The brothers behind Mendez Fuel, a locally owned gas-station chain known for selling craft beer and filling growlers, have opened their first standalone food-and-drink bar in Westchester. It’s the fifth and largest location for Mendez Fuel but the first without a gas station.
If you haven’t had a chance to visit the Museum of Ice Cream (MOIC) and snap a photo of yourself in a waist-deep pool of rainbow sprinkles, you’re in luck. The wildly popular attraction, which debuted this past December, will remain open through February.
Hidden from the glittering chandeliers of the Fontainebleau Miami Beach’s lobby, almost $2 million worth of high-grade beef slowly decomposes each year. Find it by escaping the hotel’s foyer through a camouflaged door and descending a short staircase into a hallway with piping and wires running overhead. Snaking through the…
When Johnathan Wakefield decided to team up with Paul Jones from Manchester, England’s Cloudwater Brew Company on a few beers for the upcoming WakeFest event, neither brewmaster thought it would become a teaching lesson for the #MeToo movement. Wakefield and the Cloudwater co-owner met at RateBeer World’s Best Beer Festival…
The guy behind South Florida’s best market — and that is saying something — left this world recently. Ben Laurenzo, the genius of Laurenzo’s Italian Market in North Miami Beach, died of a liver ailment January 15. A half century ago, the man who entered the military at age 15…
This week, the Wynwood Yard hosts an interactive cooking class with chef Giorgio Rapicavoli; Stripsteak and Council Oak Steaks & Seafood offer wine-pairing dinners; and Jose Mendin cooks with Italy’s Michelin-starred Massimo Bottura.
When the weather dips below 70, us Miamians pair our only footwear (flip flops) with a down jacket to brave the frigid temperatures. It’s also the time we trade in our smoothies and salads for comfort food. When it’s cold out, it takes a hot pizza or a cheesy, gooey grilled cheese to warm our tummies and provide the culinary hug we crave. Here are the best comfort foods to scarf down on a chill Miami night.
The Miami culinary community has been saddened to learn that chef Alfredo Alvarez has died. Details have not been confirmed, but according to publicist Terry Zarikian, a close friend of the chef, Alvarez went to sleep on Wednesday evening and didn’t wake up the next morning. A native of Venezuela,…
Hank & Harry’s will open at Aventura Mall, the Michelin-starred Sushi Azabu will debut in Miami Beach, Dessert Wars will return to FIU Arena, Miami Brew Fest will take place at Marlins Park, and a group of Miami’s female chefs will prepare complimentary food and drinks at a Women Chefs & Restauranters regional event.
Last night, American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace premiered with a party held poolside at Miami Beach’s Villa Casa Casuarina. The opulent property, still referred to by many as the Versace mansion or Villa Versace, plays a prominent role in the series. Filmmakers rented out the entire property for one month to film exterior and interior scene
Harry and Michelle Coleman have a simple mission for Empanada Harry’s, which opened in April 2017: Offer gourmet versions of the Venezuelan pastries they’ve loved for years.
It’s been more than a year since Shuji Hiyakawa announced the opening of his first solo venture, Wabi Sabi. The restaurant, which offers upscale fast-casual sushi bowls and a juice bar, has finally opened on NE 79th Street in Miami.
January 20 is National Cheese Lover’s Day, a time to unite and pay homage to fromage. Like any holiday, it should be spent in a gluttonous tizzy, noshing away on mountains of cheese. Miami restaurants have embraced our love of cheese by using it in everything from classic warm sandwiches to ice cream. Here are the five cheesiest dishes in the Magic City.
Chef Daniel Boulud’s Mediterranean-themed Boulud Sud opened a week ago at the JW Marriott Marquis Miami with fare from some of the world’s most beautiful places.
Miamians have a love affair with brunch. After all, it’s the one time during our busy week that we can meet friends over delicious food and a few drinks.If brunching has become something akin to a “sport”, then New Times’ Out to Brunch is its championships.
For the first time ever, Funky Buddha Brewery will release its award-winning peanut butter and jelly brown ale, No Crusts, in bottles this year as part of a new release schedule. The Oakland-based production brewery will also begin canning its core beers alongside a new lineup that will also include new packaging, a year-round beer, and a year’s worth of limited and seasonal beers hitting statewide distribution for the first time.
Just open a little more than a month, Pepitería 13 is alive with people munching on pepitos, the sandwich served on nearly every street corner in Venezuela.
A generous slice of salmon is cooked sous vide and flash-heated for a minute inside a wood-fired oven. The fish is heavily coated in a crunchy everything-bagel seasoning and then perched on a plate of the French white cheese fromage blanc, smeared in the shape of a half-moon. A tangy…
The sixth-annual Miami Beer Festival will take place Saturday, January 20, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Marlins Park Plaza, where a slew of breweries will serve suds for a good cause.
Miami Beach’s Hank & Harry’s Deli, a New York-style delicatessen founded by local restaurateurs Buzzy Sklar and Richard Booth, will bring corned beef and pastrami to Aventura Mall this week.
This week, Brimstone in Doral hosts a Scotch-pairing dinner, Blackbird Ordinary offers free pizza, and the Salty Donut’s sticky-bun collab continues.
It’s Saturday, and there’s a long weekend ahead. The only problem is that you and your friends are bored with the same bars and clubs. Why not try something new? From dancing with drag queens to drinking North Korea’s “official” beer made in Miami, here are five places to drink that are anything but boring. Cheers!
