It’s been nearly two years since China Grill, the restaurant that in 1995 essentially started Miami Beach’s dining renaissance, closed its doors and announced a move to Brickell. In April 2012, China Grill Management and Jeffrey Chodorow announced China Grill Brickell would open “in the fourth quarter of this year,…
A small fried chicken joint so far west on SW Eighth Street it could be in the Everglades is breaking a lot of hearts on the outer edges of New York City. Caporal Chicken is tucked inside an easy-to-miss cubbyhole in a remote shopping plaza, where Vincent Herryman turns out…
On April 15, Tongue & Cheek, the playful South of Fifth restaurant by chef Jamie DeRosa, will celebrate its first anniversary. Truthfully, it seems like the restaurant has been around a lot longer. During its brief existence, chef/owner Jamie DeRosa has attracted a faithful clientele of locals — along with…
Miami’s favorite spot for meatless eats, Choices Vegan Cafe, has given birth a new vegan eatery: Choices Kitchen, a spacious spot on NW 27th Ave. The new arrival is a twist on the company’s other two locales. Instead of a written menu, they’ll be offering up a daily plate of…
Yann Rio has a pretty weighty resumé. He’s cooked his way through the celestial spheres of Guide Michelin at Paris’ Hotel Crillon, Le Pré Catelan, and Apicius, as well as the famed Bernard Loiseau in Saulieu. But his new place, Nothing but the Best, is located in an obscure corner…
North Miami residents will be able to get their hands on warm loaves when Great Harvest Bread Company opens its doors April 11. The bakery, part of a Montana-based chain that was established in the 1970s, is the first location to open in South Florida. The Great Harvest Bread Company…
Jon Favreau’s new movie, Chef, will be released on May 9 and we can’t wait. Basically, if we could custom make a film, this would be it. The movie, which features a cast including Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sofia Vergara, Oliver Platt, Bobby Cannavale, and John Leguizamo, is the…
PB Fish, the new happy-hour pop-up by the Pubbelly boys, launches today at PB Steak. The fish-shack concept will serve affordable seafood dishes and rum cocktails weekdays from 5 to 7 p.m. during PB Steak’s happy hour (which has moved from the regular 6 to 8 p.m. time slot to…
Yann Rio has a pretty weighty resumé. He’s cooked his way through the celestial spheres of Guide Michelin at Paris’ Hotel Crillon, Le Pré Catelan, and Apicius, as well as the famed Bernard Loiseau in Saulieu. But his new place, Nothing but the Best, is located in an obscure corner…
Prohibition, a new restaurant and lounge, is set to open this month in midtown in the former George’s Kitchen space. Taking a cue from its name, the place will have a Chicago speakeasy vibe, with servers dressed in newsboy caps and ties, � la 1930s. The restaurant, located in the…
It’s spring, and the thing we most like to bring out this time of year is our balls. Balls for every taste. Beautiful balls. Misshapen balls. Aromatic balls. Meatless balls. Hearing our fondness for all things ball-shaped (and vegan), the folks at Nate’s Meatless Meatballs sent us some samples to…
Brunch is to Sunday what booze is to happy hour. No Sunday is complete without it, especially when the brunch is overflowing with booze. At 660 at the Angler’s, the intimate restaurant is more like an oasis. The Angler’s recently joined the Kimpton Hotels family, so the company has revamped…
Por�ao Farm to Grill is lots of things. Downstairs, it’s a farm-to-table restaurant with its own herb garden and room for dry-aging meats. Upstairs, it’s a private club, KAO Lounge, equipped with full bottle service, as well as a smoking place, KAO Smoke, outfitted with faux cork leather floors and…
If you’ve ever been to a winetasting or a pairing dinner in Miami, chances are you met local wine educator Barry Alberts. Alberts died suddenly this past weekend. His daughter, Lexi, posted the news on Alberts’ Facebook page Saturday, April 5. Alberts also had a son, Chad, who lives in…
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: Healthful food doesn’t have to be boring, tasteless, or raw. A good chef can make anything delicious — including baked goods made with prune juice, brown rice flour, and coconut palm nectar. We promise. Miami-based bakery Peace A’ Cake makes sweet…
La Mar, noted chef Gaston Acurio’s new restaurant located in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel on Brickell Key, has been slammed with customers since it opened March 19. The food is upscale gourmet Peruvian. Don’t expect your abuela’s causa. Twists on classic Peruvian dishes, such as lomo saltado served with potato…
It’s coming! IKEA, the land of affordable assemble-it-yourself furniture, Swedish meatballs, and lingonberry soda is (finally) opening its first Miami-Dade location this summer. (No more schlepping to Sunrise for a twenty-buck end table and some frozen salmon!) See also: IKEA to Open in Miami: Five Reasons for Foodies to Rejoice…
In less than two years, Giorgio Rapicavoli has gone from executive chef at 660 at the Angler’s and winning Chopped to making Eating House a pop-up-turned-Miami-mainstay that boasts lines down the block for Wakin-n-Bacon brunch and tang mimosas every Sunday. This past Friday, he — along with partner and longtime…
Sometimes, with all the modern touches, it’s difficult to remember Miami’s glorious past since not much remains. Sure, we have Vizcaya and the Art Deco district, but our city isn’t filled with brass plaques explaining every time a president visited or a writer spent his youth sitting at a certain…
Tucked away in the corner of a Pinecrest strip mall is the urban culinary oasis Shaddai Fine Lebanese Cuisine. You’ll find three floor lamps of varying heights and colors, three wooden camel statues, and a wall adorned with three swords. Nearby are three booths. Are these trios symbolic of the…
Kush, the beer and burger joint that opened in Wynwood about two weeks ago, can best be described as Lokal’s scrappy little brother. Coconut Grove’s Lokal is the more polished older sibling, while Kush has a younger, edgier feel. But there’s no doubt, whatsoever, that the two restaurants share the…
We don’t often (or ever, really) refer to Miami Lakes as a culinary mecca, but the amazing deal we stumbled upon at Chivas, a gem inconspicuously located in a nondescript strip mall right off the Palmetto Expressway, is definitely worth mentioning. Although the restaurant specializes in Colombian food, Chivas also…
