Summer is a confusing time for many Miami gardeners. Besides mangoes, is there anything to grow? Do the fields fall barren? Is the only option plastic-wrapped produce from Publix? Luckily, Muriel Olivares and Tiffany Noe of Little River Cooperative are here to rid Miami of these misconceptions. This Saturday and…
The Argentinean ice cream empire Freddo Helado will open it’s second Miami location in Brickell on the ground floor of an under-construction condo building at 11000 S. Miami Ave. The company, which was founded in Buenos Aires in 1969, opened its first Miami outpost on Lincoln Road in late November…
Miami is a city of excess. On any given day, you can enjoy endless miles of beach, have drinks at dozens of chic cocktail bars, and expand your literary horizon at a small, but excellent, bookstore chain. For those of us who still like the feel and smell of an…
Miami is one hot metropolis, but it will get cooler when the city’s first vodka ice bar opens across the street from the Delano in May. Drinkhouse Fire & Ice (1672 Collins Avenue) is part ice bar, part fire lounge. It will seek to bring an experience to Miami unlike…
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and now you can get it at OTC. That’s right — Brickell’s go-to spot for craft brews, burgers, and Korean chicken ‘n’ waffles now serves morning sustenance. And though OTC isn’t pouring any of its 12 rotating beers on tap, it…
Antonio Rodriguez doesn’t have a good reason why he opened his no frills Avila Bistro in a Biscayne Boulevard strip mall in Aventura. The rent was cheap, he said, and friends told him of a large, underserved Venezuelan population after he arrived here from Caracas about a year ago. “Behind…
No-knead bread pioneer Jim Lahey, a 2015 James Beard Foundation nomination for best baker, is planning a commercial and retail bakery in Little Haiti steps away from the longstanding Soyka. The 4,000-square-foot operation could also host Lahey’s pizza concept Co., according to the Miami Herald which reported the news late…
Green strawberries appeared on Miami restaurant menus in force this season, and you can thank Palm Beach for it. Last year Daniel Boulud’s Cafe Boulud requested some of the tart, unripe fruit from Jodi Swank’s Loxahatchee farm. When the season closed in June she and her husband Darrin sent a…
Andrew Gilbert knows his mushy peas would infuriate any bona fide British citizen, including his mother. They’re not the kind you’d find at an English chip shop.
If you had been on the hunt for Bolivian cuisine in South Florida back in January, you would have come across two restaurants, one in Broward County, and one in Miami Dade. However, with the closing of Las Americas, located off South Royal Poinciana just north of the FLL there…
Contrary to popular belief, Miami doesn’t have enough waterfront restaurants. Come April 7th, however, we’ll have one more when the Brazilian based Soho Bay (520 West Ave.) opens its first US concept on South Beach. The 200-seater is minimally modern with a rustic feel. A yellow onyx bar and sushi…
On your first visit to Fooq’s you might encounter a homeless man sitting out front of the adjacent parking lot with a sign that reads “$10 Parking.” Don’t pay him – your car will get booted. Ignore the fella, feed the meter, and walk into the intimate 40-seat restaurant to…
Brunch in Miami is a big thing, but even the most delightful parts of the week have their down sides. For one, a lot of brunches in Miami are simply insanely priced. Am omelette any other time of the week would cost under $15, but serve it on a Sunday…
You didn’t forget that Marlins opening day is this coming Monday, did you? This year, it seems like the team might actually have a chance to stand up in National League again after some major investment was put into the team. But, if you don’t care about bats and balls…
Michelle Bernstein shuttered-but-not-forgotten Spanish restaurant Sra. Martinez will return for one night April 10 at the Thompson Miami Beach. The recently opened hotel hosts her latest concept, Seagrape. At the same time Bernstein seems only weeks away from reopening her namesake MiMo restaurant while also juggling a lounge at Miami…
Arjun Wanjey, a partner in the popular, pricey Zuma and recently opened Coya, will opened a French restaurant in Brickell in the coming year, according to The Real Deal. The announcement comes little more than a month after Coya, a high-end Latin American spot focused on Peruvian cuisine, opened at…
Richard Hales is opening a third restaurant concept. This time, however, the chef is straying from the Asian influences that gave him much success with Sakaya Kitchen and Blackbrick. Centro Taco will open early summer in the former Sakaya Kitchen Downtown location at 125 SE 3 Ave. Sakaya Kitchen’s downtown…
Collins Avenue doesn’t exactly scream dining destination, but Primrose at the Stiles Hotel, 1220 Collins Ave., is hoping to change that. Helmed by regional executive chef Evan Percoco, the intimate eatery is describing itself as a fusion of Eastern fare, traditional American gastronomy, and French technique. Prior to assuming his…
Living in Miami sometimes means we take certain things for granted, like the sultry weather and perpetual beach days. But more importantly, while the rest of the country is dealing with frozen ground, our harvest season is in full bloom. “The tomatoes down here are so beautiful,” says the newly…
If you were one of those griping on social media about the snubbing of Miami during this year’s culinary awards season, you should be out there drumming up votes for Pubbelly’s Jose Mendin and Niu Kitchen’s Deme Lomas. Food & Wine magazine nominated the pair as contenders for the People’s…
Like a pubescent kid whose time has (finally) come, Wynwood is in the midst of a major growth spurt. The arts district is blowing up with shiny new businesses, corporate offices and oodles of development, all worked in and staffed by humans. Humans who need food. Enter Jucy Lu, a…
Some weeks ago thanks to a glut of American Express point and cheap-as-hell flights bound for San Francisco I found myself sitting at SPQR at on ungodly 11 a.m. on a Sunday morning. Sure I was sucking down a train of Zantac 150s, Alka-Seltzer and water in hopes of staving…
