Halloween is only weeks away, and there’s no better way to celebrate the spookiest holiday of the year than with a few boo-zy cocktails. From stunning pumpkin libations to movie-inspired drinks, Miami purveyors are pulling out all the tricks and treats. Go ahead and pick your poison, because its going to be one hell of a night.
Two new food and beverage concepts recently opened at Generator, a European chain of upscale hostels that made its U.S. debut in Mid-Beach last month. Spearheading the food and beverage operations is Gui Jaroschy, a Broken Shaker veteran who took his talents to Generator to launch two concepts: Driftway poolside…
Captain Jim’s might well have burned down years ago. “Once we got in here and opened up the ceiling, I was surprised it never caught fire,” says David Garcia, who took over the iconic North Miami restaurant early this year. “The place was a dump. It was so dirty I…
Despite sweltering temperatures, thousands of people came out to Grovetoberfest this past Saturday with more than 100 brewers pouring hundreds of beers. The event, as always, showcased upcoming breweries like Tripping Animals alongside well-established names like J. Wakefield. Once again, local breweries continue to use source local ingredients like Panther…
The South Florida beer community was buzzing with rumors that a new concept by an established beer maker was in the works when Facebook and Instagram accounts with the name Strange Beast Beer were established. The rumor has been confirmed with the announcement that John Falco, the brains behind Lincoln’s Beard Brewing Company, will open Strange Beast, a brewpub and pizzeria concept, at the end of 2019. A brewpub is an establishment selling beer brewed on the premises that usually includes a restaurant.
This week, Macchialina serves $10 pasta in honor of Italian Heritage Month, Burger Beast’s My-T-Fine burgers pop up at Union Beer Store, and Chefs Stand Up returns to the Standard featuring Mexican-American chef Gerardo Gonzalez.
Every city has its annual tradition. For some, it’s apple harvest. For others, it’s beer. In Miami, the beginning of stone crab season is an event worth celebrating. The season officially begins October 15 and ends May 15, giving us six months of blissful, sweet claws. That means most restaurants won’t begin offering the delicacy until October 16.
Dasher & Crank will churn out eight limited-edition ice creams to celebrate National Dessert Day, this Sunday, October 14.
This past summer, Rok:Brgr launched Saturday brunch across all of its South Florida locations, including South Miami, Hallandale Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and Delray Beach. Now, the burger joint is behind a new fall-inspired brunch menu filled with caramel, apple, and pumpkin treats.
This weekend, the Craft Spirits Fest will take over the Cruz Building, Grovetoberfest will return to Peacock Park, Dunkin’ Donuts on Ives Dairy Road will celebrate its store opening with free coffee, and the Wharf will host an Octoberfest-themed event.
Grilled, baked, or fried and then split open like baby pita rounds and stuffed with practically whatever befits one’s taste and imagination.
Even though Miami Spice has ended, there’s a new meal deal you can sink your teeth into as Estrella Damm’s Chef’s Choice series returns to Miami. Created by chefs and inspired by Estrella Damm, Chef’s Choice features prix-fixe menus curated by South Florida’s most innovative chefs, each tasked with creating…
You can sample Tallahassee-based Proof Brewing’s 2018 Hunahpu award-winning Blue Raspberry Evil Kiss, Triple Crossing’s Waxing Poetic passionfruit-and-guava Berliner, and Southern Prohibition’s All My Joy coconut, almond, and chocolate stout when Grovetoberfest returns to Miami this weekend.
Wynwood Brewing has just announced it has been acquired by Craft Brew Alliance (CBA). Two years ago, Wynwood Brewing entered a partnership with CBA in an expansion bid. In December 2016, Wynwood’s Luis Brignoni Jr. announced CBA would take a minority, 24.5 percent share of the brewery, allowing the Miami beermakers to expand their local production brewery and taproom.
Fall is here, and your Instagram feed is probably full of people enjoying pumpkin spice lattes. Each year, Starbucks mounts a campaign to make the return of the PSL a major holiday not unlike Christmas. The Starbucks campaign is so successful that Adweek did an entire study on the phenomenon in 2016…
Molly Lu was desperate for a taste of home. For more than a decade, she’s lived in Miami with her Cuban husband, Miguel Astorquiza, longing for the roast duck and crispy pork belly she grew up with in Jiangmen just outside of Macau. “My dad has three sisters and two brothers, and all of them own Cantonese barbecue restaurants…
Chocolate plus CBD? That’s a match made in dessert heaven. And you can get in on the cannabidiol action at an upcoming make-your-own-chocolate truffle class at the Sacred Space next week. Josh Solis, also known as Chef Sol, will lead the workshop. The vegan truffles are a twist on the brigadeiro.
Vegan Block Party, held at Regatta Park in Coconut Grove this past Saturday, October 6, was supposed to be a plant-based gathering filled with fun, entertainment, and swag. Instead, the party, billed as a ticketed event, had long lines of attendees who’d paid $20 for adults and $10 for children not getting what they were promised.
“What kind of Jewish food do you think we could put into a pastelito?” Giovanni Fesser asks while poaching a few dozen eggs in the subterranean kitchen of Ariete (3540 Main Hwy., Coconut Grove; 305-640-5862; arietemiami.com). The answer: lox and cream cheese. But chef/owner Michael Beltran recalls they tried that…
For the future of food to be sustainable, kids must get onboard. Such is the aim of Slow Food Miami (SFM), a branch of a global movement dedicated to promoting healthful, environmentally friendly food. SFM is sponsoring the creation of more than 100 gardens at schools across South Florida, so Generation Z can get clued into nutritious eating as early as possible.
At yesterday’s Sunday brunch, Mina’s Mediterraneo was packed with the usual assortment of birthday parties, families, and friends enjoying mimosas and the restaurant’s signature shakshuka and Benedicts. Even regulars were unaware this was the restaurant’s last day of service.
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