Top Chef 7 is officially on its way to your signal box, and Magical Elves, the production company behind the hit Bravo series, was in Miami on Sunday looking for talent. Prospective contestants turned up for a 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. casting call at Club 50 in Brickell’s Viceroy…
Barton G, ringmaster, restaurateur, attention getter, giraffer? Yes. He said he would do it and he produced. What hundreds of pound of free food, hundreds of bottles of free drinks, a concert stage with a great opening band and the Pointer Sisters headlining cannot do, a giraffe on Biscayne Boulevard…
First, the answer: The sancocho pictured above and in last weeks’ Where It At? is taken from the specials menu at Grateful Bread.And now, the abbreviated sneak preview of the New Times restaurant review for next week:Our strongest recommendation from Grateful Bread’s regular menu is chicken Veracuzano, the tender breast…
Despite the fire that ravaged Barton G’s warehouse on Monday night with millions in props and other non-food-related damages, Barton G. Weiss, the seasoned showman that he is, addressed an impressive crowd of media and industry VIPs Wednesday night in a pre-launch event for his new Adrienne Arsht Center restaurant,…
Suck an egg daily metro!This week’s Miami Herald food & wine calendar presents factual errors regarding Bollywood Nights at Indian Palate.Bollywood Nights at Indian Palate goes down Thursday, October 29 at 2120 Salzedo Street in Coral Gables; not tonight, as the Herald reports.That’s according to Chef/Owner Jay Mariadoss who said,…
Web enabled eating is here and a Miami upstart is taking the industry by storm.Fresh Diet Inc. is a gourmet meal delivery company founded on the fair shores of the 305 by a dude named Zalmi Duchman. The company currently operates kitchens and deliveries in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut,…
David Sax has been called “The M.F.K. Fisher of pickled meats” (A.J. Jacobs), and his just-published book, Save The Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) was referred to as “a voluptuous mitzvah for schmaltzophiles” (Jane and Michael Stern, authors…
Casale in Miami Beach is a pizzeria with hearth!
A federal judge in Miami ruled that $97 million ordered paid by Dole Food Inc. to 150 Nicaraguan workers who claim to have suffered sterility and other injuries due to pesticide cannot be upheld in the U.S.The injuries allegedly stem from use of dibromochloropropane (DBCP) pesticide on Dole banana farms…
Tickets for the 2010 Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival go on sale this coming Monday, October 26. The festival is scheduled for February 25 to 28, and unlike past years there will not be a second block of tickets sold in early 2010. So Monday is, like,…
Grill smoke carries barbecue flavors through the air as beer, sauce and music flow freely.Ribfest is coming November 7 and 8 to Homestead Air Reserve Park (Moody Drive and SW 122 Avenue).Local ribbers Huckleberry Hillbilly and Smoke & Spice battle out-of-state touring barbecue teams like Big Boned BBQ in the…
Forget everything you expect from and dislike about Chinese takeout. If you’re having trouble, let us shed some light… Greasy, saucy, gloopy, wilted, and one-note flavor. Now imagine a menu with light options like crisp salads, low oil stir fries, noodle soups, finger-licking edamame tossed in a creative selection of…
Lime Fresh Mexican Grill is a homegrown success story built on burritos, beer, and an “upscale interior,” that has delivered double-digit rising profits every year since opening their South Beach flagship five years ago.Recently they hired a former Starbucks executive as their new VP of Development, and their current media…
The team behind Jaguar Ceviche in Coconut Grove premieres its new Talavera Cocina Mexicana in Coral Gables today (2299 Ponce de Leon, on the corner of Giralda). Open for lunch and dinner, Talavera promises to serve traditional Mexican food “with a contemporary twist”. Menu items, which all fall below $18,…
Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza opens its Miami Lakes location today, making it the fourth in Miami-Dade County and the 20th nationally. ACFP uses authentic 800-degree, coal-burning ovens to create “well done pizzas.” The new restaurant is located at 15492 NW 77th Court in Royal Oaks Plaza (off the Palmetto Expressway…
Another year, another Iron Fork. Were you there, did you have fun, what would you like to see there next time that would make it better. We think there should have been more water. Rum and Presidente are not always the answer.Here are some pictures representing for the restaurants that…
Yesterday we wrote of Food & Wine magazine naming her cookbook Cuisine a Latina as one of the top 25 of the year. Earlier in the week we noted that her Sra. Martinez restaurant made Esquire’s list of 20 Best New Restaurants in America. Today’s Michelle news concerns an upcoming…
The Presidente flowed as Chef John Critchley laid the culinary smackdown on Giancarla Bodoni for the 2009 Iron Fork title. Critchley is on a winning streak, with his seafood-celebrating Area 31 having been recently named one of Esquire magazine’s best new restaurants this year.Our focus, however, was the side show…
A teeny sneak preview of the New Times restaurant review for next week.Although this is a “pizzeria/mozzarella bar,” there’s plenty more going on gastronomically. In fact, it is the plethora of fresh vegetable offerings that set Casale apart from so many other places. The menu mentions some 45 meatless items,…
“It is Brazil’s time,” an exuberant President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva exclaimed when his country won the bid to host the 2016 Olympics. A rowdy crowd at Botequim Carioca Brazilian Bar & Grill agreed, hoisting caipirinhas and cold drafts while celebrating news of Latin America’s first Summer Games. Botequim…
Champagne + chocolate = wet panties.Get in on the action when Morton’s The Steakhouse (1200 Brickell Ave., Miami) presents An Evening of Decadence: Champagne and Chocolate Tastings on Wednesday, October 21st.The night begins with Morton’s signature hors d’oeuvres like smoked salmon wedges, broiled sea scallops and petite filet mignon sandwiches…
Waxy’s On the River (690 SW First Court, Miami) is a Key West-styled Irish pub that specializes in fish. They shoot for a neighborhood joint feeling and are proud to showcase buzzworthy local acts like ArtOfficial, and Locos Por Juana, through their midweek live music bookings.The restaurant is located on…
