A restaurant opening in Miami is about as commonplace as a bad driver. The District Miami, whose website is “cooking soon,” is merging local history with pan-American flavors for a taste of the Americas in the Magic City. It is the brainchild of managing partner Alexander Ringleb (Casa Tua and…
Some of you may be familiar with POC American Fusion Buffet & Sushi in Coral Gables. Considered by many. a step above your average Asian all-you-can-eat joint, POC does offer superior quality, service, d�cor, and yes, food. Now it all also offers the perfect place to watch the game and…
A few days ago, something strange happened. It was a sunless Monday, and the humdrum of lunch filled Wolfgang’s Steakhouse downtown. Three guys chatted over steak salads, real estate tycoon Jorge Perez perused a lengthy report while sipping Diet Coke, and waiters scraped breadcrumbs off my white-tablecloth-topped table. Favoring silk…
Many people — even dyed-in-the-wool carnivores — don’t choose a meat-laden lunch. Maybe it’s because of the fear of an afternoon torpor that stunts any creative work time; maybe it’s the thought of a decadent over-the-top dinner that leads people to eat a vegetarian midday meal. In any event, a…
As the Dolphins prepare to play the Atlanta Falcons in their most suspenseful home opener in years, it looks like Coconut Grove has gained unofficial status as the Miami-Dade capital of sports bars with the opening of Duffy’s Sports Grill at Cocowalk today. This is the second Miami-Dade location for…
Good news, brunch buffs. Following the success of its now-shuttered lunch pop-up, Macchialina will debut brunch this Sunday, September 22…
James Beard Foundation’s Taste America national tour kicks off in Miami Friday, and with it come big names like internationally renowned culinary pioneer Norman Van Aken, favorite TV personality Ted Allen, and West Coast pastry chef Yigit Pura of Top Chef Just Desserts fame. Raised in Turkey and now residing…
Eating clean ain’t easy. And what with the limited number of hours in the day and convenience of fast food, it’s no wonder you opt for McDonald’s more often that not. Ain’t nobody got time for preparing a week’s worth of meals from Whole Foods. But with the addition of…
Piyarat Arreeratn is not in the kitchen. Tonight, the boyish chef with spiky hair roams the dining room at his family-run restaurant, Oishi Thai. He pats a blond kid on the head, wipes down an empty table, and bounces around asking guests if everything is all right. Chef Bee, as…
A neighbor new to Miami from California recently stopped me and excitedly asked, “Do you know Trader Joe’s is opening just a few miles away?” Giddy with the thought of once again roaming the bamboo aisles and purchasing inexpensive wine, he confessed he’d written several letters to the Monrovia, California-based…
Experiential dining can mean many, many things. The term includes kitschy interactive dinner theater where your wait staff may sing or get murdered as you scarf down catering-style rubber chicken, Or it can take the form of a meal in which the presentation and mere act of dining is entertainment…
Oh the weather outside is frightful and if you are looking for soup that is delightful, pay a visit to Green Papaya in Miami Lakes. Between the rain and everyone seeming to have the start of a sore throat, come lunchtime we have been looking for one thing: soup as…
It’s one of the very last vestiges of Old Florida. The Uncle Tom’s Barbecue sign has shown hungry travelers on the Tamiami Trail the way to smoked meat since it opened around 1948 with a name that probably wasn’t so ironic back in the day. The walls of the restaurant…
“Is that real?” we caught ourselves thinking aloud while the lady behind the counter at Ms. Cheezious patiently waited for us to answer our own question. Jesus, it is real. Like kids waiting their turn for the ice-cream man to take their order, a small queue was forming behind us…
Over the past few years, the Mexican-food market has grown in Miami. Where we could find only non-fast-food tacos at only a handful of places, we now have options available all over the city, from hole-in-the-wall mom-and-pop joints to more upscale, cloth-napkin spots. One of the local eateries featuring Mexican…
Of all the Los Verdes locations in South Florida, we ended up at the one in Miami Lakes next to a head shop. Walking into Los Verdes, the Miami-based chain specializing in fast food with a Colombian flair, we instantly felt like we were in a dorm room equipped with…
Piyarat Arreeratn is not in the kitchen. Tonight, the boyish chef with spiky hair roams the dining room at his family-run restaurant, Oishi Thai. He pats a blond kid on the head, wipes down an empty table, and bounces around asking guests if everything is all right. Chef Bee, as…
Lincoln Road is either one of the most interesting or the most annoying streets in the nation. Have you ever just sat on a bench and people-watched? If the answer is no, do yourself a favor and go get a nocciola gelato at 4D; then have a seat. And if…
The 13th annual South Beach Wine & Food Festival, presented by Food Network, has announced part of its lineup for the 2014 event, which will take place in Miami Beach and all around town February 20 through 23. The event draws nearly every major celebrity chef in America to Miami…
Compared to, say New York, Miami might not generally be considered the gastronomy capital of the country. But with an ever-increasing influx of impressive chefs and outstanding eateries — we’re coming up in the world. The latest sign of our city’s growing culinary cred is the recent awarding of the…
How would you like your meat cooked? We must admit, sometimes the best answer is: not at all. On a recent Sunday, we awoke wanting two things: stuffed cabbage and raw beef. Kabobji, the Lebanese restaurant in Sunny Isles, offered both in pretty tempting packages. We frequented this restaurant several…
Americans love to use other cultures’ holidays as an excuse to eat and drink. We celebrate Cinco de Mayo like no other, prancing around and proclaiming it the day that Mexicans gained independence. But what do tequila-tipsy Yankees know anyway? Mexican Independence Day is actually September 16, which is why…
