Later this year, the burgeoning 79th Street District, which already includes local favorites like Mina’s, Tap 79, and Cake Thai, will become home to a new branch of Paulie Gee’s, the Brooklyn pizzeria borne from one man’s boredom with his life as an IT tech. Jason Weisberg is owner and…
A visit to the eternal city of Rome truly means eating and drinking well. Endless plates of pastas are accompanied by freshly cured meats, a bounty from the sea, and free-flowing local wines. The only thing you’re likely to not be able to see are good cocktail bars. Indeed, in…
It’s safe to say there’s a food truck for just about anything you might find yourself craving. But what if you were looking for something a little more complicated like a Chinese-inspired taco? You’re in luck. There’s a truck for that too and it’s called Box of Chacos. Created by former…
Two months ago, grocery delivery service Instacart launched in the southern part of Miami-Dade with a limited delivery area that includes Downtown, Coral Gables, West Miami, and Miami Beach. The service, which provides on-demand delivery of items from a selection of retailers for a nominal fee, originally launched in San…
On August 1, Miami Spice returns. The program, which runs through the end of September, offers prix fixe lunches and dinners at many fine Miami area restaurants ($23 for lunch; $39 for dinner). It’s designed to encourage tourists and residents to dine out at Miami restaurants, and is also a…
By 6 p.m. on a recent Saturday, Piripi, the new Spanish/Basque restaurant in Coral Gables’ Village of Merrick Park, is coming to life. Just inside the glass front door, two young, attractive hostesses smile as they ask arriving diners whether they prefer indoor or outdoor seating. Behind the sleek concrete…
From Spain to Ecuador and Mexico to Argentina, each of the world’s 20 Spanish-speaking countries has its own unique cuisine. So it would seem a risky proposition to bring the food of Spain, Central America, and South America together under one banner. But that’s what 31-year-old Venezuelan chef Francisco Anton…
Sugar Factory launched its first Miami Beach location inside the Hotel Victor on Ocean Drive with an opening celebration last Friday, but despite all the sweet treats, most attendees came for eye candy in the form of Kylie Jenner. The 17 year-old reality television star hit the red carpet for…
More than 25 years ago, Cosmo Kramer from TV’s Seinfeld had an idea for a pizza business in which customers “make their own pizza.” In 2013, it is finally a reality. Characters Jerry and George weren’t amused, but South Florida resident Justin Gould and his father Ronald were/ So hey have made…
The Conscious Bite Out dinner series is Miami’s tribute to sustainability, innovation and delicious, plant-based eats. The newest installment of the unique event will feature edibles by three innovative local chefs: Nicole Gonzalez from downtown’s Fooq’s, Brad Kilgore from Wynwood’s Alter, and Jonathan Seningen from Miami Beach’s soon-to-open DIRT. “From inception,…
New Times’ Iron Fork, the official Miami Spice kickoff event presented by the Miami Downtown Development Authority, has just announced a new competition that will have Miami screaming, shuck it, baby, shuck it! On Thursday, July 30 at the Hyatt Regency Miami/James L. Knight Center, representatives from five Miami seafood…
Tantalize Miami, the new supper club that opened on South Beach about two weeks ago is a billed as “South Florida’s most unique and sensual dining destination” , but what, exactly does that mean? We were invited to experience the new place and, frankly, weren’t sure what to expect. The…
Pastry chefs don’t get enough attention or credit, unless of course they are Hedy Goldsmith (we miss you) or Antonio Bachour. Don’t let any chef of savory food tell you differently – desserts can be the most important part of any meal. There’s something special about ending a feast with…
The folks behind insanely popular hotspots the likes of Radio, Bodega, and Pizza Bar are doing it again, this time with the Asian inspired Red Ginger, opening tonight just feet away from Radio on South of Fifth at 736 first street. To helm the kitchen of Red Ginger, Menin has…
Dough. Mozzarella. Onions. Oregano. The ingredients required to make one of Argentina’s regional specialties are almost as simple as its origins. Derived from Italy’s focaccia, then made entirely Argentine with the addition of melted mozzarella and charred onions, this South American delicacy isn’t readily available around Miami. Searching it out,…
Barceloneta South Miami has closed. The restaurant, part of the Pubbelly Group,tweeted the news to their followers on June 10. Barceloneta South Beach remains open. The original Barceloneta opened in 2011 as the last installment in a trio of Sunset Harbour restaurants by the team of Jose Mendin, Sergio Navarro, and…
For many people, lugging around a nagging feeling of discontent and the weight of unfulfilled dreams is as normal as carrying a book-laden backpack. Statistics suggest more than fifty percent of Americans are unhappy at work (not to mention everywhere else), and it’s rare that anyone has the courage to throw…
Mark Soyka has been eyeing a coral rock building just down the street from his namesake restaurant for nearly two decades. By the end of this year, the 71-year-old restaurateur says it will be revamped and turned into a 100-seater focused on vegetable dishes and wood-fired proteins. “I finally got…
He’s the guy that brought you home from the hospital, spent countless hours assembling bicycles and Barbie dream houses, and loaned you countless amounts of money. He’s dad and this weekend is payback for all the times he cheered your little league team or sat through your garage band’s gig…
If you want big boobs, sugar-laden mojitos, or would-be Cuban sandwiches chockful of hormone-pumped pork, you can find it on either Washington Avenue or Ocean Drive. And this is probably why these thoroughfares are a no-locals land when it comes eating and drinking. Sure, you’ve got Sriracha House and the…
Details have emerged on the second Miami Beach restaurant by Macchialina’s Michael Pirolo and Jen Chaefsky. The restaurant, BaZi at the Marlin Hotel, is currently under construction, with plans to open this summer. The restaurant will offer progressive interpretations of classic Asian dishes, covering all regions of this vast part of…
When Under the Mango Tree opened in early 2011, owner Patricia Olesen had four juices and four smoothies on the menu, along with a hair extension business operating out of a spare back room she put up for rent. Fast-forward four years later and the sliver of a space in…
