Nusret Gökçe didn’t want to see any female servers on the floor of his Brickell Avenue restaurant while he was in town to dramatically sprinkle salt onto high-priced steaks, according to a complaint recently filed with the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (EEOC).
Nearly two years after announcing it would open on NE Second Avenue at 84th Street, the Citadel is scheduled to debut sometime in February. This past weekend, the food hall celebrated its imminent arrival with a block party that brought street closures, live music performances, some of the city’s best restaurants, and a group of protesters decrying the rebranding and gentrification of the area.
The restaurant combines chef Michelle Bernstein’s take on traditional Cuban fare with the cocktails of Julio Cabrera. La Trova is set to officially open Monday, January 28, but diners wanting a sneak peek can grab a well-made rum old-fashioned and some croquetas this weekend.
Weekends at the Sacred Space in Wynwood are idyllic. Add in a handful of plant-based brunch dishes from Plant Miami, and you’ve got an ideal early-afternoon outing.
Michael Lewis and Steven Haigh, the founders of Wynwood’s Kyu, are opening a second restaurant together. Unlike their Asian-American barbecue place, which recently earned a coveted spot on OpenTable’s 100 Best Restaurants in America 2018 list, Lewis and Haigh’s new concept is centered around breakfast and brunch. Hatching sometime in spring 2019, Laid…
South Beach just got another restaurant-lounge hybrid. Myn-Tu, named for its relation to nightspot Mynt, opened with walls of lighted mirrors, a DJ, and global fare. The eatery is the work of entrepreneur Romain Zago, managing partner for sister venue Mynt Lounge, with which the restaurant shares a wall…
Mark your calendars: This weekend is the 13th-annual International Chocolate Festival at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.
Though based in California, Michael Mina has had a long relationship with Miami. For the past decade, the chef has owned and operated restaurants such as Bourbon Steak, Stripsteak, and Pizza & Burger. Now, he’s opening International Smoke, a barbecue concept. The 200-seat restaurant, opening at Aventura Mall’s Outdoor Oasis area…
It’s unclear when Jan. 18 was declared National Peking Duck day, or by who. Still, a day dedicated to a dish that’s been the delight of Beijing for eons is preferable to most food holidays.
The Salty Donut’s legendary sticky-bun doughnut with Knaus Berry Farm will make a comeback at the Wynwood shop on Tuesday, January 23, for almost two weeks.
Seaspice’s weekend brunch has been revamped with new dishes and a bottomless Whispering Angel rosé option for $35 per person.
With a three-year anniversary on the horizon, Michael Beltran says he and his team have learned many things since opening Ariete. The most important lesson: Be authentic to your mission.
Local universities’ efforts to bring full tuition-paying students from Asia to Miami has paid dividends to the city’s restaurant scene, adding a bevy of eateries serving previously unseen Chinese cuisine. Hi Pot is the latest to join the bunch with delicate chicken broths filled with wildly diverse toppings that arrive bubbling in a cauldron thanks to an underlying lump of Sterno.
Flowers and floral arrangements are an integral part of the decor at most restaurants. They can be subtle, quiet, almost unnoticeable, save for a delicate fragrance. They can be loud, egocentric and pungent, stealing your attention as you’re escorted to your table.
Mark your calendar: Dessert Wars is scheduled to return Saturday, February 2, with more than 20,000 sweets.
Inside the Gianni’s Suite at the Versace Mansion, Sushi by Bou, an intimate four-seat sushi bar, will debut Monday, February 4 with a self-service sake machine, a fireplace, and 60-minute omakase experiences.
In a few months, Miami will gain its first-ever croqueta bar when Dos Croquetas opens a shop in Miami’s Westchester neighborhood.
It’s Saturday morning, and Courtney León is standing behind jars full of cookies under a blue-and-white-striped tent at the Coconut Grove Farmers Market (3300 Grand Ave., Miami; 305-238-7747). For the past four years, she’s been garnering a loyal customer base through her organic, gluten-free, vegan, and low-glycemic baked goods…
Weeks after hosting a monthlong Christmas-themed pop-up bar, Fado Irish Pub, a neighborhood watering hole in Mary Brickell Village, has abruptly closed.
For years, Top Chef has been a platform for culinary professionals to show their stuff and jump-start their careers. Jeremy Ford won Season 13 of the competition and went on to open Stubborn Seed in Miami Beach, and chefs Jeff McInnis, Janine Booth, Kenny Gilbert, and Nina Compton are but a few of the show’s contestants who have garnered major success despite not winning the coveted title.
Hey Miami, if you missed Geoffrey Zakarian’s fabulous brunch at his South Beach restaurant, Tudor House, there’s good news.On Sunday, the celebrity chef will launch the Royal Brunch at his Point Royal restaurant inside the Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood.
Miami will see the opening of yet another food hall next week when the Lincoln Eatery drops anchor in South Beach.
