Less than a decade ago, Miami had arguably the worst dining scene of any famous city in America. If you wanted a great meal back then, you were better off heading to Ohio. (Seriously, Cincinnati had much better chefs.) But our restaurant fortunes soon began to rise. New Times’ year-end…
A couple years back, a soft-spoken, rock-solid chef from Boulder bowled over the competition on Top Chef Season 5, beating a couple flashier competitors in New Orleans to take the coveted TV title. Born in Taos, New Mexico, Rosenberg received his degree in engineering physics and wanted to become an…
Did you stuff your face to the point of bursting this Christmas? Yes, of course you did. But it’s okay; it’s not too late to turn things around in time to fit into a slinky dress for New Year’s Eve. What’s the answer? Juice fasting. Not only will your reduced…
Cinco Cantina and Tequila Bar: Only the tequila and beers are authentically Mexican
After Sunday night’s epic holiday meal battle in Kitchen Stadium against chef Elizabeth Falkner, Geoffrey Zakarian — who recently opened the Tudor House restaurant in South Beach — prevailed using the secret ingredients as his allies (beef crown roast, candy canes, clementines, acorn and butternut squash, salt cod, Brussels sprouts,…
Ahhhh, the holidays. A most wonderful time of the year. And let’s be honest, a most stressful one, too. Bake. Shop. Eat.It can be exhausting. You know how it goes. It gets down to the last minute and you can’t stop yawning and trying to figure out how in the…
It seems fitting that Cinco Cantina & Tequila Bar opened in the Village of Merrick Park this past Cinco de Mayo. Not only are the two “Cincos” in sync, but the holiday is celebrated more here than south of the border, just as Cinco Cantina’s food is much more American…
Kombucha is fermented tea crawling with live and active cultures. And it is taking up ever more shelf space in the beverage aisle at Whole Foods. Why? It may help restore health to your digestive tract and give you an immune boost.Probiotics are not just for yogurts anymore. In fact,…
There aren’t many restaurants on Miami Beach that have been around since 1920. The Forge is one of em’, and its storied past swims in local history like a mangrove snapper in the salty waters off the south coast. Owner Shareef Malnik’s steady hand on the tiller, and Chef Dewey…
Macarons are absolutely the new cupcakes.I know this because I was watching ABC News and they said that “macaroons are the new cupcakes.” The next day Time magazine came in the mail and in it was an article entitled “Will Macarons be the new cupcake?” Then I Googled “macarons are…
Shoppers at the supermarket are bombarded with a variety of brands and types of olive oil to choose from but the reality is that as much as half the stuff sold in the U.S. as “extra-virgin olive oil” is either deceptively mislabeled or just plain fraudulent, according to Tom Mueller…
Salumeria 104, Midtown’s newest restaurant contender, is really a candy store for meatheads, offering a little taste of Italy courtesy of Chef Angelo Masarin. This native of Treviso has spent the last few years making the rounds of Miami’s best Italian kitchens, including Casa Tua, Sardinia Enoteca and most recently,…
Last month, we gave four trucks the opportunity to compete to the sixteenth and final truck to be invited to park on the sands of Miami Beach for the South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s Trucks on the Beach event hosted by Andrew Zimmern on February 26.Mac’n Soul Food, Miso…
Last night, my dining partner and I were invited to a chi-chi press dinner at the Villa Mayfair Restaurant & Lounge in Coconut Grove. So we got dolled up and arrived very hungry.The restaurant (which turns into a lounge after hours) is stunning. Dim lighting, classy antique-like furniture, low-slung textured ceilings…
Last February, we heralded the midtown Miami opening of the first American branch of 100 Montaditos. There are more than 200 locations in the rest of the world (many of them in the place of origin, Spain), and the one in midtown has been a huge hit — lines spilling…
STK has finally replaced Ralph Pagano (who left the top toque position in October to take over at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale) with new executive chef Aaron Taylor. He’s worked at Pierre’s restaurant in Islamorada, and the Keystone Ranch in Colorado, but most recently honed his steak skills in the…
It’s Pizza Rustica’s 15th anniversary and these pie purveyors want you to party like it’s 1996. What does that mean? Well, you’ll pay like it’s 1996. Partying is actually optional.For 19 hours starting today, December 15 at 11 a.m., slice prices will flash back to 1996. You know, when Prince…
CG Burgers versus DGB: Damn Good Burger
Now that the new Miami Marlins ballpark is almost complete, it’s time to start deciding what will be available to eat as the baseball club decided on three local restaurants that will best represent the culinary side of Miami, Latin cuisine of course!”The three restaurants selected are local shops and…
There’s a new Asian restaurant on South Beach that you don’t know about yet. For just over a week now, Lantao Kitchen + Cocktails has been up, running, and serving a menu of gansig (snacks), bo ling (noodle bowls), shala (salads) zhuban (entrees), shuanfang (sides) — and “British ‘Pub’ snacks (burgers,…
They may have kept the old name, but everything else at the Rusty Pelican is new. And there isn’t a tiki in sight.The menu has been overhauled and now features trendy items like the ahi tuna taco, eel foie gras and duck-fat fried Australian lamb loin.And the interior? It’s just…
When a friend tipped me off about some acai concoction at Apple A Day that was selling at speeds that bordered on lunatic, I wondered whether I’d fallen back in time four years or so. That’s when the real acai craze was in full swing, when people were buying $25…
