Miami Gardens is about to get a new place for fried lobster and grilled shrimp when Finga Licking expands into a second location. The new Finga Licking, located at 17467 NW 27 Ave in Miami Gardens, opens Friday, July 24 with a party. The celebration starts at around 3 p.m…
Fruit is in season, the weather is sticky hot, and the seasonal sweets menu at The Dutch has just been revamped. Queens-born Executive Pastry Chef Josh Gripper, who has worked with all restaurant royalty in NYC and has been with The Dutch in South Beach since they opened, has much…
Downtown Miami was graced with the beloved, Dallas-born sandwich shop Which Wich (91 NW 1 St.) this past May. And now the franchise’s second South Florida location is slated to open the first week of August in Downtown Dadeland. (8880 SW 72 Pl.) Michael Fili, President/CEO of Fortune Management and the…
The corner of Biscayne Blvd and 64th Street is about to become a caffeine mecca with the opening of Starbucks this week, and Panther Coffee later on this year. The brand new state-of-the-art Starbucks, located at 6320 Biscayne Blvd., replaces the old strip mall store on 69th St. and Biscayne…
On Thursday, July 30, Eileen Andrade of Finka Table and Tap will face MC Kitchen’s Dena Marino in a “Fork Off” at Miami New Times’ Iron Fork/Miami Spice kickoff, presented by the Miami Downtown Development Authority. It all goes down at the Hyatt Regency Miami, where the two toques will battle…
The past few years haven’t been kind to Kris Wessel. First came the 2012 closure of his beloved Red Light Little River after his landlord (the new owner of seedy Biscayne Boulevard motel) juiced his rent up to unsustainable levels. Along with Michelle Bernstein’s Michy’s the restaurant was a pioneer…
Last April, pasta-loving locals and Lincoln Road obsessed tourists were saddened to find that TiramesU, the long-standing (17 years to be exact) Italian joint was shutting its doors practically overnight. Now, after a year of not serving al dente parpadelle Bolognese, however, TiramesU has announced it will reopen South of…
After plenty of anticipation and even more delays in construction, the Toronto-based “middleterranean” hotspot Byblos is finally opening for dinne r at the Royal Palm South Beach as of tonight. Helmed by executive chef Stuart Cameron and the brainchild of Toronto nightlife king Charles Khabouth and partner Harif Harji, the…
Michelle Bernstein knows she let her eponymous MiMo District restaurant get stale. “I got comfortable,” she says. “I outdated myself.” It’s a jarring confession from one of Miami’s most celebrated culinary figures. Bernstein, who’s 45, catapulted to greatness in 2000 when she took the reins at Azul inside Brickell Key’s…
Uncle Tom’s Barbecue is opening its third restaurant this week, with plans for a fourth. The newest Uncle Tom’s is open to the public, located at 8345 SW 124th St. is open for lunch and dinner, starting today. On Wednesday, July 22, the restaurant will close to the public at…
When Pitbull was laying down vocals for “International Love,” do you think he knew that his then manager would go on to open a food truck serving innovative comfort food to late night diners around Wynwood? Probably not. But for Derrick Turtan, better known as Chef Teach, a career in…
When was the last time you purposely drove up to Sunny Isles for dinner? Maybe it was for the opening of Basil Park. And before that since Yakko-San went from a hole in the wall under-the-radar spot where chefs would go to for an edible nightcap to a strip mall…
Oolite is no more. The year-old restaurant South Beach Restaurantat 166a Pennsylvania Avenue , which has achieved great things since it opened last year, owes the city more than $446,000 on its $61,000 per month rent, according to a letter dated April 28 to the Miami Beach City Commission from…
The weekend is coming and it’s going to be a hot one. It’s too muggy to go for a walk, too humid for a picnic, and even too steaming for the beach. What you need is a nice leisurely Sunday brunch. One where you and your friends can sip on…
This story has actually been a while in the making. Las Americas has been planning a move to a bigger, better location since last April. Lucky for all of us, they’re just days from opening. “Basically we shared the [old] place with the Bolivian consulate in Miami Springs. So, when they…
Izzy’s Fish and Oyster has set the date. The small seafood restaurant and oyster bar will open at 423 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach the end of July — just in time for the start of Miami Spice. Chef/owner Jamie DeRosa and chef de cuisine William Crandall are working on…
Last night, ahead of the August 1st opening of this year’s Miami Spice, during which loads of Miami restaurants will open their doors for specially priced menus through the end of September, Brickell hot spot Coya offered a few lucky diners a preview of what will be an unforgettable three-course…
Downtown Miami is not quite the culinary capital of the city. Affordable options are slim. You have the fancy hotel restaurants and fast food, but mid-range places where you can buy a delicious lunch for $10 or under are hard to come by. If you don’t want to pack your…
Nestled between a smoothie shop and a pizzeria is Aventura’s latest addition: La Boulangerie Boul’Mich, a French and South American inspired café. The eatery opened its doors about a month ago with freshly baked breads and pastries, made-to-order dishes, and an atmosphere that takes diners out of a strip mall and…
Aldi, the king of discount grocers, opens its newest location at 1290 NE 108 St (in the K Mart shopping center on 108th St. and Biscayne Blvd) next week. The chain, along with Trader Joe’s, is owned by Gernamy’s Albrecht family — Trader Joe’s is operated by Aldi Nord and…
It’s a balmy Miami afternoon and Centro Taco is a beehive of activity. Inside the new restaurant, staff are working frenetically on finishing touches. Some are learning menu items, while others are putting the finishing touches on decor. The sense of urgency — and camaraderie — is palpable. Richard Hales is…
Last weekend, tens of thousands of people braved the scorching Miami heat index to purchase baby mango trees and fruit smoothies at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden’s annual mango festival. Although the festival is a highlight in the garden’s yearly events calendar, garden plays a much more important role in the…
