December 2012 Power Rankings

November 29, 2012

(Note: If you’d like to read about the methodology, you can find it at the beginning of this post.) 1. NAOE 2. Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink ↑ 3. Eating House 4. Tuyo ↑ 5. The Dutch 6. Bourbon Steak 7. Michy’s 8. NeMesis Urban Bistro ↑ 9. MC Kitchen ↓ 10. The Federal ↑ 11. Blue Collar ↓ 12. Harry’s Pizzeria ↓ 13. Pubbelly ↓ 14. Edge Steak & Bar ↓ 15. My Ceviche ↓ 16. Josh’s Delicatessan & [...]

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November 27, 2012 Quick Hits

November 27, 2012

QUICK HITS: ♦ Verizon Wireless, which recently posted one of its most profitable quarters, is donating $4,000,000 to four Miami nonprofits.  My bad, they’re donating $4,000 to one Miami nonprofit and you have to vote for your favorite here.  We’re partial to Giovanny Gutierrez of ChatChow.TV, who is raising money for Common Threads, a charity [...]

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November 20, 2012 Quick Hits

November 20, 2012

QUICK HITS: ♦ Eater Miami reports that it’s game over for MB Brewhouse, the gameroom-slash-restaurant that took over for Chow Down Grill on South Beach.  Chef/owner Josh Marcus will be focusing his attention on Josh’s Deli in Surfside. ♦ The United States is pretty great as far as countries go, but our favorite nation-state is [...]

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November 13, 2012 Quick Hits

November 13, 2012

QUICK HITS: ♦ It’s not too late to get tickets to next Sunday’s Sandy Relief Dinner at The Dutch.  Join Cobaya Miami, Andrew Carmellini, Michelle Bernstein, Jeremiah Bullfrog, and others for cocktails (by Bar Lab), dinner, and a silent auction.  A great lineup for a great cause. ♦ Florida Cookery is now open.  MC Kitchen [...]

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MRPR’s Third Blogoversary!

November 10, 2012

Three years ago today, this blog began with its first set of power rankings, at the time it was a weekly ordeal.  The rankings have evolved over time, a bi-weekly affair for a while, and then a compilation of rankings by several local bloggers, and now a monthly ranking reflecting the views of just this [...]

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The Lights Go Out On Red Light

November 6, 2012

UPDATE: Chef/owner Kris Wessel provides the following comment: “I didn’t give up Red Light by choice.  The eviction was a technique so landlords didn’t have to give me a renewed lease.  I was in the option year and they didn’t offer the renewal.  Anyone who knows me knows I loved Red Light.” The name Red [...]

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November 6, 2012 Quick Hits

November 6, 2012

QUICK HITS: ♦ A bunch of tweets does not a restaurant make (anyone remember The Safari Club? I didn’t think so.).  So we’re still skeptical of The Butcher Shop, a multiplex of retail, restaurant, and beer garden that purports to be bringing old fashioned butchery back to Miami.  Old fashioned butchery? Isn’t that what Dexter [...]

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November 2012 Power Rankings

November 3, 2012

(Note: If you’d like to read about the methodology, you can find it at the beginning of this post.) 1. NAOE 2. Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink 3. Red Light 4. Tuyo 5. Eating House 6. Bourbon Steak 7. Michy’s 8. NeMesis Urban Bistro 9. The Federal ↑ 10. Harry’s Pizzeria ↓ 11. Pubbelly ↑ 12. Blue Collar ↓ 13. Edge Steak & Bar 14. My Ceviche 15. Josh’s Delicatessan & Appetizing 16. db Bistro Moderne [...]

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October 30, 2012 Quick Hits

October 30, 2012

QUICK HITS: ♦ Chef Jonathan Waxman, he of Barbuto in NYC, gave Miami.com his list of the top 10 restaurants in Miami.  Setting aside his obligatory mention of Rosa Mexicano, from whom he receives a paycheck as a “culinary advisor,” his list seems credible.  He includes his friend Michael Schwartz’s two local restaurants, as well [...]

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October 23, 2012 Quick Hits

October 23, 2012

QUICK HITS: ♦ Chef Bradley Kilgore, the Azul sous chef who has been in the culinary spotlight since Joel Huff departed from the restaurant, and his wife Soraya, a pastry chef, have bought in as partners at Route 9 and Exit 1, neighborhood spots in Coral Gables and Key Biscayne, respectively.  According to Miami.com, Route [...]

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