The slow food movement’s focus on local, seasonal and sustainably grown edibles tend to evoke small town sentiment – think pie contests, farmer’s markets and bake sales. But the key to this growing global movement is bringing these ideas to communities large and small. Our local branch of the crusade, Slow…
Iron Fork, Miami’s ultimate event for food lovers, is one day away and we just have one question to ask:Are you ready Miami?Read Also: Iron Fork Competitor Phillip Bryant on How He’s Getting Ready for BattleIron Fork Competitor Daniel Serfer on How He’s Preparing for BattleDo you have your tickets? Do…
Tikl Raw Bar & Grill, the latest project from chef Simon Stojanovic, former toque for Miami Beach’s Altamare, marks the entrance of the small plates concept to Brickell. It’s a welcome addition to a neighborhood flooded with high priced, mediocre restaurants. Tikl for the moment plays to the business lunch…
Stone crab season is as uniquely South Florida as the neon-colored strip on Ocean Drive. Sure, Joe’s Stone Crab and Joe’s Takeaway are “the” places to grab some claws and mustard sauce, but there are many other places in Miami to get your claws on some fresh stone crabs –…
Carnivores take note: a new parrilla-style Argentinean grill is opening soon in Coral Gables. Siga la Vaca (“follow the cow”) has taken over the old Novecento space on the ground floor of Alhambra Towers at 121 Alhambra Plaza and is scheduled to open by the end of October.According to Carlos Badaraco,…
The pizza Gods are listening. Instead of another Papa John’s, Coral Gables is getting its own gourmet pie purveyor – a new branch of Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza.The sixth branch of the chain in Miami-Dade county (and the 35th nationwide), the new locale opens on October 19, ready to serve…
The fifth annual Iron Fork competition, set for October 18 from 7 to 10 p.m. at Grand Central, showcases not only good food and cocktails from some of Miami’s best restaurants but also an awesome death-match-style battle in which two of South Florida’s finest chefs fight for the supreme title…
The mere thought of Iron Fork, the premiere Miami event on October 18 from 7 – 10 p.m. at Grand Central that features the best Miami restaurants serving up tasty morsels for your nibbling enjoyment has got your mouth watering.Add to that an open bar featuring crafted cocktails made with…
While Mare Nostrum and the Lucky Clover might have recently left Brickell, you can’t keep good real estate down for long. Not one, not two – but a trio of European-inspired hotspots are moving on in.Read also:- Mare Nostrum in Brickell Has Closed Nobu veteran Santiago Rodriguez is opening The…
Hallelujah! The summer is officially over. How do we know when the weather is still in the 80’s every day and we still can’t get the mail without applying SPF 50?Joe’s Stone Crab is officially open for business today. The iconic restaurant, which opened in 1913 (that’s two years before…
There is one thing you can expect when you go to Miami International Airport (MIA) — prices on everything, especially food, are elevated. Restaurants and retail stores there pay equally elevated rent for those cramped metallic spaces scattered within and outside the terminals. Thanks to the Florida Department of Business…
The thought of hotel restaurants doesn’t sound the least bit appealing to most locals. If South Beach were a mouse trap for tourists, over-priced, mediocre quality hotel restaurants would be the cheese. Of course, there are exceptions to this. Restaurants like Hakkasan at The Fontainebleau and D.B. Modern Bistro at…
Catharsis Restaurant and Lounge: Feast and Fest in Little Havana
The fifth annual Iron Fork competition, set for October 18 at Grand Central, has a new chef lineup for its featured competition. In it, two of Miami’s top chefs battle in a gladiator-style competition of wits and skill using knives, fire, and raw meat as their weapons of choice. Only…
Midtown is expecting. Machiya Ramen Noodle House, a Japanese comfort-food joint, is slated to open October 15 in midtown at 3250 NE First Ave., next to Ricochet Bar & Lounge. The name Machiya refers to wooden townhouses found throughout Japan in which the front of the buildings usually serve as…
Here’s a reason to get excited! The South Beach Wine & Food Festival ticket presale starts today. The presale, which is exclusively for MasterCard holders, gives SBWFF and FIU-benefitting lovers a whole two weeks to buy tickets before they go on sale to the general public October 22. Festival fiends…
Hebe Denis is a certified sommelier, FIU hospitality grad, and most recently one of two Miami cheese connoisseurs who passed the first-ever comprehensive (and very challenging) American Cheese Society exam. Now she is one of the very few certified cheese professionals in all of Miami.The exam set out to raise…
New Orleans-based barbecue fast-casual food chain VooDoo BBQ and Grill is coming to Kendall. The new Miami location is one of many opening in South Florida thanks to BBQ Boyz LLC, a Fort Lauderdale restaurant development company, which purchased rights to fund, develop, and operate up to 26 VooDoo restaurants south…
If you’re a celiac, a vegan, a vegetarian, a nutritarian, lactose intolerant, oat intolerant, or do your damnedest to keep kosher, you may have had more than one opportunity to moan about how there’s nothing delicious to eat in this world. For me, a plant-based vegan, the feeling has arisen…
And another one bites the dust.Amidst all the buzz about Purdy Avenue’s re-birth, soul food kitchen Georgia’s Union has closed after only three short months.See also:- Georgia’s Union Opens in Miami BeachThe comfort food joint, a venture by Barclay Effs (owner of midtown’s Morgan’s), met with largely positive reviews during…
As you all know, the best fall food event, Iron Fork, is fast approaching. On October 18 at Grand Central, chefs Daniel Serfer (Blue Collar) and Kenny Gilbert (Top Chef alum and Swine Southern Table and Bar) will battle to the death in a cooking competition worth sweating over. And…
Tuesday, saguesera Yelpers rejoiced at the first ever Yelp event held in Kendall. Of course, Yelp being the adorable hipster it is, the event was held at a trendy spot, namely the 100 Montaditos on Kendall Drive.The joint was “four-square” full and teeming with foodies. Fortunately the staff was well…
