Shoppers at the supermarket are bombarded with a variety of brands and types of olive oil to choose from but the reality is that as much as half the stuff sold in the U.S. as “extra-virgin olive oil” is either deceptively mislabeled or just plain fraudulent, according to Tom Mueller…
Salumeria 104, Midtown’s newest restaurant contender, is really a candy store for meatheads, offering a little taste of Italy courtesy of Chef Angelo Masarin. This native of Treviso has spent the last few years making the rounds of Miami’s best Italian kitchens, including Casa Tua, Sardinia Enoteca and most recently,…
Last month, we gave four trucks the opportunity to compete to the sixteenth and final truck to be invited to park on the sands of Miami Beach for the South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s Trucks on the Beach event hosted by Andrew Zimmern on February 26.Mac’n Soul Food, Miso…
Last night, my dining partner and I were invited to a chi-chi press dinner at the Villa Mayfair Restaurant & Lounge in Coconut Grove. So we got dolled up and arrived very hungry.The restaurant (which turns into a lounge after hours) is stunning. Dim lighting, classy antique-like furniture, low-slung textured ceilings…
Last February, we heralded the midtown Miami opening of the first American branch of 100 Montaditos. There are more than 200 locations in the rest of the world (many of them in the place of origin, Spain), and the one in midtown has been a huge hit — lines spilling…
STK has finally replaced Ralph Pagano (who left the top toque position in October to take over at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale) with new executive chef Aaron Taylor. He’s worked at Pierre’s restaurant in Islamorada, and the Keystone Ranch in Colorado, but most recently honed his steak skills in the…
It’s Pizza Rustica’s 15th anniversary and these pie purveyors want you to party like it’s 1996. What does that mean? Well, you’ll pay like it’s 1996. Partying is actually optional.For 19 hours starting today, December 15 at 11 a.m., slice prices will flash back to 1996. You know, when Prince…
CG Burgers versus DGB: Damn Good Burger
Now that the new Miami Marlins ballpark is almost complete, it’s time to start deciding what will be available to eat as the baseball club decided on three local restaurants that will best represent the culinary side of Miami, Latin cuisine of course!”The three restaurants selected are local shops and…
There’s a new Asian restaurant on South Beach that you don’t know about yet. For just over a week now, Lantao Kitchen + Cocktails has been up, running, and serving a menu of gansig (snacks), bo ling (noodle bowls), shala (salads) zhuban (entrees), shuanfang (sides) — and “British ‘Pub’ snacks (burgers,…
They may have kept the old name, but everything else at the Rusty Pelican is new. And there isn’t a tiki in sight.The menu has been overhauled and now features trendy items like the ahi tuna taco, eel foie gras and duck-fat fried Australian lamb loin.And the interior? It’s just…
When a friend tipped me off about some acai concoction at Apple A Day that was selling at speeds that bordered on lunatic, I wondered whether I’d fallen back in time four years or so. That’s when the real acai craze was in full swing, when people were buying $25…
Billed as “the nation’s fastest growing ‘better burger’ restaurant”, Smashburger is unveiling its first Miami location (14730 Biscayne Blvd.) on Saturday, December 31 (a last-minute switch from next Wednesday, December 21). The popular chain has well over 100 venues across the country, including Florida branches in Coral Springs and Neptune Beach (and…
Even though, or maybe because, I was always a really really tall girl, I’ve always gravitated toward tiny things. I love miniature doll furniture, pocket-sized notebooks, glitter, and as a child of the ’80s, Shrinky Dinks.So does vegan baker Mariana Cortez, who at 29, is the exact same age as…
There’s a lot of chatter surrounding the Rusty Pelican, the Key Biscayne landmark that finally reopens today after a multimillion-dollar restoration, and its salty chef, Michael Gilligan.Inquiring minds wanted to know why the heck he flew the coop after serving as executive chef at the W for ages. And, of course,…
Vietnamese pop-up Phuc Yea has received an extension on its death sentence. The little restaurant that could was originally scheduled to close last night.But by popular demand, Phuc Yea will stay open for the weekend, closing Saturday. The restaurant’s two last dinner services are tonight and tomorrow from 5:30 to…
A few days ago, we announced that CheeseMe was acquired by Latin Burger. According to owner Jim Heins, the CheeseMe truck was in the process of a makeover and that it would be back on the streets by the end of the week.The truck’s logos and wrap were redesigned by…
As I stood in line at a Taco Bell on NE 36th Street and Biscayne Boulevard, I was not comfortable or hopeful. It had been a long time since I’d been in a fast food joint, and the proximity of all the nutritionally bankrupt white flour tortillas, preservative-packed foodstuffs, and…
Still got Basel fever and need some sort of festival to go to this weekend? Fever no more because Pinecrest Gardens is hosting the Latin Spice Festival tomorrow, December 10, from 6 until 10 p.m.Entry is just $5 before 8 p.m., $25 after that to watch the evening concert with…
‘Tis the season for holiday shopping, good cheer, and year-end reviews. In fact, a barrage of back-looking Best-Ofs are being banged out around copy tables across the nation as we speak. Food Arts’ (“At The Restaurant And Hotel Forefront”) annual summation is one of the better ones, so we’ve combed…
Cat’s out of the bag, folks. Phuc Yea! partners Aniece Meinhold, Cesar Zapata, and newcomer Manuel Ortiz have accidentally (or not so accidentally) leaked the news of their new food baby.The new place, called the Federal Food Drink & Provisions, will be located on NE 51st Street and Biscayne Boulevard,…
A new the Fresh Market opened last Wednesday in the Sunset Harbour neighborhood of South Beach. Publix premiered a glossy new SoBe supermarket in the past year (to go with two in the area already), and the Whole Foods Market on Alton Road has a renovated exterior (replete with rooftop…
