In terms of street food, Art Basel was like the second coming of the Fall for the Arts Festival. Everywhere I turned there were food trucks and carts, some new, some old. One of my discoveries was Raaga Cart at the Miami Independent Thinkers Fair. Owners Jennifer Garcia-Mathews and Frances…
I found Sugar Rush at Rainbow City on Friday night. It was their first night on the town. Sugar Rush is the mobile version of Sweetness Bake Shop & Café in Kendall.Folks who’d wrapped up their Jefe’s Original Fish Taco dinners next door straggled over; others just lined up for…
[jump] I noticed this bottle of Malbec has your logo on it.For many years we’ve had our own wine. We used to make our wines in Spain. Now they are from Argentina. I didn’t know anything about wines.How many diners would you say drink wine with their meal at your…
We couldn’t wait to check out Rainbow City, the 40-piece installation by the artistic duo FriendsWithYou (Sam Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III). The giant playground opened to the public yesterday for Art Basel and it was the perfect setting to have a picnic. Sitting on one of the installation’s candy-striped…
Isn’t it a little sad that child nutrition is a trend? Hey, let’s feed kids nutritious food because, you know, everyone is doing it.A National Restaurant Association survey asked 1,500 chefs to predict the hottest menu ideas for 2011 by rating 226 items as “hot trend,” “yesterday’s news” or “perennial…
Some opinions are still acceptable in our increasingly politically correct social climate. While most people wouldn’t dare make a joke about the handicapped, African-Americans, or newborns, it is safe to say that Carrot Top is a loser, Lindsay Lohan a coke head, and that network television sucks balls.A new food…
med some foodies and libertarians recently by banning food ingredients in order to make it healthier. Should the government be allowed to dictate what we can and cannot eat?It all started with trans fats. Plucked from relative obscurity a few years back, trans fats quickly became Public Enemy No. 1,…
More flesh for your carnivores: At right you see the longest pieces of cow flesh you will come across at any local restaurant, for sure.Chef/owner Luis Gajer of Las Vacas Gordas has been rolling up skirt steaks since 1996 when patrons first started rolling into his restaurant. When he and…
Cecconi’s Miami Beach: Romantic, tasty, not cheap
There’s a new dessert shop in town, Beard Papa’s. The place has been open for a few weeks but the grand opening will take place tomorrow, December 2, at the Aventura Mall. Why open in a mall? Since the closest Beard Papa’s is all the way in Orlando, owner Emil…
There were quite a few openings in November, including American Noodle Bar, Pubbelly, DB Bistro Moderne and Wynwood Kitchen & Bar. Here are notable openings and closings in November (or earlier and not included in our October roll call).Openings American Noodle Bar, 6370 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami Barrio Latino SoMi, 1559…
When reading an article on the Sun Sentinel’s website this morning, we were excited to see words like ‘liquor,’ ‘bribery,’ and ‘strip club’ jump out at us. We read on, expecting a sordid corruption case involving strippers, booze, and cash. What we got, however, was more along the plot lines…
Chef Michael Schwartz’s cookbook isn’t due out for a couple of months but, to coincide with Art Basel, the restaurant is showing a behind-the-scenes look at what went into putting the book together. A short film, produced by the book’s photographer, Ben Fink, will be screened at the restaurant’s back…
The Ms. Cheezious grilled cheese truck debuts this week, flanked with a pinup girl logo. The menu showcases the classic comfort food, without veering into overwrought combinations. They’ll offer a crab salad and cheddar melt, bacon and blue cheese on sourdough, an apple and havarti on multi-grain, and a ricotta…
Did you miss last week’s chat with Mike Sabin regarding the fate of Nemo? If so, click here. If not, read on:New Times: What’s your favorite menu item?Mike Sabin: Hawaiian Big Eye tuna. We’re the largest purchaser in the country. We do 13,000 pounds in a year. We do a…
Jacob KatelThe Grill at The Setai officially reopened on Saturday, thus ushering in the tenure of newly appointed executive chef David Werly. While The Restaurant at The Setai is a bastion of elegant Asian cuisine, The Grill (sort of an extension of The Setai’s Lobby Bar and Courtyard) looks to…
“Certain to be one of the coolest and most visually striking new restaurants in the nation…” Good thing Tony Goldman and daughter/partner Jessica Goldman Srebnick aren’t placing our expectations too high. Wynwood Kitchen & Bar, at 2550 N.W. 2nd Avenue, opened last Friday in its’ namesake neighborhood. Original artwork from…
Whole Foods has pulled seven types of cheddar cheese from its shelves as a precaution over the risk of listeria or E. Coli. The cheeses come packaged in clear plastic wrap with a sticker across it reading “Distributed by Whole Foods Market.” They are part of a factory wide recall…
From 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily, Thai House II — not to be confused with Thai House I on South Beach — offers a lunch menu in addition to an already extensive menu featuring Thai and Japanese cuisine. The lunch menu, with dishes of tempura or teriyaki, and sushi…
Before we begin, we should clarify: Mike Sabin is not only the head chef at Prime One Twelve. He’s actually corporate chef for Myles Restaurant Group, the owners of the aforementioned and also Prime Italian, Nemo, Shoji Sushi, Big Pink, and the new Prime Hotel and Lounge.And what we learned…
A small bite of next week’s Cafe review (we’re still full from yesterday): We went instead with nearly transparent wisps of black truffle shavings upon mashed potatoes, an accompaniment to poulet rouge ― modeled after France’s Label Rouge birds, raised on all-grain diets and three times as expensive as commercial…
While this week, Miami New Times is celebrating our inaugural Miami People issue, our sister paper, New Times Broward-Palm Beach, has a feature that explores South Florida food trucks.Former food critic John Linn focuses on the meals-on-wheels phenomenon from Palm Beach to Miami-Dade, profiling trucks like Nacho Bizness, Latin Burger…
