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This Thursday, two of Miami’s favorite chefs will take to the stage in the Iron Fork chef battle for the coveted Skillet of Excellence. This year, Phuc Yea’s Cesar Zapata will face the Brick: American Kitchen & Bar’s Aaron Arditti onstage in Miami’s ultimate cooking challenge.

Ahhh September — it’s the start of a new season, a new school year, and the end of Miami Spice. But you still have time to get your fill of the two-month-long dining deal that offers three-course dinners for $39 and three-course lunches for $23 (gratuities and taxes extra). Though there are more than 200 restaurants participating, it’s best to curate the list if you’ve only got a few days left. Here are some good choices for the last days of Spice.

Two of Miami’s favorite obsessions have come together to create something so uniquely 305 it just might make flamingos prance and Pitbull spontaneously combust.

Sins Gastrobar, a new eatery opening in Miami Shores, will offer a food and drink menu based on the seven deadly sins — and a few virtues.

New Times’ 12th-annual Iron Fork, presented by Wild Fork Foods, will take place Thursday, October 3, at the James L. Knight Center and Hyatt Regency in downtown Miami.

Bartaco, the New York-based taco restaurant, is poised to take over South Florida.The chain opened its third Florida location in Aventura yesterday. In total, the restaurant, which started with one island-themed eatery in Portchester, New York in December 2010, has 22 locations around the country.

The third-annual Tacolandia will happen Saturday, November 16. Unlimited taco samples from Miami’s favorite eateries — including Lona Cocina, Taco Chico, Tacomiendo, and Rocco’s Tacos — will fill Magic City Studios.

Less than four months after a controversial incident led chef de cuisine Will Crandall to resign from Michael Mina’s Stripsteak at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach, Grutman has hired the 33-year-old in a similar role at Papi Steak, which Grutman and friend David Einhorn opened on South Beach earlier this month.

Brooklyn’s Ample Hills Creamery has made its way to South Florida with the opening of an outpost today, Friday, September 20, at Aventura Mall.

The five-day fete is slated for February 19 through 23, 2020, and will offer more than 100 parties, dinners, and events. Though the festivities are spread across Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, the festival’s epicenter remains South Beach, where massive tents will be erected oceanside, on the sand.

Though the opening of Shuji Hiyakawa’s eponymous Wynwood restaurant is still a few months away, the soft-spoken chef recently reopened his 79th Street eatery, Wabi Sabi by Shuji, and expanded it with a six-seat counter offering a 15-course omakase menu.

If you love all things that come in shells and scales, check out these Spice seafood menus before September 30.

Just 24 hours after Hurricane Dorian devastated Great Abaco, Ingrid Hoffmann touched down in the town of Marsh Harbour. While the storm was still wreaking havoc in the Bahamas, she was already calling friends and raising money for relief efforts.

It was a sultry evening filled with the scents of ocean breezes and grilled meat when the nine contestants for New Times’ Burgerfest Burger Throwdown took their places on stage. The challenge: Eat as many burgers as you can in ten minutes. As the countdown started, one contestant proved to…

Guy Fieri is poised to swoop down and claim the chicken sandwich prize when Chicken Guy opens at Aventura Mall.

At this year’s Iron Fork competition, Cesar Zapata and Aaron Arditti will take the stage for the ultimate showdown of skill and determination. Only one can be victorious. Last year, Planta’s Benjamin Goldman took home the Iron Fork Skillet of Excellence.

There will be dozens of burgers to try at Burgerfest, but don’t miss these top ten.

Jorge Mas is taking the misery of eating under a Communist regime and turning it into a joyful celebration.

If you haven’t heard of David “Papi” Einhorn yet, you will once Papi Steak opens this Thursday, September 12, in South Beach.

If you love burgers, why not forgo the grill and let Miami’s best chefs do the work at New Times’ Burgerfest?

New Times’ 12th-annual Iron Fork, presented by Wild Fork Foods, will take place Thursday, October 3, at the James L. Knight Center and Hyatt Regency in downtown Miami.