Wednesday, October 13, 2010

De Rodriguez Cuba


Our motto at De Rodriguez Cuba is, “Who Lives Better Than Us”, and I want you, our friends, to feel the same way. I thank you for dining with us.  Chef Rodriguez "Godfather of Nuevo Latino cuisine" and James Beard award winning chef with newly opened upscale Cuban restaurant in the heart of South Beach.


Our goal is to be the # 1 Cuban restaurant in Miami so if you enjoy your experience please give us a shout out on Zagat or other social media outlets such as Yelp, City Search, Facebook or Twitter. If you are not a member of Zagat please become one. If you were not pleased with your experience please tell us what we can do improve.
We welcome our cigar loving patrons to join us in our lush outdoor patio as well as sample our distinctive collection of cigars. Save up to 60% on your next meal at De Rodriguez Cuba with a Restaurant.com Gift Certificates: "De Rodriguez Cuba" Save up to 60% off your next meal!



Coming soon! ALL NEW "De Rodriguez Ocean Restaurant & Lounge". In the Bentley Hilton Hotel - across from Prime 112. I look forward to serving you there - in an entirely New way.
– Chef Douglas Rodriguez

Supper Club

“D-Rod’s Supper Club" is an underground gathering of Miami’s most influential figures hosted by celebrity chef Douglas Rodriguez at his restaurant, De Rodriguez Cuba in South Beach. The city’s most elite members of society are extended an invitation to enjoy a cocktail hour followed by a multi-course meal with wine pairings while discussing hot button issues affecting the metropolitan area and beyond. Held every other Tuesday of the month, the dinners are intimate with around ten guests each Supper Club.

Quote from Doug:

"Reality television hasn’t given the best impression of Miami and it’s unfortunate because our city is full of brilliant minds – in every industry imaginable – art, food, fashion, finance, and real estate to name a few. I really want Miami to shine as one of the world’s leading cities, and I think we might just be able to with D-Rod’s Supper Club” – Chef Douglas Rodriguez

Hours of Operation:

Monday 6 PM - 10 PM
Tuesday - Thursday 6 PM - 11 PM
Friday - Saturday 6 PM - 12 AM
Sunday  12 PM - 10 PM
Live Music:
Thursdays
Rotating Musicians
8PM - Close
Friday / Saturday
Martin Loza - Guitar Soloist
8PM - Close

De Rodriguez Cuba
At Astor Hotel
956 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Phone:  305.672.3763.

Website: http://www.drodriguezcuba.com/

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Miditerraneo Brickell

The cool crisp waters of the Mediterranean lap gently against many shores. Its bounty delivered fresh to the diverse cultures which compose this region, inspiring cooking styles which reflect the beauty and subtlety of their origin.
At Mediterraneo our challenge is to advance this ideal, while integrating unique styles and ingredients from across the globe, to define Mediterranean Cuisine in a broader sense.

An oasis amidst the hustle and bustle of downtown, Mediterraneo is just steps from Miami’s Biscayne Bay in Brickell’s luxurious Jade Building. One’s sense of proximity to the ocean is further enhanced as the restaurant's wave inspired walls and clean white bar illuminate light blue, inspiring the greatest moments in perfect harmony with the ocean.

Beautiful images of nature and the underwater world are projected while the music excites our senses and aligns us with the good living of the Mediterranean. Mediterraneo Brickell is the perfect place to enjoy a variety of ceviches and tapas accompanied by one of our signature cocktails or incredible entrees.
Executive Chef, Thierry, displays our new perspective on Mediterranean Cuisine through meticulous preparation. His worldly palette allows us to present fresh, amazing options and entrees, made to order, which integrate flavors from all across the globe into Mediterranean food.  Restaurant.com Gift Certificates: Save up to 60% off your next meal!

Hours of Operation

Lunch
Monday - Friday
12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Dinner
Monday - Thursday
5:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Friday - Saturday
5:00 p.m. - 12 a.m.

