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
Posted: Thursday, July 1st, 2010
Let’s be honest, Lincoln Road isn’t necessarily known for its quality food (except you, Meat Market!). But two years ago Maya Tapas & Grill opened on the scenic street offering tasting small dishes and a social setting to match its location. The Argentinean restaurant quickly became a favorite for locals.
This month, owner Rolando Maya along with his wife Marsha and three children Alejandro, Martin and Sara announced the opening of Maya Tapas & Grill at 530 Ocean Drive. Unlike its Lincoln Road counterpart, the 4, 500 square-foot Ocean Drive location offers an indoor dining area along with its outdoor patio seating, plus a lounge and full bar. But like the original location, you can expect Argentinean dishes by chef Hector Diaz. And the menu tends to be easy on the wallet with specials as low as $4.95 for breakfast and $9.95 for lunch. The breakfast menu offers a twist on brunch classics including an array of three-egg omelets to dishes like lox breakfast, Maya eggs benedict and smoked salmon eggs benedict. Lunch items include perennial favorites alongside fresh, new seasonal dishes such as the Maya tropic salad, Maya’s signature avocado salad and several other soups, salads, pizzas, pastas and sandwiches to choose from. For dinner, choose from an assortment of meat and fish specialties including their signature asado, buerre blanc Florida red snapper, lemon honey salmon or opt for one of their risottos. Patrons can also enjoy selections from their warm and cold tapas menu. Hot tapas include baked brie, morcilla Argentina, garlic shrimp, mussels Provencal among others or choose from their cold tapas, which includes ceviche of the day, beef carpaccio, olive tapenade, bruschetta and more.
And when they say family-owned, they mean it. You’re sure to see Rolando Maya, his wife Marsha and three children Alejandro, Martin and Sara, greeting customers. Customers tend to become family, and what better way to show the love then by offering half off the entire wine list? Monday through Wednesday enjoy half-priced bottle of wine, and if you’re a local get your corkage fee waived. Sounds like our kind of place!
530 Ocean Dr.
Miami Beach, Florida
Phone: 305.532.4747
www.mayatapasandgrill.com
Posted: Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
Among those that don’t quite count as sacrifice? Eating oysters at Area 31. The sustainability-oriented seafood restaurant has announced that it will be participating in “We Cook While They Clean,” a nationwide fundraising effort in which restaurants will donate a portion of their proceeds to the cleanup efforts.
As of June 23, $1 from every Oyster Primi dish ordered at Area 31 during lunch or dinner will be donated to the Gulf Relief Foundation. The oyster platter consists of six chilled Island Creek oysters from Massachusetts, served alongside a mignonette sauce and lemons.
It’s not the first time Area 31 has gotten on board with a good cause. Named for the Area 31 fishing area that encompasses the marine waters of the United States’ southeast Atlantic coast, the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean and South America’s northeast coast, the restaurant is widely hailed as a local pioneer for its sustainable ocean-to-table fishing practices. It even has a longstanding relationship with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch, which certifies seafood suppliers from sustainable fishing environments and works to educate people about how making sensible seafood choices contributes to the conservation of ocean resources.
So how long can you do good while simultaneously feeding your inner glutton? “Until fishermen are back in their boats,” according to a press release issued by the restaurant. “We wanted to support those who have been most affected and displaced by this oil spill, especially those fishermen who we rely on everyday in our restaurants,” John Critchley, Area 31′s executive chef, said in a press release. “We are coming together and making an honest commitment to these fishermen.”
EPIC Hotel, 16th floor
270 Biscayne Blvd. Way
Miami, Florida 33131
Phone: 305.424.5234
www.area31restaurant.com
Posted: Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
This training session will provide stakeholders in Florida with information on food policy council organization, operation, membership, and purposes. The session will allow sufficient time and opportunity for participants to determine if and how a food policy council will advance their common agenda and what steps are needed to organize it. Participants are expected to include representatives from the private non-profit, private for-profit, and public sectors.
The session will be led by Mark Winne who has 20 years of experience assisting communities around the country with the development of food policy councils. He is the Food Policy Council Project Director of the Community Food Security Coalition.
Where:
Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus
300 NE 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33132
When:
July 14, 2010 at 09:00 AM – 03:00 PM
For more information, see the event page
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