Happy Monday, Miami. This week, Alter’s Brad Kilgore will host Miami’s first Michelin on the Road dinner, New Times Sips ‘n’ Selfies will return to Casa de Montecristo by Prime Cigar & Whiskey Bar, and Taurus in Coconut Grove will launch Whisky Wisemen Third Thursdays, where 10 percent of your bar tab will benefit the United Way of Miami-Dade.
Happy weekend. You’ve survived another work week, and now it’s time to relax with a cold drink. Ah, but what should you imbibe? Are you jonesing for the crispness of a cold beer? A refreshing tall summer cocktail? A salt-rimmed margarita? Maybe you’re looking for the best deals in town?…
There is a mead movement happening in Miami. In a city where craft beer has taken hold, local brewers are now making considerable quantities of the fermented honey drink known as mead. Mead consumption predates written history. Early Neolithic jars found in China with traces of rice, honey, and fruit…
Inside the Ritz-Carlton Fort Lauderdale, find Burlock Coast Seafare & Spirits, a restaurant, café, market, and bar concept that includes an artisanal goods marketplace, a small-batch rum retail shop, and a cigar bar. On Saturdays and Sundays, the restaurant opens for a seaside brunch focused on meats, seafood, and seasonal produce. Overseen…
Happy Friday, Miami. This weekend, sample bites from the Wynwood Yard’s resident food trucks, try a “Flydration” juice at Icebox Cafe, or go on a bar or mojito crawl.
After 50 days at Jackson Memorial’s Ryder Trauma Center, chef Ralph Pagano is going home.
The news was announced today following months of rumors that the Oakland Park brewery was in talks with the company. Funky Buddha joins the Constellation portfolio, which also includes such brands as Ballast Point, Robert Mondavi, and High West Whiskey.
The Fort Lauderdale outpost of 50 Eggs’ Spring Chicken quickly closed on Tuesday night, blindsiding some employees who showed up for work yesterday morning to find they no longer had jobs. “It seems like they came in the middle of the night and just gutted the place,” former general…
If you love Miami Spice, try heading to another culinary scene happening just north of the county line: Crave GFL. Starting September 1, Crave GFL will feature more than 40 of the Greater Fort Lauderdale area’s top restaurants and chefs offering various tastings and dinners specially created for the event, including…
While Miami Spice is a smorgasbord of multicourse deliciousness, it’s also big on meat, dairy, and eggs. Veg eaters can feel left out, to say the least. Luckily, among the hundreds of participating restaurants there are plenty of options for herbivores — so they can indulge along with every other Miamian. Many of the selections below are vegetarian but can be made vegan upon request. Be sure to ask your server in advance; some spots recommend vegans order off the regular menu. Prices for Miami Spice run $23 for lunch and $39 for dinner.
In a lawsuit filed yesterday in New York Supreme Court, Jeff McInnis and Janine Booth were sued by Root & Bone partner Richard Freedman for “spending proceeds on a $135,000 apartment renovation and side projects like a Puerto Rico pop-up,” according to the New York Post. In total, the lawsuit alleges, “McInnis and Booth have failed to account for over $286,500.00 in cash distributions since the inception.”
The newest food truck to pop up inside the Wynwood Yard is Food Dude, a Latin-Jamaican grill concept. The truck first debuted in 2013, after Alex Torres, a Johnson and Wales alum, was laid off as a corporate chef. A few months later, he and his wife Erica bought a black truck and hit the road. Stocked with jerk chicken, rice, and tostones, the two cruised across Miami, serving culinary mash-ups rooted in culture and tradition.
A lawsuit filed against Delray Beach-based Delivery Dudes last week in federal court claims the service is paying its drivers sometimes as little as 50 to 75 cents per delivery while requiring them to work between 50 or 60 hours per week.
When the Miami Dolphins take the field on August 10 against the Atlanta Falcons, fans at Hard Rock Stadium will enjoy much more than football. Visitors will be treated to more improvements and new experiences in price ranges for everyone — from a new standing-room-only section to a luxury Aston Martin…
Michael Schwartz’s Amara at Paraiso restaurant will open sometime in November at the Paraiso Bay complex in Edgewater. The restaurant’s large, 4,500-square-foot dining room, designed by Meyer Davis Studio, features indoor and outdoor seating that opens to Biscayne Bay, offering striking views.The main dining room and bar will seat 150, with an additional 70 seats on the waterfront deck.
If you want noodles, a rich broth, and luscious, savory meat, chicken ramen is your golden goose. Such delicate bowls have been few and far between in Miami, where ramen is still sticking around, though it never quite seized the eating public’s imagination in the way doughnuts did.
The good news is Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s Matador Room at the Miami Beach Edition is participating in Miami Spice. The bad news is its $39 three-course, prix-fixe dinner menu isn’t offered on Fridays or Saturdays. Regardless, the light and bright Spice menu is the perfect antidote for the Miami summer doldrums.
In December 2015, Barclay Graebner was in a frenzy. The owner of Morgans Restaurant had to keep track not only of a kitchen overwhelmed by thousands of visitors for Art Basel, but also the Annex, a breezy indoor-outdoor lounge/restaurant/bar located under a billowing tent nearby. “I was just sitting down…
Jezebel, a cozy food and drink lounge in Miami Beach, is now open. Located on the corner of Michigan Avenue and Lincoln Road, this dimly lit, orange-hued space serves cocktails prepared tableside and upscale comfort food like flaming s’mores and truffle popcorn. The restaurant took over the former Bacaro space, a short-lived Italian…
Hidden in the corner of the Avant Gallery at the Epic Hotel sits LaMuse Cafe, a tiny European-inspired bistro replete with croissants, tartines, and thousands of dollars worth of contemporary art.
As temperatures soar, Box Coffee in Wynwood cools down with a unique lineup of java mocktails.
Happy Monday, Miami. Enjoy what’s new in town this week, including a free blowout at DryBar followed by margaritas at Tacology, “Wine Flight Wednesday” across Coconut Grove, and prix-fixe menus at Eating House and La Leggenda Pizzeria. On Monday, there’s IPA at the Angler’s Boutique Resort. The lovely Angler’s Hotel in South…
