May 21, 2013 Quick Hits

by Ryan @ MRPR on May 21, 2013

QUICK HITS:

♦ Chef Michael Reidt is headed from Area 31 to Area 51. [Hat tip: Lesley Abravanel/Miami.com]

♦ Short Order continues to stalk Momi Ramen and its sibling, the soon-to-be-open Sumi, a Japanese izakaya located next door to Momi in Brickell.  Once again, Short Order bemoans the fact that owner Jeffrey Chen won’t talk to the press (but like a Jedi mindtrick, his silence only draws them in further).  Not too much to report on Sumi, aside from the fact that. from the outside looking in, it appears ready to open right away, although Short Order says that it won’t debut until next month.

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May 14, 2013 Quick Hits

May 14, 2013

QUICK HITS: ♦ This week, Short Order took one for the team and scoped out Gold & Pepper, a new restaurant on South Beach where the whole shtick is that their food is sprinkled with 23k gold.  Guess what? “[T]he flavors fall flat,” according to the Short Order blogger.  Looks like somebody is confusing the [...]

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May 7, 2013 Quick Hits

May 7, 2013

QUICK HITS: ♦ Unfortunately, the only award that a Miami restaurant took home at the 2013 James Beard awards, handed out last night, was for looks and not food (insert Miami joke here).  Congrats to Juvia, which won the award for best restaurant design in the 76 seats and over category.  The complete list of [...]

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May 2013 Power Rankings

May 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 16. Pubbelly 17. db Bistro [...]

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April 30, 2013 Quick Hits

April 30, 2013

QUICK HITS: ♦ STK, the steakhouse with the fewest letters, is closing temporarily to move from its current home in the Gansevoort/Perry/whatever-it’s-going-to-be-called-next, to a new site on 23rd and Collins, so says Miami.com.  Short Order says it’ll be reopening in the same property, just a different part of it.  That makes sense since the hotel [...]

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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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