Hialeah in Miami New Times
Showing 1 - 22 of 98A decade into its existence, the Bend Liquor Lounge remains one of Miami’s top dive bars. Dreamt up by architect Landy Lamas and builder Mo Lacayo (see Chela’s Cocteler
Mention Miami Jai Alai, and lots of locals will shoot a blank look your way. But it’s one of our city’s charms everyone should experience. Dubbed “the fastest sport in the world”, this balls-off-walls diversion brings some of the world’s best players in the game to Miami. But it’s not just about the sport – […]
Got a late-night craving for masa de puerco and congri? A sweet tooth for some flan? Chico’s has you covered. For the past 30 years, this Hialeah eatery has been adding Cuban-American spice to the diner concept. You can get breakfast, lunch, and dinner 24 hours a day, and the seven-page menu usually features at […]
Although you won’t find lou mei – a dish made from animals’ internal organs and entrails – at China Steak House, the eatery could hold its own in the Guangdong Province of Southern China. But the restaurant is located just a few blocks east of the NW 122nd Street exit off the Palmetto Expressway, tucked […]
It is indeed a cozy, homey sort of diner on a bustling corner of Miami Springs’ business district. The walls are hung with fancy quilts and needlework, old black-and-white photos of the town circa 1930, and antique Coca-Cola paraphernalia. Real and fabricated ferns and flowers are everywhere, and delicious-looking cakes, pies, and pastries sit on […]
It doesn’t get more Cuban than fritas and flan – and the Cuban Guys chain has mastered both. This fast food-esque concept out of Hialeah also serves up pan con bistec, yucca frita, plantain chips, Cuban bowls (a rice, beans, meat & plantain chips mashup), salads and fresh juices. Not to mention that their flan […]
Although Dragon’s owners are from Canton, the food is overwhelmingly Chinese-American, which means it isn’t any more genuinely Chinese than Italian-American food is genuinely Italian; both are cuisines of adaptation. But nonauthentic isn’t a synonym for bad. Both of these immigrant-invented genres can be very tasty when prepared well, as Dragon’s dishes are. Especially good […]