Princess Jazzmine
Esperanza Spalding, the barefoot bassist who stole the Grammy from under Justin Bieber's nose for best new artist in 2011 (a jazz first for the award!), returns Friday to the Arsht Center where she performed during an Obama fundraiser. Politics aside, the Austin-based musician, vocalist and composer is campaigning worldwide for Radio Music Society, which snagged this year's Grammy for best jazz vocal album. Written to complement her previous Chamber Music Society, like an old-school double album, her new scores differ by incorporating a 12-piece band of keyboards, brass horns and drums with Spalding strumming double and electric basses. On the release she worked with masters varying from hip-hop pioneer Q-Tip to legendary saxophonist Joe Lovano.
- 1300 Biscayne Boulevard, 305.949.8382, arshtcenter.org
The Schwartz is With You
Does Michael Schwartz sleep? Right after opening the posh Cypress Room, the James Beard award-winning chef owner of the Genuine Hospitality Group empire in the Miami Design District expands with Restaurant Michael Schwartz at the Raleigh. Though no newbie to hospitality venues, the collaboration with sbe (SLS Hotels) marks his foray into South Beach territory. Just because it officially launches Monday doesn't mean hordes of devoted diners won't descend this weekend for whatever morsels they can munch. The menu lists standards among his repertoire like chili and lime-dusted hominy, and newcomers such as steak tartare smothered in quail egg yolk and shallots, and grilled octopus with crushed hazelnuts, green olives, kumquats and preserved lemon. Family-style meals debut on Mondays soon.
- 1775 Collins Avenue, 305.534.6300, raleighhotel.com
Sofi Sips
The South of Fifth nabe makes it a double with two drinking dens dedicated to residents. Look for the 600-foot radio tower, a petit Eiffel of sorts, for Radio Bar, which pays homage to the hood through the South Pointe, a specialty cocktail of vodka, grapefruit juice and St. Germain. The late-night haunt also serves wood-oven pizzas like those at the Gale hotel by the same owners, as well as craft beers including Michigan-made Bell's Amber Ale. It gets even fancier libations-wise over at the Flat, whose Bloody Mary features smoked salmon-infused vodka garnished with a quail egg and caviar. After manning many of the beach's nightclub doors for years, co-founder Cedric Adegnika just wanted a chill spot for boites and bites set to a bossa nova beat.
- 814 First Street, 305.397.8382, radiosouthbeach.com
- 500 S Pointe Drive, 305.531.3528,theflatmiami.com
Frida & Frijoles
Fans of Frida Kahlo and authentic Mexican cuisine are swooning for Casa Frida in Fort Lauderdale. A Mexico City couple by way of Cancun dug through their family recipes for dishes made daily with love that they serve in a dining room dripping with all things Kahlo her signature vibrant palette and self-portraits, and enough flowers to fill a garden. First-timers can't go wrong with cochinita pibil, a slow-roasted pork leg marinated in orange juice and achiote, as well as their mole, a 24-hour chocolate concoction loaded with secret ingredients including 14 types of peppers, and used for chicken tamales, among other classics. Mexican transplants also lap up posole of pork, hominy and herbs, heated through spicy pickled vegetables in tabletop jars.
- 5441 North Federal Highway, 954.530.3668
PRINCESS JAZZMINE
Esperanza Spalding, the barefoot bassist who stole the Grammy from under Justin Bieber's nose for best new artist in 2011 (a jazz first for the award!), returns Friday to the Arsht Center where she performed during an Obama fundraiser. Politics aside, the Austin-based musician, vocalist and composer is campaigning worldwide for Radio Music Society, which snagged this year's Grammy for best jazz vocal album. Written to complement her previous Chamber Music Society, like an old-school double album, her new scores differ by incorporating a 12-piece band of keyboards, brass horns and drums with Spalding strumming double and electric basses. On the release she worked with masters varying from hip-hop pioneer Q-Tip to legendary saxophonist Joe Lovano.
