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Miami Herald
09-05-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
New York restaurants are popping up all over the Miami area. Take a look at these
South Florida New York restaurants are popping up all over the Miami area. Take a look at these New York restaurants are reshaping Miami's dining scene by merging their established culinary identities with the city's vibrant culture. These ventures bring diverse cuisines like French, Japanese, Italian, and Mexican to Miami, enriching the local gastronomy scene. From the expansive elegance of La Grande Boucherie offering French classics complemented by a new seafood focus to the delicate craftsmanship of Nami Nori's temaki rolls, these establishments highlight a blend of tradition and innovation. Local adaptation is key; Rosemary's incorporates edible gardens to highlight fresh ingredients, while Ensenada blends Baja California seafood with local flavors and introduces artisanal mezcal. These culinary debuts signify a maturing Miami dining scene that embraces quality, consistency, and new global perspectives. The central bar at the new restaurant Ensenada at the Vagabond Hotel in Miami. By Beth Rhodes NO. 1: POPULAR MEXICAN RESTAURANT FROM NEW YORK MOVES INTO THIS HISTORIC HOTEL IN MIAMI A culinary team from New York has opened an outpost of their popular Mexican restaurant at the Vagabond Hotel—with an assist from the owner of one of Miami's most beloved restaurants. | Published December 26, 2024 | Read Full Story by Connie Ogle The 10-seat chef's counter at Matsuyoi Japanese restaurant in Miami. NO. 2: THIS CULINARY TEAM FROM NEW YORK TEAMED UP WITH PHARRELL TO OPEN TWO MIAMI RESTAURANTS Here's a sneak peek. | Published December 30, 2024 | Read Full Story by Connie Ogle The upstairs dining room at La Grande Boucherie restaurant in Miami Beach. NO. 3: THIS FAMOUS (AND HUGE) FRENCH RESTAURANT FROM NEW YORK IS OPENING IN MIAMI BEACH Another gorgeous French restaurant moves into the area. | Published January 23, 2025 | Read Full Story by Connie Ogle The outdoor garden and dining area at Rosemary's Italian restaurant in Wynwood. NO. 4: ONE OF NEW YORK'S POPULAR ITALIAN RESTAURANTS JUST OPENED IN MIAMI WITH A STUNNING GARDEN Let's take a tour. | Published February 18, 2025 | Read Full Story by Connie Ogle The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories listed were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.
Miami Herald
07-04-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
New restaurants are opening up all around Miami. Have you tried these five?
Food New restaurants are opening up all around Miami. Have you tried these five? Miami's dining scene continues to expand with new restaurants opening up all around town. Diverse influences shine through, from Bistro 8 in Little Havana, blending French and Latin flavors, to Aviv on Miami Beach, offering Israeli cuisine. Two new spots in Wynwood - Rosemary's and Novatore - recently opened offering Italian favorites. And one of the buzziest new openings is Maple & Ash, an elegant steakhouse from Chicago in downtown's Miami Worldcenter. The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories below were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists. The colorful dining room at Bistro 8, the new upscale Mexican restaurant in Little Havana. By paul stoppi NO. 1: CREATORS OF A MIAMI MICHELIN-STARRED RESTAURANT JUST OPENED A NEW SPOT IN LITTLE HAVANA Take a look at this new Little Havana spot. | Published January 9, 2025 | Read Full Story by Connie Ogle The outdoor garden and dining area at the new Rosemary's Italian restaurant in Wynwood. NO. 2: ONE OF NEW YORK'S POPULAR ITALIAN RESTAURANTS JUST OPENED IN MIAMI WITH A STUNNING GARDEN Let's take a tour. | Published February 18, 2025 | Read Full Story by Connie Ogle Five-time James Beard Award winner Chef Michael Solomonov is opening Aviv, an Israeli restaurant, at 1 Hotel South Beach. By Michael Persico NO. 3: MIAMI BEACH IS BUZZING ABOUT THIS LONG-AWAITED ISRAELI RESTAURANT FROM A CELEBRATED CHEF The chef is a five-time James Beard Award winner. | Published March 3, 2025 | Read Full Story by Connie Ogle The Atrium dining room at Maple & Ash, which is opening its third location at Miami Worldcenter. NO. 4: THIS FAMOUS CHICAGO STEAKHOUSE IS FINALLY OPENING ITS LARGEST RESTAURANT IN MIAMI The restaurant also offers its famous 'I Don't Give a F*@k' tasting menu, a chef's choice menu with meat and seafood galore. | Published March 12, 2025 | Read Full Story by Connie Ogle The dining room at Novatore Cucina & Bar, which recently opened in Wynwood. NO. 5: CHEFS FROM A MICHELIN-STARRED RESTAURANT IN SPAIN JUST OPENED A NEW SPOT IN MIAMI The huband-wife team will split their time between Miami and Spain. | Published March 14, 2025 | Read Full Story by Connie Ogle This report was produced with the help of AI tools, which summarized previous stories reported and written by McClatchy journalists. It was edited by journalists in our News division.
