For years, Place Invaders has traveled across the U.S. for its roving dinner series.Now, the rogue pop-up is partnering with Phuc Yea to invade Miami for the weekend.
One area that hasn’t stopped growing over the past decade is Brickell. In just the past year, Miami’s financial district has welcomed luxury hotels such as SLS Brickell, East Miami, and the lavish shopping project Brickell City Centre, which is seeing more high-end stores open every day. Now the neighborhood has a new restaurant and lounge, Level One.
In Forte dei Marmi, Italy, the sidewalks are made of marble, and the surrounding Apennine mountains are covered with the white rock. Though a recently opened South Beach restaurant is named for the Tuscan seaside town, its real draw is a softer, serene atmosphere in conjunction with the rustic Italian cuisine of chef Raffaele Mellino and his father Antonio Mellino.
Miami’s food scene is growing more responsible, evident by the success of the sixth-annual Slow Food “Snail of Approval” Tasting Party, which took place place Friday at Miami Beach’s Eden Roc. Hosted by Helene Henderson, chef/owner of Malibu Farm, the event made guests privy to Miami’s farm-to table best, which included more than 35 participants, ranging from restaurants and purveyors to breweries and distilleries.
Biscayne Bay Brewing Company co-owner Jose Mallea kicked off his candidacy for the Florida House of Representatives this weekend. He took to Twitter Saturday to make his announcement.
Happy Monday, Miami. The Donuts! Fest returns this Thursday, bringing together the best doughnut shops from across South Florida for an evening of garnished dough and booze. MDoughW’s pastelito-and-cookie-dough collaboration returns to UberEats this Wednesday; a Versailles pastry is stuffed inside a thick sphere of dough and then delivered straight to your doorstep. If that’s not enough, celebrate National Paella Day all week at Bulla, where a variety of paella specials will be offered through Sunday.
Miami gets a double dose of energy when spring break and Ultra converge on our city.After the drinking and the dancing and the music wind down there’s one thing left: hunger. Sure, there are drive-through fast food chains and all-night diners, but if you’re craving something a little more unique (possibly with cocktails), here are five stories that can sate your late night cravings.
Enrique Iglesias and two of Spain’s most notable athletes — professional tennis player Rafael Nadal and the San Antonio Spurs’ Pau Gasol — were at the newly opened Miami location earlier this week to officially induct the iconic Spanish restaurant into the heart of Miami Beach’s Art Deco District. If it’s authentic Spanish tapas you’re after, Tatel Miami is the place.
Today is National Cocktail Day. Sure, it’s another made-up holiday, but any day that requires you to hoist a few drinks is worth celebrating. Plus, it’s Friday, which makes imbibing a no-brainer. So raise a glass to some of Miami’s best spots commemorating this day with special drinks and discounts…
While Ultra pulses away in downtown Miami, the food scene is really heating up. This weekend, find parties, festivals, and plenty of beer all around town. Start with the Slow Food Miami tasting party at the Nobu Eden Roc, or dine at the Wynwood Yard. Saturday, check out J. Wakefield’s limited-edition bottle releases, and Sunday, eat a bounty from the ocean at the Deering Seafood Festival in the afternoon before heading to Cochon 555 or the Saffron Supper Club in the evening. Weekend starts now!
Few things are more “Miami” than dining alfresco with unobstructed views of passing and parked megayachts. At the Deck at Island Gardens (888 MacArthur Cswy., Miami), Sundays are reserved for an opulent brunch buffet, which gives way to a swanky sunset party often carrying late into the evening.
It’s baaack! The Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition — better known as the Youth Fair — returns today for its 66th anniversary (which makes it probably older than your abuela) at the Fair Expo Center. The fair, which runs through April 16, features a midway filled with rides, animal exhibits, and entertainment, but we all know the main reason everyone goes: the glorious fair food.
Palm Beach County will gain a bit of hipster cred when restaurants located in New York City and Miami’s Wynwood open 123 Datura and Coyo Taco in West Palm Beach and Palm Beach.
The Sprung! Spring Beer Festival April 1 doesn’t highlight just the local craft brewing industry. It’s also an event meant to bring people together, says Tony Albelo. It’s why the event organizer decided to move the springtime festival from Peacock Park in Coconut Grove to the old RC Cola Plant in Wynwood last year. Relocating the fest to the home of so many Miami breweries, bars, and restaurants just made sense.
If you’re near the Wynwood Yard during breakfasttime, come hungry. The food, drink, and entertainment space now offers morning eats beginning at 10 a.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Koba Bowls and Yoko Matcha can be found whipping up health-conscious, breakfast-inspired bowls and small bites highlighting fresh fruits, vegetables, and other ingredients.
With nearly 200 licensed breweries, Florida is considered one of America’s fastest-growing states for craft breweries. The Florida Brewers Guild identifies a little more than 20 new breweries from Miami-Dade to Palm Beach County, but that number isn’t accurate if you count production and small-scale microbreweries with taprooms open to the public. Still, all the facts and figures become insignificant when you consider the big picture: Something special is happening here.
When Craig McBay, who owns Florida Keys Brewing Co. with his wife Cheryl, saw the email from Dogfish Head Brewery’s Sam Calagione regarding his Hogfish Amber, he was ecstatic. “I thought that Sam had tasted it. I was obviously excited. This is a beer that I’m proud of.”
Shuji Hiyakawa, former executive sushi chef of Kuro at the Hard Rock, is behind Miami’s newest fine-dining Japanese concept, Dashi. Housed inside the River Yacht Club, the restaurant opens Friday, March 24, blending art and taste with aesthetically-designed plates.
For years, procuring a proper Korean bibimbap meant shlepping 45 minutes north to Lauderhill’s Gabose, where the blistering-hot stone bowls come filled with sizzling rice topped with sweet-soy-braised beef, pickles, and raw egg yolk. But in late January, Mijin Lee opened Fuchai Chinese & Korean Kitchen…
This winter, JEY Hospitality — the team behind Rok:Brgr, PizzaCraft, TacoCraft, and Himmarhsee Public House — will add an 11th concept, Proper Sandwich Fine Meat & Provisions, to its growing roster.
Through a partnership with the Magic City’s king of Cuban fare — Versailles — Wolfe created a guava and cheese pastelito doughie, which stuffs the Versailles pastry inside thick sugar cookie dough and then dips it into crisp pastelito flakes. The concoction will be available exclusively on UberEats this Wednesday, March 22, and Thursday, March 23.
Sometime around 10 p.m., the fedora-wearing trumpet player inside the Coral Gables restaurant Son Cubano decides he’s had enough of slow-paced melodies and jumps into some driving salsa. Soon a dozen guayabera- and pantsuit-clad diners are on their feet and shaking their hips. It doesn’t take long before there’s a…
