Buena Vista Deli Founders Open Cafe Creme in North Miami

If you like Buena Vista Deli, you’ll love Cafe Creme in North Miami (750 NE 125 St.). Located right next door to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Cafe Creme is a new French restaurant, bakery, and soon to be bar from the founders of Buena Vista Deli. This new space is significantly bigger than Buena…

The Revamped Vagabond Kitchen & Bar Isn’t Better Yet

Gone are the grasshoppers, beef hearts, and sweetbreads. Now there are houndstooth-check seats, a new menu, and even a name change. Vagabond Kitchen & Bar (no more “Restaurant” in the moniker) in the MiMo District is heir to the place that chef Alex Chang for more than a year vehemently…

Doughnut Shops Are the New South Florida Sensation

Inside an ordinary bleach-white warehouse in Little Haiti, three aproned workers covered in flour carefully line up warm batches of freshly fried dough. Anna Davis, a 29-year-old blonde with wide ocean-blue eyes, nervously stands over a silver tray of 24 doughnuts. Her trembling right hand hovers a centimeter from a…

Paradigm Kitchen Opens in Sunset Harbour

Shift is happening at Sunset Harbour’s newest mindful addition, Paradigm Kitchen. Founder of Jugofresh, Matthew Sherman a.k.a “Matty Sherm” recently opened the healthy concept to serve “clean soul food.” He said, “So the saying is shift happens at Paradigm, I wanted to build a bridge between our broken food system…

Hello Kitty Cafe Truck Coming to Dadeland Mall This Weekend

A bright pink truck stocked with sweet goodies and a sense of nostalgia will be parked at Dadeland Mall this Saturday, October 22. The Hello Kitty Cafe truck is slated to make its first-ever Miami appearance, ready to serve Hello Kitty-inspired desserts, drinks, and souvenirs. Smothered in life-size animations of…

Brickell’s Quinto La Huella Offers Eclectic Sunday Brunch Buffet

Quinto La Huella opened its doors at the start of summer, bringing Uruguayan sensation Parador La Huella’s concept to Miami. Nestled inside the Brickell City Centre East, the restaurant has quickly become a culinary staple within the area’s fast-growing dining district. Besides lunch and dinner, the restaurant launched a Sunday brunch in…

Visa-O1 Pizza Opens in Brickell Today

South Beach’s hidden pizza destination might not be such a secret anymore. Visa-01 is making their Brickell debut today at the former Miami Smokers Express pop-up space and they are here to stay. To satisfy many of their client’s requests, the authentic Italian kitchen has decided to expand into the…

Marion Launches Mediterranean Power-Lunch Buffet for $24

You don’t need to be in a position of power to enjoy Marion’s new power-lunch buffet priced at $24 per person. All you require is an appetite, because the Mediterranean eatery in Brickell knows how to do a buffet. French owners Mathieu Massa and Michael Richard (they also own Miami Beach’s…

New Menu at Cafe Nikki Features Eggs All Day

Nestled inside Nikki Beach’s courtyard, you’ll find Cafe Nikki, which opened about a year ago. The petit French locale has made a name for itself by serving reasonably-priced breakfast and lunch fare all day, including coffees and teas, croissants, quiches, pastries, European marmalades, and Zak the Baker bread, in a picturesque…

Mignonette Expanding to North Miami Beach’s Former Gourmet Diner

By year’s end the polished steel Biscayne Boulevard eatery that once served steak-frites and butter-drenched escargots will reopen as Mignonette’s second location offering nearly a dozen oysters alongside a menu of several simply pan roasted fish and a handful of more gussied up offerings.  The first Mignonette opened in Edgewater late…

The Five Most Shocking Restaurant Closings of 2016 So Far

Like any large city, Miami’s restaurant scene is a series of hellos and goodbyes. We laud a restaurant’s entry into the fray and mourn the loss of favorite eateries when they shutter. But some closings cut deeper than others. It could be that remarkable sandwich we’ll miss or the fact…

Single-Origin Coffees Are All the Rage in Miami

How do you take your coffee? Light and sweet? A drop of cream? Perhaps with some sort of nut-based so-called milk or whatever faux dairy is in fashion? All of that’s fine for the mass-produced hodgepodge of grounds that come off supermarket shelves or even a higher-end cappuccino or cortado,…

Miami Diners Steal Restaurants’ Signature Swag

Since opening in late 2014, 27 Restaurant & Bar has served its food on plates that look as if they were culled from a grandmother’s house, a kitschy tourist attraction, or a bastion of fine dining. Many dishes come from thrift shops in Miami and beyond. “Everyone [working here] has…