Restaurants

Overlooking the Shore Club’s infinity pool, Diez y Seis is set to launch a weekend Mexican brunch party, complete with live music, a bottomless buffet, and tableside cocktails. The reoccurring event, which will happen every Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. after the launch Sunday, September 16, will feature a lineup of buffet-style fare from executive chef Jose Icardi, best known for opening the Argentine restaurant Leynia at the Delano.

Wynwood’s Love Life Wellness Center has branched out. The venue’s onsite café is now its own entity, Love Life Cafe, located down the street at 2616 NW Fifth Ave. The plant-based eatery is known for winning Seed Food + Wine Week’s Plant-Based Burger Battle in 2016, and the new café offers an of options, from salads to pizzas to burritos.

At the new Fixpresso in Coral Gables, everything — including cold-brew coffee, espresso drinks, and cinnamon buns — costs $2. Located in the space formerly occupied by Starbucks on the corner of Ponce de Leon Boulevard and Miracle Mile, Fixpresso is the first of its kind.

Downtown Dadeland, say hello to your new neighborhood watering hole. The Brass Tap opened this week inside the former World of Beer location, which abruptly shuttered in November 2017.

Café Grumpy is anything but what its name implies. The Brooklyn-based shop, which opened this summer in Coral Gables, serves coffee, tea, and local pastries in a welcoming and Wi-Fi-connected space.

Down south in the Redland, just a long stone’s throw from Krome Avenue and the Everglades, 350 cacao trees tower over Patch of Heaven Sanctuary, a 20-acre nature conservation site at 21900 SW 157th Ave. Dozens of yellow and orange oval pods filled with brown cacao beans hang from the…

In August, Miami welcomed one of the world’s most lauded chefs to the Miami area. Michelin-starred Thomas Keller opened the Surf Club Restaurant, a nod to traditional dining in an opulent setting. Beloved neighborhood seafood spot Captain Jim’s returned, and Joe’s Take Away opened to sate our summer cravings.

Take your four-legged friend to Saturday brunch at Deck Sixteen. The indoor/outdoor restaurant, which serves brunch from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., offers bottomless mimosas and bloody marys ($15), live music, and a robust selection of sweet and savory items with a Mediterranean twist. Plus, next to the restaurant is Wooftop Park, the first rooftop dog park in Miami Beach.

Say goodbye to pastrami pizza and Jewish deli fare on South Beach. All three locations of Buzzy Sklar and Richard Booth’s Hank & Harry’s Deli quietly closed late last week.

If you’re trying to impress a client or treat a valued employee to lunch, try Miami Spice. The program, in which more than 200 of Miami’s finest establishments offer three-course lunch deals for only $23, runs through September 30. The five restaurants below are noted for their generous menus and sophisticated settings. Tax and tip are not included in the prices, and reservations are strongly recommended.

New Times’ Iron Fork returns with a host of food, fun, and a battle between two of Miami’s top chefs. Thursday, October 4, the James L. Knight Center and Hyatt Regency Miami will host this mega chef competition that offers bites from favorite Magic City restaurants.

The popsicles you enjoyed as a kid have been revamped. Miami purveyors are offering elevated versions of the favorite childhood treat. Forgoing red dyes and muted flavors, these shops serve pops made from unadulterated ingredients and unique flavor combinations. From decadent Nutella bathed in marshmallow paste to rainbow sprinkles…

Terre del Sapore feels like home. This Coral Gables restaurant is replete with a welcoming vibe, an exposed brick wall, and a wood-fired oven where you can watch your pizza being cooked. Owner Marcelo Lederman opened the eatery so he would have a place for his family and friends to enjoy the cuisine he loves best.

At the Surf Club Restaurant, a ritzy remake of a 1930s classic, waiters are referred to as captains, beef Wellington sells for $125, and reservations must be made weeks in advance even though the place opened less than a month ago. Its prices and quality are among Miami’s highest, rivaling…

In Doral, Cancun Grill is behind a Sunday buffet-style brunch party with unlimited drinks and a mariachi band.

September 29, J. Wakefield Brewing is expected to debut a 600-square-foot beer garden in front of its Wynwood taproom.

Weeks after debuting inside downtown’s MiamiCentral, Joe & the Juice is now open at Aventura Mall. It marks the chain’s sixth location in Miami-Dade, and a seventh is expected to open in Sunny Isles Beach.

In the Food Network era, chefs work long hours doing physical labor, which stresses human relationships to the breaking point. But one being is there without judgment: the dog.

Chuy’s, an Austin-based Tex-Mex chain, opens near Miami International Airport with a menu of Mexican comfort-food-inspired dishes such as burritos, enchiladas, and tacos.

Miami Spice continues through September, when diners can indulge in prix fixes ($23 for lunch and brunch, and $39 for dinner) at more than 240 restaurants across town. If you’re with a group of picky eaters, Italian restaurants are the way to go. From hearty pasta to fresh branzino, there’s usually something to sate every appetite…

Miami’s leading dessert festival is gearing up to return September 30. Instead of taking over the FIU Arena with more than 20,000 confections, Dessert Wars will relocate to Wynwood’s Soho Studios to accommodate additional vendors and attendees.