Mediterraneo Brickell
At the Jade Residences on Brickell
1331 Brickell Bay Drive
First Floor
Miami, FL 33131
Phone:  305.200.5028

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Ristorante Fratelli Milano

From the heart of Milano to the center of Miami, twin brother Chefs Roberto and Emanuele Bearzi bring their unique talents and passion for authentic Cucina Italiana to FRATELLI MILANO, a restaurant that offers a genuine taste of home.



Fiorella and her husband Robert and his brother are owner operators, who greet you at the door with a smile and extraordinary cuisine, While the ambiance is hole in the wall, the home made pastas and deserts are world class. The brothers are from Milan, and use Grandma's recipes

With over 32 years combined experience in some of the top kitchens in town, Roberto works his magic as Chef de Cuisine while Pastry Chef Emanuele fills the air with the scents of homemade pasta, freshly baked bread and confections to delight the most discerning diners.  Joined by Roberto's charming wife Fiorella, you will enjoy great Italian dishes.  The Bearzi Family is also available to cater private parties, design custom cakes and help you plan your next corporate gathering. Restaurant.com Gift Certificates: Save up to 60% off your next meal!

Hours of Operation
Monday - Thursday 11am-10pm
Friday and Saturday until 11pm

Ristorante Fratelli Milano
213 SE First Street
Downtown Miami, Florida 33131
Phone:  305.373.2300
Website:  http://www.ristorantefratellimilano.com/

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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Chu's Taiwanese Kitchen - Coral Gables

Chu's Restaurant and Kitchen specializes in gourmet Taiwanese cuisine. Our renowned Chef OA Chu has won numerous accolades highlighting his special ability to redefine everyday dishes into culinary art.

Our high level of culinary standards has continuously elevated us above the competition. Chef OA Chu has made it his duty to have his ingredients specially imported from Taiwan to guarantee the true authenticity of his Taiwanese creations. Click here and Save Up to 60% at Chu's Taiwanese Kitchen Restaurant with Gift Certificates: $25 gift certificates for only $10!


Best Known For...
Dim sum
Peking duck - #1 Chef Worldwide Winner
Baked curry prawns
Moo goo gai pan
Filet mignon

Reviews and Awards
Five Star Award - Peking Duck



Hours of Operation
Monday
  11:00 AM - 03:00 AM
Tuesday  Closed
Wednesday 11:00 AM - 03:00 AM
Thursday  11:00 AM - 03:00 AM
Friday  11:00 AM - 03:00 AM
Saturday  11:00 AM - 03:00 AM
Sunday  11:00 AM - 03:00 AM
Restaurant closed Wed-Mon from 3pm-5pm

Chu's Taiwanese Kitchen & Bar
2728 Ponce De Leon Blvd.
Coral Gables, FL  33134
Phone:  (786) 953-7351
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Friday, September 24, 2010

Celebrating Latin Food: Tostones Rellenos "When you think it is perfect, i...

Celebrating Latin Food: Tostones Rellenos "When you think it is perfect, i...: "Tostones or Patacones, whatever the name it is a dish which has crossed over in the food world. I'll leave it up to the Simple Chef™, with ..."

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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Maya Tapas and Grill



Nestled in the heart of South Beach amidst bustling Lincoln Road, Maya Tapas & Grill is a 72-seat, outdoor restaurant offering international Argentinean-fusion dining. Open daily to breakfast, lunch and dinner, Maya Tapas & Grill offers a full-service menu boasting the freshest ingredients with fish and meats delivered each day.

Maya Tapas & Grill creates the perfect ambiance to relax curbside while enjoying selections from our warm and cold tapas menu and our extensive wine, Champagne and beer list.

Bring your own choice bottle and we will happily poor or spice-up the craving with a pitcher of our house Sangria pitchers. Save at Maya Tapas & Grill with a Restaurant.com Maya Tapas Gift Certificates: Save up to 60% off your next meal! 

