Posted: Saturday, July 10th, 2010
I usually stop at Puerto Sagua on Collins Ave and 7th before I start the South Beach Food Tour to have the classic cortadito. I like this place because they have a counter section where you get quick service, the coffee is excellent, and the whole spirit of Puerto Sagua is very on the go, friendly and cheap.
700 Collins Ave.
Miami Beach, FL 33139
305-673-1115
Posted: Sunday, July 4th, 2010
In case that you can not read what it says on the coverage – here it goes:
Eating our way through South Florida while learning about its different neighborhoods doesn’t sound like a bad idea to us. Miami Culinary Tours, a new company that organizes tours to restaurants in different areas offers the Cuba Bonita Tour ($95), which meets in South Beach, then heads over to Little Havana and Key Biscayne to sample everything (from a cortadito (Cuban coffee with milk) to stiffed tostones (fried plantains filled with shrimp. beef or chicken). The Tour ends with, what else, a strong mojito. www.miamiculinarytours.com
Posted: Sunday, July 4th, 2010
Milani Gelateria is one of those places in which you feel so welcome. The gelato is a masterpiece (no, seriously you have to just walk into that place. period), and try the Baccio. – you’ll thank me.
I met the owner Francesco, and of course me, I asked a million questions, they patiently answered every single one of them and with a smile – now that’s refreshing sometimes in South Beach. I followed up my research on the difference between ice cream and gelato – if you want to know the details, you’ll have to come to the South Beach Food Tour =) or wikipedia (now that’s a hint).
But trying this gelato is a wow moment I hear over and over. I shot this video the first time I met Francesco, and you’ll see how entertaining he is – and most of all, you’ll feel when people take pride of the foods they make, they just taste different – and so Milani Gelateria is definitely the place to get the best & authentic gelato – yep, that one that you’ll have to fly 12 hours to get to… but this one is just on our backyard.
I very much like this quote from their facebook page, and here, I’ll share it with you:
- Alberto Alemanno (Yep, Alberto is Italian)
436 Espanola Way; South Beach
305.532.8562
Posted: Sunday, July 4th, 2010
Despite its Japanese culinary roots, Ra Sushi is an American restaurant chain, and the South Miami location—located across from The Shops at Sunset Place—is expressing its patriotism with its new Stars and Stripes Martini, available from Friday, July 2 to Sunday, July 4 for $7. And for those who want to recreate the cocktail at home, the restaurant is even sharing the recipe:
Muddle blueberries with the Blue Curacao in a martini glass. Place a lemon wheel slice over mixture. Pour vodka, simple syrup, a splash of lemon-lime soda, and lemon juice in a martini shaker. Shake and strain over the lemon in a martini glass. The mixture will layer. Drizzle Chambord down the side of the glass. It will layer in between the vodka and blueberry mixture creating a striped appearance; garnish will float to top.
Hooked? Check out the Happy Hour specials on sushi and drinks at Ra Sushi’s Flying Fish Lounge Monday through Saturday, 3pm-7pm and Sunday, 8pm-midnight.
5829 SW 73rd Street
South Miami, FL 33143
(305) 913-3700
Posted: Sunday, July 4th, 2010
During the summer months, The Raleigh hotel—which is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year—has announced that it’s adding a temporary Cabana Beach Club to its roster of amenities. On Sundays, Cabana Club members can enjoy brunch in the hotel’s garden from 11am-4pm at a 20% discount (RSVP required).
The Raleigh
1775 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33130
(305) 612-1163
Posted: Sunday, July 4th, 2010
Through July 31, Michael Mina’s Bourbon Steak is offering a chef’s market menu that consists of three appetizer, entrée and dessert choices, which change daily. The dishes are based on what fish and meats are freshest, what fruit is in season, and even what spices and herbs were picked from the recently expanded chef’s garden that morning. (We hear that the resort’s Executive Chef Daniel Buss recently started making his own jams and preservers from the garden’s fruits and herbs.) A sample meal might consist of glazed short ribs, grilled lamb loin, and chocolate panna cotta.
The Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort & Club
19999 West Country Club Drive
Aventura, FL 33180
(786) 279-6600
Posted: Sunday, July 4th, 2010
Award-winning chef Mark Zeitouni has created a $35 prix-fixe menu at Lido Restaurant and Bayside Grill. The Mediterranean-inspired restaurant is known for its healthy focus. The chef favors organic meats and fish, olive oil, fresh herbs, unprocessed foods, grill cooking with organic and bio-dynamic wines.
Those who love to watch the sun set over Biscayne Bay can enjoy two-for-one Sunset Service from 5pm-8pm.
The hotel is offering a discounted valet parking rate of $10 to restaurant and bar patrons.
The Standard, Miami
40 Island Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139
(305) 673-1717
www.standardhotels.com/miami/restaurants
Posted: Sunday, July 4th, 2010
On Wednesday nights, Kitchen 305 at the Newport Beachside Hotel & Resort is offering an all-you-can-eat Maine lobster dinner for $35. The dinner includes a bowl of New England Clam chowder and a wedge salad with Applewood smoked bacon. The dinner special includes fresh bread and a choice of two sides including rice pilaf, mashed potatoes, coleslaw, grilled Portobello mushrooms, charred-cheddar wrapped beefsteak tomatoes and creamed spinach.
The Newport Beachside Hotel & Resort
16701 Collins Avenue
Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160
(305) 749-2110
www.newportbeachsideresort.com
Posted: Friday, July 2nd, 2010
For the month of July, the Fontainebleau Miami Beach’s three signature restaurants are offering four prix-fixe dinner menus—one for each week in July.
Dishes on the seasonal menus at Alfred Portale’s Gotham Steak include Maine lobster bisque, yellow fin tuna tartare, Scottish salmon with baby artichoke barigoule, basil pesto and heirloom tomatoes, shrimp and summer corn risotto, grilled prime New York strip loin, grilled swordfish steak and miso-marinated black cod.
Highlights from the special summer menu at this contemporary Cantonese restaurant include smoked ribs salad, a dim sum platter, sweet-and-sour pork, black pepper rib-eye beef, seafood claypot in sha cha sauce, braised tofu aubergine claypot in black bean sauce and stir-fry lotus root, asparagus and lily bulb in black pepper. Desserts include coconut tapioca with mango and passion emulsion, and coconut streusel and white chocolate sorbet.
The special summer menu at Scarpetta features some signature dishes by chef Scott Conant, such as creamy polenta with fricassee of truffled mushrooms and spaghetti with tomato and basil. The decadent dessert menu includes Amedei chocolate cake and mocha swirl cheesecake.
The resort is offering a discounted valet parking rate of $7 to all restaurant patrons.
Gotham Steak, Hakkasan and Scarpetta
4441 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33140
Restaurant reservations: (877) 326-741
Posted: Friday, July 2nd, 2010
Summer is a slow season for Miami hotels. It’s no wonder, then, that many of them are trying to—literally—cater to locals with happy hours, specially priced menus and other discounts. If you’ve been waiting to try (or return to) any of these hotel restaurants, now is the time!
The Setai celebrates its fifth anniversary this year, and the celebrations include the unveiling of a new menu at The Restaurant, whose kitchen is helmed by award-winning Executive Chef Jonathan Wright, as well as a happy hour at The Bar & Courtyard.
The Restaurant’s three-course prix-fixe menu changes weekly, rotating a number of the chef’s specialties. But you’ll always get freshly baked Indian Nan bread, Indonesian fish crackers and fresh Achars and Pickles, followed by an amuse bouche. The menu consists of a choice each from three appetizers, entrees and desserts.
The Restaurant’s sommelier Dwayne Savoie has created “Bottleshock,” a special consisting of 60 wines—all of which have a score over 90 points from Wine Spectator—that will be offered at a discount of 40%.
Starting July 16, Balinese Gamelan players will perform at The Setai’s Bar & Courtyard from 6:30pm to 8:30pm on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. A special summer cocktail menu featuring Asian-inspired creations will be served, as chefs grill complimentary Satay, to be served on small clay grills.
The Setai
2001 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139
The Restaurant: (305) 520-6402
The Bar & Courtyard: (305) 520-6700
www.setai.com
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