Restaurants

Save yourself from Miami’s blistering heat by celebrating National Ice Cream Day on Sunday, July 15, with a number of sweet deals.

Inside the Palms Hotel & Spa is its resident restaurant, Essensia, where locally sourced ingredients take center stage on a Caribbean-inspired menu. Recently, the farm-to-table eatery, which focuses on slow food in a relaxed environment, enlisted Ilde Ferrer to serve as chef de cuisine. With more than two decades of…

If you’re a little tapped out in the cash department, head over to Chick-fil-A today for a free meal… with a catch: You have to dress up like a cow.

Inside a commercial kitchen off North Miami Avenue in midtown, a beefy block of Wagyu brisket brines for six days in a dark brew of brown sugar, honey, black pepper, and mustard seed. Dried and rubbed in white pepper, the brick-like slab of meat is left unwrapped inside a walk-in…

Summer has started in Miami, bringing the season of thunderstorms, humidity, and scorching temperatures. Why not start planning ahead to autumn with its cooler evenings and New Times‘ Iron Fork? Tickets are now on sale for the 11th annual New Times’ Iron Fork event on Thursday, October 4.

Beginning Sunday, July 8, Malibu Farm will kick off brunch service from noon to 4 p.m. with frosé, breakfast sandwiches, and wood-fired pizzas.

Miami Spice returns this August with prix fixes at some of the area’s best restaurants for the reduced price of $23 for lunch and brunch and $39 for dinner. Running from August 1 through September 30, the program started 17 years ago as a way to promote Miami’s restaurants to visitors and locals. Since its inception, the program has grown to include hundreds of participating restaurants.

Move over dairy-milk desserts. Ice Dream Parlor is bringing plant-based sweet treats to Miami residents starting July 7. The newest addition to VShops, Coconut Grove’s all-vegan food hall, Ice Dream will offer sundaes, banana splits, floats, milkshakes, malts, and an assortment of ice creams including at least one locally made flavor…

If you like burgers, you have to come out to New Times’ Burgerfest. On Saturday, July 7, Soho Studios turns into the ultimate burger party. From 6 to 9 p.m., enjoy unlimited helpings of South Florida’s best burgers, such as veggie varieties, traditional beef, fritas, and other creations. To whet…

In a time when convenience and fresh ingredients are revered, P.Pole Pizza on Miracle Mile has only two offerings and two prices: a cheese pizza for $7 and a pizza packed with your choice of ingredients for $9. The pizzaiolos roll out the dough but there’s none of the traditional tossing. After…

Serafina, an iconic New York City Italian restaurant chain, is bustling inside Aventura Mall. Opened this past February, a recent Saturday evening included a live DJ, a roaming magician, and platters of truffle focaccia, steaming pastas, and generously poured wines.

Around midnight on a humid summer night in 2017, about 60 customers — some drunk, some sober, some college students, some senior citizens — swirled around the Southwest Miami-Dade storefront of Night Owl Cookie Co. (10534 SW Eighth St., Miami; nightowlcookieco.com). The line had been moving steadily all evening as…

Miami’s restaurant scene grew by leaps and bounds this past month with a score of new eateries and bars opening. Notable names include a second Katsuya at the SLS Lux Brickell, M House in Coral Gables, and Wall’s Ice Cream at the Burger Beast Museum. Veteran South Miami restaurant Georges on Sunset closed its doors. In the coming months, look forward to new breweries such as Descarga and Unseen Creatures and food halls like Time Out Market and Lincoln Eatery.

In downtown Miami, Zuma recently opened a secret indoor-outdoor bar that can only be reached with an invitation. The private speakeasy allows up to 20 customers to sip limited-edition cocktails and snack on small Asian-inspired bites before or after their meal. At the Oshinobi bar, which translates to “incognito” in…

July Fourth weekend starts now, and New Times is celebrating with a special summer kickoff sale. Beginning today, you can purchase general-admission tickets to the upcoming BurgerFest shindig for only $25. But hurry — this outstanding offer is good only through this Sunday, July 1, at 10 p.m. After that, general-admission ticket prices will return to $40 each.

No need to book that trip to Italy. Instead, visit Brickell City Centre’s La Centrale this weekend for an Italian-style bistro brunch. Snack on homemade pastries while sipping a cappuccino and contemplating an order of the osso buco Benedict or the avocado toast with sautéed zucchini.

Fourth of July is right around the corner, and there’s nothing more American than celebrating with a burger and beer. But with all the wonderful craft beer options and burger varieties, how do you know the best pairing that will enhance the experience without your brew overpowering your meal?

Hold off on that plane ticket to Europe. Monday, July 2, M House will open in downtown Coral Gables, bringing a menu rooted in Italian, Spanish, Turkish, and Greek cuisines.

Less than a month ago, Wynwood gained an outpost of the 15-year-old Washington, D.C.-based Italian restaurant Sette Osteria. The eatery serves a robust selection of house-made pastas, pizzas, and larger entrées, along with dozens of wines.

The 11th-annual New Times’ Iron Fork will take place Thursday, October 4, at the James L. Knight Center and Hyatt Regency in downtown Miami. Presale tickets are available now.

Miami Spice returns this August with prix fixes at some of the finest restaurants for the reduced price of $23 for lunch and brunch and $39 for dinner. Spice, which runs August 1 through September 30 and is returning for its 17th year, is designed to encourage visitors and locals to explore new restaurants and visit old favorites by providing discounted three-course meals…

The newest spot to make its way into Wynwood’s diverse culinary lineup is all about the bowls and rolls. CombinAsian is a plant-based eatery from co-owners Ruth Kim and Damion Codrington that specializes in meatless eats inspired by the couple’s heritages. “Because I am Korean and he is from Trinidad…