The Burger Beast is a South Florida eating machine chewing his way through fried-food-America and blogging his reviews of various establishments at BurgerBeast.com. Most of his posts center on Dade and Broward, but they also cover cities as far as Atlanta, where he recently found himself, and soon Minneapolis, where…
So you can’t turn around without someone shoving a bloody hunk of designer beef in your face. But you can turn around and see we really could use some better Thai restaurants.Could the new Atchana’s East West Kitchen in Coco Grove’s Mutiny Hotel be one? Well, it’s got a good…
The universe has but a few immutable laws. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. Gravity does, in fact, suck. Politicians always lie. And a new steakhouse will open somewhere in Miami. The latest meatery making its debut is 5300 Chop House at The Blue, an…
When you think about it, Mizner Park is sort of like an overstuffed, smothered burrito. There are all the fancy Boca ladies sporting expensive jewelry – they’re the cheese. There are the teenage children of wealth driving around in cars worth more than the valets who park them make in…
Celeb chef Rachael Ray’s clearly loves animals, as you can see above. If you visit the website for her line of gourmet dog food, the ridiculously titled “Nutrish,” you’ll find all sort of cute little stories about how Ray’s dog Isaboo inspired her to create food for dogs without any…
Philadelphia restaurateur Stephen Starr thinks opening a restaurant is like going to war. Starr was named Restaurateur of the Year by Zagat, and he’s said in an interview that restaurant reviews “are the enemy. We’re like the Marines going into battle.” Well Starr and his crew are gearing up for…
“I don’t want to get stabbed for a hot dog” might be the quote of the year. Last week, a riot- the definition for that term seems to be getting looser by the news story, but we’ll roll with it- broke out at a Brooklyn Shwarama King when Hasidic customers…
Northwood Village , situated at the northeastern tip of West Palm Beach, has undergone a bizarre transformation in the past dozen years. When I first moved to Palm Beach County in the ’90s, I met lots of youngish, middle-class people who were buying modest houses there. They’d formed a close-knit…
Everybody’s talking deals these days — as in two-for-one happy hour free bottles of wine or chicken wings or dessert all-you-can-eat-type deals. Pizza Fusion, the new organic eco-friendly pizza joint in North Miami Beach (14815 Biscayne Blvd.) is running a whole bunch of daily dingers. Mondays, for instance, bring a…
Restaurants are scaling back plans for expansion. That new carpet for the foyer has been put on hold, and the chipped plates will just have to last another year. So it’s nice to see one Florida company planning to open 12 new locations this year: According to today’s Orlando Sentinel,…
Jeff Weinsier’s got the dirt on the restaurant business. As winner of New Times’ Best TV News Reporter 2007, he continues to uphold the true ideals of journalism by serving his community through his reports on WPLG 10 that publicize the findings of local health inspection reports.We feel like he’s…
Celebrations begin at 5:30 p.m. April 16 for the grand opening of Lime Fresh Mexican Grill’s Midtown Miami location (3201 N. Miami Ave.). Free beer samples from Dos XX will be on tap. There will be complimentary hors d’oeuvres, cocktails and, tacos, and a mariachi band promises to be on…
Man, I need a drink. Sure it’s noon and I haven’t even had breakfast, but what with the restaurant delays, Calle 8 hangover, and John Linn’s beer coverage, it just seems like the right thing to do. Get the details on what’s gone on this week with the Friday Martini…
I’ve been meaning to write something for quite a while about the new Cook’s Inc. at Abacoa Town Center. Abacoa, located in Jupiter in northern Palm Beach County, may be a long drive north for many of us, but Cook’s Inc. is doing something unique — it’s part gourmet market,…
This coming Sunday, March 22nd, Taste Bakery And Cafe will open a second South Beach venue at 900 Jefferson Avenue, one block from Lincoln Road. Expect the same menu of breakfast pastries, salads and sandwiches as the Alton Road location, but with the addition of gelato and sushi. Just wondering:…
If the fabulously unique, inventive cuisine of Peru doesn’t give your taste buds a woodie, you can leave the room now. The rest of you get ready for a new El Gran Inka, Miami’s third, coming in May to The Plaza building on Brickell Avenue. The menu will range from…
After a series of fits and starts that have characterized Miami restaurant openings for as long as there have been Miami restaurants, Chef Laurent Tourondel will finally debut his BLT Steak at the Betsy Hotel next Wednesday, March 25th. The original BLT premiered in Manhattan in 2004, its casual take…
There are times when eating out is not all about eating. Which is to say, so much goes into making a restaurant meal the kind of experience that exalts rather than exasperates. It sounds corny to say it, but deep down, we’re all hungry for something that goes way beyond…
Mexicans were representing heavy at Calle Ocho 2009. Check out this taco stand video. It’s in Spanish. I can’t understand all of it; if anybody does, leave a comment. Tacos With Mexicans from MiamiNewTimes.com on Vimeo. …
Pig-trotter enthusiasts will have to cool their bacon a bit: The debut of the 24/7 Parisian bistro Au Pied de Cochon, originally pegged to open on South Beach in March, has been pushed back to April. We are also still waiting for Rack’s Italian Market, Ahnvee Restaurant & Lounge, Wolfgang’s…
Hungering for some hearty bistro fare, I had a friend call (on behalf of my wife and I) to request reservations at Plat Bleu in the Delano Hotel. Word came back that reservations weren’t taken, and that the restaurant was located on the right side of the indoor and outdoor…
9:39 p.m. last night, my friend texted me, “Loving [Lil’] Kim on Dancing With the Stars!” While he was home watching B & C-Listers do the cha-cha – wasabi, crab and fresh-out-the-water tuna was doing the electric boogaloo on my tongue. Akashi’s South Miami outpost is potentially one of the…
