Once again, this year’s Rum Renaissance Festival was filled with pirates, tiki aficionados, and rum. The spirit, which conjures up visions of white sand beaches and swaying palm trees, is distilled anywhere sugar is grown, which makes it the most universally loved liquid in the world. This year’s festival set…
It’s that time of year again. New Times’ Best Of Miami issue comes out in just a few weeks, paying tribute to the most delicious, interesting, and amazing things to eat, drink, see, and do in Miami. This year’s theme is “Go for the Gold”, with more than 300 of…
For many Miami restaurants, an evening out comes with a small lesson in agriculture or animal husbandry. So many list the source for ingredients that it’s almost par for the course to find a dish described as “Palmetto Creek pork loin cooked in Wynwood Pop’s Porter, served with Swank micro…
It’s April 15 — tax day. For you procrastinators out there, you actually have until Monday to file so put your feet up and relax. This weekend you can sample rum from exotic locales, enjoy a light and bubbly happy hour, get your bark on with a beer crawl to…
The Florida Keys are world-renowned for perfect sunsets, a laid-back lifestyle, romantic nights, and active sun-filled days filled with fishing or diving. But it’s also the perfect weekend getaway for Miami beer lovers — especially Islamorada. This village in the middle keys consists of a chain of smaller islands. It’s…
It’s time to channel your inner pirate because the Miami Rum Renaissance Festival returns to the DoubleTree Hilton Miami Airport Convention Center this weekend. The largest rum festival in the world, the Rum Renaissance Festival runs from Friday. April 15 – Sunday April 17 and literally features hundreds of rums from…
In 2006, while restaurants were thriving in South Beach and the Midtown area of Miami was still in its beginning phase, a young chef and her husband doubled down on a Miami neighborhood that was still considered a financial risk by both opening a restaurant and purchasing a house there…
According to Johns Hopkins’ Bloomberg School of Public Health, “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Breakfast provides you with the energy and nutrients that lead to increased concentration in the classroom.” That wisdom translates well into the adult world where a fueled up body can better cope…
On Friday, April 22., Passover begins and across the globe, Jews will gather with family for the traditional feast, or Seder. The best known Passover tradition is substituting bread for matzo as a way of commemorating the unleavened bread the Israelites ate when they fled Egypt. Children play a big part…
Award-winning New York City bar Employees Only is expanding its scope by opening several additional locations in Singapore, Austin, and Miami Beach. According to the New York Times, Employees Only will open in the Washington Park Hotel complex, located at 1050 Washington Ave. The hotel’s website confirms the imminent arrival of the…
You did it — you survived another work week and it’s time to reward yourself. This weekend’s activities include a Jamaican-themed party complete with jerk chicken and a classic reggae band, a healthful rooftop pop-up party, and the ability to eat like a king for ten bucks. Weekend starts now!…
PB Station opened Monday at the the Langford Hotel at 121 SE 1st St. in Downtown Miami, signaling two landmark moves for the Pubbelly Boys who own and operate the restaurant. This is the first foray to the mainland for the restaurant group that consists of Jose Mendin, Andreas Schreiner, and Sergio…
Sakaya Kitchen and Blackbrick’s Richard Hales is opening Bird & Bone, a new summer concept at The Wynwood Yard that features chicken, ribs, and sides. Bird & Bone will set up shop in the next few weeks for spring and summer. Hales’ Dim Ssam a Gogo truck has been at…
For all our miles of gorgeous coastline and waterways, waterfront restaurants make up only a small percentage of Miami’s eateries. Antica Mare is one such restaurant, and one you’re likely to not find on your own. The bistro is tucked away inside the Shorecrest Club apartments at 7999 NE Bayshore…
On Saturday, thousands of beer fans enjoyed live music and cold beer at Sprung, Miami’s first beer festival of the Spring season. For the first time, the event was held in Wynwood, moving from its Coconut Grove home in Peacock Park. And, although the cool grass under our feet and…
Food & Wine Magazine has just released its Best New Chefs in America 2016 list. The annual list names the most innovatice and up-and-coming cooks in the country right now. Past recipients read like a Who’s Who of the culinary world and include luminaries like Daniel Boulud, Thomas Keller, April Bloomfield,…
Miami’s love affair with doughnuts is only growing, as evidenced by the people lined up to enter Donuts!, the first ever Miami doughnut festival at The Wynwood Yard. The scene of powdered sugar and baked goods wafted through the evening air as hundreds of people gathered to sample dozens of…
Happy Friday. This weekend is the time to channel your inner carnivore. There are three meat-centric events for you to choose from: The Local ‘Q pop-up, Grillin N Chillin, and Cochon 555. There’s also a martini shake off (with free cocktails) and a major beer festival. Enjoy this decadent weekend…
For the Miami restaurant industry, March came in like a lion with plenty of high profile restaurant openings. Coconut Grove’s thriving restaurant scene grew with the additions of Glass & Vine,a restaurant in a tropical park setting, and Farinelli 1937, a new eatery from the people who brought us…
If you’re ready to up your culinary game at home, you could furnish yourself with plenty of cookbooks or watch a ton of Food Network television. Or, you could go another route and be taught by a talented toque while sipping on a libation in a five-star setting. The Mandarin…
Nearly a year after the announcement that it was coming to Miami, Russian restaurant chain, Tanuki, is set to open its first U.S. location at 1080 Alton Road in South Beach, sometime in mid-May. The chain, owned by Bulldozer Group, a restaurant investment company with holdings in Dubai, Russia, Ukraine,…
Two of Miami’s premiere spring events are moving from their original home in Coconut Grove to Wynwood. Sprung, and Grillin N Chillin (formerly Grillin’ in the Grove) happen this weekend at the RC Cola Plant at 550 NW 24 St., and Tony Albelo of Swarm says the move to Wynwood…
