Semilfort St. Hubert was born into coffee. Raised on his family’s farms in St. Louis du Nord on Haiti’s northern peninsula he spent the years from youth to adulthood picking and processing coffee on his father’s 35 acre farm. Yet no matter how hard they worked the money large brokers paid was never enough.
Miami’s busy season has arrived, bringing a slew of visitors to our city. With the tourists, Miami Art Week, and Art Basel come new restaurants. This month, Timon Balloo opened Balloo: Modern Home Cooking, a delightful little eatery that offers a rotating menu of soulful dishes. Lorena Garcia opened Chica,…
Sometimes a restaurant’s vibe is as crucial to its concept as the food. Such is the case with Orilla Bar & Grill, which opened this month inside Urbanica the Euclid Hotel in Miami Beach’s South of Fifth neighborhood. The eatery offers global cuisine in a stylish, laid-back setting that complements its surroundings.
No stranger to gathering talented chefs for a single culinary purpose, Jeremiah Bullfrog has brought several successful tasting events to Miami, including Duck Duck Goose, Pop Ramen, P.I.G. (Pork Is Good), and the recently announced Chefs Cook Keto.
For years, Miami diners have known Timon Balloo as the partner of the slick and sexy Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill in Midtown. The pan-Asian concept, offering small plates and refined cocktails, has opened outposts in Brooklyn and Las Vegas and is poised to continue growing.
La Fontana in Doral serves meats, Italian specialities, and a robust cocktail program in Doral.
Planta, the Toronto-based vegan restaurant with a location in Miami Beach, will double down on South Florida when it opens a location in CocoWalk next spring.
Night Owl, the late-night cookie purveyor with a rabid fan base, is set to open a Design District location, complete with outdoor courtyard.
Head to one of these Miami restaurants for Thanksgiving brunch.
At Gregory’s, which the team behind Mandolin Aegean Bistro opened five weeks ago in the Vagabond Hotel, eating can be as upscale or down-home as you like. There’s a New York strip steak ($36) and an elegant caviar service ($30 for wild salmon or $95 for sturgeon). There’s also a grilled cheese ($10), Cobb salad ($19), and a turkey dinner ($24) with gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffing, and cranberry sauce.
Lorena Garcia is furiously working behind the burner as a group of about 50 invited guests watch, wine in hand. The celebrity chef and author, is whipping up a ceviche for a pre-opening tasting of her Miami restaurant Chica, which officially opens for dinner service today.
Following last year’s success, the Salty Donut’s two stores, in Wynwood and South Miami, will be open on Thanksgiving. However, to guarantee a platter of doughnuts appears in your holiday spread, order a box in advance.
If your weekend plans include eating, head to Magic City Studios this Saturday for New Times’ third-annual Tacolandia, where you can fill up on unlimited tacos from some of Miami’s favorite eateries.
Fall brings a whole new lineup of interesting dishes to try, but as usual, it’s tacos you really want. Who can blame you? The Mexican staple makes some of the most satisfying meals.
Miami’s dining scene is dynamic and evolving. The city’s inventive chefs and ambitious restaurateurs have put it on the map as a mecca for good food and drinks.
Boia De serves deceivingly familiar-sounding plates that arrive with unfamiliar ingredients.
While other mobile eateries serve breakfast with traditional flapjacks, Jealous Fork offers a stacked pancake game in Kendall.
Sometimes you need self-indulgence — a couple of hours to linger with friends over cocktails and good food. That’s when you head to one of Miami’s restaurants offering that heavenly mix of breakfast and lunch to fuel you the rest of the day.
Thursday, November 14, the Salty Donut will revive its legendary sticky-bun doughnut in collaboration with Knaus Berry Farm.
Restaurant and nightlife maven David Grutman’s FIU class on entrepreneurship is shaping up as a place for celebrity sightings. The first class included an introduction by DJ Khaled, and yesterday students got a crash course in social media from Instagrammer Foodgod.
Coral Gables’ only waterfront restaurant is set to open by December with a new design and menu.
Ramen fans in Miami have another reason to rejoice: A new spot for noodle soup has opened in South Florida.
