The pretty cashier at Huahua’s Taqueria wears a sombrero. It’s bulky, with a wide brim and fuschia splotches that match the chalkboard menu hanging above her head. Some nights, she opts for plastic Wayfarers instead. Stamped with the restaurant’s name, the specs have clear lenses, thick rims, and cobalt temples…
More than a half century ago, Paul Gineste de Saurs purchased the Venice Inn in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. He wanted to sell his family’s wine, and so made a weird choice: Offer but one dish — steak. Soon, the place had a nickname: L’Entrecote — which translates roughly…
Though August is probably the most uncomfortable and lethargic of all times in our fair city, we manage to survive, bolstered by frequent trips to the beach and fortified by Miami Spice meals. Though few restaurants opened and closed, they were memorable. Enriqueta’s Sandwich Shop, which was closed due to…
Tavern in the Grove was a dive bar in every sense of the word. It was neither retro-cool like Club Deuce, nor frat-boy cool like Ted’s Hideaway. On the contrary, Tavern in the Grove was more authentic than that. It was the kind of bar that would have felt at…
Pao Town, the fast-casual Asian concept by the owner of the highly successful Sushi Maki, closed its doors this past Friday. Owner Abe Ng had high hopes for Pao Town, which offered cuisine from different Asian countries divided into four sections: mains, salads, buns, and sides. In a First Bites…
Miamians are plain ol’ plantain-obsessed. We get them fried, double-fried, mashed, heaped atop our sushi — and that just begins to describe how we roll. The stuffed version at Paseo Catracho, a Honduran restaurant at 824 SW Eighth St., takes the cake banana. For a mere $3.50, you can have…
Sonic Beach opens its Miami Gardens location on Wednesday, September 4. This is the third South Florida Sonic Beach, with other locations in Homestead and Fort Lauderdale. The restaurant aims to bring an old-fashioned beachside burger shack to Miami Gardens — complete with servers on roller skates. Sonic Beach will…
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2, the sequel to one of the best loved animated films by kids (and critics), is coming to theaters September 27. In this new movie, Inventor Flint Lockwood finds his invention that made spaghetti tornadoes is alive and well — and making foodimals! Flint…
Labor Day Weekend — it’s the holiday that celebrates the miracle of turning a two-day weekend into three days (or four, if you were smart, and took today off). It may be time to concede that this really is the end of summer. But the good news is we have…
A lot of world records have been set in Miami. On October 11, 2009, chefs Michael Schwartz and Allen Susser led a group of high school students to break the Guinness World Record for the largest serving of guacamole. The portion weighed 4,114 pounds, by the way. And on April…
Antonio Bachour oversees a temperature-controlled chamber called the chocolate room. But as he squeezes into this nook at the St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort today, it’s the macarons that capture his attention. Dressed in a pressed white coat, the bespectacled chef pulls a confection-filled tray from a stack. “Bacon macarons!”…
The Mandarin Oriental Miami has announced that La Mar by Gaston Acurio will open in December, 2013. The new restaurant replaced Cafe Sambal, which closed earlier in the summer. The restaurant and tapas bar will feature chef Acurio’s Peruvian cuisine, with a focus on fresh cebiche and dishes that range…
Antonio Bachour oversees a temperature-controlled chamber called the chocolate room. But as he squeezes into this nook at the St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort today, it’s the macarons that capture his attention. Dressed in a pressed white coat, the bespectacled chef pulls a confection-filled tray from a stack. “Bacon macarons!”…
Porçao Farm to Grill, a steak house serving clean meats, local produce, and sustainable seafood, is coming to Mary Brickell Village in the early fall. The restaurant, which features premium meats dry-aged in house, an extensive wine cellar, molecular cocktails, and two adjacent lounges, will open in late September…
Democratic Republic of Beer has closed its 14th Street location. The last day open to the public was Saturday, according to the Miami Herald. Luckily, they have a second downtown location at 501 NE First Street, and will migrate there. See also: Democratic Republic of Beer’s Second Location Soft Opening…
The popular Lincoln Road eatery Spris is heading to downtown Miami. The pizzeria’s location is set to open the first week of September and can accommodate 40 in its indoor and outdoor dining areas. The restaurant has long been a favorite of South Beach residents and has been named Best…
The Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove is getting exotic for one month with A Passage to India/ Though it sounds like an epic movie starring Meryl Streep, A Passage to India is actually the name of the pop-up restaurant taking over the luxury property’s restaurant Bizcaya from Thursday, October 3, through Sunday,…
The Cafe at Books & Books has long been a Lincoln Road fixture. In a sea of cafes with colorful umbrellas offering overpriced and underwhelming food for unaware tourists, Books & Books served up honest, delicious meals at reasonable prices. Plus, if you forgot reading material, a good story (and…
Danilo Gonzalez opened the Art Place Wynwood five years ago, a time when the neighborhood boasted more drab warehouses than posh galleries and specialty cafés. But things have changed a lot since then. Now the arts district is home to trendy restaurants, bars, and shops. “The transformation of Wynwood is…
Sweetness is cupcakes, creative sandwiches, homemade red velvet twinkies, and a grand opening party with Quiky, the Nesquick bunny, giving away free chocolate milk. We have previously covered the opening of Sweetness Bakeshop and Cafe in Hialeah but we finally got to check it out and sink our teeth into…
Vegan Chefs, Dreaming of Success, Emerge in Miami
Peruse the menu at many of Miami’s fine-dining establishments and you’ll see proclamations of farm-fresh produce complete with the names of the farms where your tomato or mango was lovingly grown. That’s all well and good, but have you ever stopped to think where cheaper, lesser-known restaurants get their vegetables?…
