It’s been a year since a purple graffiti-painted food truck, stocked with sweet goodies such as ice-cream sandwiches and edible cookie dough, rolled into Miami. This Sunday, July 16, local dessert business Wynwood Parlor will open its first brick-and-mortar on Miami’s Upper Eastside at 860 NE 79th St., next to Half Moon Empanadas and down the street from the Anderson.
After more than a decade of burgers and late nights, the Lost & Found Saloon that straddled Wynwood and the Design District has closed. Although the doors are locked, patio tables remain outside as if waiting for diners to drink beer and down burritos. Two women took a smoke break at the tables yesterday afternoon.
The miang kham at Atchana’s Homegrown Thai isn’t a lettuce wrap. One of the many small dishes arranged on a large plate holds wrinkly pale-pink dried shrimp. In another are toasted coconut flakes. Yet another bears tiny beige cubes you later learn are bits of ginger and garlic. Even the…
When Bachour Bakery + Bistro opened in March 2016, it was greeted by long lines, with Brickell residents and workers clamoring for a taste of the eatery’s fare. The owners, after all, were the makings of a dream team: Antonio Bachour’s gorgeous pastries and buttery croissants were paired with Henry Hané’s savory dishes.
Midtown’s GLAM is a chic, modern spot where omnivores and vegans can sit side by side and leave equally satisfied.
As temperatures soar, Miami’s dining scene continues to heat up. This past June saw the debut of some amazing restaurants. From a “glam” vegan eatery in midtown to a spot to snag savory barbecue, exciting new places offer much to explore. Here are five delicious ideas.
It’s been a week since Federal Donuts opened in Wynwood, and the fast-casual eatery has created quite a buzz. On a recent visit in the early evening, makeshift signs noted the shop had run out of wings and fancy doughnuts, although the twice-fried Korean chicken and regular doughnuts were…
Longtime friends Jose Ignacio Garcia, 25, and Jose Pablo De Leon, 24, first met while attending school in their hometown Guatemala City. When they relocated to the United States, Garcia made his way to Boston to finish school while De Leon wrapped up at Florida International University. As graduation approached,…
OTL, a casual spot for breakfast, lunch, and coffee, quietly opened in the Design District just after the new year. Created by Miami nightlife kingpin David Grutman, in partnership with real-estate developer Craig Robins and the folks behind Manhattan’s popular restaurant and takeout concept the Smile, OTL…
Miami Beach’s Palace Bar went out with fireworks and a literal bang after hosting a week’s worth of parties that culminated in a street bash along Ocean Drive on the Fourth of July.
Inside a commercial kitchen in Kendall, Mari Rubio bakes dozens of confections, such as Nutella-infused cookies and guava cake, to deliver across Miami-Dade County. Rubio, who is behind the local dessert business Casa Gioia, dreams of opening a storefront, but she is concentrating on growing her delivery service first.
As 28-year-old Rizwan Sowkat tries to explain the taste of fish such as ayer, boal, and shor puti, entombed in his freezer cases at his North Miami Beach grocery store, he pauses and offers a curt nod when Kamrul Khan steps through the door.
Saul Ramos feels at home in his executive chef role at Fooq’s Miami. He began working at the restaurant in mid-May and was shown the ropes by chef Bryan Rojas, who planned to move to Monterrey, Mexico, where his mother lives. “He will eventually be back in Miami, but he wanted to focus on starting a family,” Fooq’s owner David Foulquier says of Rojas.
To begin a meal at Le Sirenuse, the elegant restaurant that opened March 23 in Surfside’s Four Seasons Hotel at the Surf Club, a server wearing white gloves and a jacket with gold epaulets appears tableside holding a silver tray. On it sit two demitasses with rims powdered red by…
Miami is in the midst of a food hall explosion. In the past year, plans for seven food hall concepts, spanning from Aventura to Little Haiti to Brickell, have been unveiled. Now add one more: the Wynwood Food Hall, which is scheduled to open on NW Fifth Avenue at NW 24th Street in winter 2019.
June saw a number of significant openings, along with some surprising announcements of restaurants to come. Federal Donuts, the Philadelphia eatery from Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook, opened in Wynwood last week, serving fresh doughnuts and Korean fried chicken. Chef Todd Erickson goes vegan with the opening of GLAM (Green…
In April, New Times reported that the Palace Bar would lose it’s Ocean Drive home in the near future. Now, the date is set for the iconic gay hot spot to dim the house lights forever. On Tuesday, July 4, the Palace Bar will host the Last Dance Block Party,…
Nilton Castillo, who has worked under Daniel Boulud, José Andrés, and Gastón Acurio, switched gears and opened his Latin-fusion food truck, Cilantro 27, six months ago. “I wanted to do something simple,” he says. “My bio is all haute cuisine, and I got bored of haute cuisine. I wanted something delicious and not too expensive, so I went to this.”
In recent months, Doral has become one of Miami-Dade’s buzziest dining destinations. Thanks to CityPlace, a new mixed-use entertainment, restaurant, and lifestyle center, this western suburb is now replete with eateries such as Icebox Cafe, Brimstone Woodfire Grill, the Rusty Bucket, Cabo Flats, and Angelo Elia.
Vegans and carnivores might seem like they’re on opposing teams, but that was before the Beyond Burger. The plant-based patty, made by Cali-based Beyond Meat, bleeds (beet juice), cooks, and tastes like the real thing — and it’s been a huge hit with eaters of every persuasion since its release last year.
Within the past year, a handful of poke restaurants have set up shop across town, including PokeBao in Coral Gables, Ono Poke in Wynwood, and Poke 305 in downtown. Now, instead of braving traffic for a fish fix down south, North Miami-Dade has its own place, Poke + Go (2451 NE 186th St., Miami).
Giovanni Gagliardi stands before his red pizza oven like an orchestra conductor. He wears a crisp white T-shirt and a baseball cap bearing the logo of San Felice, an iconic Neapolitan flour mill. Baggy chef pants covered in a print of hundred-dollar bills peek out from under his apron. His…
