The first Hurricane Grill & Wings premiered in Fort Pierce, Florida, in 1995. Now there are 33 — the most recent addition having opened yesterday in the Shops at Midtown Miami. The chain, known for five categories of wings and more than 30 dipping sauces, is celebrating the new outlet…
Food Trucks are making dining on your feet and eating with your hands, well, chic. The trend has just begun to populate local parking lots and back alleys. But the phenomenon has been going full-force throughout the country for years. The truck operators use social networking sites, mostly Twitter, to…
The ground floor of the Miami River’s trendy Neo Lofts is not where you would expect to find a traditional Spanish restaurant. But just when you are about to give up on this city, Miami pulls through with a low-key, genuine eatery. The recently opened Jamón Jamón Jamón is no…
After talking to Chef Weissgerber and hearing all about the dishes he creates for Zuma our mouth was watering. Below is his recipe for Seared Tuna, made especially for the Japanese food lover in all of us.Seared Tuna with Chilli Daikon & Garlic ChipsServes 4500 g tuna fillet (ask for…
A small but nutritious bite of next week’s restaurant review:The cuisine is tagged as “the pure essence of taste,” which is the sort of boastful appraisal better left, I think, to restaurant critics. No denying, however, that the menu is chock full of healthful culinary concoctions. It also serves as…
Sub as in the Subway Sandwich shop on Collins Avenue in South Beach.Sub as in the breakfast Subway special now being touted by the chain.Sub as in my coming here being a substitute for my original dozen or so choices. Like I thought Oliver’s Café on West Avenue might be…
In this second part of our talk with Bjoern Weissgerber, we discuss Zuma and his role there as executive chef. Read the first part of our interview with Chef Bjoern Weissgerber here.New Times: Why did you pick Miami as the first U.S. location for Zuma?Weissgerber: Miami is a fun and vibrant city…
Best of Miami Spice 2010
If you walk along Ocean Drive, you’ll quickly notice that many of the voices inviting you to dine at its eateries have Eastern European accents. The Ocean Drive restaurant scene is full of workers from Russia, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Estonia, and other ex-bloc countries. Short Order decided to ask: What are…
When we first met Bjoern Weissgerber, executive chef at Zuma Miami, he wasn’t what we expected. The young, charismatic German with Swedish roots is more reminiscent of a hip, energetic artist than a top toque at one of Miami’s finest Japanese restaurants. Then again, his visually stunning plates are truly works…
Restaurants close every month, but since our last roundup of doom in May, a handful of very popular, longtime establishments has gone to Guest Check Heaven. Plus the ice-cream shop Jack Frost melted in minutes. The roll call for our departed 11 follows…
I just got off the phone with a manager at Talula. Earlier this morning, a reader wrote the following into our comments section:I guess they were lying about not being for sale, because their PR person just emailed me when I requested a reservation that they just sold the restaurant…
Yelp is throwing a party for the public, and it’s the best kind of party: free. The erstwhile bloggers and friends will be whooping it up Saturday, August 21, from 8 to 10 p.m. at the very historic and extremely brick Moore Building in the Design District. Noshes will be…
660 at the Angler’s: Loud but tasty
Here’s Part Three of our interview with the Van Akens. You can read the first part of the interview here and get Norman’s recipe for sea bass ceviche here.New Times: Was the farm-to-table concept totally absent from your consciousness, Chef Norman?Norman Van Aken (NVA): Hardly. My paternal grandmother ran a…
After years of working in high-end restaurants, former Wish chef and South Florida Rising Star, Michael Bloise, is turning to something more casual at his soon-to-open restaurant, American Noodle Bar.”I’ve done upscale food for a while now and I kinda found that the food that I was cooking was special…
When we hit up chef Norman Van Aken for an interview a few months ago, he mentioned he’d soon open a new restaurant in Miami, but he neglected to say his son, Justin, would fan the flames at his side. But there Justin was at the preview. Eventually, we learned there’s a third chef in…
Elizabeth Gilbert’s best-selling novel, “Eat, Pray, Love,” takes place in Indonesia, India, and Rome — the respective settings for romantic, spiritual, and culinary revelations. The Sonesta Bayfront Hotel Coconut Grove and the new Paragon Grove 13 movie theater have teamed to present a weekend getaway coinciding with the film’s release the…
A glass of big, smoky 2007 Petite Petit Lodi ($8) melded well with pork belly and would probably pair with any dish containing bacon. So would anything selected from an alluring, user-friendly craft-beer list that includes brief taste characterizations of each brew. For instance, one of the imports is referred to as…
It’s 3:30 a.m. and you’re on your way home from a night out. Your speech is slurred and you’re sweating Grey Goose. No one is laughing at your jokes or joining in on your renditions of Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance.” Worse, you’re starving. So where should you direct your designated…
After Short Oder called this Miami Beach-based chain an overrated, the oversensitive pizzza makers issued a challenge. “Come on over and check us out. Just see if our stuff ain’t fresh….” (Well, to be honest, we’re paraphrasing here.)So we we went behind the facade of the restaurant. Back in the…
At Adelita’s Café in midtown Miami, you can get a taste of Honduran life. Upon entry, you sense the uncomplicated, laid-back attitude characteristic of that culture. Cheerful salsa music, staff chatting with customers, and telenovelas on TV give the small café a relaxed, friendly vibe.Of course, the place serves typical Honduran…
