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Others chimed in with disbelief, but News Cafe's social-media accounts remained silent. Calls to Soyka's company went unanswered. A receptionist at Ocean's 10, whose management currently operates News Cafe, said the closure was only temporary. Goldman Properties, which owns the building, responded with a brief message: "Thank you for reaching out, but we actually don’t have any comment at the moment." By early this afternoon, Góngora had updated his prior post with a correction and published a second post, which stated, "News Cafe has told me that they are only closed temporarily and wil...

2020 was a character-building year filled with a lot of adversity but a lot of diversity. The scariest part of going through a pandemic is the unknown. We cooked for first responders. We started shipping across the country. We ship direct through our website with baking instructions. We now deliver mac and cheese to Brooklyn and Los Angeles and Tallahassee. We never would have thought to do that if not for the pandemic. Sometimes you get into your comfort zone — and comfort kills. What I'm grateful for is that the community has come out for us, and I haven't fired or laid off one single pe...

Each restaurant in this list will be remembered for its dishes (a lip-tingling Nashville hot chicken at Bird & Bone; a satisfying bowl of noodles at Cake Thai), but a great establishment is also one where friendships are forged, be it sipping a cafecito with a buddy at David's or, in the case of the New Times staff, holding the occasional editorial meeting over beers at Concrete Beach. In these uncertain times, the fates of some establishments remain...uncertain. Chef Timon Balloo's magnificent spot, Balloo, for example, closed its 30-seat dining room for good and pivoted to selling meal ki...

Photo by Amanda Julca 305-204-2372 Sisters Jennifer and Michele Kaminski channeled years of watching their mother, Chom “Sunny” Kaminski cook at her Indiana restaurant. Seeing a need for delicious Korean food in Miami, they opened 2 Korean Girls with a little help from culinary veteran Allen Susser. The virtual takeout-and-delivery-only concept revolves around bibimbap, the Korean bowl filled with rice, meats, and vegetables (and customarily topped with a fried egg — or a raw one if you're hardcore). The sisters turn the staple dish on its side with renditions like the "Fish Better Ha...

If Ramirez, a former hedge-fund manager who owns Palmar and the newly opened La Natural and has partnered with Miami luminaries Brad Kilgore and Antonio Bachour in those chefs' endeavors, was looking for sympathy, he quickly learned he'd taken the wrong tack. Many commenters condemned him for period-shaming, while others questioned his assumption that the stain was menstrual blood. Within 24 hours, Ramirez had deleted the original posts and in their place issued an apology, writing, "I have no excuses. It was wrong. There is no level of stress that warrants this kind of comment. And for t...