Archive for the ‘Restaurants’ Category
Miami Spice: River Oyster Bar
As I waited to use the restroom at The River Oyster Bar yesterday, I read the restaurant’s glowing reviews, nicely framed and hung on the walls, and wondered what had gone wrong with our Miami Spice lunch there. It was my first time at the restaurant and I had read great comments so I didn’t […]
On the Road: Cova
This weekend I’m visiting my parents in Houston. Typically I don’t travel this much, believe me. But that’s beside the point. Yesterday evening, I invited my parents and my brother to Cova, a wine bar we first visited a few years ago at my brother’s suggestion.
Located in a shopping plaza in Houston’s Kirby Drive, Cova […]
Miami Spice: The Grill at the Setai
I was long overdue for another Miami Spice outing, so I gathered a group and headed to the Setai. The Restaurant was top on my list but for some reason they didn’t have reservations at the time we wanted. We were a large party of seven so I figured we’d try The Grill. Couldn’t be […]
La verdad about VerDaddy’s
Being that airlines no longer even give you a peanut sample on their flights, I was in dire need of a bite when I arrived back in Miami yesterday evening. Somehow we ended up at Ver-Daddy’s, the taco shop on 75th and Biscayne that we always drive by and say we have to try. A […]
Pretty little things
I’m a sucker for pretty little things. Pretty is subjective, I know, but there are some things that just meet the universal definition. Or maybe it’s just mine. Regardless, they make me feel all giddy inside.
In New York on Saturday, I had brunch at Prune and then visited Marie Belle, a chocolate store in Soho […]
Miami Spice: The Food Gang
Maybe it was my crappy day at work … On impulse I decided I wanted to go out for a nice dinner Tuesday. Almost as a reward to myself for having to withstand one of those very annoying workdays, I called The Food Gang and made reservations for two – not that we really needed […]
Miami Spice: Oceanaire
(When D told me he was going to Oceanaire for lunch today, I suggested he try their Miami Spice menu and let me know how it was. After all, this was one of the restaurants on my Miami Spice to-do list. But after he told me about his experience, I figured I’d just let him […]
Casa Mono (New York)
I chose Casa Mono. You know, for my one New York meal. I ditched the daring and picked this self-dubbed Spanish tavern, mainly because we wanted to make our New York night entertaining. Somehow tapas are more fun than a regular dinner — maybe it’s the sharing and picking at different foods. Adam Platt put […]
Another one on Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink
I hesitated about writing this post because so much has been said about Michael’s Genuine Food and Drink already. And my impressions on my first visit last week weren’t much different from what I’ve read about Michael Schwartz’s recent addition to the Design District. Then again, how could I not write about it? This is […]
First impressions: Canela Cafe
It’s important to make a good first impression, people always say — and that goes for restaurants, too. Unfortunately, Canela Café didn’t do a very good job at making a good impression during my first dinner there on a recent Friday night.
Let me regress for a minute. My very first impression of this Upper East […]
Discovering wine in downtown
Ever since I enlisted to write a guide to wine bars, it seems like wine is everywhere I go. I enrolled in a wine appreciation class (as you know, I’m no wine expert); I went to a tasting; I saw Sideways for the third time; and I purchased more wine bottles than I ever have […]
Coimbra: A little taste of Portugal
(Photo: Coimbra, Portugal)
They say the Portuguese know 365 ways to make bacalhau (codfish). They also say the Portuguese are the biggest consumers of this fish. It’s no wonder, then, that Coimbra on 42nd and Flagler, devotes almost a full page of its menu to bacalhau entrees.
This was my first encounter with Portuguese food, courtesy of […]
Tapas ‘del carajo’
For most of our drive to El Carajo International, D thought we were going to a place called Gas Station. I guess I confused him when I said that the place where we were meeting our friends on Friday night was at a gas station. When we pulled into the Citgo on the dark corner […]
Decadence in a sandwich
Getting your mouth around a chivito is like a choreographed exercise routine. Step one, hold it firmly between the fingers of both hands, step two, squeeze a little to flatten, step three, say ah, step four, bring into the mouth and bite. It’s no wonder. The chivito, a Uruguayan sandwich, is made up of a […]
Eat fresh at Fresco
Over the weekend, I picked up a copy of 944 magazine on South Beach. I thought to myself, great, like Miami needs another glossy magazine. But the publication redeemed itself when I found featured on its pages one of my all-time favorite Miami eateries and they were right on point.
“This homely little local’s joint is […]
Kamikaze Happy Hour
On Sunday night, I went out not for cocktails, but for half-price sushi rolls at Sushi Square on 72nd and Biscayne. Order before 7:30 p.m. and any roll on the menu is half price. This used to be just a Sunday special, which is why I insisted we go — I didn’t want to wait […]
La Sandwicherie
Rick’s post today about SotP Reader’s Best Of South Florida made me think of the places I really like to go to in Miami. Last night I had dinner at La Sandwicherie on South Beach, which definitely makes my list. The concept and the locale of this small French deli, unlike the quality of its […]
Nuevo American at Johnny V
Last week I attended the opening of Johnny V South Beach, the new restaurant at the Astor Hotel (where Metro Kitchen used to be). The chef: Johnny Vinczencz of the restaurant by the same Johnny V name in Fort Lauderdale. The food: dubbed Nuevo American, — described by the chef as traditional American fare with […]
Dine & Dish 7: Like a Virgin – to Sheba
Last Friday night my palate was aroused - touched for the very first time - by the flavors of Sheba’s Ethiopian grub. And yeah, it made me feel, ooh, ooh, it made me feel, like a virgin. Wooh!
Like a Virgin is the theme of the seventh Dine & Dish, a food blogging event hosted by […]
Seafood at Garcia’s
(Note: I’m experiencing difficulties with my camera but as soon as I resolve them I will update this post with a few pictures).
Sometimes I’m amazed about the many wonderful eateries that seem to have escaped my attention during my ten years living in Miami. But I’m glad that as a result of this blog, many […]