From traditional to innovative, with menu items like the Beef Carpaccio to the Moroccan Chicken Ossobuco Maya Tapas & Grill will bring out the inner-epicurean in you, Whether you are local or just visiting, dine in style with quality cuisine, reasonable prices and where service is met with a smile. From our kitchen to your plate, see you at Maya Tapas & Grill.  At Restaurant.com you will find savings certificates for Maya Tapas & Grill $25.00 for $10.00 and more.

Hours of Operation:

Daily from 9am to 12am.
Maya Tapas & Grill
Locations
Lincoln Rd
809 Lincoln Rd
Miami Beach, Florida 33139

Phone: 305.538.0058
Ocean Dr
530 Ocean Drive
Miami Beach, Florida  33139

Phone: 305-532-4747

Website:  http://www.mayatapasandgrill.com/

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Giardino Gourmet Salads


Giardino Gourmet Salads was conceptualized by husband and wife team Kenny and Ody Lugo, formally a firefighter and Miami-Dade County school teacher. As a teacher, Ody made sure that her students knew where food really came from.

Her commitment to teaching her students about nutrition and health inspired her to create the concept of a ‘Healthy Fast Food’ restaurant. With no restaurant experience they risked everything for a dream. The Lugo’s are dedicated to bringing healthy, convenient and affordable eating options to South Florida with amazing customer service.

Their commitment of service also extends to the community in participation with charity events and fundraisers. Kenny believes that by giving to the community it will always remind you of where you came from. The pair opened the first Giardino in Coral Gables more than four years ago and they have been blessed enough to have created a healthy eating franchise, now opening its 6th location by the Summer of 2009.

Their all their favorite salads, but the top pick for Ody is of course the Ody’s Toss and for Kenny the Japanese with a scoop of Salmon Capperi.

Hours of Operation
Mon-Fri 11:00am - 8:00pm
Sat 11:00am - 6:00pm
Sun Closed

Giardino Gourmet Salads
Kenny & Ody Lugo
Owners/Founders
2346 Ponce de Leon blvd
Coral Gables, FL 33134

Phone:  305.460.6010
Coral Gables Email: info@giardinosalads.com

Visit there website for other locations:
Doral, South Miami, Miami Beach, Kendall,
Miramar, Down Town Miami

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Burger & Beer Joint

 

Here at Burger and Beer Joint, it is our goal to make you feel apart of our B&B family. Open for a year now, B&B is to say the least, a local success story.

Photo Credit:
Charlie Garcia
Email: charlie22garcia@gmail.com
 The concept of B&B was created from the ground up, and was built through dedicated, hard-working people that shared the same motivation and vision. Overcoming many obstacles, we have expanded to our now open Brickell location. One of our many goals at B&B was to fill a much needed niche within the Miami area.

It is safe to say that we have filled it as South Beach’s local burger and beer bar that everyone’s talking about. A combination including our energetic employee team ready to serve mouth watering dishes, mixed with a full blown soda fountain serving up egg creams, shakes and adult beverages, sprinkled with our 10lb MAMMOTH burger creates the tri-fecta of B&B.

You can’t get enough of this place, just ask our regulars! Love the South Beach B&B? Then we’re sure you’ll love the Brickell B&B. We made sure both B&B locations capture the unique décor, featuring 120-year-old Chicago brick walls, wooden booths, copper ceilings and outdoor patios. Come see for yourself what everyone is talking about! Buy Restaurant.com Gift Certificates!

Burger & Beer Joint

South Beach Location:
1766 Bay Rd.
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Phone: 305-672-EATS (3287)

Brickell Location:
900 S. Miami Ave Ste.130
Miami, FL 33130
Phone: 305-523-2244

Contact our Events Coordinator Today!
Katie ladarola
Phone: 305.632.3287
E: katie@bnbjoint.com

Website:  http://www.burgernbeerjoint.com/

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Picnic Miami "New York Style Dinner"


Picnic Miami is a New York Style diner in the heart of South Beach. It brings an imaginative new concept in dining by offering American greasy spoon food in a not so greasy spoon setting with a little polish on it. Our popular corner spot has an all day casual menu that can be enjoyed inside or out where you can mix and mingle with a fun loving crowd in a chill and sexy vibe.

