Restaurants

A list of the bars and restaurants that opened and closed in Miami in March 2019.

On any given weekend, thousands of people, with dogs and children in tow, flock to the Yellow Green Farmers Market to shop for everything from local vegetables to craft beer to Turkish bathrobes.

Burger King is testing a meat-free Whopper. First off, this is not an April Fool’s joke, and, second, the Miami-based fast-food giant is not going vegan, so those of you who crave beef have nothing to worry about. Beginning today, the Impossible Whopper is being tested in 59 Burger King restaurants in St. Louis, Missouri.

Miami Beach’s vegetarian and vegan gastropub, Soul Tavern, is celebrating Spring with a Soulstice pop-up concept featuring over a dozen different pizza options.

Adela Alcantara had hesitations about going back into the restaurant business. After starting operations out of a laundromat in 1989 and opening seven restaurants across the county, Alcantara sold her Honduran restaurant empire, Adelita’s, in 2011.

On Saturday, April 13, New Times’ Out to Brunch moves to its new Design District home for an afternoon of food, music, and day-drinking.

A new egg-centric breakfast, brunch, and lunch eatery from the creators of the Butcher Shop Beer Garden in Miami and West Palm Beach is headed for downtown Miami. The Egg Spot — the third restaurant from father-and-son restaurateurs Igor and Fred Niznik — is scheduled to open this spring at 228 SE First St.

Amare Ristorante in the South of Fifth will combine the traditional flavors of Napoli and the Amalfi Coast.

Long before Bill Young, the 57-year-old chef and owner of Red Shallot, began serving his Taiwanese picadillo, residents of his densely populated home island off China’s eastern coast have enjoyed a dish of ground pork belly aggressively seasoned and served atop of a bed…

In 1986, Brazilian natives Carlos Augusto Carvalho and George Yuji Koshoji met in Brazil’s financial capital, São Paulo. Koshoji was working behind Carvalho’s favorite sushi counter, and together they decided to open their own restaurant.

Sakaya Kitchen and Blackbrick chef and owner Richard Hales will undergo emergency brain surgery this morning following a procedure to remove an 8-year-old brain tumor at the beginning of this year.

South American restaurant chain Osaka is slated to open a Brickell outpost in July as part of the brand’s international expansion that also includes a possible London location.

At Richard Sandoval’s Toro Toro, located inside the InterContinental Miami hotel, pork lovers can “go ham” on a new dish. The restaurant has just introduced a monster-sized, 32-ounce cut of porcine goodness known as the chuleta — a giant meat Mohawk of pork loin, ribs, and a strip of pork…

For the past three months, El Tucán in Brickell had kept its doors shut. The club reopened last week, and instead of original live cabaret, its guests will now enjoy an authentic Miami dinner party in its new incarnation as a restaurant and lounge concept. Owner Mathieu Massa, who…

The countdown is on to Soul Vegan Festival, Miami Beach’s edible event dedicated to plant-based African-American, Caribbean, and Hispanic-inspired foods. The fest, which kicks off on Saturday, March 23, is a collaboration with the Hungry Black Man, a concept created by Starex Smith. “Veganism is one of the culinary…

Chef Shuji Hiyakawa, of Wabi Sabi by Shuji, and Alvaro Perez Miranda, who launched the Vagabond Restaurant & Bar with Alex Chang, will open a 36-seat Japanese restaurant on the ground floor of the Cynergi building in Wynwood later this year. “The focus will be seasonality, simplicity, and kikubari,” Hiyakawa says…

Sara Paz-Claro and Eddy Claro took a ride on the fast track at a young age. Before Sara was even 17, the high-school sweethearts began earning money for college by working events and weddings referred by Sara’s mother, cake queen Ana Paz. Soon the side gig turned into a full-time company…

When Life House Little Havana opens its doors as the neighborhood’s first boutique hotel next week it will also offer locals and guests a first look at Parcela, the brand’s signature veggie-forward cafe.

For some, a church might be a strange place to seek a meal, yet on a recent Sunday night, as twilight cast a lavender glow across the sky, cars filled the parking lot of St. Matthew the Apostle Episcopal Church near South Miami. People emerged and wandered between red brick…

In 2012, Johnson & Wales University’s North Miami Campus initiated the JWU Zest Awards as a way of recognizing excellence in Miami’s culinary community. Now in their eighth year, the Zest Awards have become a respected part of the local food and beverage landscape. Many chefs and restaurateurs see the Zests as the hometown version of the nationally acclaimed James Beard Awards.

As Miami readies itself for spring, break your weekend routine and try a new brunch.

A few months since celebrating Ariete’s third anniversary, chef and owner Michael Beltran is planning to open a second restaurant in the neighborhood, Chug’s.