February 28, 2025
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Brunch at a’Riva
JARANA Celebrates 1 Yr
Nationwide Paella Day at Degree 6
Viva Abejas at Toro Toro
Brunch at a’Riva
Elevate your weekends at a’Riva, the place brunch is a trendy, flavor-packed expertise within the coronary heart of Miami Seashore’s Sundown Harbour neighborhood. Obtainable Saturdays & Sundays from 11 AM – 4 PM, a’Riva’s brunch blends seasonal Italian flavors with Mediterranean influences, crafted below the experience of Chef Michele Esposito. Company are invited to take pleasure in a curated number of decadent pastries, signature bagels, recent salads, and indulgent brunch classics with highlights comparable to lemon ricotta pancakes drizzled in maple syrup, smoked salmon latke topped with crème fraîche and caviar, and the basic Eggs Benedict with an elevated contact.
Heartier picks like Fettuccine Bolognese and Hen Milanese carry daring flavors to the desk, whereas Bellini Service that includes recent juices and a Coconut Iced Espresso (boozy, if you want) guarantee the proper sip to enhance your meal. Whether or not you’re right here for a leisurely chew or a full of life brunch scene, a’Riva invitations you to unwind, indulge, and escape—if just for the afternoon—to the sun-drenched attraction of the Mediterranean coast.
Picture Credit score: Joe Thomas
JARANA Celebrates 1 Yr
This March, JARANA Aventura – Peruvian Delicacies & Pisco Bar, the colourful Peruvian eating vacation spot identified for its festive spirit, daring flavors and full of life environment, is popping up the vitality because it celebrates its one-year anniversary. To mark the numerous milestone, which coincides with Ladies’s Historical past Month, JARANA is celebrating by the use of collaborations with two of Miami’s most famous feminine cooks. So as to add to the festivities, JARANA can also be introducing Pisco Disco, a retro-themed cocktail and music expertise.
Since opening its doorways final yr, JARANA Aventura has introduced the essence of a conventional Peruvian jarana – a spirited gathering crammed with meals, music and good firm – to South Florida. In celebration of the anniversary, JARANA is debuting a sequence of occasions that showcase its daring delicacies, modern cocktails and dedication to group and the joyful spirit of Peruvian tradition.
In tribute to Ladies’s Historical past Month, JARANA’s Government Chef Martha Palacios is honoring the anniversary event by collaborating with two extremely acclaimed Miami-based feminine cooks for unique, one-night-only eating experiences. These partnerships will carry impressed, vibrant dishes to the menu for 2 unforgettable weekends:
Saturday, March 8 (Worldwide Ladies’s Day): Chef Karla Hoyos of Tacotomia will collaborate on a menu of inventive, Peruvian-inspired specials.
Saturday, March 22 – Valerie Chang, Chef/Co-owner at Maty’s and the 2024 James Beard Basis Award winner for Greatest Chef: South, will carry her signature up to date method to Peruvian delicacies for one unforgettable dinner.
Debuting on March 6, JARANA’s Pisco Disco will transport friends again to the golden period of disco, funk and retro beats. Held on the primary Thursday of each month, the bar and lounge will rework right into a throwback oasis, full with vinyl-spun units from JARANA’s resident DJ and a curated menu of ingenious pisco cocktails paired with Peruvian mild bites. Company shall be immersed within the nostalgic sounds and infectious rhythms of 70s, 80s and 90s nightlife, guaranteeing JARANA’s Pisco Disco is a high-energy, can’t-miss month-to-month occasion.
Whether or not dancing to electrifying music at Pisco Disco, indulging in impressed culinary collaborations or toasting to a yr of Peruvian delicacies and pisco cocktails in Aventura, March at JARANA brings a wide range of methods to rejoice.
Nationwide Paella Day at Degree 6
Coconut Grove’s premier rooftop restaurant, Degree 6, is famed for its fashionable, city twist on Spanish delicacies and vibrant environment. Nationwide Paella Day is developing on Thursday, March 27 and Degree 6 is celebrating the enduring dish with an important day – The Artwork of Paella.
Starting at 6PM, friends may have the chance to participate in an unique occasion highlighting the craft and custom of paella. The expertise will characteristic a rigorously curated three-course menu, with a particular paella de mariscos ready tableside, accompanied by countless pours of refreshing sangria.
Attendees will go away not solely with the data and new appreciation for the Spanish dish, but additionally head house with a particular take-home paella making equipment. Sharing a fast define of particulars under. E book your spot right here.
Viva Abejas at Toro Toro
This spring, internationally famend chef Richard Sandoval celebrates our connection to the earth with the return of his international culinary marketing campaign that spotlights our interdependence on nature. Showcasing the significance of the world’s pollinators – bees – on which the worldwide meals cycle relies upon, Sandoval’s fourth annual interactive, multi-sensory plant based mostly culinary expertise Viva Abejas (Lengthy Stay Bees) will take heart stage at his eating places worldwide, together with proper right here in Miami at his celebrated Pan-Latin idea Toro Toro on the iconic InterContinental Miami.
Company may have the chance to expertise the celebration with a number of plant-based culinary picks that incorporate bee pollen, honey, agave, avocado and extra bee-centric components. Richard Sandoval Hospitality has partnered with the World Bee Challenge and shall be donating a portion of proceeds from all Viva Abejas menu objects bought to its philanthropic accomplice. Company may also donate immediately by way of www.richardsandoval.com/viva-abejas.
As a part of the month-long marketing campaign, Toro Toro shall be that includes an unique, a la carte menu that features plant-forward creations comparable to Coconut Tuna Ceviche – pink onion, mint, radish, cucumber, avocado, Fresno chili, toasted coconut and orange blossom honey ($30); Charred Avocado Salad – rainbow quinoa, pea purée, radish, serrano, Meyer lemon confit and bee pollen ($24); Braised Brief Ribs – agave honey, candy potato, roasted heirloom carrot, chimichurri and grape demi-glace ($63); and Honey Cheesecake – honeycomb, blood orange, berry salsa and Alma Finca orange liqueur flambé ($23). As well as, Toro Toro will supply a handcrafted Viva Abejas cocktail through the month-long marketing campaign. Priced at $15, the Honey Lavender Margarita is a refreshing mixture of Blanco tequila, lime, honey, lavender, Crème de Violette and alma finca orange liqueur.
The Viva Abejas marketing campaign kicks off Tuesday, March 25 and runs by way of Earth Day, Tuesday, April 22, 2025.