In a yawning space surrounded by inky, lacquered shelves stacked with Mexican folk art, sharply dressed business types negotiate over pale-green margaritas. Two men wearing matching Piguet watches and Ferragamo belts are trailed by their wives, both pushing strollers and toting Chanel purses as they make their way to an…
It’s hard to believe, but Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink is turning 8 years old in a few months, a rare feat considering that about 30 percent of restaurants are doomed to failure, according to a recent UCF study. So what keeps Michael’s Genuine relevant? Restaurateur Michael Schwartz’s answer is…
Just how significant has Miami’s Central American population become? In the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, there is a small chain of cafeteria-style restaurants called Coco Baleadas. The first U.S. location opened quietly on Coral Way last month, and it’s the busiest the small space (which once held a Peruvian and pan-Asian…
Taperia Raca, the Spanish tapas joint launched earlier this year in MiMo by Giorgio Rapicavoli and Alex Casanova, is closed. According to a news release, the owners received an offer on the property they couldn’t refuse. The team, however, says this isn’t the end of Raca and is planning to…
Mark Reinfeld is a vegan dynamo. Cookbooks, classes, retreats, online instructionals– the award-winning culinarian covers plant-based eating from every angle. His organization, Vegan Fusion, is all about creating a better, healthier, more peaceful world — and he’s doing it through mouth-watering edibles like pistachio-crusted tofu and curried pumpkin soup. Reinfeld…
One of the most anticipated restaurants scheduled to open in Miami this fall is Siena Tavern. The restaurant, which hails from Chicago, will open in the old China Grill space, a massive 10,000-square-foot space. Viviani, who garnered fame from his two seasons on Bravo’s Top Chef franchise and whose good…
For over a century it was the home of bootleggers, gangsters, hookers, musicians, and people just in need of booze and a burger. Now, come sunrise October 26, Tobacco Road, the oldest bar I n Miami, is closing its colorful doors. Starting at 6 p.m. on Saturday, October 25, the…
If you think there isn’t a decent spot where you can get lunch for under $10 in Brickell, you’d probably be right. Up until a couple of weeks ago, anyway. That’s when Palmas Caf� quietly opened in the gorgeous courtyard shared with Deli Lane and a few other places. Palmas…
September 2014 in Miami will be remembered for two things — endless days of torrential rain and the opening of Iron Chef Morimoto’s restaurant at the Shelborne Wyndham South Beach. Of course, the “official” opening isn’t until today, but if you’ve been on social media, you’ve seen practically everyone in…
Good things supposedly happen in threes, so we can only hope that a third oyster bar will open in Wynwood/midtown. Midtown Oyster Bar will start operation sometime in October, making it the area’s second oyster bar this year, after Mignonette. Midtown Oyster Bar is the brainchild of the Graspa Group…
It’s 9 p.m. and it’s raining in sheets outside Mignonette, a new oyster bar and seafood eatery off NE Second Avenue across from the City of Miami Cemetery. Gentlemen pull their cars onto the sidewalk to let their ladies scurry in (relatively) dry. But there’s nevertheless a wait to be…
Move over burgers, tacos and empanada trucks, we have Lobster in the house! The Red Zeppelin is rockin’ the best Lobster roll on the Miami food truck scene. And every Tuesday from 5 to 9 p.m. at Haulover Beach Park, this red zinger serves hearty chunks of Maine lobster with…
In a sign that the times are most definitely a’ changin’, the kings of pork are embracing plants. Notable Miami Beach eatery Pubbelly (whose owners were once called the Sovereigns of Swine by the New Times), is going vegan. In partnership with Jugofresh, the team is hosting a pop-up vegan…
The YoungArts campus is launching an interesting space, come December. Ted’s at YoungArts is being billed as an “intimate cultural lounge and eatery,” by Paul T. Lehr, the National YoungArts Foundation’s president and CEO. See also: Bacardi Buildings Sold to National YoungArts Foundation for $10 Million…
What do you say to chicken and waffles at Batch Gastropub in Brickell along with all-you-can-drink for $20? See also: Ten Best Chicken & Waffles in Miami…
It’s been seven and a half years since Adrianne Calvo first opened Chef Adrianne’s Vineyard Restaurant & Bar and much has changed, both in terms of her culinary development and the industry. “When I opened we had a similar menu to the one we have now where everything was farm-to-table,…
If you’ve ever visited the Broken Shaker, Eating House, or become pork-drunk during one of Jeremiah Bullfrog’s special events you might’ve noticed a quiet guy with glasses and short-cropped hair doing some heavy lifting. His name is Steve Santana, and next month he’s opening Taquiza, a pocket-sized Miami Beach taqueria…
Falafel is at its best when it has the yin and the yang — crisp on the outside and soft on the inside. These meatless wonders show the depth of rich flavors that are possible in snackable form. You can dip them in a tahini or tzatziki bath, stuff them…
Route 9 restaurant in Coral Gables has been sold, according to the restaurant’s Twitter account. Earlier today, the couple posted the following: See also: Best Restaurant Coral Gables – Route 9…
One of the world’s most famous chefs, Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto is opening a restaurant at the renovated Shelborne Wyndham South Beach next week. The Japanese master has been preparing for service in the Magic City by giving fellow chefs and industry peers a taste of his menu. Short Order…
Bravo’s hit reality cooking show, Top Chef, which debuted in 2006, changed the way we look at chefs and the people who prepare high-end dishes. Its judges have included culinary luminaries like Anthony Bourdain and Food & Wine magazine editor Dana Cowin. And it has thrust more chefs before a…
Every vegan east of Portland has heard about Bunnie Cakes’ impossibly moist cupcake creations. It’s this flair for cruelty-free cooking that earned owner Mariana Cortez a spot on Food Network’s Cupcake Wars. But now the cozy bakery is offering something new: to-go treats in adorable mini-mason jars, ranging from cacao…
