Brunch in South Beach usually equates to free-flowing booze, a DJ playing sultry beats, and a dress code where less is more. As weekend sunshine peeks through floor-to-ceiling windows inside Upland, the collaborative eatery from restaurateur Stephen Starr and chef Justin Smillie, you’ll find something strange by South Beach standards: families with children, couples, and friends quietly chitchatting over pistachio pizza and eggs Norwegian.

When it comes to snagging a secret menu item, one must be in the know. Because hidden dishes are scattered across various restaurants in town, finding off-menu items is a challenge. Sometimes, though, diners receive helpful information from the eatery itself.

Brace yourself, Miami: The first rainbow doughnut has arrived. The Salty Donut, the artisanal doughnut shop in Wynwood, has created its most colorful flavor yet, and half of all proceeds will benefit Style Saves, a charity by nightlife guru David Grutman and his wife, Isabela Rangel Grutman.

Four months after opening Pubbelly Sushi inside Brickell City Centre, the boys are back with a fourth location and an updated concept: Pubbelly Sushi Market at Aventura Mall.

Eating House, Chopped champion Giorgio Rapicavoli’s popular Coral Gables restaurant, has given its Sunday brunch a face-lift. Beginning Saturday, April 15, the eatery’s Wakin-N-Bacon menu will extend to Saturday and Sunday, as well as debut a selection of new plates.

Sushi Maki is set to open in Coconut Grove at 2550 S. Bayshore Dr. this Saturday, April 15, marking the local Japanese chain’s seventh standalone location. With the expansion comes a significant transformation in the restaurant’s service. Sushi Maki’s founder, Abe Ng, calls it “fine casual.”

Miami’s first artisanal cookie shop opened its first wholesale location today in Little River (7320 NE Second Ave., Miami). Though there are no tables or seats inside Cindy Lou’s Cookies, the storefront welcomes walk-in customers.

Passover, one of Judaism’s holiest holidays, kicked off on Monday night, marking a week-long fest in which Jews, despite cravings, abstain from chametz, which is leavened foods made from wheat, rye, spelt, barley, or oats. That means no ice cream, unless you swing by Serendipity, a tiny artisanal ice cream shop with locations in Wynwood and Surfside.

Local sushi restaurant chain Sushi Sake will open its 14th location Monday, April 10, in downtown Miami. Located across on Biscayne Boulevard across from the American Airlines Arena, the 3,500-square-foot space with an adjacent terrace is the largest Sushi Sake outpost yet.

Seaspice’s weekend brunch has become a staple in downtown. It blends the restaurant’s unparalleled location on the Miami River with a small selection of indulgent plates at affordable prices. Springing into April, the eatery launched an assortment of new dishes. Though the menu is still small, it offers enough variety to satisfy the pickiest of diners. Think of it as comfort food disguised as culinary works of art.

Years ago, Miami Beach reigned as South Florida’s deli capital. Places such as Wolfie Cohen’s, Pumperniks, and Juniors served traditional deli-style meals like corned beef on rye bread and bowls of warm matzoh ball soup to thousands of customers. But as Miami’s Jewish population moved north, most establishments shuttered.

As a young boy in Naples, Italy, Giovanni Gagliardi remembers dragging a chair up to the counter in his grandfather’s kitchen. Though he was too short to reach the top, he was determined to make pizza without anyone’s help. This spring, Gagliardi, who helped open Ironside Pizza in Little River, will start up…