The 2017 Florida stone crab season kicked off October 15 (or this past Friday for Joe’s Stone Crab devotees who lined up for their first night of service celebrating the institutions 104th season). Don’t want to wait two hours for a table at Joe’s or cross the bridge to score…
In the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, Miami brewers have collaborated on several beers whose proceeds will be donated to relief efforts in Puerto Rico and the Florida Keys. M.I.A. Beer Co. in Doral has teamed up with breweries from the Tampa area — Coppertail, Green Bench, Cycle, and 7venth Sun — to make IRMA IPA. Proceeds from the sale of the beer will be donated to the nonprofit Feeding Florida.
Roberta’s, a popular Brooklyn restaurant and pizza shop based in Bushwick, has fired up its oven in the Design District to produce a lineup of traditional and exotic pies. The pop-up opens Wednesday, October 18, and will remain in Miami through April 2018.
Oakland, California-based Blue Bottle Coffee is opening two shops in Miami-Dade County, one inside the Aventura Mall’s renovated dining wing and another in the Design District (3800 NE First Ave.).
Pizza restaurant Mister O1 opened its doors in Wynwood last week. This marks the third location for the restaurant that specializes in star-shaped pizzas.
No longer an afterthought, desserts step center stage thanks to Miami restaurants breathing new life into the end of a meal, or in this case creating signature treats that warrant their own visit. Dessert fiends have their favorites around the 305, but take a bite of any of the following sweets — from iconic stunners to mouthwatering newcomers — for the ultimate cherry on top.
There are many ways to eat raw beef, but Ethiopians do it best. At Awash Ethiopian Restaurant (19934 NW Second Ave., Miami Gardens; 305-770-5100; awashmiami.com), the national treasure called kitfo ($12.99) arrives on a gleaming metal platter heaped with finely diced raw beef and seasoned with clarified butter perfumed with…
Grovetoberfest returned to Coconut Grove this past Saturday with more than 100 brewers pouring hundreds of beers. The lively event, held in Regatta Park, was a good way for newly opened establishments such as NightLife Brewing Co. and Bousa Brewing Co. to show off their beers alongside South Florida veterans like Concrete Beach and M.I.A. Beer Company.
Arkadiy Novikov, a well-known restaurateur from Moscow, will open his first U.S. eatery at the Met 1 in downtown Miami. Novikov Restaurant & Bar, a pan-Asian concept with locations in London, Dubai, and Moscow, is expected to debut this winter on the first level of the 40-floor condominium building, according to the restaurant’s website.
Ask any Miami Dolphins fan under 40 and they’ll tell you the same thing: The Dolphins’ undefeated 1972 season seems like a myth. The team going an entire season without losing a game doesn’t seem possible. Not according to what these fans have witnessed in their lifetime.
This week, stone crab season will kick off across town; pastry chef Hedy Goldsmith will join Danny Serfer and Devin Braddock for an exclusive sweet and savory dinner at Mignonette; La Cueva will debut a bartending class; the Butcher Shop will host a beer and pumpkin-decorating event; and Brooklyn Water Bagel will offer pink bagels for Breast Cancer Awareness.
Stone crab season, South Florida’s favorite time of the year, begins October 15, which generally means you won’t see claws in restaurants for a day or so after.
If Miami had a baby with Miami, it would result in the following announcement: Pitbull, Miami’s ambassador to the world, is opening a restaurant on Ocean Drive called iLov305.
On a recent Sunday in South Beach, Bagatelle (220 21st St., Miami Beach; 305-704-3900; bistrotbagatelle.com) began brunch with a DJ spinning and an order of le pain perdu — Nutella French toast — and ended with free-flowing drinks on a rowdy dance floor. About the same time, Chopped championGiorgio Rapicavoli…
This weekend, Velvet Cream Doughnuts opens in Little Havana; III Points brings eats from the Salty Donut, Coyo Taco, Fooq’s, and more to Mana Wynwood; Grovetoberfest returns to Peacock Park; New York’s Lior Lev Sercarz joins Edge Steak & Bars Aaron Brooks for a Mediterranean-inspired dinner; and the Miami Flea hosts a pumpkin…
There are about three weeks left of Miami Spice, where more than 200 restaurants offer up discounted lunch, brunch, and dinner menus. The program, which traditionally runs from August 1 through September 30, was extended through October to help local restaurants recuperate days and even weeks of lost revenue from Hurricane Irma. Miami Spice offers a three-course lunch or brunch for $23 and dinner for $39, plus tax and tip. Before time runs out, here are some restaurants to sample before October 31 that highlight sushi, sashimi, and unique raw fish mash-ups.
III Points Music, Art, and Technology festival happens this Friday through Sunday (October 13-15) at Mana Wynwood, This year, the festival has an impressive lineup of food as well as music, with culinary headliners like Coyo Taco, Bird & Bone, and the Salty Donut.
There’s a bit of shame that comes with a daily Diet Coke. Yet something has been amiss lately. On bills it seems the price of a simple glass of sugar dissolved in fizzy water has become increasingly expensive.
Less than a week following Hurricane Irma, Bousa Brewing Co. quietly opened its taproom on September 22 in the Little River District.
The fest also offers a feast of food. If you haven’t bought your ticket yet because your weekends revolve around eating, the Salty Donut’s exclusive savory doughnut — of which the shop is baking only a limited number for III Points — should be enough to get you to commit. For ticketholders already planning their schedules, we suggest taking a break from dancing to snag some sustenance from local favorites such as Panther Coffee, Bird & Bone, Talde, Coyo, Market, and Fooq’s.
After more than 17 years, Velvet Creme Doughnuts will officially reopen Saturday, October 14, in Little Havana, a few doors down from Ball & Chain. The debut marks more than two years since the iconic Miami doughnut shop, which first appeared in 1947, announced its revival.
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival returns February 21 through 25, 2018, for an extended weekend of star-studded events and dinners. Now in its 17th year, SOBEWFF continues to expand its footprint with parties throughout Miami and Fort Lauderdale. According to festival founder Lee Brian Schrager, this year will…
