This weekend, canoodle with a wild thing, celebrate like you're in the South of France, find the best Cuban sandwich, relive SOBEWFF with Geoffrey Zakarian, and enjoy a beer-pairing dinner on the beach in the Florida Keys.
Islamorada Beer-Pairing Dinner
If you're looking for a staycation, take a quick weekend trip to Islamorada for the Brews on the Beach pairing dinner at Amara Cay Resort (80001 Overseas Hwy., Islamorada). Tonight, March 4, at 7 p.m., Oltremare restaurant teams up with Islamorada Beer Company for a dinner right on the sand. A four-course Italian menu will be paired with a different 12-ounce beer — including a No Wake Zone coconut key lime ale, available only at the brewhouse. Tickets cost $59 (excluding tax and gratuity), and each
Feast With the Beasts
In nature, humans and beasts don't usually dine together unless one of them is the main course. The tables are turned at tonight's Feast With the Beasts at Zoo Miami. From 8 p.m. to midnight, enjoy delectable food from restaurants such as Pisco y Nazca, Vintro Kitchen, and Kitchen 305, enjoy live music, an open bar, a silent auction, and meet-and-greets with some of the zoo's resident beasts. Tickets cost $250 for general admission and $500 for VIP, which includes admission at 7 p.m., access to the VIP lounge, and a meet-and-greet with the zoo's Ron Magill and his animal friends. Visit zoomiami.org for information and tickets.
La Nuit en Rosé
Nothing in the world makes you feel as elegant as sipping a glass of fine rosé at a swanky garden party (or out of a plastic cup in your backyard). Celebrate in grand style at La Nuit en Rosé. All weekend, the Mondrian South Beach will host a series of events poolside. Tonight, March 4, start with a rosé wine-pairing dinner. Saturday, March 5, enjoy a sunset celebration with a glass in hand at the Rosé Sunset
Cuban Sandwich Festival
This weekend, celebrate Miami's most cherished
Geoffrey Zakarian's Food Talk
If you're still having South Beach Wine & Food Festival withdrawals, catch celebrity chef Geoffrey Zakarian's Food Talk this weekend. The show was recorded at SOBEWFF and features Zakarian chatting with basically every high-profile name in the industry, including Bobby Flay, Guy Fieri, Giada DeLaurentiis, Valerie Bertinelli, Anne Burrell, Alex Guarnaschelli, Tyler Florence, Margaret Zakarian, Marc Murphy, Ted Allen, Scott Conant, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Jeremy Ford, Food Network Magazine’s Maile Carpenter, and the New York Times’ Sam Sifton.
The broadcast airs Saturday, March 5, at 5 p.m. and Sunday, March 6, at 10 p.m. on SiriusXM's Stars 109 channel.