The Taurus started out on Main Highway in Coconut Grove in 1926. Back then it was a little cottage that served as a gathering place for locals, and remained the Grove’s favorite spot to hoist brews and munch burgers until 2002 — when the one-acre site was developed into Grove…
The weekly Paradigm dinner at Neomi’s Grill in the Trump International Sonesta Beach Resort takes eaters on a culinary acid trip; blasting their flavor modulators (tongues) through outer space with alimentary combinations that taste like they came from the great beyond. A recent Paradigm dinner saw Chef Kurtis Jantz, Chef…
Your frisky feline struts her stuff to the soiree on a leash. Kitty extends a peace paw to Jack Russell.You show up dressed as your pet.Your pet shows up dressed as you. Fido gets carded, and flashes his own collar-handy ID, his graduation certificate from obedience school.Your furry friend bribes the…
This morning in “Death and Tacos” Natalie O’Neill exposed El Toro Taco’s fairly recent 53 food inspection critical violations smorgasbord, but where’s the link to the report, and how have their reports looked in the past?Here’s the link for the past six food inspection reports for routine food inspections conducted…
God it’s hot outside. How hot? So hot the frigid, frostbite-inducing blasts of restaurant air conditioning actually feel good. Now is the perfect time for ice cream — oh no, wait. Sorry. The perfect time for ice cream actually begins next Wednesday, June 24th, which coincidentally coincides with the return…
Once in a while being a vegetarian can be a royal letdown. You espy a lovely bean burrito on a menu, but upon inquiry it turns out that the beans are cooked con puerco and the rice was simmered in chicken stock. Or how about this sumptuous-looking roasted tomato soup? Ahh, the base…
Hint: If serious wine lovers know the name Chris Ringland and his award-winning Australian Shiraz, you should too. And now you can — in person no less! Yes, this bloke from down under will be happy to pour you a glass himself at Wolfe’s Wine Shoppe this evening. Thirteen different…
Tomorrow and Sunday at Fruit and Spice Park, the fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree. Life’s a mango, dig in at the Redland Summer Fruit Festival where exotic varieties of the plentiful bounties intrinsic to our tropical paradise will be featured and showcased on the grounds of South Dade’s…
“I gave up the thought of ‘reviewing’ the film and decided to exhort you: SEE IT. BRING YOUR KIDS IF YOU HAVE THEM. BRING SOMEONE ELSE’S IF YOU DON’T. THE SHEER SCALE OF THE MOVIE IS MIND-BLOWING. IT’S THE DOCUMENTARY EQUIVALENT OF ‘THE MATRIX'”–David Edelstein, New York MagazineStarts today at…
With a name that roughly translates as “Oye hijodeputa gringo, learn Spanish already,” Los Sabores Del Mercado Venza is a free, bilingual event taking place Sunday, June 28 at the Lincoln Road Farmers Market at Lincoln Road and Euclid Ave.Local Latino/a chefs and chefs who specialize in Latin-style cuisine will…
Refresh Miami is a real life monthly meetup where people into the Internet get together and talk about blogs and Twitters, their Facebooks, new mobile media device applications, stuff like that, that kind of stuff, and stuff of that nature. Point is, who cares, there’s free food and free drinks…
Among those who take their ethnic restaurants seriously, ambiance, service, and even taste of the food take back seats to how closely the meals hew to authenticity. This zeal for the real deal, however, manifests itself to different degrees according to genre of cuisine. Most foodies won’t fret that smoked…
It could be a sign of desperation for fuss-free neighborhood eats, priced right in the financial district, or merely a coincidence. Either way, Puntino Downtown was filling to the brim quickly by noon yesterday with a power lunch crowd hungry for a taste of its new “Fine Italian Cuisine.” In…
EVOS has signed an agreement with Foodies Miami Inc.(headed up by Roland Rafuls and Rosana Emanuelli) for three franchise locations to be opened in South Florida “by early 2011”. Which begs the question: What is EVOS? According to the release:EVOS offers a full menu of burgers, fries, and shakes that…
BLT Steak Miami Beach takes Chef Laurent Tourondel’s formula for success and applies it to Dade County. Read Lee Klein’s New Times review of the joint here and Victoria Pesce Elliot’s Miami Herald review here.BLT Steak Miami Beach’s Chef De Cuisine Sam Gorenstein says “I was born in Colombia and…
What a tease. Ever since Sushi Siam shuttered at its former home in the Four Ambassadors Hotel last year, Brickell has had a serious shortage of good quality, upscale casual Asian eats. So when the Coming Soon sign hiding on that open door first appeared at 951 Brickell Ave. earlier…
“The New Times never calls me,” Mayor Don Slesnick grumbled to a certain food writer one evening not long ago. And if can I recall correctly, that same food writer quickly replied, “That probably means you’re doing something right!”Well in case you didn’t get the memo, it’s Coral Gables Restaurant…
Patrick Bachelier sells fresh, high quality seafood and specialty products to some of the finest, quality minded chefs in South Florida, like Michelle Bernstein. He is the tri-county and Caribbean salesman for Gary’s Seafood, an Orlando company that has been privately owned and operated since 1990 and whose motto is…
The legendary Chef Allen Susser, a James Beard Award recipient, South Florida culinary pioneer, originator of “New World Cuisine,” author of more cookbooks than you can shake a fish at, and longtime Aventura Restaurateur is cooking up a special event series built for hard times.This and every Friday until July…
Lifefood Gourmet, which moved a while ago to an airy new location on Coral Way, promises to be a mecca for healthy eaters, vegans and raw-foodists alike. Advertised as “the most sustainable cuisine on the planet,” Lifefood makes guilt-free dining easy with no dairy, wheat/gluten, soy, corn, chemicals, “strange proteins”…
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Ever wondered why there aren’t more social events for homeless people? You know, like places where they can congregate, have a good meal, get some dental care, a new i.d. card, an AIDS test, and just hang out as an invited guest?Rev. Pedro A. Martinez, the founder and president of…
