Restaurants

Nemr Aljabra doesn’t speak English or Spanish, but he’s fluent in Kitchenese. In late March, the 33-year-old dishwasher, prep cook, and Syrian refugee was featured on the Miami-based Instagram account Humans of the Kitchen. “Nemr is a grinder,” said Pablo Zitzmann of No Name Chinese, where Aljabra and two other refugees have worked in the kitchen since the place opened. When Aljabra started, it wasn’t easy; he had to communicate with the rest of the kitchen through Google Translate. Over time, he picked up the daily routine and has, as Zitzmann put it, become the glue that holds the kitchen together.

The food hall inside Miami’s Virgin train station is now home to a new eatery: La Estación American Brasserie, a massive, 10,000-square-foot restaurant and bar that also boasts four private event spaces and a large open kitchen.

Mofongos on Eighth Street in Little Havana brings the flavors of Puerto Rico to Miami.

From rose-shaped confections to locally made rosé, wow the woman (or women) who raised you with one of these specialty made-in-Miami gifts.

After a $110-million renovation, the Celino South Beach Hotel will open this summer with two new fine-dining concepts on Ocean Drive.

Francisco Abenante, one of Venezuela’s most celebrated chefs, has managed to keep his Caracas restaurant, Casa Bistro, afloat even as the country has descended into chaos. Now he’s planning a downtown Miami arepera, which is expected to open in late 2019

In the past few weeks, two high-profile chefs with a Miami presence have announced the closing of their respective eateries.

Sunday afternoon, as thousands of people gathered at the Wynwood Yard to celebrate both its last day and Cinco de Mayo, a massive storm threatened to put a damper on the festivities.

Wawa is finally opening its doors in Miami this week. After months of growing anticipation, fans of the Philadelphia-based convenience-store chain can look forward to the official grand opening this Thursday of the area’s first three stores.

Miami will finally get the restaurant it deserves when Croqueta Bar opens next week. The restaurant brings Dos Croqueta’s famous croquetas to their first permanent location, in the Miami-Dade suburb of Westchester. The company, founded in 2015 by Alec Fernandez and his aunt, chef Vicky Carballo, focused on creating croquetas in unique…

April saw a surprising number of restaurants that come with themes.Now, in the Magic City, you can drink in an 80’s-themed bar, dine in a working gallery, or pretend it’s morning any time of the day at two new all-day breakfast restaurants.

Every Sunday, drag queens in colorful costumes take over the sidewalk outside Miami Beach’s Palace Bar to bust moves and belt out pop songs for hungry patrons and passersby. It’s not just brunch. It’s drag brunch — one so hot it’s been ranked among the finest in the nation, according to OpenTable, which yesterday released its annual “100 Best Brunch Restaurants in America.”

The Oleks never meant to get into the deli business. Yet after relocating to Florida, switching careers, and losing everything, husband-and-wife team Lisa, age 56, and Steve, 52, opened the Pastrami Joint at Hollywood’s Yellow Green Farmers Market and quickly became one of the most popular stalls.

Coral Gables is set to get some of Miami-Dade’s best pasta. Macchialina, the Italian concept by James Beard Award semifinalist Michael Pirolo, plans to open a second restaurant, at Alhambra Towers in the City Beautiful.

If you miss the Museum of Ice Cream and its Instagrammable backdrops, you’re in luck: A new ice-cream shop on Ocean Drive offers the most photogenic treats in South Beach. At Icy-N-Spicy, Xiaoli Liu serves rainbow-colored treats with European and Asian influences, such as desserts that combine Japanese mochi ice cream and French macarons.

When the Wynwood Yard closes on May 5, a bit of the neighborhood’s soul will go with it.

Miami’s much-anticipated Time Out Market has announced its official opening date. The 18,000-square-foot food hall will open May 9 at 8 a.m. with 17 eateries, a demo kitchen, and three bars.

Consider the daiquiri. Ask someone on the street to define it and they’ll likely describe a frozen abomination spiked with some kind of strawberry concoction festooned with little umbrellas and served on cruise ships. But a good bartender, especially a Cuban bartender, knows better.

GKB Wynwood chefs Rafael Perez Cambana and Philip Harbin are the duo behind Miami’s newest burger restaurant, That’s Mine Craft Burgers and Beer, which is set to open Monday, April 22, in North Miami Beach. The pair partnered with digital marketing and brand development guru Juan Allen, who has created…

Ensconced in Bay Harbor Islands is a Peruvian restaurant with a menu that might be bigger than its dining room. That’s because its chef, German Gonzales, adds to it almost daily. “I wake up in the middle of the night with new recipe ideas, write them all down, come into…

Fast-casual, Cuban-inspired eatery Caja Caliente is opening a second location in Coral Gables next month.

Miami’s favorite sweet obsession is closing for the season on Saturday, April 20. Knaus Berry Farm posted its seasonal closing date on Facebook, along with a sweet warning: “Today is the first day of the last week! The last day before we close for the summer is April 20th. We will…