us, and that means the start of a new season of events, parties, and tourists rushing to bake on our sandy beaches. Autumn in Miami also means restaurant openings. Last month saw the local dining scene heating up with more than a dozen new eateries. Of course,…
This is it…the weekend calm before the storm of election day. Since each party thinks the word will end at some time Wednesday, why not get out and enjoy life as we know it for a few more days. This weekend, have a few beers, chow on tacos, or explore…
Miami Beach’s South of Fifth neighborhood is about to get spicy. Lolo’s Surf Cantina, a new restaurant concept by chef/partner Richard Ampudia, will bring Mexican-style dining inspired by Baja California to South Florida. Slated to open before the end of 2016, Lolo’s is the progeny of Ampudia and Plan Do See…
Miami’s second-annual Plant-Based Burger Battle is in the books, and a local eatery took home top honors. Wynwood’s Love Life Wellness Center was the celebrity judges’ favorite.
Tucked away on NE 79th Street, Mina’s Mediterraneo recently celebrated its anniversary, marking three years since it brought affordable Mediterranean cuisine to Miami’s Upper Eastside.
On a recent segment of WLRN’s radio show “Restaurant Roundabout,” food writer Jen Karetnick mentioned that Michael Schwartz’s new restaurant, Fi’lia, was so hot you could actually see the reservations flying away on OpenTable. Though that sounds like an exaggeration, it’s quite true.
In the section labeled “Chef’s Favorites” on Paula DaSilva’s latest menu set to launch this December at Artisan Beach House in Bal Harbour, you’ll find all the foods she’s currently craving. For example, there’ll probably be poutine, one of the chef’s favorite dishes when visiting Montreal…
Cristina Palacios and her husband Gustavo Gomez have been eating at the same location two to three times a week for the past month. The regulars at Rail 71 Café say they’ve been frequenting the eatery because of the vibes and delicious food. “Every time I come here they are…
As we grow up, no daily meal changes as much as breakfast. Once, the morning meal was the domain of cereals that delighted us with mascots — cheeky toucans, cheerful tigers, not-so-scary monsters, and the iconic ship’s captain. Cap’n Crunch was introduced in 1963 and, with his trusty companion, Seadog…
