Miami Spice is officially upon us. For foodies across Miami, the concept of three-course meals at the city’s finest eateries (at prices mere mortals can afford) is worth waiting ten months for. For the meatless among us, however, it can feel a little lonely. But the landscape is getting better…
Boteco, among Miami’s best Brazilian places, is not an aberration. The half-mile of NE 79th Street between Biscayne Boulevard and the bay includes a couple of bait shops, a boat dealership and repair shop, and a scooter place. But it may be the next great dining district. During the past…
It’s official! IKEA will open its Miami location Wednesday, August 27. The home-goods giant adjacent to Dolphin Mall will feature 416,000 square feet of stylish, low-cost furniture and home accessories. But did you know that lurking amid those 10,000 items for sale is a foodie paradise? For tricking out a…
Reality cooking shows are all the rage, but how about that old-school, vintage way of getting your interactive news? We’re talking about radio. For three years, Jimmy Cefalo and Brenda Bassett have hosted the popular radio show Eat This, Drink That, Go! Cefalo is a wine connoisseur, broadcaster, and former…
Prost Wurstgrill & Bierhouse, the sausage and brewski restaurant that opened in Brickell just about a month ago, has closed. See also: Prost Wurstgrill & Bierhouse Holds a Sausage Fest…
Nutella turns 50 years old this year and to celebrate, makers of the hazelnut spread kicked off its half-century anniversary by dispatching its official food truck on a cross-country tour. The treat-bearing truck will make a three-day stop in Miami at the Tropicana Flea Market from August 8 through August…
Last week, thousands of people converged upon the Hyatt Regency Miami for Miami New Times’ Iron Fork and Miami Spice Kickoff. The event featured over 60 of South Florida’s finest restaurants, many of them Miami Spice participants giving event goers a taste of things to come. See also: Iron Fork…
At last Sunday’s farmers market on Lincoln Road, our favorite vendor who bags and boxes our bounty of produce broke off a bit of something green and mysterious. It looked like something that dinosaurs would munch on or like their scales. The piece was white and creamy in the middle,…
This fall, chef Fabio Viviani is bringing his famed Chicago-based Siena Tavern to South Beach. Viviani and his team plan to adapt the menu from the Chicago location, which earned the title of “Best New Restaurant” by Chicago magazine, for Miami by focusing on lighter items such as bites from…
Look alive, Miami. It’s time for another made-up food holiday and all the prime-priced perks that come with it. If you’re all about shucking and slurping, then get excited: National Oyster Day is tomorrow. Tons of places are serving up specials in celebration of the briny aphrodisiac. Whether you want…
Shameless plug alert: The Botran Rum, Chilean wine, and Stella Artois were flowing freely last night at Miami New Times’ Iron Fork kicking off two months of Miami Spice. Now that the bills have been paid let’s move on to the real action: the food. Among the endless array of…
There was tension in the air at the Hyatt Regency Miami as two chef/warriors prepared for battle. Everything was in place. See also: Iron Fork 2014: The Sounds, the Sights, and the Bites…
July was a surprisingly strong month for openings, with well over a dozen new spots for Miamians to try smack dab in the middle of what used to be “off season.” Notable restaurants include Finka Table & Tap, a gastropub by the owners of CubanCube food truck; Centolire, the New…
As you step in front of Niu Kitchen’s plate-glass façade in downtown Miami, you’re sucked off the sidewalk and into a buzzing Barcelona-style tapas restaurant. The musical gurgle of emptying bottles of ruby-red tempranillo fills your ears. The nutty scent of toasting bread invades your senses along with the intoxicating…
New Times’ Iron Fork Miami Spice Kickoff, presented by the Miami Downtown Development Authority is tomorrow and the Hyatt Regency in downtown Miami will be abuzz with hundreds of people enjoying food and drink by Miami’s best restaurants. If you’ve already got your tickets, we’ll see you there. If you’ve…
Prost Wurstgrill & Bierhouse had a little shindig yesterday and, what started as a pretty sophisticated evening (a welcome cocktail of sparkling wine and mint was refined and refreshing), turned into a rousing sausage fest. Of course, when you’re a restaurant that specializes in house-made tubular meat products, that kind…
It’s a big month for Cindy Hutson and partner Delius Shirley. The duo and life partners are celebrating a 15-year run in the restaurant industry with their Miracle Mile darling Ortanique on the Mile. Hutson also will bring her Caribbean flair to downtown with the opening of Zest and Zest…
In the wake of the closure of their Brickell location, the folks of Choices Cafe are expanding the operations of their newest locale — Choices Kitchen. The outpost, near Miami International Airport, previously offered just a $12 daily plate (and featured a vegan marketplace). But as of this week, customers…
Centolire Trattoria Italiana, which promises to bring authentic Neapolitan cuisine to South Miami by way of New York City, opens for dinner tonight, July 29, at 8. The restaurant, under the direction of restaurateur Roberto Patriarca, offers fresh, homemade pastas from various regions of Italy, with a focus on Sicilian…
Molly Wizenberg’s food blog Orangette has been called the best food blog by the London Times. Her first memoir, A Homemade Life (2010), chronicled her food memories, dealing with her father’s death, and meeting her husband-to-be, Brandon. Delancey (2014) is Wizenberg’s second memoir, and it focuses on their decision to…
Ah, an arepa, that glorious golden cornflour puck stuffed with goodness. For one night only, you can get some Jose Mendin in the middle. The Pubbelly chef and partner is staging a pop-up with La Latina late Wednesday night from 9 p.m till 2 a.m. at Pubbelly. We have already…
It looks like the Pubbelly boys are planning a strategic chess move with one of their concepts. Pubbelly Restaurant Group founders Jose Mendin, Andreas Schreiner, and Sergio Navarro announced they are moving their beefy concept, PB Steak, from its Sunset Harbour location to the mainland. See also: PB Steak in…
