Floridians love Publix: the friendly staff, the bakery, the subs (seriously, the subs). To many of us, the grocery chain is one of the greatest things to have ever been exported from the state. The store “Where shopping is a pleasure,” however, is not such a pleasure to supply. For…
Thanksgiving is a holiday that’s all about expanding belts and big portions. From the stuffing to the gravy to the mashed potatoes, it’s all about the rich and filling. Greens are usually nowhere to be found — other than buried in a casserole. But salad makes an excellent (and underrated)…
This Friday, the Redbury Hotel South Beach will open the doors to Cleo, a Mediterranean eatery with an emphasis on small shared plates. Cleo is taking over the space formerly occupied by the Italian restaurant Lorenzo, which closed after less than a year in business. Expect a raw bar, a…
In a walkthrough of Corsair, celebrity chef Scott Conant’s second Miami endeavor set to open in mid-December at Turnberry Isle, we learned quite a few things about the Chopped judge, Scarpetta owner, and father of two girls. For instance, he likes to curse. And he’s a jokester. And in high…
Wynwood is getting a new eatery in time for Art Basel. The Gang Miami, billed as an Asian-fusion restaurant, is scheduled to open in a few weeks, in time for Art Basel madness. Husband and wife Bogdan and Jacqueline Niculae are the co-owners of the Gang Miami, located at 3500…
Kush has a new sandwich and it isn’t a burger, although it does have grass-fed meat. And tomatoes. And lettuce. And grilled onions. And melted jack cheese. And potato stix. All pressed between two challah buns stamped with the Kush seal of approval. If the above description sounds like some…
Masaharu Morimoto’s latest outpost is so understated that a bellhop might have to steer you toward its discreet hiding place in the Shelborne Wyndham Grand’s starchy white lobby, which is spotless after its recent $90 million face-lift…
Michael Mina’s third Miami-area restaurant is slated to open this Thursday, November 13, at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach Resort. Stripsteak takes over the 12,000-square-foot space formerly held by Gotham Steak. The two-story, 350-seat restaurant will offer both indoor and outdoor dining, as well as several cocktail bars. The space is…
Sadly, store-bought, traditional pumpkin pies are not vegan-friendly. Nor are they particularly healthy, unless you consider sweetened condensed milk some kind of vitamin supplement. Luckily though, Jugofresh has both health-conscious Miamians and meatless eaters covered when it comes to Thanksgiving desserts this year. Chef Paco has whipped up four options…
Micah Edelstein’s funky, soulful downtown restaurant that’s become a cult favorite with one-off bites like alligator ribs will close next month. The shuttering, announced on Nemesis Urban Bistro’s Facebook page, comes as Edelstein looks to move on to a new project…
Jean Paul Desmaison is back, for the moment, inside a stationary trailer in a Coconut Grove parking lot serving his beloved Manchego chorizo empanadas, slicked inside with a sticky layer of fig jam…
Downtown Bistro does dinner every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Open for just ten months, this French eatery has been serving the downtown masses during lunchtime. But after much thought, owners Jonathan and Ilona Carrell began offering dinner, a much more difficult feat than serving lunch. Why? Because on this downtown…
If you happened to be jogging through Brickell Avenue last night, you might have encountered something strange: a food truck stationed outside the Four Seasons and a pop-up bar a few feet away serving coffee cocktails and flutes of prosecco. It was a preview party to celebrate the five additional…
Miami has grown accustomed to the idea that brunch means bottomless booze and putting an egg on things, but in Vietnamese cooking, egg isn’t a big part of the cuisine. Instead, pho and tea is the typical Sunday ritual. At Hannya, the Japanese restaurant in Brickell from the duo behind…
The last time I spoke with Richard Woods, the bar manager for Duck & Waffle in London, described some of his cocktails in a way that made me green with envy for our seaside city. Woods, by the way, has also created the cocktails for Sushi Samba and Bocce Bar,…
If you are looking for a lamb feast, try the Dutch’s Winter Wonderlamb dinner on November 13 at 7 p.m. Priced at $45 a person, this dinner party will consist of live-action stations and will feature a menagerie of guest chefs, each debuting their signature lamb dish. Some interesting facts…
Forget amber-colored quarters propped alongside mashed potatoes and watery, over-mayonnaised coleslaw. Honduran restaurants offer their own, far superior version called pollo ceibe�o, or ceibe�o de pollo depending upon where you order it. Named for and popularized in La Ceiba, a port town on Honduras’ north coast, it’s a foundation of…
There’s something great about Neapolitan-style pizza. Perhaps it’s the cloud-like dough that improves after every bite. Or the molten center that forms from the marriage of cheese and sauce. It’s a unique style of pizza, and at Proof Pizza & Pasta in Midtown, it’s the specialty. Executive chef and owner…
Siena Tavern Miami opens to the public Monday, November 10, at 6 p.m., and the hotly anticipated outpost of Siena Tavern in Chicago, helmed by former Top Chef contestant Fabio Viviani, is gaining buzz before the first diner chows down on the restaurant’s social-media-savvy (and savory) meatball. But what’s behind…
In 2007, when downtown Miami was not a desirable place to be after 5 o’clock, Juan Chipoco and Luis Hoyos took a chance and purchased a sliver of space known as La Cibeles Cuban Restaurant. After flipping Cuban sandwiches in a city that offers better Cuban food than the island…
When it comes to our favorite dishes, more often than not it’s best to avoid finding out what makes them great. Ignorance can be oh so blissful. But since taking my first bite of the meatballs at Lucali, I just had to know why they’re so insanely delicious. Apart from…
Come December 12, STK will reclaim its proper place on South Beach inside the newly renovated 1 Hotel & Homes (formerly the Perry and the Gansevoort South Beach). The chic steak house was originally supposed to stay open during the transformation into an eco-friendly lodge, but it shuttered for a…
