Restaurants

New Times will speak with chef Mendin live from the Habitat space live today at 3:30 p.m. The chef will talk about  the new restaurant and give information on new menu items.

Saturday, November 18, from 3 to 6 p.m., Wynwood’s Soho Studios will be filled with more than 30 of Miami’s favorite taco spots so you can have your fill in one tortilla-stuffed afternoon.

Now you can get your Bunnie Cakes fix from one of the world’s largest coffee chains: Starbucks. A lucky 13 South Florida stores are now carrying vegan, gluten-free passionfruit cupcakes made by the local bakery.

It’s 4:58 p.m. Friday, October 13, and in two minutes, Ed Witte will officially open Joe’s Stone Crab for its 104th season. As the maitre d’ at the iconic eatery, the 46-year-old with a wide grin and shock of black hair with the slightest hint of gray might very well be the most influential person in Miami Beach.

Roberta’s, a popular Brooklyn restaurant and pizza shop based in Bushwick, has fired up its oven in the Design District to produce a lineup of traditional and exotic pies. The pop-up opens Wednesday, October 18, and will remain in Miami through April 2018.

Oakland, California-based Blue Bottle Coffee is opening two shops in Miami-Dade County, one inside the Aventura Mall’s renovated dining wing and another in the Design District (3800 NE First Ave.).

Pizza restaurant Mister O1 opened its doors in Wynwood last week. This marks the third location for the restaurant that specializes in star-shaped pizzas.

No longer an afterthought, desserts step center stage thanks to Miami restaurants breathing new life into the end of a meal, or in this case creating signature treats that warrant their own visit. Dessert fiends have their favorites around the 305, but take a bite of any of the following sweets — from iconic stunners to mouthwatering newcomers — for the ultimate cherry on top.

There are many ways to eat raw beef, but Ethiopians do it best. At Awash Ethiopian Restaurant (19934 NW Second Ave., Miami Gardens; 305-770-5100; awashmiami.com), the national treasure called kitfo ($12.99) arrives on a gleaming metal platter heaped with finely diced raw beef and seasoned with clarified butter perfumed with…

Arkadiy Novikov, a well-known restaurateur from Moscow, will open his first U.S. eatery at the Met 1 in downtown Miami. Novikov Restaurant & Bar, a pan-Asian concept with locations in London, Dubai, and Moscow, is expected to debut this winter on the first level of the 40-floor condominium building, according to the restaurant’s website.

This week, stone crab season will kick off across town; pastry chef Hedy Goldsmith will join Danny Serfer and Devin Braddock for an exclusive sweet and savory dinner at Mignonette; La Cueva will debut a bartending class; the Butcher Shop will host a beer and pumpkin-decorating event; and Brooklyn Water Bagel will offer pink bagels for Breast Cancer Awareness.

If Miami had a baby with Miami, it would result in the following announcement: Pitbull, Miami’s ambassador to the world, is opening a restaurant on Ocean Drive called iLov305.

On a recent Sunday in South Beach, Bagatelle (220 21st St., Miami Beach; 305-704-3900; bistrotbagatelle.com) began brunch with a DJ spinning and an order of le pain perdu — Nutella French toast — and ended with free-flowing drinks on a rowdy dance floor. About the same time, Chopped championGiorgio Rapicavoli…

There are about three weeks left of Miami Spice, where more than 200 restaurants offer up discounted lunch, brunch, and dinner menus. The program, which traditionally runs from August 1 through September 30, was extended through October to help local restaurants recuperate days and even weeks of lost revenue from Hurricane Irma. Miami Spice offers a three-course lunch or brunch for $23 and dinner for $39, plus tax and tip. Before time runs out, here are some restaurants to sample before October 31 that highlight sushi, sashimi, and unique raw fish mash-ups.

There’s a bit of shame that comes with a daily Diet Coke. Yet something has been amiss lately. On bills it seems the price of a simple glass of sugar dissolved in fizzy water has become increasingly expensive.

After more than 17 years, Velvet Creme Doughnuts will officially reopen Saturday, October 14, in Little Havana, a few doors down from Ball & Chain. The debut marks more than two years since the iconic Miami doughnut shop, which first appeared in 1947, announced its revival.

The South Beach Wine & Food Festival returns February 21 through 25, 2018, for an extended weekend of star-studded events and dinners. Now in its 17th year, SOBEWFF continues to expand its footprint with parties throughout Miami and Fort Lauderdale. According to festival founder Lee Brian Schrager, this year will…

The owners of Cáfe Crème in North Miami are opening a smaller outpost of the concept in Buena Vista, as well as an organic rotisserie chicken restaurant in Little Haiti.

Jeremy Ford is back in the kitchen, and this time, it’s not a game. In September, the Florida-born winner of Bravo’s 13th season of Top Chef opened his 65-seat Stubborn Seed (101 Washington Ave., Miami Beach; 786-322-5211; stubbornseed.com) on prime real estate in South Beach. The tasting menu shows the…

Mike Mayta begins by searing a heap of chicken livers in schmaltz. Then come cognac, garlic, onion, paprika, and cayenne. The result is something like Jewish deli chopped liver. Next, the 30-year-old chef adds a dash of ginger and celery salt, confit garlic, and shallots, which make the concoction more…

Tuesday, October 17, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts will open in Fort Lauderdale at 2510 W. Broward Blvd.