Uncle Tom’s Barbecue is opening up its second location today, in Hialeah. The restaurant, which has been serving ribs and chicken to Miamians since 1948, will officially open its doors at 2200 Palm Ave. with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 4:30 p.m. City of Hialeah mayor Carlos Hernandez, along with…
Bulla is pronounced boo-yah, and that’s the perfect statement after you try the huevos Bulla. It is a dish that must be experienced to be fully understood — messy, fragrant, and so wrong that it becomes so right. Canucks have poutine, Americans have chili cheese fries and truffle oil on…
The Miami outpost of New York City-based Quality Meats will open this Friday, February 27, at 1501 Collins Ave. in South Beach. The decor is inspired by the original art deco design of the former Bancroft Hotel. Terrazzo flooring and the original reception desk — now turned into a butcher…
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival is not only a great place to eat and drink your way through thousands of dishes and vintages, but it’s also the best time to catch up with chefs. Without the assistance of PR machines and lubricated by a few drinks, restaurateurs and…
Miami developers have big plans for the Arts & Entertainment District. This area, just south of Wynwood, is home to the Adrienne Arsht Center, P�rez Art Museum Miami, and the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science. One of the latest projects to begin is Canvas Condos, a 513-unit, 36-story…
The Village of Merrick Park got a bit more Parisian with the opening of Pascal Oudin’s Brasserie Central. The European flair will continue when El Bulli veteran Najat Kaanache opens Piripi in the ritzy outdoor mall in a couple of weeks. Piripi, which is Spanish slang for tipsy or buzzed,…
As the sun sets on the 2015 edition of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, it’s time to take stock of the weekend. The festival saw an improved Grand Tasting Village that had better flow in the massive tasting tents. There was also a roster of new parties that…
To close out the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, you need something epic and maybe even a little bizarre. That is why you call Mr. Andrew Zimmern, who can serve up a delicious dose of the munchies. Perhaps over the course of the weekend, you’ve had expensive dinners, fancy…
The weekend’s chill weather turned into a radiant day for the South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s Farm to Table Brunch at The Palms hotel in Miami Beach. See also: SoBeWFF 2015 Southern Kitchen Brunch: Trisha Yearwood, Art Smith, and Fried Chicken…
Saturday’s 101 Gay Weddings, a satellite South Beach Wine & Food Festival event held at the James Royal Palm Hotel, was the most unique, heartfelt, and vibrant party this past weekend. Hosted by Art Smith, a celebrity chef and founder of the nonprofit charity Common Threads, the event didn’t attract…
If you survived Saturday night’s Meatopia or your killer hangover, the Southern Kitchen Brunch this past Sunday was there to cradle and comfort you with soulful food and sweet tunes. Forget having a New York Times bestselling cookbook, multiple Grammys, and an Emmy for Trisha’s Southern Kitchen. Having Garth Brooks…
Sunday was the final day of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s Grand Tasting Village. From noon until 5 p.m., foodies and oenophiles stormed the beach to partake in fine food and drink. Sunday’s session also saw Bobby Flay, Anne Burrell, the Deen family, and Robert Irvine take the…
The Standard Spa’s waterfront deck went to the dogs yesterday afternoon — literally — at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s first ever dog-centric event. See also: SoBeWFF’S Grand Tasting Village: Giada, Rachael, Emeril and More…
The crowds and lines of Burger Bash were mostly absent Saturday night as the sands of South Beach were dominated by the ceaseless devouring of the animal kingdom…
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s Grand Tasting Village is best described as a mini beach-front city filled with enormous white tents. It’s a major event filled with thousands of attendees, more than three dozen participating restaurants, loads and loads of booze, and a plethora of celebrity chefs demonstrating…
Saturday’s Grand Tasting Village at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival saw thousands of people flock to Miami Beach’s white sands to sip wine, watch culinary demos by Rachael Ray, Geoffrey Zakarian, Emeril Lagasse, and Andrew Zimmern and chow down on some of the best bites they’ve ever had…
Spain’s quintessential dish, paella, is a difficult one to make. “There is no such thing as the perfect paella,” says Quique Dacosta. His restaurant in Alicante, Quique Dacosta, has earned three Michelin stars and been on the list of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants for three years. The avant-garde chef…
Four-time winner Michael Symon sat out this year’s Burger Bash, giving some of countries best patties a fighting chance at last night’s ninth annual burger extravaganza. One of South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s most popular events, Burger Bash presented by Amstel Light combines America’s love for burgers and beer…
The Best of the Best at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach brought out culinary heavy hitters who dished out their absolute finest bites. The $350 price tag might seem steep, but compared with airfare to New York, California, Nashville, Chicago, and other “foodie” cities, it’s a most economical to dine from…
If you don’t know who Alex Stupak is, you will when the pastry chef turned taco king opens up shop here. When asked about Miami’s taco revolution and whether he would contemplate bringing his tortillas down to South Beach at Thursday night’s Tacos After Dark, the chef told us, “I’m…
Now in its third year, the South Beach Wine and Food Festival’s Oyster Bash arrives during the height of Miami’s own oyster boom. It moved indoors to Lure Fishbar, where it didn’t take long for the masses to squeeze in shoulder-to-shoulder for slurping. See also: All the coverage from South…
If your favorite part of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival is the Grand Tasting Village, then be prepared when you head there today or tomorrow because the festival’s oldest event has some changes up its sleeve. Spoiler alert: there are more places to sit and take a breather…
