Most of you know by now that Michael Schwartz has opened a pizzeria named for his son Harry in the former Pizza Volante Design District space. The room has been tinkered with a bit — industrialized, so to speak — but the wood-burning brick hearth still spits out pizzas with…
Hood hangout Wynwood Kitchen & Bar (named our Best New Bar this year) just launched lunch service last week, with a few new tricks by executive chef Miguel Aguilar, who took over the kitchen this past summer. His “daily express lunch specials” are sort of a bento box minus the…
It doesn’t matter where you are. When you hear rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back,” the anthem for curvy gals, you have to stop and shake it! The same goes for Sir Mixx-a-Lot, a new food truck that features shakes, smoothies,and batidos. Five dollars gets you one made to order…
For Thanksgiving, try this meat-tastic dish. The fowl de cochon is one massive meal made from a small pig stuffed with a turkey that’s stuffed with a duck that’s stuffed with a chicken! And between each animal layer are tons of sausage. Is that enough meat for ya? We thought…
Holy crap, this thing is delicious. And unlike some wheat gluten- and soy-based turkey stand-ins, it’s unequivocally good for you.The vegetable flavors harmonize lusciously, and the quinoa, chickpeas, and walnuts give it a nice protein lift — without soy. Whatever you do, don’t skip the sun-dried tomatoes! They give the…
Starting today, The Grill at the Setai reboots culinary offerings. Executive chef David Werly has been busy remaking the menu, choosing to selectively focus on French and European classics in contrast to the Asian-infused global cuisine at The Restaurant. This menu truly takes advantage of the chef’s Alsatian roots and,…
Yardbird Southern Table and Bar flies high with Southern fare and blues-soaked ambiance
Feverish Ice Cream owners Felecia Hatcher and Derick Pearson are headed to Washington D.C., where they’ll be feted for their accomplishments at a special White House reception tomorrow, Thursday, November 17. Business partners (and husband and wife) Hatcher and Pearson started Feverish Ice Cream in 2008. The company sells ice…
Gut bacteria: Those are two nasty words. But the one quadrillion microorganisms in your intestines are a beautiful thing, when they’re kept in healthy balance.Together, they can work just like another organ in the digestive system, breaking down unused food particles, fending off or thwarting growth of harmful microorganisms, and…
So you like burgers, huh? Not as much as Sef Gonzalez, the guy behind the Burger Beast blog, the Food Truck Tracker, and, returning this weekend, Miami’s annual Burgie Awards. The annual celebration of the city’s best buns (and patties and toppings) comes to Magic City Casino this Saturday, showing…
Come January 6, a group called Outstanding in the Field, in cahoots with chef Alejandro Pinero of Sustain Restaurant + Bar and farmer Hani Khouri, will hold one of its sensational outdoor farm dinners at Hani’s Mediterranean Organics in the Redlands. I spoke with founding chef Jim Denevan about how…
Derek Kaplan leaves the firehouse around 7:30 a.m. Instead of sleeping or maybe going fishing like his brethren, the burly firefighter goes home, takes a shower, and then heads to his bakery to make pies.Kaplan has been baking pies since 2008, and he’s good at it. In fact, his key…
You can’t say that you can cook better than mom, but that’s the premise of a new cooking show, Just Like Mama, which is set to begin filming in January. In it, Miami personal chef Stuart Shaw re-creates healthier versions of home-cooked meals that celebrities knew best.Shaw has been cooking…
In this series, the Beet Reporter aims to see whether Miami’s tastiest restaurants are prepared to feed vegans with something more than boring garden salads.Barceloneta, the Pubbelly crew’s newest gastro-enterprise on 20th Street in South Beach, opened its doors less than a month ago. So, perhaps to publicize the new…
Richard Hales’s Sakaya Kitchen was a pioneer in both locale (midtown, then a ghost town in terms of eateries) and concept — affordable, chef-driven, Asian-inspired small plates (pre-Gigi, Wok Town, Pubbelly, etc.). Hales was also right at the intersection of the original food truck courts; his Sakaya Kitchen Truck, then Dim…
The Dutch at the W South Beach, opens to the public today with lunch and dinner service (breakfast to follow).Chef Andrew Carmellini decided to start the Dutch in Miami Beach after success with his two New York restaurants, Locanda Verde and the Dutch. With the Dutch Miami, chef Carmellini has…
Foodstock: One Night of Peas and Music is tomorrow, so break our the love beads, your suede fringe jacket and get ready for an evening of great street food from 30 of your favorite trucks. In addition, Foodstock will feature vintage wearables, crafts, and art for sale, a DJ spinning…
At the beginning of this week Tokyo Bowl closed in North Miami. A sign on the door reads “Thanks for your patronage.” The drive-thru window is what made this sushi place unique. It was a savior for rumbling stomachs in search of fast sushi on the busy intersection of NE…
Sure, a Burger King was nearly robbed by guy with a sock, but it’s not all bad news in the fast food world. Sonic opens its second South Florida location in Fort Lauderdale at 5 p.m. today, with a menu of specialty items and a bar serving beer and wine.This…
Ever since I wrote my first articles about juicing in Miami, people have come to me asking how to get started with their own at-home, fresh, organic juice routines. Their first questions are invariably about which juicer to buy.There are lots of options out there. Some cost as little as…
El Vato Tequila and Taco Bar: Downtown Miami taqueria offers fresh Mex snacks and top-shelf tequilas
On November 9, 2009, Latin Burger and Taco tweeted: “We’re here”, and rolled onto Miami streets. The food truck scene in Miami was new, and people were intrigued by this pink and black truck that sold burgers designed by Food Network celebrity chef, Ingrid Hoffmann.Latin Burger’s owner Jim Heins always…
