Best Sushi In World? from MiamiNewTimes.com on Vimeo.Goto Sushi Express is a great little sushi joint around Biscayne and 54th. Check out this video interview slash rolling demo with the husband-and-wife team that owns and operates the place. With sushi as with most everything, ain’t nothin’ like the real thing,…
Flashback Diner Hallandale from MiamiNewTimes.com on Vimeo.Flashback Diner in Hallandale Beach has been serving the 24-hour eating needs of South Florida for a long time. The guy in the video, John Pozzi, says he’s been eating there 40 years, since before it was Flashback. Pozzi was sitting at the counter…
Naughty Natalia from Miami New Times on Vimeo.Naughty Natalia (host of our best Rock Radio Program award 2006) is to South Florida rock radio what beer is to whiskey, a perfect match. You can catch her live everyday on 93.1 FM from 10am – 4pm during her midday show after…
River Oyster Bar from MiamiNewTimes.com on Vimeo.Ever wondered what wine goes good with oysters? Well, Marita Leonard from the River Oyster Bar, just south of downtown Miami, will be happy to tell you. She gained her expertise in pairing wines to food by “drinking a lot, eating a lot, and…
Beer Girls from MiamiNewTimes.com on Vimeo.There are many facets of the food service industry that stretch beyond the boundaries of culinary endeavours. For example, working the beer concession at a Motley Crue concert. Let us take you into that world for a minute. Find out about Rod Stewart, Dennis Rodman…
VIP Elevator from MiamiNewTimes.com on Vimeo.Last night at the Motley Crue show at Hard Rock Live Dennis Rodman showed his support for the band and their music from the VIP bar…
Meat Carving Station from MiamiNewTimes.com on Vimeo.Motley Crue has come a long way. You think they were serving casino quality beef and turkey at their early LA shows? Hell no. Check out this carving station they had in the lobby of the Hard Rock Live last night for the Crue…
I recently spoke to chef Joe Hahn of The Addison in Boca Raton. He talked about being a dishwasher, brunch, and volcano tuna. Here’s what he had to say.”I’m just the chef, been the executive chef for about a year now.Last five years before coming here, I was at Maxwell’s…
Helping Organize Music Entertainment from Miami New Times on Vimeo.The DIY venue movement is a growing phenomenon in Miami’s urban core and suburbs. Maybe it’s being spurred on by the current economic climate, or maybe people are just sick of the same old sameness of commercial nightlife. Whatever the case,…
Bengal Indian Cuisine from Miami New Times on Vimeo.Bengal Indian Cuisine restaurant at NE 20th and Biscayne Boulevard specializes in “modern Indian” food, but its influences range from traditional Northern Indian to Central Asian and Bangladeshi cooking. Owner Mainul Chowdhury’s native country is Bangladesh.I walked in off the street, asked…
I discovered the Japanese Bag Fish Crunch — that’s my name for a product that’s in a language I can’t read — at Tim’s Oriental Grocery in Homestead. I like fish, I like crunchy foods, and I couldn’t resist the idea of small, fried fish in a bag full of…
The New Times Groove On Battle Of The Bands has been decided and the winner’s been announced. Wait, no it hasn’t, that’s my job. Let me start over. Afrobeta, winners of this years New Times Groove On Battle Of The Bands are getting a free trip to New York City…
Tarragon Middle East Market has been open in South Miami since 1994. Hassan Mehaydli runs the place with his twin brother. I went in to check out the place, got a free sample of baklawa (AKA baklava) and asked Hassan a couple of questions. BTW, the baklawa was awesome.New Times:…
Middle Eastern Festival from Miami New Times on Vimeo.The Coral Gables Middle Eastern Festival at The Cathedral of St. George featured food, drink, arts, crafts, and bounce houses. Nothing Middle Eastern about bounce houses, but hey, the kids love ’em. The Cathedral of St. George…
What the Hell Is She Crab Soup? from Miami New Times on Vimeo.One of the greatest things about livin’ in South Florida is our proximity to the Florida Keys. Calypso’s Seafood Grill has been standing at mile marker 99.5 in Key Largo, Monroe County, for 14 years. It’s not the…
Tonight are the finals for the Miami New Times Groove On Battle Of The Bands. If you haven’t been following the action, one band will be flown to and put up in an NYC hotel and booked a show in the city for a Live Nation event.Tonight’s finals bring you…
Light your spliff early and watch this video of Bob Marley And The Wailers rehearsing at the famed Criteria Studios, now Hit Factory, in North Miami on September 14, 1980.Marley Fest is this Saturday February 28th. click here for more info …
Holleman’s Restaurant of Miami Springs @ Food & Wine from Miami New Times on Vimeo.Holleman’s Restaurant of Miami Springs was representing at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival in a big way. They brought 7,000 portions of their Black Angus aged New York strip topped with cippolini onions grilled…
Italian-Style Roasted Swordfish from Miami New Times on Vimeo. Ever wanted to make swordfish roasted inside parchment paper with tomatoes, olives, and capers? Chef Odel Arencibia from The Capital Grille Miami shows you how. This simple Italian dish has great flavor and aroma. Don’t feel like doin’ it yourself? Hit…
On Thursday, February 19, Miami New Times celebrated the end of calendar editor Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik’s illustrious five-year career with the paper. We had a party and got drunk at Uva 69 in Miami’s historic MiMo District in the Upper Eastside. At the end of the night, I fell…
Here’s a video of Chef Odel Arencibia from The Capital Grille Miami broiling up some herb-marinated beef tenderloin served on a crostini base with tomatoes, peppers, and onions. I tend to believe all meat tastes best off a wood-burning grill, but a high-quality cut of tenderloin marinated ten hours in…
Last night, Obama’s State of the Union address featured a lot of talk about energy this, renewable that, and let’s face it, he’s right. Matter of fact, if we don’t start fishing our waters in a more responsible, future-conscious manner, the only chicken of the sea left is gonna be…
