Thanksgiving — the day when friends and family gather to enjoy a bountiful meal filled with good food — is upon us. Of course, reality sets in and things happen: The turkey overcooks, your drunk uncle shows up, or someone forgets to bring dessert. To make sure things run smoothly,…
New Times’ Tacolandia, offering unlimited tacos, will happen tomorrow! The tortilla-stuffed extravaganza will take place at Soho Studios Saturday, November 18, from 3 to 6 p.m. Miami’s best restaurants will serve unlimited tacos, including vegan and vegetarian options from Milty’s Gourmet Catering & Events, Fresh Guacamole, Pilo’s Street Tacos, and Tijuana Flats.
Stiltsville Fish Bar, an upscale seafood shack created by Top Chef alums Jeff McInnis and Janine Booth, will debut brunch Saturday, November 18. The à la carte meal, which will be offered every Friday through Sunday, highlights an assortment of sweet and savory seafood and Southern-inspired items.
Christmas has returned to Miami with festive decorations and one particular elixir: Coquito or “little coconut”. Each holiday season, the traditional Puerto Rican holiday beverage gets passed around in offices and among friends and neighbors. It so happens that the founder of Wynwood Brewing Company, Luis Brignoni, is a Boricua himself, and was inspired by the eggnog-like drink for the brewery’s upcoming seasonal release. Coqui-To is a limited-edition milk stout aged in rum barrels, finished with toasted coconut, vanilla beans, cinnamon and cloves.
A list of restaurants and markets offering to-go packages for Thanksgiving.
This weekend, an outpost of the Belgian bakery chain Le Pain Quotidien will open in Coconut Grove, the Salty Donut will release limited-edition boozy doughnuts, New Times will host Tacolandia, Jeremiah Bullfrog’s P.I.G. 8 will return, and Concrete Beach will launch its seasonal beer, Deck the Walls.
On Saturday, the Salty Donut is getting bubbly with the launch of two booze-infused doughnuts. Through a partnership with Santa Margherita USA, the Wynwood shop will release limited-edition batches of rose- and a prosecco-flavored doughnuts using wines from the Miami-based Italian importer.
To get you thirsty for the weekend, New Times food editor Laine Doss will discuss the various expressions of Herradura tequila live from Cabo Flats at Dolphin Mall with the cantina’s mixologist today, November 16, at 4:30 p.m.
Thanksgiving dinners served at Miami and Miami Beach restaurants.
Following a split with Phuket “Cake” Thongsodchaveondee, restaurateurs Javier Ramirez and Leo Monterrey debated what to do with their space on NW 29th Street in Wynwood. They considered keeping a Thai kitchen but eventually settled on classic renditions of Cantonese fare in an area where Richard Hales’ Blackbrick Chinese has long been the lone option.
Le Pain Quotidien, the Belgian bakery chain that offers fresh, organic breads, is set to open its first Florida location in Coconut Grove this Friday, November 17.
Beginning at midnight tonight and continuing through midnight Friday, people can log on to the Give Miami Day website to donate to any number of local charities.
Chain restaurants get a bad rap because many serve cheap meals made with overly processed ingredients. It might be hard to believe, but quite a few chain restaurants, specializing in all kinds of interesting gastronomical niches, are more than decent. It just so happens lots of them aren’t in Miami. Here are a dozen of them that we’re dying to see in South Florida.
Stephen’s Restaurant, the oldest operating deli in Miami-Dade, has closed for renovation. The Hialeah eatery is now under the ownership of Matt Kuscher of Kush Hospitality, which is known for popular concepts such as Kush, Lokal, Vicky’s, and the Spillover.
After months of delay, Crazy Poke is now open. The fast-casual restaurant, located in Wynwood, joins similar concepts, including Ono, Baja Bao, PokéBao, and Poké 305, which opened this year.
At Washington Avenue’s Stubborn Seed, homemade buttermilk glosses the bottom of a dish. Raw, dense slices of Hawaiian kajiki, also known as blue marlin, are added along with jalapeño paste culled from fermented and dried peppers. There’s also a purée of Japanese seaweed and ginger perfumed with tarragon. Sour apple…
Planta, a Toronto restaurant that offers plant-based meals and burgers, is set to open its first U.S. location in South Beach. The restaurant is expected to debut in early 2018 in partnership with David Grutman, the Miami hospitality entrepreneur best known for LIV at the Fontainebleau, OTL in the Design District, and Komodo in Brickell.
According to a recent study by Yelp, here are Miami’s five favorite pumpkin spice eats and drinks.
The Craftsman, a New York City bar, lounge, and sandwich spot, has set up a temporary location inside the former Brother Jimmy’s BBQ space in Mary Brickell Village.
This week, the Miami Book Fair will offer a bevy of food- and drink-related events, Essensia will host this month’s Snail Social with complimentary hors d’oeuvres, Daily/Nightly’s daiquiri bar will pop up at the Standard, and Piccolo Ristorante will cook a Thanksgiving-themed wine-pairing dinner.
Feeling a bit of wanderlust but can’t afford a ticket to Italy or don’t have the vacation days for a week in Japan? Take in the flavors of your favorite country during brunch. Try an Asian dim sum brunch or an beefy Argentine-inspired meal.These five Miami restaurants offer up the best in International brunches and no passport is required.
Ready or not, the holidays are upon us. If you’re looking for something more festive than the office Christmas party, take everyone to New Times’ Sips and Sweets.
