When The Lunchbox opens this Friday, June 19, at 78 NW 25th St., Wynwood will get its most high tech restaurant yet. Restaurant owner Carlos Dorado, has spent months building out the restaurant to exact specifications in the hopes of creating the first zero-waste restaurant in Miami. The Johnson & Wales…
After just a six-month run, Ted’s at YoungArts is set to close after its last dinner service on Saturday, June 20. The Miami Herald reports that the restaurant will “cease operation as an ongoing restaurant to focus on alumni performances”. The restaurant/performance space, located on the seventh floor of YoungArts…
Try to find a quick French lunch downtown and you’re faced with a rubbery baguette layered with industrial brie and some overly salted, greasy saucisson sec. No more. Chef Philippe Jacquet has expanded his much loved, longstanding Cafe Pastis in South Miami to a downtown Miami street whose lunchtime cafes…
If you’re unfamiliar with polpettone, you won’t be after visiting Fornaro in Coconut Grove. At this one month-old restaurant, the Italian meatloaf-like dish reigns supreme. You can get polpettone on top of your pizza, or inside a panini, and of course you can order the polpettone on its own ($14.90)…
Nothing quite says brunch in French like galette de sarrasin au jambon et fromage. Translation: buckwheat crepes with ham, gruyere cheese, and béchamel. The authentically French dish comes from a small fishing village in Brittany where they refer to the crepes (made from white wheat flour and pancakes from buckwheat…
To quote a recent article from New York Times food critic Pete Wells, “You go to Milos for creatures that circulate in the Mediterranean and the eastern Atlantic and generally migrate to New York only when somebody buys them a plane ticket.” Well, the same applies to the Miami outpost…
Avra Jain’s Vagabond Group is expanding its paradise portfolio— although this piece of paradise is far removed from Miami. Jain and the Vagabond Group have announced they are partnering with Jamaican hospitality veteran Mary Phillips and Ortanique on the Mile’s Cindy Hutson and Delius Shirley on a new project in…
When Dario Cestaro opened Buon Pane Italiano on Miami Beach in mid-April he quickly realized he couldn’t keep up with the bounty of breads, pizzas and pies Alberto Lionetti began pumping out at 3 a.m. that morning. “He was able to make 40 different things, and I didn’t even know…
Miami New Times’ Iron Fork, the official Miami Spice kickoff event presented by the Downtown Miami Development Authority, has just announced the two Miami chefs brave enough to duke it out on stage in a battle of wits, skill, and culinary prowess. And this time, the women are running the…
Yes, breakfast tacos are a thing. Perhaps you are familiar with their big brother, the breakfast burrito. Or maybe you know their crazy tio the Honduran baleada — a burrito and taco hybrid. And then, there’s that mess Taco Bell created last year: the waffle taco. Since Miami is having…
Usually Michael Pirolo’s pristine handmade pastas at Macchialina Taverna Rustica ring in at at least $20 a plate. There’s the beet-filled mezzaluna with hazelnuts and brown butter ricotta salata at $22 or cavatelli with meat balls, porchetta and pecorino for the same. But starting tomorrow (Thursday) and occurring each week…
North Miami will get a dose of refreshment when the newest Jugofresh opens Monday, June 15 at 14871 Biscayne Blvd. in the Biscayne Commons Shopping Center. The pretty shopping center, by the way, is fast becoming a dining and fitness hub for the neighborhood. The center houses Chef Bee’s Oishi Thai,…
H aving a stressful day? Nothing a little Taiwanese teatime can’t fix. Seriously — if you’ve never tried to think about anything else whilst slurping and chewing on some boba besides the task at hand — I urge you to do it. You can’t. For some reason, boba (or bubble…
If you’re looking for a date night spot sure to impress, take that pretty little thing to 1930’s House, where Michelle Bernstein’s late Señora Martinez is popping up indefinitely every Wednesday through Sunday. Nestled in The Thompson’s backyard, this single family home that was once the community fitness center has…
All about the 305 till you die? Then you know that besides being our area code, 305 also marks the city’s official cafecito time. That movement began April 2013, when Miami mayor Tomas Regalado declared 3:05 p.m. “Miami’s official cafecito break time after local public relations maven Jenny Lee Molina…
Past a downtown convenience store’s money remittance window awaits a seemingly perfect hole in the wall. There, in a back room sit about a half dozen steamer trays packed with sour pork adobo, spicy sisig, and boiled baby squid plumped up with ground pork. The two fat, vivacious cockroaches scurrying…
When Adi Kafri opened her restaurant the Rocking Horse in Tel Aviv a half-century ago, the neighborhood around it wasn’t cool. But she saw the location’s potential, and soon the area was a hotbed of small stores and cafés. As a matter of fact, it still is. But Kafri moved…
Cindy Hutson has been on a world travel kick lately. She and partner (both at life and at restaurant Ortanique), Delius Shirley, have returned from a whirlwind series of trips that included Italy, Anguilla, and Jamaica. Now that she’s returned to Miami, the chef is ready to hunker down and…
Giselle Pinto, the baketress behind Sugar Yummy Mama, still has some of the sweetest cupcakes and cake pops in Miami. Recently, however, the owner of the pink bakery van and Wynwood bakery has been challenged to start a new endeavor by Nacho Cano of Bikram Brickell yoga studio. Pinto, who…
What do you do when your two great passions are graffiti and cooking? One option is to open a French bakery in Wynwood, a neighborhood known for its unique street art and emerging dining scene. And that’s exactly what Arthur Arnaize did a couple of months ago when he and…
Although summer hasn’t officially begun yet, the incessant 90-degree temperatures would argue otherwise. If you’re looking for a brunch spot that is feet away from the beach and has a mix of light and refreshing fare, eggy delights, and sweet decadence, look no further than the stunning Matador Terrace. Chances are…
Southern fast-casual chain McAllister’s Deli is set for a major Florida expansion, with ten locations planned for Miami-Dade and Broward counties. The Atlanta-based restaurant chain was founded in Oxford, Mississippi, in 1989. It now has 344 restaurants in 25 states. Jeff Sturgis, chief development officer at McAllister’s says the restaurant chain, which…
