Sneak Review: Fin & Q

A little bait to hopefully hook you into reading next week’s Cafe review of Eismann’s two:Fin:A fisherman would consider our experience here extremely successful: All the big ones were hooked, even if some small fries got away — meaning main plates of grouper, halibut, and striped bass were fresh, adeptly…

Evos Lunchroom Project: A McNugget Problem

Evos is all about healthy living. Their logo is green, their stores are made with sustainable materials, their packaging is biodegradable, and their ingredients are all Fair Trade Certified.This Tampa-based chain delivers self-described “guilt free” fast food options to the masses — and that now includes school kids. Well, some…

Pajama Pub Crawl In The Grove This Weekend

Put on your jammies this Saturday and head to Coconut Grove for the Great Grove Bed Race and Pajama Pub Crawl. Featured stops on the comfortable crawl will be Grove Spot, Sandbar Sports Grill, Tavern in the Grove, GreenStreet Cafe, Bice Bistro, Crazy Pianos, Taurus, Mr. Moe’s, Barracuda Raw Bar…

Sawaddee Thai-Sushi is a Hidden Gem

This little 16-seater has been tucked off the corner of Bay Drive and 69th Street in Normandy Isles for the past four years. During this time, the all-female crew (kitchen and dining room) has been cooking up some of the best Thai food on the Beach. The recently updated menu…

Joumou $5 Lunch Is The Absolute Best Deal Going

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 Closes After Questionable Inspection

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…

New Times Iron Fork Returns October 21 at Grand Central

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…

Favorite Dishes: Eel Sushi At Zuma

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…

Pickin’ More Bones With Red the Steakhouse’s Chef/Partner Peter Vauthy

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…

Bye-Bye, Barbu and Siam Lotus Room

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…

Foods to Fight Stress

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…

Sneak Review: 72nd Bar & Grill

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…

The Naked Truth About Naked Pizza…

…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…

Marcelo’s Ceviche Truck: Who’d Have Guessed?

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…

Time Magazine Contradicts Itself Over Organic Food

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…

Vine E Olio Cooks For Conscious Bite Out

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…