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Eater
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Eater
Miami Restaurant Openings to Know for August 2025
is an award-winning food and spirits writer with nearly two decades of experience. She is the editor of Broken Palate and the former food editor of Miami New Times. Having trouble keeping up with all the new establishments popping up? Here are some noteworthy restaurants opening around Miami this August. A Fort Lauderdale steakhouse with Floridian roots opens in Coral Gables Daniel's Miami takes over the former Fiola space with a classic steakhouse menu that utilizes local Florida ingredients like Swank Farms tomatoes, Florida-raised prime rib, and Sunshine Provisions sausage. This is the second Daniel's location, with the flagship Fort Lauderdale restaurant earning a place in the 2025 Florida Michelin Guide. Mediterranean fare by a seasoned executive chef Led by executive chef Camila Olarte (Los Fuegos by Francis Mallman, the Surf Club Restaurant by Thomas Keller, and the French Laundry), Cleo offers Eastern Mediterranean fare at the Balfour Hotel in Miami Beach's South of Fifth neighborhood. Inspired by dishes from Greece, the Levant, and Morocco, the menu features wagyu beef kebabs, house-baked pita with eggplant moutabel, and a shareable grilled branzino. Korean barbecue and hot pots in Pembroke Pines KPOT, the all-you-can-eat Korean barbecue chain, opened in Pembroke Pines. In addition to smoky meats, the menu includes hot pots and a full-service bar. Diners can prepare their own meals on tabletop grills and individual hot pot burners. 28 flavors of ice cream in a nostalgic setting Founded in 2005, Wall's Old Fashioned Ice Cream opened a second location on Sunset Drive for its 20th anniversary. The ice cream shop offers 28 flavors of ice cream, shakes, sundaes, malts, and more in a nostalgic setting. A tavern pizza pop-up finds a permanent home Fratesi's Pizza, which gained a loyal following by popping up at bars and restaurants around town, has opened its first brick-and-mortar restaurant in Downtown Miami. Fratesi's specializes in tavern pizza, known for its super-thin, almost cracker-like crust and cheese that melts around the pizza's perimeter. Standbys include the Demon Pig Boy (pepperoni and pickled hot peppers) and the Demon Pig Girl (sausage and banana peppers), and there are vegetarian and vegan options. Shishito peppers from El Turco Express. El Turco Express A Michelin Bib Gourmand restaurant opens a fast casual version El Turco opens El Turco Express at the Central Fare Collective. This fast-casual version of the original Michelin Bib Gourmand recipient offers Turkish fare such as kebabs and hummus. For lasagna lovers only First, there was Cotoletta, the Coconut Grove restaurant that serves only one main dish (veal alla Milanese). Then came Little River's San Lorenzo, which offers either a meat or a seafood dinner option. Now, 84 Magic Hospitality brings you 3190, the Coconut Grove restaurant that offers lasagna ($15) served two ways: the 'Si Papa,' a classic Bolognese lasagna named after executive chef Giulio Rossi's daughter's response to an offer of his signature dish, and a vegetarian pesto version. There's also tiramisu for dessert, and a list of Italian wines. New York City Mediterranean hotspot opens in Midtown Miami New York City's Amavi opens a Midtown Miami spot, showcasing the restaurant's Mediterranean fare. Menu items include a whole branzino finished tableside, pasta made in-house daily, and lamb chops with pomegranate molasses. Wabi Sabi transforms into Midorie Restaurateur Alvaro Perez-Miranda closed his much-loved Wabi Sabi last month to quickly transform it into Midorie. The restaurant's minimalist yet artistic dining room allows patrons to draw their attention to the pristine sushi made with seafood flown in from Japan's fish markets. The restaurant also offers donburi (Japanese bowl meals), and a $100 omakase that's an exceptional value.
