This past Friday, Magic City Casino was filled with a thousand croqueta lovers for the fourth-annual Croquetapalooza, a celebration of Miami’s favorite snack. The event, founded by Burger Beast blogger Sef Gonzalez, saw more than two dozen of Miami’s best-loved restaurants vying for the titles of “best croqueta” and “best frita.”
A new late-night service is whipping up brownies (no, not that kind) and delivering them to local college students around the Florida International University and University of Miami campuses.
Miami is ever-evolving. And, while the summer is generally slow for restaurant openings, as the weather (finally) cools, the city’s restaurant scene heats up. Here are five restaurants to look forward to.
Bocas House, a Venezuelan-Peruvian restaurant based in Doral, has officially opened a third location, in Coral Gables. The concept, known for large portions and indulgent milkshakes, is part of Bocas Group Corporation, led by César González and Levin De Grazia.
Plomo, Miracle Mile’s first tequila and taco bar that debuted this summer, is now open for brunch Saturday and Sunday. Created by the Atomic Group, known for popular Coral Gables eateries such as Crema Gourmet Espresso Bar and Copper 29, this Mexican-inspired lounge offers bottomless mimosas and sangria paired with a selection of Latin-influenced brunch plates.
Thursday, October 5, New Times’ Iron Fork will return for its tenth anniversary with delicious food and a showdown between two of Miami’s finest chefs. Tacology’s Santiago Gomez will face off against Beaker & Gray’s Brian Nasajon in a competition hosted by chef Allen Susser.
Last month, federal agents and Florida state police joined forces in Miami to crack down on slotting fees, or the practice of paying retailers to prominently place a product. In this case, they were investigating local beer distributors, according to sources interviewed by New Times.
BLT Steak, known to serve some of the best beef, seafood, and popovers in Miami, will reopen in September inside the new Iberostar Berkeley Hotel, previously the Berkeley Shore Hotel, in South Beach. An exact date is expected in the next few days.
Bird & Bone, chef Richard Hales’ Southern restaurant inside the Confidante, has one of the best-valued Spice lunches. The three-course meal, which includes many of Hales’ most popular plates, offers about a 30 percent discount compared to a regularly priced lunch at the restaurant.
If you’re obsessed with Miami’s taco scene, you won’t want to miss New Times’ Tacolandia, presented by Goya. On Saturday, November 18, from 3 to 6 p.m., Wynwood’s Soho Studios will turn into a veritable taco-filled theme park serving unlimited taco samples from 30 of Miami’s best restaurants, including Amour de Miami, Plomo, and Tacology.
There was a time in Miami when artisanal bread didn’t quite exist. However, in the past few years, the Magic City has embraced culinary wonders such as Zak the Baker, True Loaf, and Madruga Bakery. Now there’s a new baker in town. James Beard Award-winning baker, chef, and author Jim Lahey has opened an outpost of New York’s Sullivan Street Bakery near Little Haiti.
Venezuelan chef Carlos Garcia announced he will open a much-anticipated outpost in Miami this fall. Garcia, whose elegant restaurant in Caracas, Alto, has held a coveted spot on Latin America’s World’s 50 Best Restaurants list since 2013, says his Brickell place, Obra Kitchen Table, will offer simpler, humbler fare.
It’s just after 8 a.m. on a weekday when the sun begins pouring into Bakery Café Restaurant (8250 NE Second Ave., Miami; 305-322-6127), a compact place at one end of an orange-stucco strip mall that’s topped with a sloping Spanish-tile roof. Inside, 32-year-old Merline Toussaint’s day is just beginning. Her…
In September, Top Chef alums Janine Booth and Jeff McInnis will open Stiltsville Fish Bar, an upscale seafood shack in Miami Beach’s Sunset Harbour.
Nestled in the heart of downtown Coral Gables is the historic, ivy-covered Hotel St. Michel. In March, an Italian restaurant named Zucca opened inside the boutique inn, modernizing the 1920s-esque space with a swank cocktail bar and a chic dining room. Recently, the restaurant debuted Sunday brunch, featuring a large…
It’s hard to imagine a chef whose culinary creations are more aesthetically appealing than Matthew Kenney’s. The vegan master is know for nutrient-dense, deliciously fresh dishes with a rainbow-hued aesthetic that makes them ideal fodder for the Instagram-obsessed. His newest eatery, Plnthouse at the 1 Hotel South Beach, is an…
A swift scroll through Instagram typically shows four kinds of photos: selfies, babies, sunsets, and food. Every now and then, your eyes widen, mouth salivates, and stomach growls. It’s more than food porn; it’s an architectural wonder in the form of a milkshake.
When the Palace Bar closed after an energy-fueled July Fourth celebration, Miami Beach lost more than a bar: It lost a major gathering place for the city’s LGBT community and a spot where everyone and anyone was united in their love of a good party.
New Times researched the list of newcomers to Miami Spice and handpicked the ten best restaurants to try. It’s good to note that some of them are new, while others are merely new to Spice this year. As always, menus are subject to change with availability and seasonality, and reservations are suggested.
La Centrale, the Italian-themed food hall tucked into the billion-dollar Brickell City Centre, will include a handful of eateries that draw inspiration from different regions of Italy, along with a spot for Neapolitan pizzas and a 5,000-square-foot grab-and-go café replete with cheeses, breads, and all manner of Italian products.
New Times’ Iron Fork returns for its tenth anniversary with delicious food and a showdown between two of Miami’s finest chefs. It’ll all go down Thursday, October 5, when Tacology’s Santiago Gomez will face off against Beaker & Gray’s Brian Nasajon in an epic battle of fire, blades, and cunning at the Hyatt Regency Miami.
Ortelio Cárdenas, better known to Miami, the world, and former President Barack Obama, as El Mago de Las Fritas returned to his Flagami cafeteria for work last week after undergoing a double bypass surgery two months ago.
