Restaurants

Tucked away on NE 79th Street, Mina’s Mediterraneo recently celebrated its anniversary, marking three years since it brought affordable Mediterranean cuisine to Miami’s Upper Eastside.

On a recent segment of WLRN’s radio show “Restaurant Roundabout,” food writer Jen Karetnick mentioned that Michael Schwartz’s new restaurant, Fi’lia, was so hot you could actually see the reservations flying away on OpenTable. Though that sounds like an exaggeration, it’s quite true.

In the section labeled “Chef’s Favorites” on Paula DaSilva’s latest menu set to launch this December at Artisan Beach House in Bal Harbour, you’ll find all the foods she’s currently craving. For example, there’ll probably be poutine, one of the chef’s favorite dishes when visiting Montreal…

Cristina Palacios and her husband Gustavo Gomez have been eating at the same location two to three times a week for the past month. The regulars at Rail 71 Café say they’ve been frequenting the eatery because of the vibes and delicious food. “Every time I come here they are…

As we grow up, no daily meal changes as much as breakfast. Once, the morning meal was the domain of cereals that delighted us with mascots — cheeky toucans, cheerful tigers, not-so-scary monsters, and the iconic ship’s captain. Cap’n Crunch was introduced in 1963 and, with his trusty companion, Seadog…

October is a big benchmark for Miami. Cooler weather brings the first stirrings of another tourist and festival season, with the city ramping up for upcoming fetes such as Art Basel and the South Beach Wine & Food Festival.

“I love waiting tables,” Marco Gonzalez says as he tears into a meatball sub at Miami Shores’ Pizza Point. The short 42-year-old with olive skin and large, piercing brown eyes wears his hair close-cropped after serving three years in the Marines. In the decades since his discharge, luxury restaurants have…

Coya, the Peruvian restaurant in Brickell, is adding a twist to its list of options with a new power lunch. The menu by executive chef Gareth Rhodes offers the eatery’s well-heeled patrons a three-course midday meal for $29 (excluding tax and tip).

Cesar Morales, the powerhouse behind the brands Wood Tavern, the Bar Next Door, Pancho Taco, and BND Burgers, is slated to open his newest concepts — Taverna Las Rosas (2898 NW Seventh Ave.) and Allapattah Market (728 NW 29th St.) — both in Allapattah.

In Miami, weekends are reserved for bright and bubbly drinks paired with expansive spreads of breads, sweets, meats, and other specialty plates. That’s because brunch in the 305 isn’t an option — it’s a ritual.

El Churrasco, a South American steakhouse, opened its first U.S. outpost inside the Four Ambassadors Building this past July. With locations in Spain’s Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canarias, the restaurant brings a medley of Latin influences to its stateside location.

Despite society’s love for all things bacon, most meat eaters shy away from actually seeing how pigs become pork. As the saying goes: “There’s a reason you take your children to pick apples but don’t take them to a slaughterhouse.” After a recent transport truck accident outside a pork processing plant…

There is a new high-protein energy bar on the market thanks to a pair of Miamians. Shanti Bar, a handheld snack packed with power and flavor, is now available on shelves at South Florida Whole Foods Markets. Even U.S. soccer star Hope Solo gives the product a thumbs-up.

The sound of hot oil sizzling and popping can curl anyone’s lips to smile. But to what end should that oil be used? Should it turn thinly sliced potatoes to French fries? What about crisping thin rounds of sweet potato that when partnered with crunch pork belly and piquant salsa criolla, form Peru’s beloved butifarra sandwich?

On a cool, sunny Tuesday afternoon, hundreds of people snaked in a line that stretched about three city blocks. Young and old — on foot, in strollers, and (in one case) on crutches, fans of Knaus Berry Farm queued up for the bake shop and farm stand’s season opener.

The medianoche. The Elena Ruz. The frita Cubana. All iconic sandwiches that are as woven into the fabric of Cuban life as coffee and mambo. And though a there’s a never-ending procession of travel shows and blogs dedicated to the panoply of portable Cuban culinary ingenuity, there’s one they all forget.

Nearly a year after its launch, Danish-born, healthy fast-food concept Dr Smood is gearing up to open three more locations across Miami. In November, outposts are expected to open inside the Aventura Mall and the Brickell City Centre, followed by a Sunset Harbour shop (1800 Bay Rd., Suite #3) in…

It’s National Pumpkin Day and the Salty Donut wants to celebrate. Beginning at 11 a.m., UberEats will deliver a box of doughnuts from the famed dough shop within minutes of placing an order.

Richard Hales is opening Bird & Bone at the Confidante Miami Beach. Hales, who was set to open his take on Southern cuisine at the Wynwood Yard in April, has now opted for a loftier vision of his Nashville hot chicken and lamb ribs.

Ahead of its storefront opening in Miami early next year, Atlas Meat-Free Deli is serving a sneak peek of its plant-based meats and cheeses at the Wynwood Yard. The deli’s food truck is in temporary residence at the open-air culinary venue. Its menu includes burgers, sandwiches, sides, and other goodies.

Miami is the hardest place in America to open a restaurant. “But wait,” one might respond. “What about the fierce rents and competition in places like New York City, Chicago, and San Francisco?” None of them has as finicky, diverse, and downright unpredictable customers as Miami. That brutal truth has…

The South Beach Wine & Food Festival, Miami Beach’s annual blowout fete for everything food and drink, takes over the city again for five days of feasting. From February 22 through 26, 2017, the event will return with more eats, beverages, and celebrity chef debauchery than ever. Tickets went on sale…