Yahoo
18-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
For first time in South Florida history, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach restaurants earn Michelin stars
In a culinary coup for Broward and Palm Beach county dining, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach are officially gleaming in its first Michelin stars. The Florida Michelin Guide announced Thursday night that a pair of chef-tasting experiences, the Chef's Counter at MAASS in Fort Lauderdale and Konro in West Palm Beach, have earned one Michelin star apiece. Both restaurants picked up their accolades during a ceremony at Four Seasons Resort Orlando at the Walt Disney World Resort. The news comes after the Michelin Guide in February said it would expand its esteemed guide to three new regions — Greater Fort Lauderdale, the Palm Beaches and St. Pete/Clearwater — making South Florida eateries from Hallandale Beach to Jupiter eligible to be saluted. And boy, did South Florida eateries turn up for the occasion: All told, five Fort Lauderdale restaurants picked up Michelin accolades, while Palm Beach County spots earned nine awards. The international director of the Michelin Guides, Gwendal Poullennec, for one, is bullish about the Sunshine State's restaurant supremacy. 'Florida has proven to be an international culinary destination with the expansion to three new cities,' he said in a statement. 'Our anonymous inspectors continued to be delighted by Florida's culinary community, and we congratulate all of the chefs and restaurants being honored in this year's selection.' The French tire company's guide first rolled into Miami, Orlando and Tampa in 2022 after the state's tourism arm, Visit Florida, paid $1.5 million to rate eateries in those regions for a printed guide. Michelin's expansion in South Florida came after Broward and Palm Beach's tourism groups, Visit Lauderdale and Discover the Palm Beaches, chipped in an extra $90,000 each to be part of the guide. The intimate, 14-seat Chef's Counter at MAASS at the Four Seasons Hotel And Residences Fort Lauderdale is chef Ryan Ratino's ode to American cuisine accented with French techniques. Guide 'inspectors' — Michelin's moniker for the diners who visit and critique each eatery anonymously — praised the tasting menu handled by chef David Brito, especially its 'single-seared diver scallop over a truffle puree.' 'Designed as an upmarket riff on chicken noodle soup, it's finished with a velvety broth,' the guide wrote. 'A delicate bowl of koshihikari rice cooked in a donabe with maitake mushroom and a Comté foam is excellent from start to finish. Finally, kakigori with candied nuts and fresh raspberries is a delightful conclusion.' At Konro, led by chef Jacob Bickelhaupt and sommelier Nadia Bickelhaupt, their 10-seat chef's counter presents a ballet of Japanese A5 Wagyu, dry-ice smoke, delicate bouquets of microgreens and other surprising morsels paired with wines. They serve drumstick-sized cones of crackling chicken skin, stuffed with foie gras and cloudberry jam, which the guide dubbed a 'highlight.' 'The chef's creativity is displayed in dishes like barley risotto with enoki mushrooms, caramelized crispy fried onions, and black truffle shavings, served in a golden egg,' the guide continued. In another first for Fort Lauderdale's Heritage, an Italian-American restaurant in Flagler Village fronted by (literal) rockstar chef Rino Cerbone, picked up the region's first Bib Gourmand, Michelin lingo for eateries that feature 'great food at a great value.' Not to be outdone, West Palm Beach restaurants Aioli, chef Michael Hackman's celebrated bakery-cafe, and Palm Beach Meats, owner Eric and Meghan San Pedro's fast-casual butcher-retailer-restaurant, also picked up Bib Gourmands. Statewide, 31 Florida restaurants currently have Michelin stars, with Miami leading the state with 15, followed by nine in Orlando, five in Tampa and two Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach. No restaurants lost a star this year. Below, find the full lineup of South Florida Michelin winners broken down by county. Michelin stars: Chef's Counter at MAASS, Fort Lauderdale, 1 star Bib Gourmand: Heritage Fort Lauderdale Recommended: Daniel's, A Florida Steakhouse, Fort Lauderdale Larb Thai-Isan, Fort Lauderdale Evelyn's, Fort Lauderdale Michelin stars: Konro, 1 star Bib Gourmands: Aioli, West Palm Beach Palm Beach Meats, West Palm Beach Recommended: Buccan, Palm Beach Moody Tongue Sushi, West Palm Beach Nicholson Muir Distinguished Meats, Boynton Beach Stage Kitchen & Bar, Palm Beach Gardens The Butcher's Club, Palm Beach Gardens Coolinary and The Parched Pig, Palm Beach Gardens For the full list of Michelin winners statewide, go to Phillip Valys can be reached at pvalys@ or X @philvalys.
