April 23, 2013 Quick Hits

April 23, 2013

QUICK HITS: ♦ May is National Burger Month (mothers get a day, burgers get a month) and Blue Collar is debuting a specially designed burger each week of the month.  To kick things off,  Blue Collar has asked yours truly to design a burger which will be available from May 1 through May 8.  What’s [...]

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April 16, 2013 Quick Hits

April 16, 2013

QUICK HITS: ♦ The unnamed Michael Schwartz restaurant at The Raleigh hotel on South Beach has a name finally, and the name is … wait for it … Restaurant Michael Schwartz.  Lesley Abravanel of Miami.com has a preview of the menu, which appears to follow the small-medium-large format of Michael’s Genuine but doesn’t overlap with [...]

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April 9, 2013 Quick Hits

April 9, 2013

QUICK HITS: ♦ Over a year ago, we dropped a note about Frita Shop, Alberto Cabrera’s “forthcoming” casual spot serving the popular Cuban hamburger.  But fast food does not equal fast opening, and over a year passed with no developments.  In fact, Cabrera went and opened  Bread + Butter in Coral Gables in the meantime. [...]

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April 2, 2013 Quick Hits

April 2, 2013

QUICK HITS: ♦ Food & Wine magazine has announced their selections for best new chef (not to be confused with their “people’s choice” awards which involve online voting and are therefore wholly unreliable).   Once again, there is no Miami representation on the list (last time would be 2004 if you count Scott Conant, who [...]

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April 2013 Power Rankings

April 1, 2013

(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. NeMesis Urban Bistro ↓ 5. The Dutch ↑ 6. Momi Ramen ↑ 7. Lucali 8.  Blue Collar ↓ 9. Bourbon Steak ↓ 10. Michy’s ↓ 11. MC Kitchen ↓ 12. The Federal ↑ 13. Josh’s Delicatessan & Appetizing ↑ 14. My Ceviche ↓ 15. Harry’s Pizzeria [...]

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April 2013 Power Rankings

April 1, 2013

(Note: If you’d like to read about the methodology, you can find it at the beginning of this post.) 1. Bahama Breeze 2. Chicken Kitchen 3. La Carreta (airport location only)  4. Hooters 5. The Restaurant at Goldrush (under new management) 6. Los Pollos Hermanos 7. Q 8.  Fin 9. Chipotle 10. Taco Bell 11. Lime [...]

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March 26, 2013 Quick Hits

March 26, 2013

QUICK HITS: ♦ Things I am very pleased with: (1) Blue Collar late night menu (11pm-2am, Fridays and Saturdays)… phenomenal fried chicken, fancy oysters, jambalaya; (2) The Cypress Room menu… antelope; (3) My Ceviche on Brickell, beginning on Friday. ♦ Eric Ripert in Miami? Not exactly. ♦ Short Order reports that Proper Sausages opened up their [...]

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March 19, 2013 Quick Hits

March 19, 2013

QUICK HITS: ♦ Chef Jeremiah (GastroPod, The Broken Shaker), Rick Ross, and a flamingo? Say no more.  (Hat tip: Miami.com/Lesley Abravanel) ♦ Yesterday, the James Beard Foundation announced its nominees (which are the finalists who made the short list from the longer list of semifinalists previously announced).  Congratulations to Hedy Goldsmith, pastry chef for The [...]

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March 12, 2013 Quick Hits

March 12, 2013

QUICK HITS: ♦ This evening, The Wall Street Journal reported that the newly announced SLS hotel in Miami (this one will be located on Brickell and will include 450 condominiums atop the hotel) will be the home of a Michael Schwartz restaurant and a José Andres restaurant.  No word yet on the actual restaurants that will be opening, [...]

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March 5, 2013 Quick Hits

March 5, 2013

QUICK HITS: ♦ Another week, another superlative for NAOE, the often under-the-radar but increasingly recognized restaurant on Brickell Key.  After receiving the honor of five stars in the Forbes Travel Guide (formerly the Mobil Travel Guide) last week, today NAOE was named as the #3 restaurant in the United States for best service, according to [...]

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