Miami Herald
18-02-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
One of New York's popular Italian restaurants just opened in Miami with a stunning garden
Carlos Suarez, founder of the popular New York restaurant Rosemary's, grew up in Coral Gables in the 1990s, but after college gravitated to the northeast. And when it came time to open his first restaurant — named for his mother — he opened it in the West Village, then went on to expand in Tokyo, the East Village and Midtown Manhattan. Now, 13 years later, Rosemary's has finally made it to Miami. The Italian restaurant from Suarez's Casa Nela hospitality group is now open in Wynwood. Though he took his time, Suarez said that he has been working to expand south for awhile. 'I've been back here many times since I moved away, but I've always been checking in with Miami, because I have such fond memories of growing up here,' he says. 'But in the past, I always recognized that Miami was probably more interested in flashy, big ticket, big night out stuff that we don't do.' Miami, of course, has changed dramatically recently, a shift fueled at first by the pandemic and an influx of new residents, then by the arrival of the Michelin Guide in 2022, followed by an explosion of development, particularly in Wynwood. But Suarez first started paying closer attention as early as 2007, when Michael's Genuine opened in the Design District, and 2009, when Mandolin Aegean Bistro joined it on the other side of the soon-to-be upscale neighborhood. 'Seeing the success of Michael's and Mandolin started to plant the seed that maybe the market would mature to a place where quality neighborhood restaurants would be celebrated,' Suarez says. By 2014, he was looking at possible spaces for a Miami Rosemary's. Built on the site of a former shoe warehouse and empty lot on Northwest 25th Street, the 7,000-square foot restaurant has an airy indoor dining room with high ceilings with lights strung from them and homey touches like a brick wall and a display of copper pans, an homage to Suarez's Cuban father Raul, who loved his own copper cookware. There's greenery on the indoor tables and everywhere in the outdoor dining area. Designed by New York firm Dekar Design, the entrance welcomes diners with sculpted bougainvillea, and small garden beds are scattered throughout the space. Created with Little River Cooperative's help, the beds of greens, vegetables, herbs and edible flowers are used in several dishes. The gardens are a nod to Suarez's English mother and her vegetable garden in Lucca, Italy (the Suarezes spent about 20 years in South Florida as a family but also lived in Asia and Europe). The New York locations of Rosemary have rooftop gardens, too. Having lived in South Florida, Suarez is well aware of Miami's wet summers, and his team will be installing retractable awnings over much of the outdoor dining area and the outdoor bar. 'There's the success of Mandolin to point to as a restaurant that's thrived despite being 90 percent outside,' Suarez says. 'But we are taking steps to enclose when necessary.' The kitchen is helmed by executive chef Craig Giunta, a former chef at Miami Beach's beloved Macchialina who also worked at Mother Wolf and Concours Club. Rosemary, obviously, is a special theme on the menu: Don't skip the rosemary foccaccia or spectacular rosemary potatoes, and note that the water is also infused with fresh sprigs of the herb. The menu leans toward pasta and seafood , with a few specialties only available in Miami, like the bluefin tuna crudo with citrus, coriander, basil and fennel from the garden; linguini with Florida rock shrimp, lemon bomba chilis and garlic; and Heritage porchetta with zucchini salad and Calabrian date hot sauce. Other choices include orecchiette with sausage, broccoli rabe, Fresno chili and Parmigiano and pappardelle verde with veal Bolognese, a white Bolognese sauce. Dessert options include an olive oil cake draped in blueberry compote, and hot, crispy Bombolini, Italian doughnuts served with a Nutella sauce. Suarez says that despite the number of Italian restaurants in the area — the swanky, nightclub-esque Sparrow Italia just down the street, and Pasta and Otto & Pepe not far away, for example — thanks to Miami diners' passion for food, the neighborhood can sustain multiple restaurants and that the gorgeous outdoor area sets Rosemary's apart. 'The menu is probably similar to places like Pasta and Otto & Pepe, but we brought a garden. We're really trying to lean into local sourcing and growing our produce,' he says. 'We're low key, high quality. We want to prove great dining experiences don't need to be expensive or flashy, and they definitely don't need to be expensive.' Rosemary's Where: 322 NW 25th St., Miami Hours: 5-10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday; 5-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday Reservations: Resy More information: or 305-486-2424
