Park Avenue may carry big-time clout in other cities, but in Miami Beach, it is a virtually unknown street. It is behind a museum and a street where you might score some parking. That is, until now. A few months ago, a charming boutique hotel, Vintro Hotel & Kitchen, opened…
Next to a cooler filled with Monster Energy and Red Bull, a group of police officers wolfs down burgers stacked with several meats covered with a dribble of egg yolk. Only a stack of Bud Light cases separates them from the cash register of this Doral Exxon, where people file…
If you happen to drive by the former Copperbox space, you’ll notice it has windows. And it’s no longer copper, but rather white. That’s because Proof Pizza & Pasta opened quietly last Friday. The Neapolitan-style pizza joint comes to Midtown from Justin Flit, whose prior experience includes Daniel Boulud’s DBGB…
If the name SooWoo sounds familiar to you, it’s likely you’ve visited or heard about the Korean/Japanese restaurant’s former location in Doral. But come the end of October, a revamped, sleeker SooWoo will open on Washington Ave. in South Beach. Along with Korean dishes like bulgogi (thinly sliced marinated rib…
Happier pigs lead to better bacon, at least that’s what the duo behind Miami Smokers believes and practices. Miami natives Andres Barrientos and James Bowers cure and smoke Heritage Breed pasture-raised pigs that are allowed to walk and eat as they please. Chances are you’ve had a taste of their…
In what could be called a Barley & Swine kind of pun, Jorgie Ramos, owner of B&S Gastropub (AKA Barley & Swine) is making a purse out of a sow’s ear. The restaurateur/chef closed his Kendall restaurant after the condominium his restaurant was located in began work on improvements that…
It’s likely you know her best as Cher, the fashion-forward, well-intentioned Beverly Hills high-schooler who created pop culture legend in 1995’s Clueless. But Alicia Silverstone is much more than a pretty face and Aerosmith video vixen — she’s also a dedicated mom, author, and vegan activist. Her cookbook The Kind…
UPDATE: B&S Gastropub has, indeed closed. According to Jorgie Ramos, “We closed the doors last night. We’re hoping it’s just temporart, but not sure.” Stay tuned for updates to this story. Kendall’s B&S Gastropub’s owner Jorgie Ramos is in a bitter feud with the condominium his restaurant is located in…
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival, the annual multi-day celebrity-fueled bacchanalia that hits Miami Beach every February like a wine-soaked tidal wave has been the site to numerous parties, events, and seminars. Privy to some epic antics like Robert Irvine being shackled upside down by his ankles, Guy Fieri…
Larry Chi has been working with fish in raw form since his early 20s. His restaurant, Akashi, which opened in 1993 near Sunset Place, was among the first sushi bars in South Miami. Twenty-one years later, it is a landmark of the local culinary scene. Two decades, two Akashi locations,…
In a yawning space surrounded by inky, lacquered shelves stacked with Mexican folk art, sharply dressed business types negotiate over pale-green margaritas. Two men wearing matching Piguet watches and Ferragamo belts are trailed by their wives, both pushing strollers and toting Chanel purses as they make their way to an…
It’s hard to believe, but Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink is turning 8 years old in a few months, a rare feat considering that about 30 percent of restaurants are doomed to failure, according to a recent UCF study. So what keeps Michael’s Genuine relevant? Restaurateur Michael Schwartz’s answer is…
Just how significant has Miami’s Central American population become? In the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, there is a small chain of cafeteria-style restaurants called Coco Baleadas. The first U.S. location opened quietly on Coral Way last month, and it’s the busiest the small space (which once held a Peruvian and pan-Asian…
Taperia Raca, the Spanish tapas joint launched earlier this year in MiMo by Giorgio Rapicavoli and Alex Casanova, is closed. According to a news release, the owners received an offer on the property they couldn’t refuse. The team, however, says this isn’t the end of Raca and is planning to…
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…
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…
For over a century it was the home of bootleggers, gangsters, hookers, musicians, and people just in need of booze and a burger. Now, come sunrise October 26, Tobacco Road, the oldest bar I n Miami, is closing its colorful doors. Starting at 6 p.m. on Saturday, October 25, the…
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 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…
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…
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…
Move over burgers, tacos and empanada trucks, we have Lobster in the house! The Red Zeppelin is rockin’ the best Lobster roll on the Miami food truck scene. And every Tuesday from 5 to 9 p.m. at Haulover Beach Park, this red zinger serves hearty chunks of Maine lobster with…
