We don’t know what it is about 123rd Street in North Miami, but it houses some fantastic eateries. There’s Ricky Thai Bistro, Primo Trattoria Italiana, Vega’s Burger Bar and now Zaika’s Indian Cuisine can be added to the list. It is like a culinary star map within a few blocks…
Vanessa Rivera and Gian Carlo Accinelli had a choice. Get married or open a restaurant. The paperwork is signed, but the chapel-and-dress affair is on hold after they opened their sandwich spot Mr. & Mrs. Bun. The initial plan was to bring a more modern spin on Peruvian cuisine to…
When David Bracha opened Oak Tavern in fall of 2012, the Design District was still a mostly quiet neighborhood, especially on weekends and evenings. Now, less than three years later, it has turned into the new Bal Harbour, with just about every designer imaginable — Prada; Louis Vuitton; Marc Jacobs,…
When Michelle Bernstein closed her eponymous MiMo standby, Michy’s, last June, fans of the Miami chef lamented the closing of the restaurant that helped put Miami’s culinary scene on the map. Now, almost a year later, Michy’s is reborn as CENA. The restaurant, located at 6927 Biscayne Blvd., reopens for dinner…
Every person has pondered the last meal question. Although, for a true food enthusiast it can be especially difficult and an answer that changes almost daily. There are the fancy and decadent foods that your palate embraces, the fatty concoctions that will stuff you silly, and then there are those…
One of Miami’s most venerable chefs, Douglas Rodriguez, is closing his South Beach restaurant, De Rodriguez Miami. Rodriguez says he’s closing the restaurant, located at the Hilton Bentley Beach Club, on May 8 to pursue other opportunities. May 7 is the last day of dining service. Currently the chef is…
Celebrity Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s Latin-inspired Matador Room inside the Miami Beach Edition hotel is positively stunning. And arguably the best part about the restaurant is its serene and verdant exterior, known as Matador Terrace. Thus, it makes perfect sense that as of May 10, i.e. Mother’s Day, the eatery is making…
Food writer Josh Ozersky, a South Florida native who made good by writing about the pleasures of eating flesh, was found dead in a Chicago hotel on Monday Morning. The Chicago Tribune reports that Ozersky, 47, was pronounced dead on the scene at 11:40 a.m. at the Conrad Chicago Hotel,…
There’s a good chance you’ve either heard or used the expression, “Enjoy the simple things.” But what exactly are these “simple things” and where can they be found? Try Aventura’s Power Smoothie (20475 Biscayne Blvd.). The folks here have the answer – at least in regard to your next meal…
Michael Mina 74 might have been around less than two years, but the Fontainebleau’s underground digs already has annual tradition worthy of celebrating. “We take burger month very seriously,” says chef de cuisine Thomas Griese. Indeed, his boss and Michelin-Starred chef Michael Mina agrees saying,”a burger is an important find. There’s…
Wynwood’s dining scene is about to get clean and green when The Lunchbox opens at 78 NW 25th St. in the next few weeks. The restaurant, built from scratch in an empty warehouse space, is the work of Carlos Dorado, best known for his Arepabox food truck. Dorado, who has…
On the bum-ridden downtown Miami street corner where Micah Edelstein’s Nemesis Urban Bistro once stood, French-Persian owner David Foulquier strives to deliver some continental European and Middle Eastern comfort. The 25-year-old is a first-time restaurateur who grew up on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. His family often hosted large dinner parties…
When Hedy Goldsmith, the venerable pastry chef of Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink, announced she was leaving to embark on a new journey with wife Heidi Ladell in California, there was a collective groan heard around Miami, as people envisioned their lived void of homemade Pop Tarts, Junk in da…
It’s no secret that Coconut Grove is undergoing a renaissance, but part of that had much to do with a few key people who’ve shaped and fostered the neighborhood. Amongst them is Lokal owner Matt Kuscher who opened the burgers and beer joint just before Christmas of 2011. And now,…
She birthed you, fed you, and lived through all your ungrateful tantrums. She’s mom and this coming Sunday, May 10, is Mother’s Day — the day to repay at least some of the debts you owe her. While a nice beachfront condo or a new Mercedes may be out of…
The beginning of the month is always an apt time to start new stuff: better habits, New Year’s Resolutions (it’s only May, you have even months to make it happen), new hobbies. So maybe kick off May with Conscious Bite Out, a vegan dining experience by Basil Park’s Tim Andriola. …
April showers bring many Miami restaurants, according to our tally of new openings. Over a dozen restaurants opened last month. Old favorites David’s Cafe, Senor Frog’s, and Magnum Lounge returned to the Magic City, and new spots like Organic Bites and Primrose opened up. The only closings were more like…
If you’re looking for a brunch to rid you of all of the night’s prior mistakes by way of pancakes slathered in condensed milk and crowned with cereal or cookies and crème French toast, then NIU Kitchen’s Saturday and Sunday affair might not be for you. If you are, however,…
There’s a new pizza place in town. We know what you’re thinking: “another pizza place?” Well, yes. That’s what we just said. But this isn’t the type of New York-style, thin crust pies that currently flood the city, nor is it Chicago’s tried and true deep dish either (although they…
Once upon a time, all food was organic. While that may sound like the start of a children’s book written by Michelle Obama, it’s the motto of Organic Bites, the new restaurant that opened very quietly in the former Taperia Raca space at 7010 Biscayne Blvd. in the Mimo District…
Brickell bagel shop Toasted Bagelry & Deli plans to open a second location on the corner of Douglas Road and Coral Way mid summer. Owners Islam and Khalid Mohammed, who opened the their brick-covered store in 2013, are also scouting locations in Pinecrest. Short of schlepping to Aventura’s Bagel Cove…
South Florida’s own HipPops is offering an exciting and new POP-ortunity as the company puts it – something that looks like it’ll take the beloved gelato truck to the next level. The gourmet dessert truck stacked with famously delicious handcrafted gelato sticks is now available for franchise. With the ice…
