Restaurants

Once upon a time, food was something you ate. Period. The average person couldn’t even name a chef, with the rare exception of someone like Julia Child. In case you haven’t noticed, food is trending. Nary a meal goes by without being Instagramed, everyone is a self-proclaimed foodie, and star chefs come in all flavors. Celebrities in other fields, such as singer Trisha Yearwood, have even crossed over and become food-famous.

Brunch might be the world’s best meal, but too much of a good thing — like sugar, fat, and booze — can be less than enjoyable, particularly when you have to go back to work Monday morning. That’s why Manna Life Foods’ new Fuel Good Brunch is the perfect alternative for health-conscious Miamians. The all-inclusive Saturday meal is a guilt-free way to start the weekend.

Ever wondered what a speakeasy was like during Prohibition or wanted to sample the martini Sinatra used to drink? You can at SOBEWFF’s Fort Lauderdale event, Drink. The time machine-inspired cocktail party is one of the latest to be added to the festival’s expanding Broward County lineup. It will be…

Katie Button and Vivian Howard never imagined they’d end up in the spotlight of North Carolina’s culinary revolution. But fierce determination and passion landed them there. “I come from a generation of wonderful women cooks,” Button admits. “My great-grandmother, my grandmother, and my mom were the first to do it…

For many people, pork is central to barbecue. In North Carolina and throughout the South, whole hogs are slow-roasted, pulled apart, and doused in spicy vinegar sauce. It’s often made the centerpiece of the plate, woven into baked beans, or employed to make collard greens. Yet none of it will…

Substitutions are forbidden at Scarpetta, celebrity chef/restaurateur Scott Conant’s Italian eatery. But one evening in 2010, LeBron James asked for fruit in his salad, sending the kitchen into a tizzy. “I remember a server telling me: ‘Mike, I have a weird request,'” recalls Michael Pirolo, then executive chef at the…

Andrew Zimmern has made his mark on the television world by eating things most Americans won’t. His Travel Channel show, Bizarre Foods, brought attention to the fact there’s a whole wide culinary world that ranges far beyond that of Big Gulps and burger franchises. At a time when the world,…

The South Beach Wine & Food Festival (SOBEWFF) returns February 22 through 26 with more than 85 signature events, seminars, and dinners. What was once a one-day party has become a multiday event that attracts more than 65,000 people to Miami to eat, drink, and mingle with their favorite celebrity…

Blue Ribbon Sushi Bar & Grill, Miami Beach’s newest traditional Japanese eatery, has officially opened poolside at the newly minted Plymouth Miami Beach. The Bromberg brothers’ newest venue in their famed Blue Ribbon lineup is built on authenticity.

Bowls of tripe stew and plates of cow-head tacos were just what Scott Linquist and his crew of hung-over cooks needed. About a half-dozen of them were visiting Jalisco, the Pacific Mexican state believed to be the birthplace of mariachi music, on a culinary research expedition. One night, a local…

Valentine’s Day is tomorrow, and sugary goodies are on everyone’s mind. Though most drugstore chocolate hearts aren’t vegan-friendly, plenty of delicious dessert options fit the bill. Take, for instance, the postdinner lineup at Sublime Restaurant & Bar (1431 N. Federal Hwy., Fort Lauderdale). The vegan eatery’s Chocolate Nirvana cake recently ranked number one on PETA’s “Top 10 Vegan Sweet Treats.” The insanely decadent chocolate layer cake is made with Kahlúa butter crème and dark chocolate ganache.

This Wednesday, the team behind downtown Miami’s always-crowded Niu Kitchen will open the doors to its latest project, Arson (104 NE Second Ave., Miami). The restaurant’s centerpiece will be the charcoal-burning grill/oven hybrid, the Josper.

Miami’s first culinary incubator popped up at the Wynwood Yard more than a year ago, bringing an assortment of unique eats to the Magic City. A variety of food trucks began offering plant-based bowls, omakase, and shaved ice cream as founder Della Heiman alleviated the hassle of a storefront and the stress of rising rent by giving local culinary entrepreneurs a risk-free space to test their concepts.

A guide to buying handmade chocolates in Miami for Valentine’s Day.

It’s been years since Phuc Yea debuted as a rogue pop-up, bringing one of the most inventive culinary concepts to the Magic City. Inside the former Moonchine Asian Bistro space (7100 Biscayne Blvd., Miami), the eatery is now a brick-and-mortar, which opened in September 2016. Specializing in Viet-Cajun cuisine, Phuc (pronounced fook) Yea marries Vietnamese and Cajun flavors popular in Houston and New Orleans, where the cities’ large Vietnamese populations melded with traditional Southern and Cajun flavors.

Miami is getting its very own Italian food hall. La Centrale is slated to open this fall inside Brickell City Centre. The name was revealed earlier this week, along with some other details about the three-story, 38,000-square-foot concept.

Geoffrey Zakarian’s latest concept, Point Royal, is slated to open Sunday, February 12, at the Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood. The restaurant is the fifth concept to launch as part of the property’s estimated $100 million renovation.

As work trudges along at The Citadel, a sprawling Little Haiti food hall and boutique center being developed by Conway Commercial Real Estate, a handful of the dining options have begun to solidify. Owners of Myumi, the beloved omakase food truck long stationed at the Wynwood Yard, will take up in the 10,000-square-foot food hall, as well as a smaller outpost of Phuket Thongsodchareondee’s Cake Thai, which late last year opened its second location in Wynwood.

A new taste of South Africa will arrive in South Florida when Spatch Grilled Peri-Peri Chicken opens in Fort Lauderdale this Thursday, February 9. The Restaurant People (TRP), the South Florida-based hospitality group behind Fort Lauderdale’s Tarpon Bend, S3, and Boatyard, has announced its partnership with South African-born restaurateur Stavros Florias to create a fast-casual restaurant they’re calling the first of its kind.

Stephen Starr knows how to put diners at ease so they can relax and enjoy the show. The man responsible for Makoto, the Continental, and Le Zoo has a new Miami Beach eatery, Upland. Located south of Fifth Street, it is arguably his most comfortable place yet. Indeed, the modus operandi is “to make guests feel like [the restaurant is] lucky to have them, not that they’re lucky to be here,” explains Upland’s top toque, Justin Smillie.

After 37 years, Michio Kushi’s Japanese Market and beloved Sushi Deli will close on March 20. A sign went up on the perpetually crowded place’s hostess stand and some of its shelving over the weekend.