1300 Biscayne Boulevard, 305.949.8382, arshtcenter.org
| THE SCHWARTZ IS WITH YOU Does Michael Schwartz sleep? Right after opening the posh Cypress Room, the James Beard award-winning chef owner of the Genuine Hospitality Group empire in the Miami Design District expands with Restaurant Michael Schwartz at the Raleigh. Though no newbie to hospitality venues, the collaboration with sbe (SLS Hotels) marks his foray into South Beach territory. Just because it officially launches Monday doesn't mean hordes of devoted diners won't descend this weekend for whatever morsels they can munch. The menu lists standards among his repertoire like chili and lime-dusted hominy, and newcomers such as steak tartare smothered in quail egg yolk and shallots, and grilled octopus with crushed hazelnuts, green olives, kumquats and preserved lemon. Family-style meals debut on Mondays soon. 1775 Collins Avenue, 305.534.6300, raleighhotel.com |
| SOFI SIPS The South of Fifth nabe makes it a double with two drinking dens dedicated to residents. Look for the 600-foot radio tower, a petit Eiffel of sorts, for Radio Bar, which pays homage to the hood through the South Pointe, a specialty cocktail of vodka, grapefruit juice and St. Germain. The late-night haunt also serves wood-oven pizzas like those at the Gale hotel by the same owners, as well as craft beers including Michigan-made Bell's Amber Ale. It gets even fancier libations-wise over at the Flat, whose Bloody Mary features smoked salmon-infused vodka garnished with a quail egg and caviar. After manning many of the beach's nightclub doors for years, co-founder Cedric Adegnika just wanted a chill spot for boites and bites set to a bossa nova beat. 814 First Street, 305.397.8382, radiosouthbach.com 500 S Pointe Drive, 305.531.3528,theflatmiami.com
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| FRIDA & FRIJOLES Fans of Frida Kahlo and authentic Mexican cuisine are swooning for Casa Frida in Fort Lauderdale. A Mexico City couple by way of Cancun dug through their family recipes for dishes made daily with love that they serve in a dining room dripping with all things Kahlo her signature vibrant palette and self-portraits, and enough flowers to fill a garden. First-timers can't go wrong with cochhinita pibil, a slow-roasted pork leg marinated in orange juice and achiote, as well as their mole, a 24-hour chocolate concoction loaded with secret ingredients including 14 types of peppers, and used for chicken tamales, among other classics. Mexican transplants also lap up posole of pork, hominy and herbs, heated through spicy pickled vegetables in tabletop jars. 5441 North Federal Highway, 954.530.3668 |
PRINCESS JAZZMINE
Esperanza Spalding, the barefoot bassist who stole the Grammy from under Justin Bieber's nose for best new artist in 2011 (a jazz first for the award!), returns Friday to the Arsht Center where she performed during an Obama fundraiser. Politics aside, the Austin-based musician, vocalist and composer is campaigning worldwide for Radio Music Society, which snagged this year's Grammy for best jazz vocal album. Written to complement her previous Chamber Music Society, like an old-school double album, her new scores differ by incorporating a 12-piece band of keyboards, brass horns and drums with Spalding strumming double and electric basses. On the release she worked with masters varying from hip-hop pioneer Q-Tip to legendary saxophonist Joe Lovano.
1300 Biscayne Boulevard, 305.949.8382, arshtcenter.org
| THE SCHWARTZ IS WITH YOU Does Michael Schwartz sleep? Right after opening the posh Cypress Room, the James Beard award-winning chef owner of the Genuine Hospitality Group empire in the Miami Design District expands with Restaurant Michael Schwartz at the Raleigh. Though no newbie to hospitality venues, the collaboration with sbe (SLS Hotels) marks his foray into South Beach territory. Just because it officially launches Monday doesn't mean hordes of devoted diners won't descend this weekend for whatever morsels they can munch. The menu lists standards among his repertoire like chili and lime-dusted hominy, and newcomers such as steak tartare smothered in quail egg yolk and shallots, and grilled octopus with crushed hazelnuts, green olives, kumquats and preserved lemon. Family-style meals debut on Mondays soon. 1775 Collins Avenue, 305.534.6300, raleighhotel.com |
