The secret to success in the Italian-restaurant business here has little to do with designer food. Forget miniravioli stuffed with shitake mushrooms, radicchio pesto, or other exotica. Restaurants that seem to consistently draw the biggest crowds offer hefty portions of perfectly cooked pasta and simple sauces at inexpensive prices. This…
After nearly a year in operation, everything at the Fishbone Grille should be going swimmingly. But while some of the restaurant’s offerings are outstanding, heavy-handed preparation of various seafood dishes and well-meaning but haphazard service provide bones of contention. An offshoot of the 79-year-old Tobacco Road, Miami’s oldest and most…
Many restaurants don’t survive Miami’s off-season, but judging from the number of new kids on the block (especially the South Beach block), this is no ordinary South Florida summer. After a nostalgic Friday Night Live concert a few weeks ago, my dining companion and I shagged up Washington Avenue to…
Hunt no more for a wild restaurant in this otherwise tame town. Now find caribou, alligator, venison, pheasant, rabbit, and elk without going even to the Everglades. Cafe Cazando – Spanish for “hunting” – brings the great outdoors to a charming corner of Coral Gables. While the two-month-old spot has…
