There’s no middle ground when it comes to bottle service. You either thrive on it, scouring nightclubs for a table to latch onto, pool money with friends, or swipe a credit card to afford it because it’s peak Miami. But the concept of paying an exorbitant sum for the privilege…
On Thursday, the time has finally come for Miami New Times Iron Fork/Miami Spice kickoff, presented by the Miami Downtown Development Authority, an epic evening of food, fun, and drink at the Hyatt Regency Miami. The evening is jam packed with food and fun and will feature an epic chefs’ battle between…
Miami Spice doesn’t, technically, begin until next week, but already there’s much anticipation in the air, all leading up to the official Miami Spice kickoff party, Miami New Times’ Iron Fork, which takes place at the Hyatt Regency Miami on Thursday, July 30. The event features a host of Spice…
Miami-native Daniel Choiseul Paguaga graduated from Florida International University in 2010, and decided to relocate to the rural town Ocotal, a hub for speciality coffee farms where his family has produced coffee for generations. In seven months, he learned everything from how to pick coffee beans to handling production and…
Have plans tomorrow night? Cancel them because Golden Fig is giving diners who snag a table a preview taste of what to expect when the farmhouse eatery opens its doors to the public on Monday, July 27th for dinner. OTC’s sudden closure in June came as a surprise and huge…
Chef Richard Hales’ Centro Taco opens today at 125 SE Third Ave. At a friends and family dinner last evening, the chef literally has finished setting up minutes before the door opens. He points to the light fixtures and says they went up at some point in the wee hours…
When Nina Compton competed on Top Chef’s season in New Orleans, Miamians cheered on our home town girl. The then Scarpetta chef de cuisine fell just short of first place, but still snagged the coveted fan favorite award. Three months after the series finale aired, Compton announced she was leaving her…
Miami Gardens is about to get a new place for fried lobster and grilled shrimp when Finga Licking expands into a second location. The new Finga Licking, located at 17467 NW 27 Ave in Miami Gardens, opens Friday, July 24 with a party. The celebration starts at around 3 p.m…
Fruit is in season, the weather is sticky hot, and the seasonal sweets menu at The Dutch has just been revamped. Queens-born Executive Pastry Chef Josh Gripper, who has worked with all restaurant royalty in NYC and has been with The Dutch in South Beach since they opened, has much…
Downtown Miami was graced with the beloved, Dallas-born sandwich shop Which Wich (91 NW 1 St.) this past May. And now the franchise’s second South Florida location is slated to open the first week of August in Downtown Dadeland. (8880 SW 72 Pl.) Michael Fili, President/CEO of Fortune Management and the…
The corner of Biscayne Blvd and 64th Street is about to become a caffeine mecca with the opening of Starbucks this week, and Panther Coffee later on this year. The brand new state-of-the-art Starbucks, located at 6320 Biscayne Blvd., replaces the old strip mall store on 69th St. and Biscayne…
On Thursday, July 30, Eileen Andrade of Finka Table and Tap will face MC Kitchen’s Dena Marino in a “Fork Off” at Miami New Times’ Iron Fork/Miami Spice kickoff, presented by the Miami Downtown Development Authority. It all goes down at the Hyatt Regency Miami, where the two toques will battle…
The past few years haven’t been kind to Kris Wessel. First came the 2012 closure of his beloved Red Light Little River after his landlord (the new owner of seedy Biscayne Boulevard motel) juiced his rent up to unsustainable levels. Along with Michelle Bernstein’s Michy’s the restaurant was a pioneer…
Last April, pasta-loving locals and Lincoln Road obsessed tourists were saddened to find that TiramesU, the long-standing (17 years to be exact) Italian joint was shutting its doors practically overnight. Now, after a year of not serving al dente parpadelle Bolognese, however, TiramesU has announced it will reopen South of…
After plenty of anticipation and even more delays in construction, the Toronto-based “middleterranean” hotspot Byblos is finally opening for dinne r at the Royal Palm South Beach as of tonight. Helmed by executive chef Stuart Cameron and the brainchild of Toronto nightlife king Charles Khabouth and partner Harif Harji, the…
Michelle Bernstein knows she let her eponymous MiMo District restaurant get stale. “I got comfortable,” she says. “I outdated myself.” It’s a jarring confession from one of Miami’s most celebrated culinary figures. Bernstein, who’s 45, catapulted to greatness in 2000 when she took the reins at Azul inside Brickell Key’s…
Uncle Tom’s Barbecue is opening its third restaurant this week, with plans for a fourth. The newest Uncle Tom’s is open to the public, located at 8345 SW 124th St. is open for lunch and dinner, starting today. On Wednesday, July 22, the restaurant will close to the public at…
When Pitbull was laying down vocals for “International Love,” do you think he knew that his then manager would go on to open a food truck serving innovative comfort food to late night diners around Wynwood? Probably not. But for Derrick Turtan, better known as Chef Teach, a career in…
When was the last time you purposely drove up to Sunny Isles for dinner? Maybe it was for the opening of Basil Park. And before that since Yakko-San went from a hole in the wall under-the-radar spot where chefs would go to for an edible nightcap to a strip mall…
Oolite is no more. The year-old restaurant South Beach Restaurantat 166a Pennsylvania Avenue , which has achieved great things since it opened last year, owes the city more than $446,000 on its $61,000 per month rent, according to a letter dated April 28 to the Miami Beach City Commission from…
The weekend is coming and it’s going to be a hot one. It’s too muggy to go for a walk, too humid for a picnic, and even too steaming for the beach. What you need is a nice leisurely Sunday brunch. One where you and your friends can sip on…
This story has actually been a while in the making. Las Americas has been planning a move to a bigger, better location since last April. Lucky for all of us, they’re just days from opening. “Basically we shared the [old] place with the Bolivian consulate in Miami Springs. So, when they…
