August was quite a challenge for many restaurant owners. Despite a financial shot in the arm from Miami Spice, restaurateurs had to contend with not only the normal lull of a Miami summer, but with a Zika outbreak. Thankfully, the local Miami restaurant community has shown resiliency in the face…
Intimate, chef-driven experiences can get expensive and hiring a personal toque for an evening soiree is near impossible. Fudi, a culinary experience app based in South Florida, wants to change that. The software, created in early 2016 by techie Nizar Lavji, allows chefs and home cooks to create unique restaurant…
Sabrina Mancin, a Miami-based chef, met Alain Torres, a former Volkswagen director in South Africa, in 2011 at a wedding in Tennessee. They fell in love and married. Five years later, Nanndi was born. Their pride and joy, which comes in the form of a frozen cream and pastry shop, opened…
Since the inception of Relentless Roasters in 2013, a Miami-based wholesale coffee roaster, co-founder Daniel Paguaga has dreamed about making his brews accessible. His seed-to-cup blends have sprouted up across South Florida, making waves in eateries like Sweetness Bake Shop, Threefold Cafe, and Miami Smokers. At C.B. Station, short for Cold Brew Station, Paguaga’s…
The Miami Dolphins’ newly minted Hard Rock Stadium is ready for fans with a shaded canopy, giant LCD screens, and the ability to pay for parking using SunPass. Unfortunately, unlike past years, the’s not a lot of new food concessions to talk about, with the annual media dine around to…
We’re halfway through Miami Spice, giving us about 30 more days to sample more than 200 different eateries. If your evenings are packed, squeeze in a mid-day grub session as many of Spice’s restaurants offer rich lunches for a mere $23. Even better, book a lunch meeting with a client…
“I’m tired of being a pioneer,” said Jeremiah Bullfrog to an enthusiastic audience last week at the Langford Hotel. The GastroPod chef-owner was one of five panelists invited by Disrupt Miami to discuss the city’s ever-evolving culinary scene. He was responding to the question on everyone’s mind: where is the…
As construction crews toiled away in the yawning, gilded space that houses Pao by Paul Qui, owners of the Faena Hotel Miami Beach were fixated on centerpiece art for the dining room. “One of the funniest conversations with them was about seriously asking Damien Hirst to create another mammoth, but…
Phuc Yea, Miami’s original pop-up that drew crowds five years ago, is finally coming full circle when its permanent rendition opens on Thursday, September 1 at 7100 Biscayne Blvd. in the ever-growing MiMo District. The opening nnouncement comes on the heels of co-owners Aniece Meinhold and Cesar Zapata’s closing of…
It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting all year for. No, not football season and the chance to see the newly renamed and renovated Hard Rock Stadium complete with shade canopy and HD video screens. It’s the Miami Dolphins-themed Publix sub that’s got hearts aflutter. Last year, the Lakeland-based…
Two words everyone has heard since August 1st is Miami Spice. Every other tweet or Instagram photo has been dedicated to the two-month dining incentive. Until September 30th, majority of Miami restaurants showcase a price-fixe menu that runs $23 at lunch and $39 during dinner. Naturally, this sounds like a…
With four locations in Brickell, Doral, Midtown and Weston, Barú is now opening its largest venue in Kendall at The Shops at Town & Country. The new 5,000 square foot space will feature two terraces and three bars and is expected to open late October, in time for Halloween. Kendall…
Most of us already post photos of foods we like on social media, so why not take it one step further for a good cause and post a selfie with a fruit or vegetable. Just be sure to use the hashtag #DrinkGoodDoGood because every time you do, Naked Juice will…
Bacon and wasabi might seem like an unlikely pair, but the two have one thing in common — They are four-legged furry friends owned by of two Miami chefs. KYU’s executive chef Michael Lewis, who is the proud owner of his pal Bacon, along with Katsuya’s chef John Migita and…
The company behind celebrity-driven Sugar Factory has graduated from sugary treats to sugar skulls with the opening of Down N’ Dirty Tacos and Tequila Bar. The Hotel Victor on Ocean Drive (1144 Ocean Dr.) is the location of Sugar Factory’s new concept, a colorful tourist-friendly restaurant that offers classic Mexican…
The words luxury and Los Fuegos can easily be interchanged when talking about the Argentine eatery inside the Faena Hotel Miami Beach, which opened to the public in early 2016. The restaurant, created by grill-master Francis Mallmann, seamlessly falls in line with the $1 billion district’s lavish lifestyle, which spans five…
For some, dessert is the best part of a meal. And, if it was socially acceptable, hearty food would forever be substituted for cakes, cookies, and creams. Alas, that’s not possible. Get the next best thing by ending a plate with a post-grub sweet. Instead of basic delicacies like ice…
It’s 12 p.m. and you just missed the breakfast cut-off time. Fast-forward to 7 p.m. the same day, and your hankering for a stack of buttery, maple-drenched pancakes, fried eggs and crispy bacon is still present. Only this time, it’s even stronger. So you hop into your car and head…
For Aventura residents, the struggle of maintaining an active “foodie” lifestyle is seemingly impossible. As most restaurants in the city’s three-mile stretch are age-old chains and franchises, the opening of Aventura ParkSquare, a mixed-use development in north Aventura, will be refreshing. The expanse will bring a bevy of standalone health-conscious…
Despite a Zika scare and a scorching hot afternoon, Wynwood’s Alter is alive on a Saturday afternoon. Servers are deftly moving through the room as diners sip on glasses of Whispering Angel as they peruse the Miami Spice menu. Like last year, Alter only offers Miami Spice for lunch. Served…
Much like New Year’s, the beginning of a fresh school year is the perfect time for children, teens and adults to get healthier. There’s always room for improvement in the nutrition department, and packing a healthy lunch is a struggle nearly everyone can relate to. In order to help get…
Lino Anastasia is fully focused on the task at hand. He’s filling rolled-out sheets of green pasta with fresh ricotta and mascarpone and then molding it to resemble little hats — cappelletti in Italian. He learned the craft from his nonna in Torino, Italy, and today earns a living making…
