Restaurants

Mother’s Day is only a couple of days away, and the Rusty Pelican is in the midst of preparing for its busiest brunch of the year.

For ten months, Phuket “Cake” Thongsodchareondee was running Gaijin Izakaya without proper permits. It wasn’t his fault, he says.

Of more than 12 million verified OpenTable reviews, Miami Beach’s Yardbird Southern Table & Bar is among the 100 best brunches in the nation.

Michael Schwartz is dishing on how to make the perfect pizza. All you need is an apron, a few ingredients, and his new cookbook, Genuine Pizza, set to hit bookstands in April 2019.

It’s time for smothered hash browns and double chocolate chip waffles. Today at 2 p.m., Miami-Dade County’s first Waffle House will open at 19675 NW Second Ave. in Miami Gardens.

While shopping for diamonds and handbags in the Design District, you might have come across a pastel-pink banner on 39th Street announcing the upcoming Swan and Bar Bevy.

Etaru, Zuma’s sister restaurant in Hallandale Beach, will open a location in Fort Lauderdale this summer. The expansion comes less than a year after the modern Japanese robatayaki debuted in August 2017.

A blast of heat greets everyone who steps onto the floor of Gilda Industries Inc.’s factory at 2525 W. Fourth Ave. in Hialeah. Overhead, tens of thousands of crackers, otherwise known as galletas and not to be confused with the sweeter cookies of a similar name, zip by on conveyor…

Italian chain North Italia will churn out brick-oven pizza and house-made pasta in Mary Brickell Village beginning this fall. The restaurant, which joins more than a dozen other locations across the nation, will be the first in Florida.

Gaijin Izakaya by Cake has quietly closed. The Japanese-style gastropub, where chef Phuket “Cake” Thongsodchaveondee served sushi and hot dishes, was open just shy of a year.

More than a year and a half after opening Fi’lia at the SLS Brickell, Michael Schwartz has dived into Miami’s brunch scene with Italian-inspired small plates, bottomless cocktails, and a South Beach-style DJ in the restaurant’s courtyard.

Forget fancy cocktails to celebrate Star Wars Day, Cinco de Mayo, and Derby Day. Dasher & Crank is behind a slate of limited-edition holiday-themed flavors, from mint julep to mango chili lime.

The Shore Club will soon fry up house-made tortillas and serve mezcal from carts at its new restaurant. Set to open in late spring or early summer, Diez y Seis will replace the hotel’s Italian eatery, Terrazza.

An all-day doughnut breakfast bar is coming to Miami. Pastry chef Max Santiago expects to open the shop — the first of its kind — by spring 2019. Find a lineup of breakfast-inspired sweet and savory doughnuts using what he calls a “new and perfected brioche doughnut recipe.”

April can best be described as the month of healthy eating in South Florida.Jackson Hall opened with six health conscious concepts, while Vegan Fine Foods offers an entire marketplace of plant-based goods.Other notable openings include Chotto Matte on Miami Beach and Malibu Farm at the Eden Roc. In May, look forward to the opening of Stephen Starr’s El Vez and Tap 42’s largest location, at Aventura Mall.

Stocked with doughnut-size warm cookies and fresh batches of nitrogen ice cream, the Davie-based dessert shop Phenomenom is now open in south Miami-Dade. “Pinecrest is a special location for us,” owner Chuck Woodard says. “Not only did I grow up there, but my family has been in the community for…

It’s a busy evening at St. Roch Market, the elegant collection of a dozen or so small restaurants hidden on a top floor in the Design District. A pride event is happening, and the usual after-work crowd is peppered with drag queens sipping drinks garnished with rainbow flags. A DJ…

After nearly a year of anticipation, Fort Lauderdale-based restaurant Tap 42 will open an outpost at Aventura Mall this Wednesday, May 2. With it comes a vibrant bar scene and a menu of affordable and well-executed comfort food.

Boasting patios, gardens, piers, and courtyards, many of Miami’s favorite brunch spots offer alfresco dining. Before the sweltering heat returns, lounge outside this weekend with carbonara fries, jamón serrano croquetas, and tableside growlers of local beer. Grab your fanciest hat and largest shades — these are the five best brunch spots to relish the remainder of springtime in Miami.

Miami Beach’s love affair with rosé is about to reach a higher level. Bungalow by the Sea is set to open with what is said to be the largest rosé selection on the Beach.

Miami is about to have its first all-vegan food hall. Already open in Coconut Grove, the VShops is set to burst with an array of new plant-based eateries.