I was fortunate enough to snag a reservation to Rao's Italian Restaurant in Miami Beach, located within the Loews Hotel.  For a hotel to have such a restaurant is quite a treat for its guests. The reservations are nearly if not completely impossible to obtain for the NYC location but outside is much easier. During my night of dining, the resta...

I've been working in Homestead all week and to cap off the end of my Homestead visit (likely the first of many to come), I decided to try a restaurant known for its ambience as well as its good food. Encouraged to make a reservation when I called, White Lion Cafe definitely fits the bill of a good date place, neighborhood restaurant or classy hang ...

Right off of US1, The Key Largo Conch House is a nice stop for tourists and locals alike as the food is delicious. I visited one day for lunch and noticed the charming exterior built into an older house with a patio area that can seat about 20 people with another 8 around the exterior of the house.  Inside The inside has a nice Florida feel to...

Note: This article is a combination of all my previous visits to Alaine's Osteria, while it does not include all of the nuances of my previous visits, it will offer an overall viewpoint with all dishes ever sampled. Some places are memorable by lending themselves to haughty taughty pretenses with in your face food presentations. Others are memorabl...

One of four locations (others are Medellin, Bogota, Washington DC, Chef Juan Manuel Barrientos seeks to explore all the sense in his tasting menu.  His restaurant is a very refined and nice look at Columbian cuisine for the uninitiated (myself) and his creative presentations are well appreciated. The restaurant is located in the heart of ...