Restaurants

Miami Farmers’ Markets: The Fresh, the Local, and the Bargains

Hey downtown Miami, if you’re looking for a new happy hour place to grab a few brews with your crew, you’e got a new meeting place come Friday.Read also:- The DRB (Democratic Republic of Beer): Best Bottled Beer Selection 2010Democratic Republic of Beer, the small brew house with an outstanding…

Red Light Little River is closed.Read also:- Kris Wessel: Florida Cookery at the James Royal Palm is PersonalThe restaurant always seemed like dining at the small house party of a friend who cared more about making beautiful food than location, location, location.Miami’s Restaurant Power Rankings broke the story yesterday and…

Machiya Ramen Noodle House has been open since October 15. “We hope you enjoy our soft opening menu.” These are the words printed on their single-sheet of offerings. For diners, this means a couple of things. First, the menu isn’t definitive. Second, the staff is in training, and the kitchen…

Take a drive down 41st Street on Miami Beach and you’ll notice something Kosher is afoot. Almost all the eateries and markets in this part of town boast their offerings conform with Kashrut, Jewish dietary laws. On weekends, starting Friday evenings, black-clad Orthodox and Hasidic families take over the sidewalks,…

In a matter of days The Hoxton emerged in the space formerly occupied by the now-closed Irish pub, Lucky Clover. It is a stripped down version of the former bar with a stark interior and a New England-inspired menu. All of the wood paneling and Irish flare was quickly pulled…

This past Saturday we just couldn’t avoid lines. Maybe it was the insanely beautiful weather that got everyone in Miami out and about…or maybe the lure of freshly baked goods.After a long line at the polls (a friend clocked the wait to vote at Miami Beach City Hall at three…

Villa Mayfair is going through some changes to reflect the casual, bohemian neighborhood it belongs to.Read also:- Villa Mayfair to Reopen With Changes, Casual VibeThe French Mediterranean restaurant, complete with gilt chairs and DJ booth, closed for the summer, making tongues wag in speculation whether it would ever make a…

It’s suddenly sweatshirt weather in Miami, and even though the sun still warms my rosy vegan cheeks, I’ve been craving some traditional fall flavors to do the same for my belly. With Thanksgiving just three weeks away, it’s also a great time to start scouting out some raw, plant-based holiday…

About a month back, Short Order reported on a name and location switcheroo being played out in South Beach. Read also:- American Burger Replaces 8 oz. Burger Bar on Alton; 8 oz. To Open New Lincoln Road Location8 oz. Burger Bar on Alton Road had mysteriously turned into American Burger…

When we first heard of Marler Clark, the “food safety law firm,” we pictured a dozen ambulance chasers strategically posted outside of establishments that served spinach in large quantities throughout the day. After a few conversations with Bill Marler, however, we realized that our assumption couldn’t be further from the…

Miami is a little topsy-turvy when it comes to growing season. Just when the rest of the country is settling down for frost to cover the farmlands, we’re gearing up for fresh produce at farmers markets, U-Pick tomato patches, and via CSA boxes delivered to our doors.Teena’s Pride (20025 SW…

Get ready for barbeque, beer, and bourbon, Wynwood. Pride and Joy, pit master Myron Mixon’s honky tonk/barbeque restaurant, opens its doors today at 5 p.m.Read also:- Pride and Joy, Myron Mixon’s Palace of Barbeque and Beer, Coming to WynwoodThe restaurant, co-owned by Mixon along with partners Mike Saladino, Chris Mayer,…

Open your windows, turn off your air conditioner and enjoy this glorious weather! It’s fall in Miami and as the temperature cools off, the restaurant scene heats up!Already we’re seeing restaurants come onto the scene in anticipation of the arrival of snowbirds flying south for the winter, tourists coming for…

Amir Ben-Zion: In South Street and Cooper Avenue, Miami’s Hottest Restaurateur Embarks on His Most Ambitious Ventures

In other weird news, HoneyBaked has announced it will ham it up in Miami by opening pop-up store. There are currently three locations in greater Miami-Dade, but the new pop-up, to go up in Southland Mall, will give residents of South Miami Heights and Cutler Bay an alternative to Butterball…

Miami Gardens is a mecca for interesting food. Consider for example Lorna’s Restaurant, the Caribbean place that for the last six years has offered up a variety of fresh dishes influenced by Jamaican, Bahamain and American cooking. Thankfully restaurant matriarch Lorna Westmoreland’s son, Matari Bodie, opened a downtown Miami outpost about…

When Villa Mayfair closed for the summer, there was speculation that the restaurant, which serves upscale Mediterranean/French fare accompanied by live D.J.’s might be a bit much for its artsy Coconut Grove locale. Then again, the chef is French and might just have wanted to spend a season soaking up…

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One day, Rich Roll, a 41-year-old father of four, was out for what he planned would be a five or six mile run. Maybe it was the plant-based vegan diet he had recently adopted, or some primal, ancestral energy stream he had suddenly tapped into, but on that particular day,…

You’ve probably read about blue lobsters, those rare neon-colored crustaceans. Now, Red the Steakhouse is inviting you to taste one.Read Also:- Red the Steakhouse Has Kobe from Japan: Is it Worth It?The lobsters are Brittany Blues, taken from the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean off the shores of Scotland and…

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