You’d think that a restaurant that declares itself the “house” of anything would rock your world in that department. For example, you should expect some pretty damn good pancakes from the International House of. The House of Subs in Florida City proves this theory wrong. As an admitted sub addict,…
To be honest, what attracted us to Knead a Pizza was the name. We’re a sucker for clever word play. We’re also a sucker for good food, and when it comes to pizza and pasta – Knead a Pizza satisfies your every knead need (sorry, we had to). The girl…
No matter what form of entertainment you’re into this long holiday weekend, you’ll find food trucks to suit you. Take the kids for an outing to see classic trains at the Gold Coast Railroad Museum on Saturday or hit Haulover Beach. If you’re into beer and music, head over to…
Could it really be that there were not notable restaurant closings in June? Maybe we missed something. There were, however, a number of openings. A couple more burger joints opened shop, as did Steven Haas’s City Hall and Micah Edelstein’s Nemesis Urban Bistro. Also two coffee roasters are now officially…
We were starting to wonder when the heck Chef Joel Huff was going to be brave enough to invite us to try “his” Azul and finally, thank the heavens, we got our big moment Wednesday night when the Mandarin Oriental, Miami staff extended the invitation. And folks, trust us when…
Admist the skyscrapers downtown, there are few breakfast and lunch offerings for worker bees. In fact, on a street filled with hotels catering to business clients and crowded with foreign consulates, La Provence has had quite the monopoly. Enter Maje Café, a restaurant that has quietly opened in the bottom…
Summer in Miami is here with the killer combo of tropical heat and high humidity. You know, the kind of days that make you feel like you’re wearing a hot, damp mop on your head. The last thing you want is to eat a heavy, hot, greasy, double cheeseburger or…
The future is upon us. Miami’s own Burger King corporation is testing a high-tech, space-age, and basically just kick ass soda dispensing machine. It was developed by the Coca-Cola company, always on the cutting edge of coolness. (The Simpsons/Coca-Cola commercial during the Super Bowl, anyone?)The apparatus offers 125 different libations,…
According to the National Hot Dog & Sausage Council (no, we didn’t make that name up), tomorrow kicks off National Hot Dog Month. To celebrate the “Month of the Wien” and Independence Day, the Hot Dog King himself is hosting his fifth annual hot dog eating contest.At noon tomorrow, Louie…
Venezuelan restaurateur Symcha Zylberman’s first name means “happiness” in Hebrew. But on a Tuesday night at 7 o’clock, his charmingly landscaped, oversize courtyard across the street from Joe’s Stone Crab in South Beach is empty. He’s at the host stand looking surprised to see us. Though the place opens at…
At the Biscayne Truck Triangle Roundup on the grounds of Johnson & Wales University, chef and restauranteur Michelle Bernstein made about 1,000 samples of a refreshing summer dish to distribute to visitors for free. All of the meals were scarfed down by eager eaters within an hour.Miami was the inaugural…
We can hardly wait for the long weekend ahead. If you don’t know what you’re doing to celebrate Independence Day, you’ll be glad to know there are several restaurants and parks hosting parties for the occasion. Following are some options around town. Tobacco Road Celebrate early at Tobacco Road’s Red…
Fourth of July is all fireworks and hot dogs. We were cringing at the prospect of the same, boring foods this year. We wanted foods with some pop…and then it hit us — Pop Rocks. It turns out you can do quite a lot with this popping candy, including making…
Ever wondered what it’s like backstage in the world of restaurant making? How do they come up with that long list of menu items, select the ingredients…where do the ideas come from? Although we are in a holding pattern until they open later this year, Mercadito’s newest restaurant concept, Tavernita,…
Shareef Malnik is teaming up with entrepreneur Buzzy Sklar to open The Well at the former Glass space, adjacent to Malnick’s iconic The Forge Restaurant/Wine Bar. It won’t be your typical mid-Beach joint, except for the drink selection and small plates. The decor is modeled after an Aspen ski lodge,…
If you’ve been going to some of Miami’s food truck roundups with a wistful gleam in your eye and dreams of being the next big food truck sensation, this could be your lucky day. Burger Beast tipped us off that Tania Ramirez of Food Truck U.S.A. is raffling off a…
Kane Steakhouse is a collaboration between restaurateur Matthew Glazier (the man behind New York’s Michael Jordan’s Steak and Strip House), Roman Jones, and Justin Levine. It opens tonight in the former Tuscan Steak space on South Beach in SoFi. The dining room is a collaboration by Francois Frossard Design and…
Everyone’s getting in on the food truck action. Even Macy’s is taking the popularity of the mobile meal and using the talents of famous chefs to market to the good old U.S.A. Miami is the first stop on the national Macy’s Chefs A-Go-Go food truck tour, which will be showcasing…
At 7 p.m. Sunday, Short Order pulled up to the quiet block near Brickell where Om Garden used to be. It was a little dreary outside, but we followed some smiling, healthy looking people carrying Tupperware dishes to an open door at 379 SW 15th Road. It led to a…
Sakaya Kitchen’s Richard Hales gave us frank answers to questions about wine and food trucks, though not about wine on food trucks. During the first part of our interview with the restaurateur, we talked a bit about eating Asian and business school.Hales is living his childhood dream, even though it’s…
Harry Potter is everywhere this summer. An announcement came from J.K. Rowling yesterday about Pottermore, an interactive site, and the final film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, is just three weeks away. With the end of the Potter-era fast approaching, we decided to cave into the nostalgia…
Maybe the most interesting thing about White Chocolate Wonderful — labeled as “peanut butter blended with sweet white chocolate” — is that it contains no white chocolate. Actually, it contains no chocolate at all. The ingredients: Peanuts, evaporated cane juice, vanilla, cocoa butter, palm fruit oil, lecithin, and salt. The…
