Part of what makes visiting a local brewery’s taproom so special is the draft lineup: there’s usually something on tap you can’t find in stores, or many of the local craft beer bars, for that matter. But what about when you want to take some of it home? Well, that’s what bottle releases are for. They don’t happen
Last year’s Drink Miami Hostel transformed the Freehand’s rooms into mini cocktail experiences where guests were entertained and educated by some of the industry’s best bartenders and brand managers. This year, organizers Gabriel Urrutia, Giovanny Gutierrez, and Matt Hirsch bring Drink Miami Hostel back to the Freehand from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 24.
Spring is well underway, which means Miamians are rapidly preparing for the unrelenting heat and humidity of our most tropical season. The good news is, while you’re sizzling outside, Miami’s best bars and restaurants are here to cool you down with the season’s most refreshing and bright cocktails. Here are the top five beverages to revive you during the looming annual heat wave.
Niven and Shivani Patel’s Ghee Indian Kitchen began welcoming its first guests earlier this month and already the much-anticipated place has become one of the city’s hardest reservations. There were no two tops available this past Saturday. I was able to sneak in on Tuesday night, where by 8 p.m. the place was packed out like the towering shelves filled with spices and preserve that line one the concrete walls.
Happy Friday, Miami. Enjoy what’s new in town, including Concrete Beach Brewery’s birthday celebration, Mexican Shabbat at the Wynwood Yard, New Times’ Out to Brunch at Soho Studios, and Pizza Zoo at Sidebar.
Tap 42 has announced the opening date for its midtown Miami restaurant. The newest addition to the Tap & Co. family, Tap 42, located on the corner of NE 33rd Street and First Avenue, will officially open for business Saturday, May 20
Today, May 18, is a holiday that pretty much everyone will want to celebrate: National No Dirty Dishes Day.
This weekend, forget Sunday brunch. On Saturday, May 20, more than 30 restaurants will unite for Miami’s biggest and tastiest brunch party of the year. There’s still time to purchase tickets that will guarantee unlimited bites and bubbly from restaurants like Glass & Vine, the Raleigh, and the Rusty Pelican at New Times’ Out to Brunch party that takes place from noon to 3 p.m. at Soho Studios in Wynwood,
Finding new recipes to brew is a pastime for pretty much all zythophiles, including John Falco from Lincoln’s Beard Brewing Company, who recently teamed up with local attorney Josh Hubner to put an original Florida style of beer back on tap in Miami’s beer scene.
Do you know how to hula? Want to learn to play the ukulele and drink lots of rum? You can do it all at this year’s 2017 Hukilau in Fort Lauderdale, considered one of the world’s largest and most authentic celebrations of tiki culture, cocktails, art, and music. The event returns to the Mai-Kai June 7 through 11, and this year the party promises longer hours, more events, and cocktails from pop-up bars and sponsors included with all weekend passes.
Kiki on the River is one of the year’s most anticipated openings in Miami, and after kicking things off with lunch, the eatery has officially commenced dinner service. With a prime location overlooking the Miami River, Kiki boasts spectacular waterfront views in a charming garden setting. It’s particularly idyllic after the sun sets, when lanterns and string lights give the restaurant a mythical glow.
Steve Santana’s Taquiza and David Bracha’s beloved Brickell seafood spot The River Seafood & Oyster Bar will join the likes of Stanzione 87, Bianco Gelato, Myumi, a Threefold Café project, and Cake Thai in the food hall inside the Citadel, a 60,000-square-foot food hall, market, and workspace set to open some time in the winter of 2017-2018.
Dimitris Harvalis knows almost every island of his native Greece. “We used to visit a different one each holiday,” he explains. But that wasn’t the true inspiration behind his Mediterranean restaurant, Elia Gourmet. His grandmother Cornelia was.
Miami’s juice bar craze continues this week as Raw Juce unveils its third Miami-Dade storefront in less than a year. The Palm Beach-based juice and smoothie bar will open in a Coral Gables strip mall (1430 S. Dixie Hwy.) Thursday, May 18, steps from Shake Shack, Green Monkey Yoga, and Spring Chicken.
Late last month, Enriqueta’s Sandwich Shop owner José Plá quietly pushed the closing time of his humble NE Second Avenue operation from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Though this change might not mean much to the place’s huge breakfast and lunch crowd, it’s some of the most interesting news to come to Edgewater since its denizens learned just how much of the area was controlled by one Russian billionaire. It also means the ballooning populations in midtown and Edgewater can now grab an early dinner at Enriqueta’s.
Miami has no shortage of brunch spots, but a restaurant with a seafood-inspired menu is, ironically, a rarity. But on Saturday, May 20, at New Times’ Out to Brunch, where more than 30 restaurants will unite for an extravaganza offering unlimited brunch bites and bubbly, the Rusty Pelican will whip up crab huevos rancheros paired with sweet cocktails.
Deme Lomas is a slender 35-year-old Catalonian with luminescent blue-gray eyes and slick hair. Just before the dinner rush on a recent weekday afternoon, he cuts a small heap of thymus glands into bite-size pieces and drops them into boiling water. After five minutes, when they’re about half-done, he pulls them out and plunges them into an ice-filled tub.
Miamians have a reputation for spending the day poolside with a glass of rosé and then dancing till the break of dawn. At some point, however, all of that partying takes its toll. That’s when we break out the juice.
Move over, Anthony Bourdain. Miami’s Jeremiah Bullfrog is headed to Complex Networks with his own cutting-edge, travelogue cooking show, which debuts May 15.
American Craft Beer Week (ACBW) is May 15 through 21: seven days dedicated to the people and culture of the industry in the U.S., including South Florida. This year, breweries and bars across the region will host a variety of events, including beer-pairing dinners, releases, anniversary parties, and tap takeovers.
Happy Monday, Miami. Enjoy what’s new in town this week, including the opening of Venezuelan-American gastropub Edukos in Little Havana, a daiquiri competition at Lilt Lounge, craft beer week at the Rusty Bucket, a chocolate and art show at Wynwood Warehouse Project, and a wine and spirits dinner at BLT Prime Doral.
Being a mom is a tough job that requires heavy lifting, wiping away tears, and pulling out your wallet on a regular basis. The only payback? Mother’s Day! This Sunday, it’s time to show mom you care about her with flowers, candy, and brunch. If you haven’t made plans, there’s still time. From donuts delivered to her doorstep to a brunch complete with bottomless mimosas, here’s everything you need to show your first true love that she means more to you than the occasional $20 loan.