The Picnic Miami Experience

Our goal for Picnic Miami Catering & Events is to recreate the Picnic Experience in your home, venue or backyard. In addition to offering our world class salads, sandwiches, barbecue, sides and desserts – served with the warm, gracious hospitality of Mom – we have created a signature aesthetic for your event that brings our New York picnic-in-the-park look and feel to your guests, creating an atmosphere that is unique, memorable and transporting.

Our capable team will arrange for exclusive design elements and services, such as picnic tables, wooden chairs, gingham tablecloths, mason jars, picnic china if needed, live rock and blues music, and anything else we can in order to bring the flavor of our New York picnic-in-the-park directly to your guests.

Picnic Miami Catering represents an alternative to stuffy catering halls, stiff event spaces, and fussy white glove service that your guests will find refreshing, disarming and fun. Coming to Picnic Miami is like coming home. See you soon… Click here for Restaurant.com Gift Certificates

Side Walk Sitting
Hours of Operation

Monday to Thursday: 11 am - 12 am
Friday: 11 am - 3 am
Saturday: 9 am - 3 am
Sunday: 9 am - 3 am

Picnic Miami 
1400 20th Street
Corner of Bay Rd
Miami Beach, FL 33139

For Catering and Private Event Inquires:
Call: 305.673.4755


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Friday, September 10, 2010

Grimpa Steakhouse


GRIMPA BRAZILIAN STEAKHOUSE where you can taste the best flavors!  Prime cuts - which bring out the best of the meat, careful and distinguished service, and outstanding side dishes, make Grimpa Brazilian Steakhouse a unique restaurant.  Enjoy the best of the Brazilian "Churrasco" tradition in a classical environment. Taste and discover the pleasure of the Brazilian spices.

At Grimpa Brazilian Steakhouse we offer you 15 delicious types of beef, chicken and fish, in a continuous service system which includes:  Beef Ribs, Boneless Chicken, Boneless Rib Eye, Flank Steak, Lamb Shank, Pork Chops, Pork Loin, Pork Sausages, Prime Rib, Sirloin, Tenderloin, Top Sirloin, Noble Top Sirloin, Baby Beef and Salmon.

You can also help yourself to our salad bar, which offers a great variety of fresh food, including vegetables, fruits, antipasto, cheese, and many incredible dressings.  Moreover, a huge diversity of hot side dishes are available on a buffet, and some of them, as french fries, breaded banana and our traditional cheese bread among others, are freshly prepared and served at your table.

A little history....

In Brazil we call GRIMPA the branches of a special type of pine tree, tha "Araucária", very common in the southern region. The "Gauchos" that live in this region traditionally used these dry branches to start their campfires and prepare the "CHURRASCO" while they were out in the "Pampas" with their cattle. Naturally, meat was the main component of these meals.


These Araucárias also have an interesting mythical story. A famous tale from southern Brazil tells the story of a big blue bird whose favorite food was the Araucária nut, every fall this bird would bury the extra pine nuts to eat later that winter. But many of these nuts were forgotten buried and grew up to become these incredible and tall trees.

The Gauchos of southern brazil are also the inspiration for GRIMPAS's style of service, the "Rodizio". Moving about between the tables with their large sword-like skewers they will offer you a taste of this delicious memory of the Pampas. Restaurant.com GRIMPA STEAKHOUSE Gift Certificates: Save up to 60% off your next meal! At Grimpa's Brazilian Steakhouse.

Best Known For...

Authentic Brazilian rodizio
Premium beef
Premium taste
Happy hours daily
Over 500 wines from around the world.

Hours of Operation

Lunch Mon-Fri 11:30am-3pm
Dinner Mon-Thur 5:30pm-10pm
Fri 5:30pm-11pm
Sat 1pm-11pm
Sun 12pm-5pm

Grimpa Steakhouse
901 Brickell Plaza
@ Mary Brickell Village
Miami, FL 33130
For reservations 305.455.4757
305.371.5566 fax

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