There’s no better way to start a meal than with a puff of steam floating off a bamboo tray packed with swollen soup dumplings. At Momi Gyoza Bar, which joined the fray in Brickell two months ago, chef and owner Jeffrey Chen’s version of xiao long bao relies on the…
Juicing is the new eating, and with reason. It’s no secret that veggie and fruit laden beverages pack a ton of antioxidants and help cleanse your body. But when you’re drinking juice and only juice, you can get a bit, um, irritable. See also: Ten Fruit’s Juice Cleanse: What It’s…
Vegans know that the word “Mediterranean” in a restaurant’s name generally means there’s something there to eat. We are grateful for this, even though the warmest thing about our dinners is usually the toasted pita bread that comes with chilly plates of hummus, baba ganouj, and tabouleh. Not so with…
The Broken Shaker’s Bar Lab Boys, Elad Zvi and Gabriel Orta, like to change things up. A constantly rotating monthly menu of libations synchronzed with the seasons is usually the name of the game at the popular bar. So it should come as no surprise that the brunch at 27…
Oysters and wine will soon join the miniature Japanese empire Jeffrey Chen is building on a streetcorner near Brickell Avenue. Chen, who opened Momi Ramen in 2012 and Momi Gyoza Bar in January, plans to launch Momi Oyster & Raw Bar and Momi Wine later this month. See also: Momi…
Three short months into business, SooWoo — a Japanese/Korean restaurant located just off Fifth Street and Washington Avenue in South Beach — has been shuttered. The place, which occupied a variety of locales before moving to the Beach, got off to a rocky start after several employees claimed — and…
Restaurant chain Bagatelle has opened a South Beach location at 2000 Collins Ave., giving Miami’s beautiful people another place to sip champagne in a fairy-tale setting. With locations already in the tony cities of New York, Los Angeles, São Paulo, St. Barts, and St. Tropez, Bagatelle was fated to come…
Klima hasn’t even opened yet and already the Spanish restaurant has hosted the master of New Basque cuisine, Juan Mari Arzak. In 1989, he was awarded three Michelin stars for his namesake restaurant in Spain, Arzak. Along with fellow three-Michelin-starred chefs Andoni Luis Aduriz of Mugaritz and Quique Dacosta of…
For tired, browbeaten cube-dwellers, happy hour is a savior. It’s honored by omnivores and vegans alike, despite the fact that bar bites aren’t generally heavy on the plants. Luckily, Whole Foods downtown Miami has launched a Vegan Happy Hour series designed to school people on how to make plant-based versions…
Dale Talde is bringing his Brooklyn born-and-bred Talde to the Thompson Miami Beach Hotel this summer. Talde, along with partners David Massoni and John Bush, has already begun work on the space, located in the southeast corner of the hotel. Although Talde is situated in what can be described as…
“There are too many Neapolitan-style pizza places in Miami,” say some idiotas. They are wrong! Pizza is always a welcome addition to the neighborhood, especially when you’re in Wynwood and there’s such a thing as Taco Pizza Tuesday. Yep. Taco Pizza Tuesday is officially happening. The man behind the idea…
Chef Ryan Martin quietly took over the Democratic Republic of Beer’s location at 501 NE First Ave. about six months ago, changing nearly everything about the beer hall. That could explain the new name: 180 Degrees at DRB. Martin explains that the beer-bar-turned-gastropub has retained its DRB label because of…
Where and how Cuban ice-cream sandwiches began is a mystery even at Tío Colo Bocaditos de Helado, the Hialeah shop that pumps out hundreds a day. “It’s an older thing, I think, from before the revolution,” says Rosali Verdecia, age 23, who along with her husband, Jose Hernandez, opened the…
The trendy Fontainebleau Miami Beach, a onetime Frank Sinatra haunt, is the raucous pinnacle of Miami nightlife. Eight miles north, at the tip of Miami-Dade County, is Turnberry Isle, a more family-oriented yet no less extravagant resort. They share several things. Both are owned by the Soffer family, Dade County…
Michael Schwartz’s Genuine Hospitality Group has announced the opening of Ella, a casual Design District pop-up café. The intimate restaurant, named for Schwartz’s daughter Ella, will open April 1 at the Design District’s Palm Court, located at 140 NE 39th St. It will remain open through spring and summer. This…
This past Saturday night, far from the official SoBeWFF pop-ups and gala dinners, the owners of Uruguay’s Parador La Huella set up their grills for a private party just off of Biscayne Bay. They gave guests a taste of what to expect when Quinto La Huella opens later this year…
February was a busy month for Miami’s culinary scene. The South Beach Wine & Food Festival saw tens of thousands of hungry people enjoy Miami’s restaurants and bars, with celebrity chefs spotted at Joe’s Stone Crab, Seagrape at the Thompson Miami Beach, and other notable restaurants. Many restaurants that opened…
Walking into the newly opened Bistro Cassis, you’re bound to notice some very authentic French decor touches. Subway tiles, a huge mural of the Paris Metro, and a large chalkboard menu filled with daily specials like coq au vin set the mood. After all, lunch and supper in France are…
Oracio Garrell has been making jerk since he was 11. As a kid in Montego Bay, Jamaica, he used to work for his cousin, Ayenee, slathering whole birds in the spicy, piquant paste. “I needed summer money,” says Garrell, who’s 30 and goes by the nickname Jay. “He did it…
The 14th annual South Beach Wine & Food Festival might be over, but we’re still recovering from Death by Chocolate, the late-night cocoa soiree hosted by none other than donut creator Dominique Ansel. While many of the guests at Death by Chocolate were secretly hoping that Ansel saying his doughnut-hybrid…
As Homestead’s oasis of rainbow-hued produce and pastoral charm, Paradise Farms more than lives up to its moniker. For more than a decade, the certified-organic outpost has been growing and selling a bounty of fruits and vegetables, from microgreens to oyster mushrooms. So who better to host a plant-based edition…
Total Wine & More is coming to South Beach. The Next Time reported that the wine and spirits retailer is headed to the Fifth & Alton shopping center. New Times has confirmed that the Maryland-based retailer has inked a lease deal to open a store in the former Staples spot…
