Vegan Author Mark Reinfeld Offers Cooking Immersion Starting Monday

Mark Reinfeld is a vegan dynamo. Cookbooks, classes, retreats, online instructionals– the award-winning culinarian covers plant-based eating from every angle. His organization, Vegan Fusion, is all about creating a better, healthier, more peaceful world — and he’s doing it through mouth-watering edibles like pistachio-crusted tofu and curried pumpkin soup. Reinfeld…

Fabio Viviani’s Siena Tavern Opening in November

One of the most anticipated restaurants scheduled to open in Miami this fall is Siena Tavern. The restaurant, which hails from Chicago, will open in the old China Grill space, a massive 10,000-square-foot space. Viviani, who garnered fame from his two seasons on Bravo’s Top Chef franchise and whose good…

Palmas Cafe in Brickell: Lunch for Under $10

If you think there isn’t a decent spot where you can get lunch for under $10 in Brickell, you’d probably be right. Up until a couple of weeks ago, anyway. That’s when Palmas Caf� quietly opened in the gorgeous courtyard shared with Deli Lane and a few other places. Palmas…

September 2014 Miami Restaurant Openings and Closings

September 2014 in Miami will be remembered for two things — endless days of torrential rain and the opening of Iron Chef Morimoto’s restaurant at the Shelborne Wyndham South Beach. Of course, the “official” opening isn’t until today, but if you’ve been on social media, you’ve seen practically everyone in…

Midtown Oyster Bar to Open This Month

Good things supposedly happen in threes, so we can only hope that a third oyster bar will open in Wynwood/midtown. Midtown Oyster Bar will start operation sometime in October, making it the area’s second oyster bar this year, after Mignonette. Midtown Oyster Bar is the brainchild of the Graspa Group…

Danny Serfer’s Mignonette Is Edgewater’s Pearl

It’s 9 p.m. and it’s raining in sheets outside Mignonette, a new oyster bar and seafood eatery off NE Second Avenue across from the City of Miami Cemetery. Gentlemen pull their cars onto the sidewalk to let their ladies scurry in (relatively) dry. But there’s nevertheless a wait to be…

Pubbelly Going Vegan for One Night Only October 2

In a sign that the times are most definitely a’ changin’, the kings of pork are embracing plants. Notable Miami Beach eatery Pubbelly (whose owners were once called the Sovereigns of Swine by the New Times), is going vegan. In partnership with Jugofresh, the team is hosting a pop-up vegan…

Ted’s at YoungArts, a Gastro-Entertainment Venue, to Open in December

The YoungArts campus is launching an interesting space, come December. Ted’s at YoungArts is being billed as an “intimate cultural lounge and eatery,” by Paul T. Lehr, the National YoungArts Foundation’s president and CEO. See also: Bacardi Buildings Sold to National YoungArts Foundation for $10 Million…

Chef Adrianne Calvo: “I’ve Never Been One to Follow Trends”

It’s been seven and a half years since Adrianne Calvo first opened Chef Adrianne’s Vineyard Restaurant & Bar and much has changed, both in terms of her culinary development and the industry. “When I opened we had a similar menu to the one we have now where everything was farm-to-table,…

Ten Best Falafel Places in Miami

Falafel is at its best when it has the yin and the yang — crisp on the outside and soft on the inside. These meatless wonders show the depth of rich flavors that are possible in snackable form. You can dip them in a tahini or tzatziki bath, stuff them…

Route 9 Restaurant in Coral Gables Sold

Route 9 restaurant in Coral Gables has been sold, according to the restaurant’s Twitter account. Earlier today, the couple posted the following: See also: Best Restaurant Coral Gables – Route 9…

Bunnie Cakes: Try the Sin Tres Leches in a Mini-Mason Jar

Every vegan east of Portland has heard about Bunnie Cakes’ impossibly moist cupcake creations. It’s this flair for cruelty-free cooking that earned owner Mariana Cortez a spot on Food Network’s Cupcake Wars. But now the cozy bakery is offering something new: to-go treats in adorable mini-mason jars, ranging from cacao…

Cavatelli Craze Hits Countless Miami Restaurants

Like all food trends, pasta preferences come and go, and right now cavatelli is everywhere. The pasta shape with the visible open seam — like a long, thin hot-dog bun — that’s almost grub-like is popping up all over Miami in various sauces, cheeses, and colors. Three years ago, we…

Pubbelly Brunch Fare: Media Noche McBelly and Granola With Yuzu

The Pubbelly boys might be growing an empire, but that’s not keeping them from keeping the location that started it all fresh and exciting. Since opening in 2010, Pubbelly has lacked one thing: brunch. If you wanted the breakfast-meets-lunch indulgence in the form of French toast sticks, you headed over…