A favorite watering hole for locals with a good trivia night on Tuesdays and open mic comedy night on Thursdays, The Taurus has been around along time. With a menu that rotates ever so often, the pub/bar is from the team that operates Ariete, Chugs Diner, and others in the area. I could easily see myself frequenting this area after work for a wind ...

Florida has been lucky enough to have been awarded 19 Michelin star awards with 12 of them in Miami (four in Orlando and now three in Tampa). Further, Florida has 36 Bibendum Gourmand (bib gourmand), of which 18 are in the Miami area, award winning restaurants as well. As of 2022, in the United States there are only 13 3-star Michelin restaurants, ...

Having made my way to the newly opened The Capital Burger in Coral Gables, only the 4th opened in the nation (Washington DC, Boston and Reston,VA) I had memories of my The Capital Grille experience from years past with their excellent dry rubbed steaks. These burgers are made from a special secret recipe of blended meat including short rib. The dec...

We do not know why we are here. We do not know who built the silo. We do not know why everything outside the silo is as it is. We do not know when it will be safe to go outside. We all know that day is not today. This is the new sci-fi post-apocalyptic show from Apple TV that is set in an underground silo. It appears they have been there in an unde...

During a serendipitous stroll through Coconut Grove, I happened upon this Bib Gourmand diner that was, to my fortunate happenstance, not busy on a Saturday morning.  I am always looking for a good breakfast place, so I was very excited at the positive yelp reviewsThe service was excellent from the moment you walk in the door to the m...

The new modern phrase is to buy experiences and not things. As such you have the not so new trend of people buying smaller homes so that they can travel. A trip to Coconut Grove for Ariete grants you a culinary experience perhaps of a lifetime. This michelin star restaurant is next to the Coconut Grove Playhouse and created by Michael Beltran who i

I am a huge fan of Masters of Orion and Civilization even Sins of a Solar empire. I even played the original Galactic Civilizations on OS2/Warp back in the day but I had lost touch with this game even if it was later available in Windows and on Steam. So when this game became available for early access, I jumped at the chance to play it. Now, compl

A quest to finding the best ribs in Miami is no easy task. Many have their favorite restaurants and especially locals prefer some of the historically honored traditional establishments such as Shiver's or Shorty's. A good rib is one that is tender, not dry and above all else, tasty. And with these come subjective interpretations, which is delicious

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I am a big fan of Bravo's Top Chef, so when there is a local restaurant by a top chef contestant in town, I try to go, whichever town I'm in. The Root and Bone in South Miami serves southern comfort food from a husband and wife team that were on in 2013. Known more for their evening meals, I wanted to sample the brunch menu and showed up shortly af