Executives at Chick-fil-A had these days circled on their calendars long ago: It was to be Spicy Chicken Biscuit Premiere Week, a public-relations-sparked rollout of the company’s most exciting offering since last year’s Spicy Chicken Sandwich. Then on Tuesday, Good As You broke the news that the chicken chain is…
Daniel Buss, who has served as executive sous chef and resort chef at Fairmont Turnberry Isles Resort since 2008, has been promoted to the executive chef position. The Canadian-born Buss has 20 years of culinary experience under his belt. He specializes in French-style cuisine, having previously opened the 5-Diamond Fairmont…
The new 1500 Degrees, unveiled in October as the final piece in the Eden Roc Renaissance’s $220 million renovation, dubs its menu “farm-to-table eating, with a heavy steakhouse sensibility.” That’s as good a self-description as you’ll get from a restaurant. Executive chef Paula DaSilva spent a decade as Dean James…
Want to get your man to propose? Well, beer and wings will surely help. And apparently that’s what the minds behind Ring Finger Studio in Midtown thought too. On January 13, from 7 to 9 p.m. the recently opened boutique will hold “Beer, Rings and Wings: A Post Holiday Event…
Get your bike ready and head out to Brickell Metrorail station (1001 SW First Avenue) on January 8 for a food truck crawl. This month’s Critical Mass, organized by Emerge Miami, will take bikers for a taste of five local food trucks. Departing at 10 a.m., bikers will stop at…
Dude. Tuesdays at the Biscayne Triangle Truck Round-up are fuckin’ awesome. Lots of trucks. Lots of people. Lots of all different types of food. People brought their dogs. People brought their bikes. The on-duty cops hung out by the doughnut truck all night. It was a cool, beautiful Miami night…
That’s twelve bucks for an entree and choice of chips/salsa and sparkling water, or fruit sorbet and hibiscus iced tea. “In and out in less than one hour” is the claim behind this new lunch deal at the popular Coral Gables Mexican restaurant. Talavera’s signature huarache grill selections will be…
It’s been almost three years since McDonald’s has introduced a new breakfast offering, but it isn’t as though the company was sitting still. Since 2008, Mickey D’s Research & Development teams have spared no time or expense to come up with the next big breakfast item. And once the great…
Ever since LeBron James posted a picture of his gigantic birthday cake on Twitter, everyone has been making a big stink about it. The people behind the showy, five-tier cake work at Divine Delicacies Custom Cakes, a family-owned company that opened in Miami in 2001.Most of the company’s business comes…
If you’re not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter, here’s a taste of what you’re missing. Click here to subscribe.Food trucks, food trucks, food trucks. You may be tired of hearing about them, fatigued from keeping up with their every move and still trying to figure out…
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In this city of cookie-cutter architecture and assembly line cosmetic enhancements, “classic” is usually dismissed as “old.” S&S Diner, appropriately situated inside Allen’s Drug Store in South Miami, is an apple-pie-sweet respite from an otherwise cold, harsh reality…at least for those of us who still consider the word “old” to…
Yesterday was the first working day of the year and many resolutions went into effect. But come 5 p.m. you may decide the “giving up sweets” resolution was no good. Fortunately, just when you thought the holidays were over and there would be no more cookies, cakes or sweets for…
Top bites of 2010 at Food for Thought, The Chowfather and Miami Restaurant Power Rankings.Sakaya Kitchen’s blog rates the bloggers that wrote about the restaurant in 2010.Chadzilla prepares fried tripe.Redland Rambles writes about a new documentary about organic foods.French Fry Fairy samples fries in Minnesota.South Florida Food and Wine interviews…
Miami and Los Angeles are atop the basketball world. But the heat is rising between these East and West Coast cities in another way as well. They are home to two of the nation’s most prominent Cuban bakeries. LA’s Porto’sThis family-owned operation opened in 1960 and has three locations: Burbank,…
The Picnic is over. The restaurant on 20th Street in the Sunset Harbor neighborhood of South Beach might have been able to overcome its questionable concept (Brunch…It’s what’s for dinner!), and even its weird menu (fried bologna sandwiches, mac & cheese spring rolls with gouda sauce, etc.), had it been…
For you slackers who decided to throw impromptu New Year’s Eve parties at the last possible minute, we’ve got an awesome recipe that’s quick, easy to make, and totally appropriate for the holiday from the “Godfather of Nuevo Latino cuisine,” Chef Doug Rodriguez. Of course, if you change your mind about…
Tonight is the big night and many new year’s revelers will be hitting South Beach and spend obscene amounts of money on all access club passes and overpriced meals. If your purse strings are tied, you can follow tradition (or superstition) and stick to some tried and true food rituals…
Well, it’s the last day of the year and it’s safe to say Miami saw some great additions to its restaurant scene, including a few notable ones in the last month of 2010. Following are notable openings and closings in December (or before and not included in our November restaurant…
Check out yesterday’s blog for the first part of our interview with horticultural therapist Robert Bornstein.New Times: What other topics do you cover?Robert Bornstein: Today I did a class on old fashioned home remedies.Was it for seniors?Yeah.Can you tell me a tip you shared?Mangos and starfruit have great fiber. It…
New Year’s Eve is T-Minus a few hours away. Whether the party is at your buddy’s crib or at a club on the beach, one thing is for sure — Champagne! Popping bottles is a celebratory ritual practiced all over the world on December 31. But what do you do when…
Let’s start with the 24:75. That’s a cocktail concocted from Beefeater 24, Sencha tea syrup (recipe follows), lemon juice and champagne. Beefeater 24 is a new gin infused with two types of rare tea. It’s only in limited markets right now, and Miami is one of them — The Florida…
