Strange Beast Brewpub and Pizzeria Opens in West Kendall

Strange Beast, a brewpub and pizzeria by John Falco and Todd Maxwell, opened in West Kendall this past weekend. Falco is best known in the Miami beer community as a co-owner of Lincoln’s Beard Brewing Company, which premiered in 2016. He’s still involved with the Bird Road Arts District brewery…

A Pokémon-Themed Bar Is Coming to Miami UPDATED

If you’re still playing Pokémon Go on your iPhone, you’re going to want to get tickets for a new pop-up bar coming to Miami. The Poke Bar Pop-Up has announced it’s coming to Miami on its tour across the country.

Celebrate Stranger Things With Series-Inspired Food and Drink

Scrap the fireworks and barbecue, and ready the Eggos: It’s all about Stranger Things this Fourth of July. The wildly popular sci-fi Netflix series returns Thursday for its third season, and fans can’t wait to celebrate their return to the Upside Down. From Demogorgon sundaes to retro sodas, here’s a list…

Arbetter’s Has Been a Miami Classic for 60 Years

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.

Shake Shack Opens in Brickell With Salty Donut Concretes

Brickellistas, take note: Shake Shack is coming to you! Shake Shack, the Danny Meyer-owned burger chain, opens at Mary Brickell Village tomorrow, July 3. This is the third location in Miami-Dade, with residents of Coral Gables, South Beach, Aventura, and the Falls already enjoying the restaurant’s burgers and crinkle fries.

St. Roch Market Gets a New Name and a Refresh

The Design District’s food hall is getting a name change. Come December, St. Roch Market will be known as Politan Row Miami. The name change comes after a settlement was reached last week, following a 2018 lawsuit filed by the New Orleans Building Corporation and the City of New Orleans against…

June 2019 Miami Restaurant Openings and Closings

June was a busy month for Miami’s culinary scene. The participating restaurants for Miami Spice 2019 were announced and New Times’ annual Best of Miami gave kudos to dozens of eateries throughout the city. Notable openings included Danny Serfer’s sub shop, Vinaigrette, and Boia De. Of course, the iconic Stephen’s Deli reopened in Hialeah. This summer, look forward to a weekly pop-up by Royal Castle, Swizzle Rum Bar, and Spanglish in Wynwood.

Miami’s Best Eats and Drinks This Week: Fourth of July, 60 Years of Arbetter’s, and RWSB Summer Barbecue Series

Happy Fourth of July, Miami. Proclaim your freedom of choice by heading to one of Miami’s bars or restaurants to indulge in festive bites, patriotic sweets, and red, white, and blue cocktails. Plus, Arbetter’s Hot Dogs celebrates 60 years, and RWSB kicks off its summer barbecue series with guest chefs Jeff McInnis and Janine Booth of Stiltsville Fish Bar and Root & Bone.

Yoko Matcha Pops Up at Dasher & Crank With a Matcha Pastelito

Yoko Matcha, Miami’s first specialty matcha café, has found a new home inside Dasher & Crank. Yoko’s founder, Chié Dambara, is taking charge of the ice cream shop’s café bar, serving a variety of matcha-based drinks and snacks. “Core to Dasher & Crank’s mission is to support and collaborate with Miami’s…

Miami’s Best Eats and Drinks This Weekend: 800 Degrees Brunch, Free the Whales, and Lychee Summer Celebration

This weekend, Dwyane Wade and Udonis Haslem’s 800 Degrees Woodfired Kitchen launches brunch, and Free the Whales returns to Wynwood with more than 25 different breweries. Plus, Schnebly Redland’s Winery & Brewery hosts a lychee festival, while Minnow Bar hosts its annual Bitter Battle and the Lincoln Eatery celebrates mango season with limited-edition dishes made with the fruit.

Bernie Sanders Debate Preps at Batch Gastropub

Last evening, as Bill de Blasio, Tim Ryan, Julián Castro, Cory Booker, Elizabeth Warren, Beto O’Rourke, Amy Klobuchar, Tulsi Gabbard, Jay Inslee, and John Delaney took to the Arsht Center stage for the first night of the Democratic presidential debates, Bernie Sanders was enjoying a Coke with friends.

Nightly Pizza Acrobatics at Normandy Isle’s Capri New Style

Normandy Isle has a new dining spot adding to its colorful roster of restaurants. Every evening at Capri New Style, Massimiliano Stamerra can be found by the wood oven spinning pizza dough over his head, pulling and stretching it as it twirls in front of his face, whipping it around his body, under his legs, then sending the dough into the air, only to catch it and send it in a different direction.

Fourth of July 2019 Miami Restaurant Guide

Fourth of July is a big deal, especially when it falls on a Thursday like this year, giving you a long, four-day weekend to celebrate America’s independence. The holiday tradition involves music, fireworks, and of course, a feast of barbecue items — grilled hot dogs, fresh corn on the cob,…

Panther Coffee Invites You to Explore the Neuroscience of Flavor

If you’re convinced you drink bitter coffee — or like hoppy beer — because you enjoy the taste, new research could prove you wrong. The latest studies by neuroscientists show us how the combination of all our senses — gustatory, olfactory, vision, and audition — give rise to our flavor experiences.

Celebrate Bourdain Day by Visiting His Favorite Miami Haunts

On June 8, 2018, the world was saddened by the news of Anthony Bourdain’s death. The chef, who turned an article in the New Yorker into a writing and television career, was 61 when he was found by his close friend and fellow chef Éric Ripert. A few weeks back, Ripert, joined…