Dining

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Cities on the CheapBudgeting is so inPenny-pincher!  Cheapo!  This kind of name-calling is welcomed by Teresa Mears.  Caught in the Miami Herald downsizing crossfire last summer, she ma

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When the uber-expensive Chinese eatery Philippe opened in the Gansevoort Hotel last year, most reviews (including our own) pointed to chef Philippe Chow's time as head chef at the acclaimed Mr. Chow's

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image via thecerealbowl.com Miami's The Cereal Bowl took a college student's observation that people love customizing their cereal experience and made a global corporation out of it.The company just i

Jul 9, 2009

It's a breakfast staple that has somehow found its way into everything from cocktails to ice cream. Check out this year's entries at BaconCamp, a gathering for lovers of the porky snack.

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The crispiest new idea in your hands for breakfast is part of a growing, hip trend that will no doubt end up on your hips: the Bacone.

Jul 9, 2009

image via celesteh's flickrOn July 13th there will be dancing on Calle 8, to French music. That's because July 13th the Alliance Francaise of Miami is celebrating Bastille Day (historically celebrated

Jul 9, 2009

image via indywench's flickrSaw this over at the Sun Sentinel food blog, Sup. Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares is looking for diners to eat at the remade Fleming: A Taste of Denmark, across the stre

Jul 9, 2009

This post is not about fast food it's about a food fast. Yesterday, at the YWCA in Overtown, Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones and members of local faith-based, and anti-violence organizations along

Jul 9, 2009

Part of our ongoing series of snappy slogan suggestions for local restaurateurs. Solea at the W in South Beach: At last: An upscale Mediterranean restaurant in a fancy hotel!Area 31: No dude, we're no

Jul 9, 2009

Jacob KatelLychee, lychee, they're good for your self; the more you eat 'em the better your health. The better your health the better you feel, so eat some lychee with every meal. The lychee is a frui

Jul 8, 2009

Tom Falco, Grove GrapevineCafe Tu Tu Tango Facebook fan page profile pictureLive for about a week, a new Cafe Tu Tu Tango fan page on Facebook logged 100 fans today, just meeting the requirement to cl

Jul 8, 2009

Jonathan Eismann's Pacific Time in the Miami Design District is just over a year old. According to Eismann, it reminds him of his old Lincoln Road location (back when the outdoor mall was an empty str

Jul 8, 2009

Jacob KatelChef Michio Kushi torches shrimp for an omakase, or "chef's choice," meal. Chef Michio Kushi is from Katsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The first restaurant he ever worked at was called

Jul 8, 2009

 Uh-oh -- I think all the info needed is in the heading. This is unfortunate in many ways, not the least being that I get paid by the word (I won't say how much, but if I can stretch this post to

Jul 7, 2009 | 2 comments

Who has the best barbecue in Miami? You be the judge. Vote here.

Jul 7, 2009

Charwei TsaiCover art meets the culinary artsYou won't find a food stylist in the credits for this cookbook.  But there is eye candy, of a different kind.In Lovely Daze Special Edition Book: ROSE

Jul 7, 2009

Finnegan's River, located on the Miami River, is promoting its' new Detox Sundays deal. This means that from 11am to 7pm you can get five Presidente beers for $15, or $25 pitchers of margaritas or moj

Jul 8, 2009

image via Miami New Times archives issue week July 6 - 12, 1988 This week Archive Diver brings you an ad for the Sports Rock Cafe at the Bakery Centre, a bar food/health/entertainment concept at a fai

Jul 7, 2009

Jacob KatelGoon-Mandu, pan fried dumplings with soy sauce and radish. There are hardly any Korean restaurants in the whole county of Dade, but where there's demand, there's supply. Miami's fashion dis

Jul 8, 2009

Jacob Katel Happy's Stork Lounge is best left described by the people who know it best. Here are some quotes and images from the divingest dive bar in North Bay Village, the 50 somethin years and runn

Jul 7, 2009

Jacob KatelCarlos Miller from nbcmiami.com interviews the "Burger Beast" Sef Gonzalez while family and friends look on. BurgerBeast.com is a first-person eater, as in Sef Gonzalez (not to be mistaken

Jul 7, 2009

Bullfrog and BaumSolea is Latin for sandal, an appropriate reference to the sole fish's charateristic flatnessSoleá has opened at the W South Beach, featuring a menu influenced by "a variety of cuisin

Jul 7, 2009

The whole enchilada at Don ChileIt's official: Coral Gables is changing its' motto from The City Beautiful to The City Mexican. I think you'll agree the new tag is catchier, and also holds out the pro

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It's a meeting of the major influences of American life: Facebook and Starbucks. Come one, come all...