Buns & Buns was something of a mystery for a while. Not much was known about the restaurant except its location, name, and a vague concept including bread and grilled meats. In fact, even the public relations firm hired to work with the place couldn’t get a menu before it…
As comfort foods go, the croque-monsieur is hard to beat. The richly satisfying French snack consists of thickly cut bread loaded with ham and cheese, topped with even more cheese, and grilled to a hot, melted finale. Eden in Eden, a newly opened vegetarian French caf� in the Roads, offers…
Simply watching Carla Pellegrino can be exhausting. Although diminutive, Pellegrino is nothing less than a force of nature. A second after meeting, she asks if we’ve seen her dining room yet. Hearing no, she’s off like a shot, ordering us to follow her at a near-run and gracefully avoiding a…
At an arepa bar, it’s hard to think outside the crisp goodness of an arepa, but at Doggi’s, try another Venezuelan delicacy. Sure, the place proffers large, tasty arepas with fillings ranging from Guayan�s cheese to pabell�n criollo ($6.50 to $9.89). However, the cachapa ($8.49) just might capture your heart…
MiMo’s culinary scene will blow up with the addition of Taperia Raca later this month. The restaurant, opening at the end of March, will be helmed by none other than Giorgio Rapicavoli and Alex Casanova, the adventuresome team behind Eating House in Coral Gables. In fact, the “Raca” in the…
Romanesco is a funny-looking vegetable. It’s pale green like Gak and covered in tiny spikes. It looks like broccoli’s edgy cousin and tastes like a grassier version of cauliflower. It is stunning. Have you tried it before? Because if you haven’t, now’s a good time. The locally-grown brassica is available…
The Tides South Beach is giving locals a reason to brave the early afternoon weekend crowds on Ocean Drive. The Art Deco hotel’s outdoor restaurant is serving up a brunch menu on Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. featuring several dishes inspired by southern comfort food to…
Meat and muscles have long been considered a dynamic duo. The puns alone speak volumes: meatheads and beefcakes anyone? But the world is changing, and no longer is meat considered the wondrous protein source of yesteryear. Thanks to flicks like Forks Over Knives, people of all kinds are getting on…
Here’s a little riddle for you: What’s black and white and fed all over? The people who work inside the zebra-striped Wynwood Building when Miam Cafe & Boutique opens at the iconic gallery/work space. See also: Mmmm to Open in Wynwood…
The singer sways his hips and croons an indistinguishable tune. In almost all circumstances, he’d be considered unusual: a thin man with a floppy fishing hat, blue shirt, and pleated khakis pulled too high on his waist. He looks like Gilligan in a cruise ship’s karaoke bar. Gyrating in the…
It looks too good to be healthful. The “mental lentil” collard wrap ($16) at Choices Café is crammed with black beans, lentils, onion, pico de gallo, bell pepper, avocado, plantain, and vegan cheese. Collard greens replace the wheat tortilla. The wrap is vibrant, its colorful filling stacked like sand art…
Chef Michael Schwartz and Jorge Perez, the CEO and Chariman of The Related Group, have just announced a collaboration for a waterfront restaurant and beach club at Paraiso Bay and One Paraiso. Located in the East Edgewater neighborhood, this new collaboration is still in the early, early phases. The restaurant…
It looks too good to be healthful. The “mental lentil” collard wrap ($16) at Choices Caf� is crammed with black beans, lentils, onion, pico de gallo, bell pepper, avocado, plantain, and vegan cheese. Collard greens replace the wheat tortilla. The wrap is vibrant, its colorful filling stacked like sand art…
The singer sways his hips and croons an indistinguishable tune. In almost all circumstances, he’d be considered unusual: a thin man with a floppy fishing hat, blue shirt, and pleated khakis pulled too high on his waist. He looks like Gilligan in a cruise ship’s karaoke bar. Gyrating in the…
Gator’s Dockside, a restaurant group in Lake Mary, Florida, has gotten a lot of press lately. It seems the corporate-owned restaurants are charging a 1 percent Affordable Care Act surcharge to compensate for the restaurants’ additional costs associated with providing health care to their full-time employees when Obamacare’s employer mandate…
February was a huge month for the Miami food scene. The South Beach Wine & Food Festival brought a slew of celebrity chefs — all wanting to be enchanted by our city’s restaurants and bars. And if the likes of Geoffrey Zakarian, Martha Stewart, and Rachael Ray were feeling peckish,…
With tasty fare made from handpicked, fresh ingredients, the chef-owned Konata’s in North Miami has been sating locals for more than four years. Mr. Konata makes his Jamaican heritage apparent with the d�cor and cuisine. It is a spare but quirky shack filled with colorful photos of Rastafarian leaders such…
Living a healthy lifestyle doesn’t mean you have to forgo all convenience foods. You’re busy, you’re on-the-go, you’re the master of your universe, and you sure as hell don’t want to be stuck eating McDonald’s out of desperation. Sometimes, everyone just needs to eat something out of a plastic wrapper…
If you’re a fan of Top Chef (or of Miami’s Nina Compton), you probably watched a bit smugly for Padma Lakshmi’s pronouncement of the winner of this season, only to be in complete shock and denial when Nicholas Elmi was declared victorious. No doubt, all of Miami (and Saint Lucia)…
Ladur�e’s famous macarons have landed in Miami Beach. The luxury French pastry shop has opened its third U.S. location (there are two in New York City), on Lincoln Road. To celebrate the occasion and pay homage to South Beach’s roots, the brand has designed a limited-edition, art deco-style macaron box…
It’s no secret that fruits and vegetables are the health Holy Grail. As author and professor Michael Pollan so succinctly said: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” But it’s not quite as simple as chowing down on anything you find in the produce aisle, because lots of it is…
“You drove all the way to Sweetwater for a burger?” The answer is yes. And we’d do it again in an artery-clogged heartbeat. After compiling a list of Miami’s Five Most Outrageous Burgers, we were told that A&G’s Burger Joint was “outta hand.” We headed over and our hands, mouth…
