Sanguich de Miami, a wildly popular Cuban sandwich shop, has returned to Little Havana — this time, for good. Last month, Sanguich’s co-owners, Daniel Figueredo and Rosa Romero, quietly opened a permanent storefront three blocks west of the spot where their original shipping container debuted last year. This Saturday, September 22, they’ll host a grand-opening celebration.
New Times’ Iron Fork has announced the MCs for this year’s culinary competitions. Miami celebrity chef Ralph Pagano and WSVN’s Belkys Nerey will MC this year’s fete Thursday, October 4, at the James L. Knight Center and Hyatt Regency Miami.
Garcia Nevett, a family-owned Venezuelan chocolate bar, is now open in South Miami. Find a slate of handmade gourmet confections, from matcha bonbons to s’mores bites and chocolate cake.
The next time your chocolate cravings kick in, Bon Chocolatiers in Bay Harbor Islands is happy to help. The newly opened all-vegan and kosher confectioner sells chocolate bars, chocolate pretzels, Rocher hazelnut, strawberry bark, pâte de fruit (fruit paste squares), and other sweet treats.
Amaize, a Venezuelan-inspired arepa bar, is now open in Aventura. The debut marks the concept’s fourth location, and a fifth is expected to open before year’s end in the food court at Sawgrass Mills in Sunrise.
In Miami Beach, there’s more to brunch than sparkling cocktails and eggs Benedict. In the past few months, a handful of restaurants have rolled out new menus and experiences, including churro French toast, roving beverage carts, and the city’s first-ever rooftop dog park.
To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, the Salty Donut will offer a limited-edition flan croughnut September 18 through 30.
This Friday, September 14, South Beach’s Bodega Taqueria y Tequila will unveil a food truck serving tacos, burritos, and churros in Wynwood every weekend.
Miami is a coastal town, which means meals call for a taste of the ocean. The freshest seafood can be pricey, which is why Miami Spice is the perfect time to indulge in shucked oysters, plump crab, and succulent shrimp. The promotion offers $23 lunch and $39 three-course dinner menus (tax, tip, and drinks are not included) at more than 200 participating eateries.
Inside a bright and airy space in Allapattah, Deco Coffee Co. roasts coffee, pours espresso drinks and guava mimosas, and serves beautifully plated toasts, salads, and sandwiches. The restaurant and coffee shop, located about a mile west of Wynwood, recently soft-opened and will officially open this Saturday, September 15.
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival returns February 20 through 24, 2019, for an extended weekend of star-studded events and dinners. In its 18th year, the festival hits two milestones. For the first time in its history, there will be more than 100 events, dinners, and seminars to choose from: 105 to be exact, which is significantly greater than last year’s event count of 94.
The fifth-annual Seed Food & Wine Week is set to return to Miami November 7 through 11 with a host of dinners, a tasting village, and many other events.
Names can make neighborhoods. Take, for instance, SoBe, Wynwood, MiMo, or Brickell. Simply hearing one of them conjures images, maybe of the beach, an iconic building, or a road lined with cars spitting out exhaust. Now, quickly, what do you imagine when you hear “Buena Vista”? We’ll do it for…
If you like a meal with a view, check out Addikt, perched on the 15th floor of the W Miami in Brickell. Created by Puerto Rican native Cristian Quiñones, the menu is an ode to his roots and travels. The chef has concocted dishes that represent a myriad of cultures and flavors.
Miami’s first ax-throwing lounge is set to open in downtown Miami. Extreme Axe Throwing Miami will offer eight throwing lanes with wooden targets in a 5,000-square-foot facility. The lounge, which is set to debut later this month, will allow groups of up to eight people share a lane. Four of the eight lanes will include interactive targets coded using a proprietary target technology.
Overlooking the Shore Club’s infinity pool, Diez y Seis is set to launch a weekend Mexican brunch party, complete with live music, a bottomless buffet, and tableside cocktails. The reoccurring event, which will happen every Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. after the launch Sunday, September 16, will feature a lineup of buffet-style fare from executive chef Jose Icardi, best known for opening the Argentine restaurant Leynia at the Delano.
Wynwood’s Love Life Wellness Center has branched out. The venue’s onsite café is now its own entity, Love Life Cafe, located down the street at 2616 NW Fifth Ave. The plant-based eatery is known for winning Seed Food + Wine Week’s Plant-Based Burger Battle in 2016, and the new café offers an of options, from salads to pizzas to burritos.
At the new Fixpresso in Coral Gables, everything — including cold-brew coffee, espresso drinks, and cinnamon buns — costs $2. Located in the space formerly occupied by Starbucks on the corner of Ponce de Leon Boulevard and Miracle Mile, Fixpresso is the first of its kind.
Downtown Dadeland, say hello to your new neighborhood watering hole. The Brass Tap opened this week inside the former World of Beer location, which abruptly shuttered in November 2017.
Café Grumpy is anything but what its name implies. The Brooklyn-based shop, which opened this summer in Coral Gables, serves coffee, tea, and local pastries in a welcoming and Wi-Fi-connected space.
Down south in the Redland, just a long stone’s throw from Krome Avenue and the Everglades, 350 cacao trees tower over Patch of Heaven Sanctuary, a 20-acre nature conservation site at 21900 SW 157th Ave. Dozens of yellow and orange oval pods filled with brown cacao beans hang from the…
In August, Miami welcomed one of the world’s most lauded chefs to the Miami area. Michelin-starred Thomas Keller opened the Surf Club Restaurant, a nod to traditional dining in an opulent setting. Beloved neighborhood seafood spot Captain Jim’s returned, and Joe’s Take Away opened to sate our summer cravings.
