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Are Fendi and Dior's Miami Cafés Worth the Price?

Are Fendi and Dior's Miami Cafés Worth the Price?

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Cuban Sandwiches and Donkey Sauce: Guy Fieri's Flavortown Invades South Florida

By Laine Doss
Mar 26, 2021

Amid a pandemic, the celebrity chef tiptoed into Florida to open Guy Fieri's Flavortown Kitchen.
The Unlikely Friendship Between 2 Korean Girls and Allen Susser

By Laine Doss
Mar 16, 2021

Three years ago, on a rainy night at the Doral Yard, Jennifer and Michele Kaminski conceived 2 Korean Girls.
Carbone's Spicy Rigatoni Vodka Is the Acid-Wash Jeans of Food

By Laine Doss
Feb 18, 2021

Carbone Miami has imported its fancied-up Italian red sauce menu straight from Greenwich Village.
Tran An: Vietnamese Comfort Food for Well Under $20

By Laine Doss
Jan 20, 2021

At Tran An, you can get your fill of bowls, stews, or pho for less than $20.
Sala'o in Little Havana Has a New Menu and a Gin and Tonic Cart

By Laine Doss
Dec 17, 2020

Even amid a pandemic, the new Sala'o is a good place to escape for an hour or two.
Le Jardinier Is a Garden Wonder in the Design District

By Laine Doss
Nov 25, 2020

It isn't vegetarian or vegan, and it isn't raw cooking. It's vegetable-forward.
Wynwood Sushi Spot Omakai Is a Step in the Right Direction

By Zachary Fagenson
Jan 27, 2020

Oftentimes high-end sushi — the shimmering bites passed to diners seated at a counter for a chef's choice, or omakase, progression — is perceived as overpriced, unapproachable, or simply bewildering.
Find Lebanese Flatbreads, Argentine Sandwiches, and Mexican Tacos on Bird Road

By Zachary Fagenson
Dec 17, 2019

Here we are at the tail end of 2019, and there's little time to waste. No more explaining is needed about the cultural mashup that is modern-day Miami, nor do we need to talk any further about the glut of food halls. But on the noisy strip of Bird Road that links Coral Gables and Westchester, a trio of side-by-side fast-casual restaurants has taken root, bringing together three seemingly unrelated styles of eating.
At Navé, Erba, and Gregory's Diner, Chefs Make a Point With Pasta

By Zachary Fagenson
Dec 10, 2019

Miami is in the midst of a fresh pasta revolution.
At Little Haiti Pasta Heaven Boia De, Young Talents Play New Tricks on the Familiar

By Zachary Fagenson
Nov 12, 2019

Boia De serves deceivingly familiar-sounding plates that arrive with unfamiliar ingredients.
Hometown, Bon Gout, and Others Kindle a Quiet Barbecue Revolution

By Zachary Fagenson
Oct 8, 2019

Miami is perhaps the perfect place for barbecue.
Meet the Women Who Make Miami's L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon Run

By Zachary Fagenson
Oct 2, 2019

Joël Robuchon's legacy lives on in the Design District.
Sala'o Chef Jorge Mas Turns the Desperation of Cuba's Pantries Into Joy

How one chef turns the desperation of Cuba's pantries into joy.

By Zachary Fagenson
Sep 10, 2019

Jorge Mas is taking the misery of eating under a Communist regime and turning it into a joyful celebration.
Sushi Chef Erika Kushi Finds Herself Carrying Her Family's Legacy

By Zachary Fagenson
Sep 4, 2019

Erika Kushi never thought of herself as a female sushi chef until the day someone told her she shouldn't be. "It was a Japanese customer," she recalls. "They said, 'You're not supposed to be doing sushi because of your warm hands.'" Her father, Michio Kushi, who for nearly three decades...
Two New Meat Shops on Coral Way Promise Better Beef

By Zachary Fagenson
Sep 3, 2019

A new report has damned global agribusiness and called for drastic changes in the way humanity produces and consumes food if we are to have any hope of staving off the disasters from accelerating climate change. The report, released in August by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), comes...
This Kendall Cafe Offers Seven People With Disabilities Grounds for Employment

By Amber Love Bond
Aug 20, 2019

Currently Our Grounds employs seven individuals between the ages of 19 and 28 with disabilities that include Down's Syndrome, autism, and more. For most, it's their first job ever.
Allapattah's Restaurants Look Toward an Uncertain Future

By Zachary Fagenson
Aug 13, 2019

Late Sunday night, things really get going at Club Tipico Dominicano (1344 NW 36th St., Miami; 305-634-7819; clubtipicodominicano.com). The persistent, percussive wail of bachata fills the steamy Allapattah club as multicolored lights flash and strobe. Big bowls of sancocho and tripe soup ($4), surrounded by green Presidente beer bottles, snake...
How a Hialeah Street Kid Found a Better Life Through Cooking and Egg Yolk Coladas

By Zachary Fagenson
Jul 30, 2019

Frankie Zerquera never meant to become a cook. Once he did, he never thought he'd be best known for his dale huevo colada ($4.50), in which a raw egg yolk is magically incorporated into a stiff, sugary Cuban espresso. The resulting cup yields freakishly foamy sips of coffee with hints...
One of Miami's Most Ambitious Chefs Turns Toward Fire-Burnished Simplicity

By Zachary Fagenson
Jul 23, 2019

At Ember, Brad Kilgore and chef de cuisine Nick Graves invite diners to sit back, eat, and feel right at home and in another dimension all at the same time.
Arbetter's Has Been a Miami Classic for 60 Years

By Zachary Fagenson
Jul 2, 2019

How does a Miami restaurant become an institution? The odds are against it. Besides the elements and the constant struggle of building a business, restaurant owners must contend with fickle populations who remake Miami every decade or so as well as breakneck development. The two key elements to making this happen, it seems, are obsession and luck.

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