Dessert Wars Returns to FIU Arena January 20

About four months ago, more than 20,000 confections flooded the FIU Arena for Dessert Wars. Dozens of local vendors offered a hodgepodge of sweets, from cookies and brownies to ice cream, cupcakes, and chocolate. Now, Miami’s leading dessert festival is gearing up to return January 20.

Whole Foods Dadeland Opens With Gastropub

Whole Foods Market has upped its food game with the debut of a Dadeland location. The 46,000-square-foot store, which opened today at 9 a.m., stocks the usual organic foods, wines, craft beers, and ready-to-eat foods. It also offers a bevy of items from Miami purveyors, a coffee bar, a juice bar on tap, and a gastropub. The sprawling market replaces the smaller Pinecrest location.

Taiyaki’s Unicorn Ice Cream Is Coming to 1-800-Lucky

Taiyaki, famous for its fish-shaped cones and exotic flavored ice cream, has created the most adorable treat known to mankind: Unicorn ice cream. This magical ice cream cone has been causing a sensation at Taiyaki’s flagship shop in New York City for months and now it’s coming to Miami. Taiyaki…

Sciuri Pasticceria Sells Sicilian Sweets on the Beach

Alessandro Buono has always loved the delicate sweets of his native Sicily but was never quite an adept baker. Nevertheless, the now heavily tattooed and pierced 22-year-old and his family late last year opened Sciuri Pasticceria e Rosticceria Siciliana just off South Beach’s Fifth Street.

South Beach’s À la Carte Reinvents Food Delivery

Dennis Garcia glances at a wall inside an Alton Road storefront covered with more than 40 iPads. When an order rings in, the 20-year-old with a polished swoop of black hair pulls a handful of noodles from a waist-high refrigerator and drops them into a sputtering fryer. Working in a…

The Filling Station’s Owner Plans Food Truck

About three years ago, Adam Feigeles moved the Filling Station and Garage Bar from Downtown Miami to Oakland Park,  with Feigeles telling New Times in a 2015 interview, “the building I was in was getting old. Rent was getting a little high. It became a little bit more difficult to handle monetarily.”

December 2017 Miami Restaurant Openings and Closings

The last month of 2017 saw the opening of some good establishments and the closing of a favorite. Panther Coffee doubled down by opening two new locations, and chef Eileen Andrade opened Amelia’s 1931, a retro Cuban diner. The Palace Bar reopened on Ocean Drive, and chef/partners Jeff McInnis and Janine Booth opened a satellite of their New York City restaurant, Root & Bone. Finally, Mignonette Uptown closed, though the original location continues to thrive.

Five Champagne Brunches to Welcome 2018

As Miami prepares for the biggest night of the year, start the party early with a boozy Sunday brunch. From Miami Beach to Doral, look for restaurants offering bottomless bubbly and unlimited plates of food. Before donning your New Year’s Eve tiara, savor caviar towers, warm popovers, and pours of your favorite libation at one of these five restaurants.

Danny Serfer Reflects on Closing Mignonette Uptown

“I did everything I thought I did right at the other two restaurants,” Danny Serfer says. Nevertheless, the North Miami Beach location of his and partner Ryan Roman’s Mignonette shuttered earlier this month, leaving about 20 employees without jobs just before the holidays and leaving the restaurateurs, who’ve enjoyed runaway success since Serfer opened Blue Collar on Biscayne Boulevard in 2012, scratching their heads in confusion.

Miami’s Best New Restaurants of 2017

This past year, a handful of local toques were behind the most anticipated openings. Top Chef alums Jeff McInnis, Janine Booth, and Jeremy Ford debuted restaurants in Miami Beach, while Niven Patel and Zak Stern made tradition the new trend. There were also notable additions from outsiders. James Beard Award…