Amid the hustle, bustle, crowds, and Miami heat of the Calle Ocho festival, I ducked into an open storefront yesterday and took an ice cream break. Teresita Tutti Frutti, owner of Tutti Frutti Ice Cream, took a minute to talk about the business. Her store is in the heart of…
Truluck’s seafood restaurant got its start in Texas, but its appearance in Florida is reason for stone-crab lovers to rejoice: The company keeps its own crab fishing fleet of 16 boats outside of Naples, Florida, where it hauls in enough crab to provide the chain with seriously fresh claws during…
Last week was crazy. Find out what Gail Shepherd was sayin’ ’bout your mom, why Michy is bent over the kitchen counter, and how to get cheese in a recession. Welcome to the Friday Burrito Weekly Wrap-Up…
Daily Bread Pinecrest from MiamiNewTimesBlogs on Vimeo.The Daily Bread Middle East Market has stood at the same location in Pinecrest since 1978. It was opened by husband and wife team Toufic and Rima Mazzawi and is now run by their sons Shaddy and Nicolas. The Daily Bread specializes in foods…
Maine Lobsters beware, Groveside hotspot Mr. Moe’s is taking it to the tank with its new Lobster Zone claw machine. According to the Coconut Grove Grapevine the machine is a hit and has given away over 30 lobsters in the past 3 weeks. We’re not sure exactly how it works,…
On Saturday, March 21, Cacao Restaurant in Coral Gables will hold a symphonic celebration following the Miami Symphony Orchestra’s performance at Guzman Concert Hall earlier that evening. Guests will have a chance to mingle with world-renowned Miami Symphony Orchestra Music Director and Conductor Maestro Eduardo Marturet while sipping wine and…
We nickname him Helmut the Pool Nazi. He’s six feet tall, thin as a skewer, his managerial pate shaved clean, and he holds our happiness in the palm of his hand. That hand, which doles out precious access to towels and deck chairs, is mostly balled into fists of rage…
Restaurants die, it’s as basic as thatAs with people you just never know.Some exist as long as a mountain flatOthers have lifespans like snow.”High rent and costs,” the owners say”Competition is obscene.”Yet some joints rock both night and dayWith a bar scene in between.So many theories have been passedBut it…
Goodness gracious, another Friday the 13th rolling around — that makes two this year. But we have a plan to help you beat back bad luck this week: On Friday, March 13, Slow Foods Glades to Coast is teaming up with the Cheese Course in Weston to demonstrate the art…
Season two of Check, Please! kicks off tonight on WPBT-2, with Michelle Bernstein returning to host and lead each week’s panel discussion. The show features three dining enthusiasts who escort one another to their respective favorite restaurant, then afterward in the studio, make-believe they are reviewers and dish about the…
You wonder how a tiny, nine-table, family run Armenian cafe could survive two years on the fringes of Boca Raton’s ritzy Mizner Park: But order a plate of Boca Skewers’ falafel, and you’ll get the picture. These crunchy little balls of fried, spiced chickpeas may be served on a plastic…
Two things impossible to imagine Daniel Boulud doing at the South Beach Food & Wine Festival: (1) dropping his pants on stage, like Paula Deen; (2) spewing drunken obscenities at the King of Spain, à la Mario Battali. Boulud is the antithesis of Gordon Ramsey, Emeril Lagasse, Anthony Bourdain, and…
Seems as though just about every restaurant is offering some sort of Miami Spice-type “deal” throughout this season. This is a good thing, but not always quite as good as it looks. Take I Corsini’s recent offer for a three course meal, including a glass of house wine, for $33…
I recently spoke to chef Joe Hahn of The Addison in Boca Raton. He talked about being a dishwasher, brunch, and volcano tuna. Here’s what he had to say.”I’m just the chef, been the executive chef for about a year now.Last five years before coming here, I was at Maxwell’s…
1. ChocolateTwo words: Flavonoids. Antioxidants. Dark chocolate, more than 70 percent cocoa, has both of them, and they destroy evil free radicals, lower blood pressure, and balance hormones. The folks at Galler Chocolate, a candymaker from Belgium, will be happy to consult with you about the optimal mix for good…
Now, I don’t want to make light of the eleven million Americans who suffer from eating disorders, particularly since around ten million of them are women or girls. This week is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, so let me say right now that in their most extreme forms, anorexia and…
Holleman’s Restaurant of Miami Springs @ Food & Wine from Miami New Times on Vimeo.Holleman’s Restaurant of Miami Springs was representing at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival in a big way. They brought 7,000 portions of their Black Angus aged New York strip topped with cippolini onions grilled…
Nobody loves getting insulted by a six-foot-two transvestite as much as a 70-year-old lady from Muskogee. At least, that’s the theory behind Lips, “the ultimate in drag dining.” When we pull up for the Sunday Gospel Brunch at 11 a.m., the lot at the Oakland Park restaurant is already full…
Last night, Obama’s State of the Union address featured a lot of talk about energy this, renewable that, and let’s face it, he’s right. Matter of fact, if we don’t start fishing our waters in a more responsible, future-conscious manner, the only chicken of the sea left is gonna be…
Elba Travin has been running the Argie Cafe in downtown Fort Lauderdale with her husband, Nestor, for eight years. They serve Argentine food, empanadas, pizza, and sandwiches. Elba told me that the empanada flavors they sell the most of are…
Michael Moran, culinary director and chef/instructor at the FIU School of Hospitality, along with his small army of FIU student/volunteers, were able to recover more than 800 meals from events at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival and have donated them to the Daily Food Bank. The meals, culled…
Just a reminder that today is National Pancake Day, a should-be-sanctioned holiday that is already more important than Presidents’ Day and Arbor Day combined. The International House of Pancakes started doling out free shortstacks this morning at 7, and they’re not stopping until 10 tonight. ‘Course, IHOP hopes that in…
