High-school-pals-turned-tea-men Tico Aran and Michael Ortiz want to make the world a better place with tea. For the past year, the two guys behind JoJo Tea have been striving toward that goal three days a week inside their ascetic, tea-tasting speakeasy on Le Jeune Road. The $25 tea experience provides a moment of pause in an otherwise overwhelming world.
Three, Norman Van Aken’s new restaurant inside the Wynwood Arcade, is now open for Sunday brunch. The James Beard Award-winning chef, considered the founding father of New World cuisine, opened the space this past November. Along with it came No. 3 Social, Wynwood’s first rooftop bar and lounge…
Miami’s winter months are usually a hotbed of activity for restaurant openings and the first month of January proved no exception. Over a dozen notable openings occurred including Daniel Boulud’s Boulud Sud and Michael Schwartz’s Amara at Paraiso. The venerable Miami chef and James Beard winner also celebrated the opening…
In the kitchen of a tidy apartment near the Miami River, two half-eaten pies sit alone on the top shelf of a sturdy stainless-steel refrigerator. Forks are wedged in like shovels in the dirt of a gold mine. One is a key lime pie from Joe’s Stone Crab, the other…
Inside the Betsy Hotel, a newly opened pizzeria called the Alley serves everything bagel pies and panettone French toast for brunch on Saturday and Sunday. The restaurant is the latest concept from chef Laurent Tourondel, who is also behind the Betsy’s LT Steak & Seafood. Located in the hotel’s 14th…
Captain Jim’s Seafood Market Restaurant, the beloved North Miami go-to for fresh fish and stone crabs, has been purchased by David Garcia of La Camaronera fame.
Soraya Kilgore has finally launched her pink-hued palace of ice cream. MadLove Creamery opened in the Design District’s Palm Court yesterday, serving gourmet soft serve, Japanese cheesecake, and house-made chocolate bark. Kilgore is best known as the pastry chef for Alter and Brava at the Arsht Center, with both kitchens…
Dewey LoSasso is one of Miami’s most beloved chefs, but what many Miamians don’t know is that he’s also an accomplished guitarist.The chef, who loves to make music as much as a great dish, will participate in Taste of Design in the Design District’s Paradise Plaza on Friday, January 26, from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. to benefit Miami’s Design and Architecture Senior High School (DASH).
An Instagrammer’s weekend at Mar-a-Lago, deemed the “Winter White House” by some, was apparently spoiled when she was offered caviar with plastic spoons, thereby proving what most of the world already knows: Donald Trump wouldn’t know true luxury if it slapped him with an Hermès Birkin bag.
Hidden from the glittering chandeliers of the Fontainebleau Miami Beach’s lobby, almost $2 million worth of high-grade beef slowly decomposes each year. Find it by escaping the hotel’s foyer through a camouflaged door and descending a short staircase into a hallway with piping and wires running overhead. Snaking through the…
Harry and Michelle Coleman have a simple mission for Empanada Harry’s, which opened in April 2017: Offer gourmet versions of the Venezuelan pastries they’ve loved for years.
It’s been more than a year since Shuji Hiyakawa announced the opening of his first solo venture, Wabi Sabi. The restaurant, which offers upscale fast-casual sushi bowls and a juice bar, has finally opened on NE 79th Street in Miami.
Chef Daniel Boulud’s Mediterranean-themed Boulud Sud opened a week ago at the JW Marriott Marquis Miami with fare from some of the world’s most beautiful places.
Miamians have a love affair with brunch. After all, it’s the one time during our busy week that we can meet friends over delicious food and a few drinks.If brunching has become something akin to a “sport”, then New Times’ Out to Brunch is its championships.
Just open a little more than a month, Pepitería 13 is alive with people munching on pepitos, the sandwich served on nearly every street corner in Venezuela.
A generous slice of salmon is cooked sous vide and flash-heated for a minute inside a wood-fired oven. The fish is heavily coated in a crunchy everything-bagel seasoning and then perched on a plate of the French white cheese fromage blanc, smeared in the shape of a half-moon. A tangy…
Miami Beach’s Hank & Harry’s Deli, a New York-style delicatessen founded by local restaurateurs Buzzy Sklar and Richard Booth, will bring corned beef and pastrami to Aventura Mall this week.
After months of delay, Sushi Azabu, a Michelin-starred concept based in New York, is finally ready to open. Inside the Stanton South Beach, the restaurant will debut Friday, January 19, with a hidden sushi counter, a formal dining room, and a snazzy cocktail bar.
At Yardbird Southern Table & Bar, weekends are particularly busy. For eight hours on Saturday and Sunday, the restaurant, which first debuted in 2011, serves comfort food items, from biscuits and fried chicken to mac ‘n’ cheese and fried tomatoes. It’s one of the longest-running brunches in South Beach, in…
The newest addition to Miami Beach’s trendy Sunset Harbour neighborhood churns out granola bowls in the morning and traditional poke mixed with vegetables, seasonings, and sauces in the afternoon.
About four months ago, more than 20,000 confections flooded the FIU Arena for Dessert Wars. Dozens of local vendors offered a hodgepodge of sweets, from cookies and brownies to ice cream, cupcakes, and chocolate. Now, Miami’s leading dessert festival is gearing up to return January 20.
This Friday, January 12, will be an extra-sweet day at the Salty Donut. That’s when the Wynwood-based shop will revive its legendary sticky-bun doughnut in collaboration with Knaus Berry Farm.
