Momi To Open 24 Hours and Open New Location…Maybe.

Momi Ramen’s recent opening in Brickell has caused a noodle wave effect in the Magic City. Everyone is asking about Jefrrey Chen and his oodles of noodles. Yet, on a Saturday night at 2 a.m., when the neighborhood is packed with loads of drunk civilians, we are the only ones…

Top Five Places With Unconventional Brunch Menus in Miami

For those people who think that brunch can only be defined by eggs benedict, waffles, and mimosas, the joke’s on them. In the past year and a half, the Magic City has erected a handful of new restaurants that offer Saturday and Sunday brunch — without the Hollandaise and home…

Doré South Beach Serves French-Inspired Eats and Mixology Treats

 South BeachLooking for a bit more of the European aesthetic in your life? Doré South Beach, the newest addition to the Ritz-Carlton, is serving French-inspired, high-end eats with a mixology twist. Diners can sip pear-infused pisco and watermelon purée while nibbling on hamachi tartare and homemade tortellini gratin — all in…

Batch Promises Brickell a Real-Deal Gastropub

Kevin Danilo says there’s no true gastropub, or any real service-based restaurants, in the booming Brickell neighborhood. So the 26-year-old, who got his start washing dishes at age 13, teamed up with Jerry Flynn, a manager at Lantao at the Surfcomber hotel, and signed a lease for 5,300 square feet…

Ramen Mania Sweeps Miami Restaurants

At his Brickell noodle house, Momi Ramen, which opened in December, Jeffrey Chen ties a black bandanna printed with white skulls tightly across his scrunched forehead. He works silently behind a glass panel. Around him, Miami’s food cognoscenti, huddled about wooden tables, hover above bowls of soup. For years, these…

Kouzina: Tapas Bar Turned Greek Bistro

A new sign has gone up in the tucked-away corner between the Shops at Midtown and Biscayne where Tapas & Tintos once set up its second outpost. It’s odd that the place — conveniently located just south of NE 36th Street — couldn’t keep it together and shut down just months before…

Ten Superfoods to Make You a Stallion in the Sack

Valentine’s Day, the one day of the year that obligates Americans to get all sexy and romantic, is a week away. Whether you’ve been with your little honey pot for a few weeks or a few decades, the holiday can be a great excuse to use “more than words to…

Nutribullet: the Real Low-Down on This Glorified Blender

When the company first sent me a Nutribullet for review, I unpacked it with excitement and immediately started loading the tall, bullet-like plastic cup with kale, carrots, ginger, berries, and a bunch of other produce I had in the crisper. Instead of reading the instructions, I followed the lead of…

Devon Seafood & Steak: Kendall’s Finest New Eats

Because metropolitan Miami is so awesome, we often neglect traveling to the suburbs, especially when we’re hungry and impatient. But with the recent opening of Devon Seafood & Steak, we just had to make the trip. Situated in the Palms at Town & Country mall in Kendall, Devon is a…

Dylan’s Candy Bar: Ten Reasons Grownups Will Love It (Photos)

Dylan’s Candy Bar opened about a week ago, and already it’s giving the Apple Store down the street some stiff competition as the most popular (and populated) place on Lincoln Road. We’ve been there twice, and both times the two-story shop, founded by Ralph Lauren’s daughter, Dylan, has been filled…

Nominate Miami’s Sweetest Culinary Couple, Win a Gift Card

Throughout history there have been famous couples that have worked together. in just about every industry.Some duos that come to mind are Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall; Bonnie and Clyde; John Lennon and Yoko Ono; Hillary and Bill Clinton; Masters and Johnson; Irene and Frederic Joliot-Curie; Carl Sagan and Anne…

January 2013 Restaurant Openings and Closings

Happy New Year!  2013 looks like it’s going to be a great year for Miami food lovers. It seems that since the first of the year, either a new restaurant has opened — or announces plans to join the scene.Some trends we’ve been noticing — New York restaurateurs continue to…

Pig-Stuffed Pig at Simple, Downtown Porketta

Some might criticize Porketta, the porcine-centric Italian restaurant just off Flagler Street, as being too similar to a New York City restaurant with a similar name. Yet Northern Italians for centuries roasted pig-stuffed pig, traditionally with lungs, kidneys, and other offal, wrapped in a crisp skin…