More than 25 years ago, Cosmo Kramer from TV’s Seinfeld had an idea for a pizza business in which customers “make their own pizza.” In 2013, it is finally a reality. Characters Jerry and George weren’t amused, but South Florida resident Justin Gould and his father Ronald were/ So hey have made…
The Conscious Bite Out dinner series is Miami’s tribute to sustainability, innovation and delicious, plant-based eats. The newest installment of the unique event will feature edibles by three innovative local chefs: Nicole Gonzalez from downtown’s Fooq’s, Brad Kilgore from Wynwood’s Alter, and Jonathan Seningen from Miami Beach’s soon-to-open DIRT. “From inception,…
New Times’ Iron Fork, the official Miami Spice kickoff event presented by the Miami Downtown Development Authority, has just announced a new competition that will have Miami screaming, shuck it, baby, shuck it! On Thursday, July 30 at the Hyatt Regency Miami/James L. Knight Center, representatives from five Miami seafood…
Tantalize Miami, the new supper club that opened on South Beach about two weeks ago is a billed as “South Florida’s most unique and sensual dining destination” , but what, exactly does that mean? We were invited to experience the new place and, frankly, weren’t sure what to expect. The…
Pastry chefs don’t get enough attention or credit, unless of course they are Hedy Goldsmith (we miss you) or Antonio Bachour. Don’t let any chef of savory food tell you differently – desserts can be the most important part of any meal. There’s something special about ending a feast with…
The folks behind insanely popular hotspots the likes of Radio, Bodega, and Pizza Bar are doing it again, this time with the Asian inspired Red Ginger, opening tonight just feet away from Radio on South of Fifth at 736 first street. To helm the kitchen of Red Ginger, Menin has…
Dough. Mozzarella. Onions. Oregano. The ingredients required to make one of Argentina’s regional specialties are almost as simple as its origins. Derived from Italy’s focaccia, then made entirely Argentine with the addition of melted mozzarella and charred onions, this South American delicacy isn’t readily available around Miami. Searching it out,…
Barceloneta South Miami has closed. The restaurant, part of the Pubbelly Group,tweeted the news to their followers on June 10. Barceloneta South Beach remains open. The original Barceloneta opened in 2011 as the last installment in a trio of Sunset Harbour restaurants by the team of Jose Mendin, Sergio Navarro, and…
For many people, lugging around a nagging feeling of discontent and the weight of unfulfilled dreams is as normal as carrying a book-laden backpack. Statistics suggest more than fifty percent of Americans are unhappy at work (not to mention everywhere else), and it’s rare that anyone has the courage to throw…
Mark Soyka has been eyeing a coral rock building just down the street from his namesake restaurant for nearly two decades. By the end of this year, the 71-year-old restaurateur says it will be revamped and turned into a 100-seater focused on vegetable dishes and wood-fired proteins. “I finally got…
He’s the guy that brought you home from the hospital, spent countless hours assembling bicycles and Barbie dream houses, and loaned you countless amounts of money. He’s dad and this weekend is payback for all the times he cheered your little league team or sat through your garage band’s gig…
If you want big boobs, sugar-laden mojitos, or would-be Cuban sandwiches chockful of hormone-pumped pork, you can find it on either Washington Avenue or Ocean Drive. And this is probably why these thoroughfares are a no-locals land when it comes eating and drinking. Sure, you’ve got Sriracha House and the…
Details have emerged on the second Miami Beach restaurant by Macchialina’s Michael Pirolo and Jen Chaefsky. The restaurant, BaZi at the Marlin Hotel, is currently under construction, with plans to open this summer. The restaurant will offer progressive interpretations of classic Asian dishes, covering all regions of this vast part of…
When Under the Mango Tree opened in early 2011, owner Patricia Olesen had four juices and four smoothies on the menu, along with a hair extension business operating out of a spare back room she put up for rent. Fast-forward four years later and the sliver of a space in…
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…
