Panther Coffee will finally open in the MiMo District. The shop will serve its first cup of coffee at 7 a.m. December 7, coinciding with the first official day of Art Basel Miami Beach. This will be a soft opening for the shop; a grand-opening date will be announced soon.
Top Chef alums Jeff McInnis and Janine Booth, who opened Stiltsville Fish Bar in Sunset Harbour this past September, will open a Root & Bone pop-up in the Shelborne South Beach.
The masses call it Turkey Day, but for anyone who isn’t into eating animals, it’s more like an occasion for turkey appreciation. And if you’d rather opt out of the usual stuffed bird this year, there are plenty of spots in Miami where you can order take-out, buy some premade meals, and eat delicious vegan options instead of the standard fare.
This Thanksgiving, pick up a pie from one of Miami’s sweet spots. These pies are so good they’re guaranteed to keep your relatives’ mouths full long enough to prevent any dreaded political conversations.
New Times’ Tacolandia, offering unlimited tacos, will happen tomorrow! The tortilla-stuffed extravaganza will take place at Soho Studios Saturday, November 18, from 3 to 6 p.m. Miami’s best restaurants will serve unlimited tacos, including vegan and vegetarian options from Milty’s Gourmet Catering & Events, Fresh Guacamole, Pilo’s Street Tacos, and Tijuana Flats.
Stiltsville Fish Bar, an upscale seafood shack created by Top Chef alums Jeff McInnis and Janine Booth, will debut brunch Saturday, November 18. The à la carte meal, which will be offered every Friday through Sunday, highlights an assortment of sweet and savory seafood and Southern-inspired items.
On Saturday, the Salty Donut is getting bubbly with the launch of two booze-infused doughnuts. Through a partnership with Santa Margherita USA, the Wynwood shop will release limited-edition batches of rose- and a prosecco-flavored doughnuts using wines from the Miami-based Italian importer.
Following a split with Phuket “Cake” Thongsodchaveondee, restaurateurs Javier Ramirez and Leo Monterrey debated what to do with their space on NW 29th Street in Wynwood. They considered keeping a Thai kitchen but eventually settled on classic renditions of Cantonese fare in an area where Richard Hales’ Blackbrick Chinese has long been the lone option.
Le Pain Quotidien, the Belgian bakery chain that offers fresh, organic breads, is set to open its first Florida location in Coconut Grove this Friday, November 17.
Beginning at midnight tonight and continuing through midnight Friday, people can log on to the Give Miami Day website to donate to any number of local charities.
Chain restaurants get a bad rap because many serve cheap meals made with overly processed ingredients. It might be hard to believe, but quite a few chain restaurants, specializing in all kinds of interesting gastronomical niches, are more than decent. It just so happens lots of them aren’t in Miami. Here are a dozen of them that we’re dying to see in South Florida.
Stephen’s Restaurant, the oldest operating deli in Miami-Dade, has closed for renovation. The Hialeah eatery is now under the ownership of Matt Kuscher of Kush Hospitality, which is known for popular concepts such as Kush, Lokal, Vicky’s, and the Spillover.
After months of delay, Crazy Poke is now open. The fast-casual restaurant, located in Wynwood, joins similar concepts, including Ono, Baja Bao, PokéBao, and Poké 305, which opened this year.
At Washington Avenue’s Stubborn Seed, homemade buttermilk glosses the bottom of a dish. Raw, dense slices of Hawaiian kajiki, also known as blue marlin, are added along with jalapeño paste culled from fermented and dried peppers. There’s also a purée of Japanese seaweed and ginger perfumed with tarragon. Sour apple…
Planta, a Toronto restaurant that offers plant-based meals and burgers, is set to open its first U.S. location in South Beach. The restaurant is expected to debut in early 2018 in partnership with David Grutman, the Miami hospitality entrepreneur best known for LIV at the Fontainebleau, OTL in the Design District, and Komodo in Brickell.
According to a recent study by Yelp, here are Miami’s five favorite pumpkin spice eats and drinks.
The Craftsman, a New York City bar, lounge, and sandwich spot, has set up a temporary location inside the former Brother Jimmy’s BBQ space in Mary Brickell Village.
Feeling a bit of wanderlust but can’t afford a ticket to Italy or don’t have the vacation days for a week in Japan? Take in the flavors of your favorite country during brunch. Try an Asian dim sum brunch or an beefy Argentine-inspired meal.These five Miami restaurants offer up the best in International brunches and no passport is required.
The Miami Book Fair will take place this Sunday, November 12, through next Sunday, November 19. This year’s festival will present more than 500 authors, 30 of whom will promote food-related books.
Grab a selfie stick and a portable phone charger, because the Museum of Ice Cream will open Wednesday, December 13, in the Faena District (3400 Collins Ave., Miami Beach). Expect crowds and long lines, because the museum is expected to draw thousands of people to taste, smell, touch, and photograph a collection of ice-cream paraphernalia.
Gregory Bennati believes life should be sweet, which is why the former real-estate agent and Italian native recently opened Miami Beach’s first and only specialty açaí shop, Berri Bar.
New York City-based Thor Equities has begun construction on Wynwood Walk, which will bring a restaurant, a rooftop venue, and thousands of square feet of retail space to the southwest corner of NW 29th Street and NW Second Avenue. Once completed, the project, along with Thor’s mixed-use condo, Wynwood Plant, will add more than 100,000 square feet of retail to the north end of the neighborhood. No word yet on the restaurant concept.