| SOFI SIPS The South of Fifth nabe makes it a double with two drinking dens dedicated to residents. Look for the 600-foot radio tower, a petit Eiffel of sorts, for Radio Bar, which pays homage to the hood through the South Pointe, a specialty cocktail of vodka, grapefruit juice and St. Germain. The late-night haunt also serves wood-oven pizzas like those at the Gale hotel by the same owners, as well as craft beers including Michigan-made Bell's Amber Ale. It gets even fancier libations-wise over at the Flat, whose Bloody Mary features smoked salmon-infused vodka garnished with a quail egg and caviar. After manning many of the beach's nightclub doors for years, co-founder Cedric Adegnika just wanted a chill spot for boites and bites set to a bossa nova beat. 814 First Street, 305.397.8382, radiosouthbeach.com 500 S Pointe Drive, 305.531.3528,theflatmiami.com
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| FRIDA & FRIJOLES Fans of Frida Kahlo and authentic Mexican cuisine are swooning for Casa Frida in Fort Lauderdale. A Mexico City couple by way of Cancun dug through their family recipes for dishes made daily with love that they serve in a dining room dripping with all things Kahlo her signature vibrant palette and self-portraits, and enough flowers to fill a garden. First-timers can't go wrong with cochhinita pibil, a slow-roasted pork leg marinated in orange juice and achiote, as well as their mole, a 24-hour chocolate concoction loaded with secret ingredients including 14 types of peppers, and used for chicken tamales, among other classics. Mexican transplants also lap up posole of pork, hominy and herbs, heated through spicy pickled vegetables in tabletop jars. 5441 North Federal Highway, 954.530.3668 |
PRINCESS JAZZMINE
Esperanza Spalding, the barefoot bassist who stole the Grammy from under Justin Bieber's nose for best new artist in 2011 (a jazz first for the award!), returns Friday to the Arsht Center where she performed during an Obama fundraiser. Politics aside, the Austin-based musician, vocalist and composer is campaigning worldwide for Radio Music Society, which snagged this year's Grammy for best jazz vocal album. Written to complement her previous Chamber Music Society, like an old-school double album, her new scores differ by incorporating a 12-piece band of keyboards, brass horns and drums with Spalding strumming double and electric basses. On the release she worked with masters varying from hip-hop pioneer Q-Tip to legendary saxophonist Joe Lovano.
1300 Biscayne Boulevard, 305.949.8382, arshtcenter.org
| THE SCHWARTZ IS WITH YOU Does Michael Schwartz sleep? Right after opening the posh Cypress Room, the James Beard award-winning chef owner of the Genuine Hospitality Group empire in the Miami Design District expands with Restaurant Michael Schwartz at the Raleigh. Though no newbie to hospitality venues, the collaboration with sbe (SLS Hotels) marks his foray into South Beach territory. Just because it officially launches Monday doesn't mean hordes of devoted diners won't descend this weekend for whatever morsels they can munch. The menu lists standards among his repertoire like chili and lime-dusted hominy, and newcomers such as steak tartare smothered in quail egg yolk and shallots, and grilled octopus with crushed hazelnuts, green olives, kumquats and preserved lemon. Family-stle meals debut on Mondays soon. 1775 Collins Avenue, 305.534.6300, raleighhotel.com |
| SOFI SIPS The South of Fifth nabe makes it a double with two drinking dens dedicated to residents. Look for the 600-foot radio tower, a petit Eiffel of sorts, for Radio Bar, which pays homage to the hood through the South Pointe, a specialty cocktail of vodka, grapefruit juice and St. Germain. The late-night haunt also serves wood-oven pizzas like those at the Gale hotel by the same owners, as well as craft beers including Michigan-made Bell's Amber Ale. It gets even fancier libations-wise over at the Flat, whose Bloody Mary features smoked salmon-infused vodka garnished with a quail egg and caviar. After manning many of the beach's nightclub doors for years, co-founder Cedric Adegnika just wanted a chill spot for boites and bites set to a bossa nova beat. 814 First Street, 305.397.8382, radiosouthbeach.com 500 S Pointe Drive, 305.531.3528,theflatmiami.com
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| FRIDA & FRIJOLES Fans of Frida Kahlo and authentic Mexican cuisine are swooning for Casa Frida in Fort Lauderdale. A Mexico City couple by way of Cancun dug through their family recipes for dishes made daily with love that they serve in a dining room dripping with all things Kahlo her signature vibrant palette and self-portraits, and enough flowers to fill a garden. First-timers can't go wrong with cochhinita pibil, a slow-roasted pork leg marinated in orange juice and achiote, as well as their mole, a 24-hour chocolate concoction loaded with secret ingredients including 14 types of peppers, and used for chicken tamales, among other classics. Mexican transplants also lap up posole of pork, hominy and herbs, heated through spicy pickled vegetables in tabletop jars. 5441 North Federal Highway, 954.530.3668 |
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