His passion for a woman brought him to veganism. After five years, his passion for culinary art brought him back to beef.Okay, so maybe that’s packaged a little too neatly. Timothe Crandall, the relatively new sous chef at Red the Steakhouse, never enjoyed eating meat as a child. “I hated…
Hogzilla’s Inspired Barbeque opened this past Sunday in the former digs of Bar-B-Q Beach on South Beach. Ron Garcia (Burger & Beer Joint) and Raul Rodriguez (“BBQ master”) are the owners of this sprawling two-room, two-bar space, which is packed with TV screens and will feature live music (and a…
This past weekend we set back the clock one hour. This coming weekend, we’re setting the clock back even farther … to 1969, a time when hippies chanted “make love, not war,” traded love beads and ate street food. Let’s put it this way, hippies were the OWS of their…
As in: LouLou Le Petit Bistro is the answer to last week’s Where It At? The plates shown in that post were veal tongue gribiche and a dodine of salmon in tarragon beurre blanc.In fact, there is a lot of really genuine and well-prepared French fare being served nowadays at…
If you go into any juice bar worth its wheatgrass, you’re bound to find spirulina on the list of available “power-ups” you can choose to boost the nutritional value of your smoothie.It sounds so weird that it must be good for you. But what exactly is this superfood, and where…
Vic & Angelo’s Italian Restaurant, the newest kid on the Ocean Drive block in South Beach, had its official opening on Friday, November 4. They’ve been open for a while but last night was the big night.On hand for the festivities was none other than George Clooney’s former main squeeze,…
Homestead Main Street organized Homestead al Gusto, a food truck festival this past weekend that included a chef’s challenge. Local farmer’s donated veggies from their first crop and the food truck chefs picked out which ones they wanted. Then they had exactly one hour to prepare a dish worthy of…
Banana & Leaf is a no-frills sushi place offering basic rolls at insanely cheap prices. This is a great new spot for downtowners in need of a quick raw fish fix, and it’s by the same crew behind Little Lotus, experts at making a restaurant something out of nothing (if…
Though no one’s going to accuse all food trucks of serving seriously health-conscious eats, many owners make an effort to use fresh and local ingredients.Jefe’s Original Fish Taco and Burger owner Jack Garabedian, for instance, goes down to the Redland during the growing season to pick his own vegetables, and…
Terence Gerchberg is fit to be tied. Literally, fit to be tied. In June, he and four friends tied themselves together and ran the God’s Country Marathon in Coudersport, Pennsylvania, breaking the Guinness world record for “fastest marathon completed by a linked team,” with a time of 3:26:15.He will likely…
Yardbird Southern Table & Bar might be onto something. The restaurant, which features home style Southern cuisine, a lively bar filled with bourbon and beer selections, and hot your chef Jeff McInnis, might just have become the new industry hot spot. We’ve been there only three times since the restaurant…
Sean Grimburg’s Wellington burger is topped with bleu cheese and a foie gras-truffle-onion sauce. At BGR, his place in the Gables, they also serve a crisp pint of nutty-coffee flavored Maduro Cigar City Oatmeal Brown Ale. Try ’em this evening for BGR The Burger Joint’s first ever Artisanal Beer Tasting…
For months we’ve been watching a mystery restaurant on Florida Avenue in Coconut Grove. The butcher paper on the window gave no indication of what was to be — restaurant or club? Locally owned or another Cheesecake Factory?Yesterday, the paper was gone from the windows and, as if by magic,…
Gourmet Diner and La Cigale: French food two ways
We all know that Sam Gorenstein recently left his position at BLT Steak at The Betsy Hotel, to join forces with Michael Schwartz at The Raleigh, but the question remained until recently: who would take over the kitchen after his departure? After all, it can be a little tricky to…
Teena’s Pride, a local community supported agriculture (CSA) program, offers fresh-from-the-earth packs of vegetables and herbs, delivered weekly to a drop-off point near you, for reasonable prices. The farm is located in the Redland.The company offers different size options, depending on how many mouths you have to feed. The biggest…
Short Order is on a barbecue rampage. A couple days ago, we gave you Shiver’s in Homestead. Today it’s Shorty’s BBQ where they recently showed us smoked meaty delights including the thickest ribs we’ve ever tasted. These ain’t baby backs, they’re Shorty’s own hickory smoked spare ribs ($11.50). These guys…
Michael Schwartz’s new 150 Central Park restaurant on Royal Caribbean’s mega-ship Oasis of the Seas opened for dinner this past Saturday. The only catch is that in order to dine at the restaurant, which features fresh produce from Swank Farms, you must buy a week-long voyage with rack rate cabin…
Leave it to Richard Hales to present Miami’s first food truck online deal. Google Deals is offering $10 worth of food from Dim Ssäm à Gogo for only $5. The deal, available on the Google Deals website, can be purchased through tomorrow and the offer is good from November 3,…
In September’s countdown, we reported just five restaurant openings and a few closings. The latter number is holding firm this month, but October saw quite a few more debuts — including much anticipated SoBe eateries Yardbird Southern Table & Bar, Pubbelly Sushi, and Barceloneta. Ricochet Lounge is also a notable…
Hibachi Grill & Noodle Bar opened in downtown Miami about one month ago (it is located in the back of 50 Biscayne Blvd. at NE Third Avenue and NE First Street). The bright little mostly white space has a place where you can order, and some other counter space to…
In this new series, the Beet Reporter aims to see whether Miami’s tastiest restaurants are prepared to feed vegans with something more than boring garden salads.There are two ways to make vegan food. Or rather, there are two ways to make food vegan.One starts with “normal” dishes, subtracting the animal-derived…
