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72nd Bar & Grill in South Miami

Joumou Cafe opened two weeks ago in what looks to be a former house on NE 2nd Avenue. This quaint and colorfulHaitian/Caribbean restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner seven days a week. We stopped in around 1 p.m. and took advantage of a ridiculously great deal: Salad, choice of a…

MiniBAR, the cool midtown hangout just north of NE 36th Street,  has run into some big problems. Now it’s closed. On August 19, the place’s Facebook page thanked patrons and made a brief mention of a requested health inspection. Then during the inspection on August 24, five violations were reported…

The first  two years were sell-outs. This year, Iron Fork will be bigger and better. New Times’ massive culinary event returns for a third time, taking over the downtown event space/nightclub Grand Central on October 21. Last year’s winner John Critchley (Area 31) will fight to hold onto his title…

Zuma has made a splash in downtown Miami since opening on the ground floor of the Epic Hotel. The menu presents quite a few Japanese food options — robata grilled meats, tempura vegetables, rice hot-pots, and so forth. One of our Zuma favorites, however, comes from the sushi bar: Unagi…

This is Part 2 of our interview. Read the first part with Red the Steakhouse’s chef/partner Peter Vauthy here.New Times: Describe your food in five words.Peter Vauthy: Continental, classic steakhouse cuisine.That’s only four.Sorry.Describe yourself in a few words.Passionate, dedicated… intense.What do you believe is the most important advice to impart…

New Barbu and decades-old Siam Lotus Room have each met the same fate. The latter, South Miami’s answer to Boston’s Green Monster, lured drivers on South Dixie Highway with its lima-bean paint job and owner Atchana Capellini’s famous coconut shrimp — along with other Thai dishes derived from her family…

Vacations have come to an end. The kids are back to school. The lazy, hazy days of summer are over. You’re ready for mother’s little helper. But don’t succumb to temptation. Nor should you gobble down nutrition-less bowls of rubbery mac and cheese or your fave guilty pleasure from the…

It’s pretty common to hear people say things like, “He couldn’t figure out what else to do, so he became a chef,” or “She hated school and figured cooking was her only way out.” Those overly chatty Cathy’s should meet Peter Vauthy, Red, the Steakhouse’s chef/partner. Born in New York…

The original Segafredo — or Segafredo L’Originale as the company likes to put it — celebrates its 10th anniversary this Sunday evening with a bash on Lincoln Road. Starting at 5 p.m., music by DJ Mr. V and Miss Patty will spark the block party into action. There will be…

A brief chew of next week’s review:Let’s begin with what 72nd does best: fat, beefy burgers piled high with signature accompaniments and plunked onto fresh, shiny brioche buns. We had “the juancho,” with long, crisp slices of bacon; melted cheddar; a fried egg; and cilantro mayo. Delicious. Also offered are…

…is that it’s not so hot. Since starting up in New Orleans five years ago, the pizza chain has grown bigger; 96 Naked Pizzas are now in development, the number expected to rise to a thousand over the next five years. The latest one recently opened at 1260 Washington Ave…

Five years ago, Marcelo Florindez went on vacation from his restaurant job and was let go upon his return. He had two things going for him: the desire to own his own business and a knack for making fresh, flavorful ceviche. At first, Marcelo wanted to open his own restaurant…

The Forge: Miami Beach’s revamped iconic steak house has something old, something new

Yesterday, Short Order reported a horror story from a customer of People’s Bar-B-Que: Rosanna Perry says she dug into some sauce-slathered chicken and the whole piece started “writhing” with maggots. In response to the story, a health inspector made a surprise visit to the Miami soul food staple. It failed…

The most recent issue of Time magazine features a basketful of articles on organic food — an overview of the pros and cons. Except if one were to read the headline shown in photo, the assumption would be that in taste tests to be described, the panelist’s conclusions would illustrate…

Vino E Olio will be opening in the Design District come late next month, but this Thursday, August 26th, the restaurant’s chef Andrea Menichetti will prepare a Summer Harvest meal for the dinner club known as Conscious Bite Out.Conscious Bite Out is the brainchild of Marcela Llodra and Veronica Menin…

​Read part one of our interview with Michael D’Andrea here.New Times: Most unusual food combination you’ve ever created or been served?Michael D’Andrea: My Macaluso’s meatball salad: the hot meatball and marinara sauce with the cold romaine and my mom’s dressing. The combinations are amazing!If you could have one last meal,…

Either a pair of respected Miami-Dade Corrections officers have concocted an outlandish, disgusting hoax for a few thousand dollars, or Miami’s best barbecue joint served maggots with its chicken. Either way, consider us grievously disillusioned…

So now it’s our eggs. It should be obvious to most people that the massive agri-businesses supplying us with much of our food supply needs oversight — real oversight, not the corrupted mimicry of such currently performed by the FDA. But with our presently dysfunctional government, chances of the gruel…

There has been surprisingly little hoopla over De Rodriguez Ocean, due to open at The Hilton Bentley at the tip of South Beach “late next month” (translation: October if we’re lucky). Maybe folks figure it’s just another branch of D. Rodriguez Cuba, although there are a couple of clear differences:…

With the surge of mobile food in the Miami area, it’s easy to forget the” Roach Coaches” that stop at construction sites and building parking lots throughout the day to offer beverages, snacks, baked goods and hot food for bargain prices.Evelyn Garcia owns and operates Lazarito Lunch Box.  A no-nonsense…