January 10, 2025
Glad New 12 months! We’re again: Every Friday, we attempt to compile South Florida food-related information and occasions that we couldn’t match on the positioning earlier within the week, in addition to different native information that piques our curiosity. Need to be included in our subsequent roundup? Shoot us an e-mail at bark@miamifoodpug.com.
‘Ice Cream We Love’ at Bal Harbour Outlets
PASTA Visitor Chef’s Counter Dinner Sequence
Margot Bar & Bistro Debuts Brunch
New Brunch at Casadonna
‘Ice Cream We Love’ at Bal Harbour Outlets
Bal Harbour Outlets, the famend luxurious buying vacation spot celebrating its sixtieth Anniversary this yr, transforms right into a festive haven of candy treats and charitable spirit for the seventh annual “Ice Cream We Love” occasion. This beloved philanthropic initiative helps Holtz Youngsters’s Hospital on the College of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Heart, serving to fund important medical providers, analysis, and packages that present hope and therapeutic to younger sufferers and their households.
This yr’s “Ice Cream We Love” occasion might be held on Saturday, January 18th & Sunday, January nineteenth, 2025, from 1 pm to five pm. Visitors might be captivated as Bal Harbour Outlets and its lush landscapes are remodeled with visually gorgeous shows and delectable desserts. Full with whimsical youth actions the occasion is enjoyable for the entire household.
Journey by means of three flooring of Bal Harbour Outlets, the place every stage unveils a treasure trove of delectable delights from a curated number of sought-after native and nationwide manufacturers, together with:
– Dolci Peccati Gelato
– Frutero Ice Cream
– Holyshakes
– Miami ‘N’ Ice
– Phuse Cream
– And extra!
“Ice Cream We Love” is a ticketed occasion with all proceeds benefiting Holtz Youngsters’s Hospital. Grownup
tickets (18 and up) are $50 and youth tickets (ages 3 to 17) are $20. Purchase your tickets right here.
PASTA Visitor Chef’s Counter Dinner Sequence
Acclaimed Peruvian cooks and husband-and-wife crew Juan Manuel Umbert and Janice Buraschi of the
newly-opened PASTA will collaborate with fellow Peruvian chef Diego Oka of La Mar by Gastón Acurio, Miami’s award-winning Peruvian restaurant, for an unique night on Wednesday, January 22 as they debut PASTA’s “Visitor Chef’s Counter Dinner Sequence.” The trio will current a mix of a la carte starter, pasta, and dessert collaborative specials.
Visitors will take pleasure in featured starter plates together with Razor Clams with Anticuchera sauce, and Tiradito with parmigiano reggiano, housemade nduja and salsa verde. Pasta dishes will embody Spaghetti alle Vongole with uni butter, Pici Cacio e Pepe with rooster katsu, and Squash Agnolotti with brown butter, fava beans and huacatay. To fulfill the candy tooth, desserts reminiscent of La Mar’s Torta de Chocolate with lucuma gelato and Pavlova al Limone might be served.
Becoming a member of the collaboration for the night might be native influencer and cocktail professional Gio Gutierrez of @chatchowtv, who will curate the cocktail menu as a part of a bar takeover. To enrich the Peruvian-infused theme, patrons will enjoyment of featured cocktails together with Mi Burrito Habanero with Patron Reposado Tequila, ginger, grapefruit, lime, white habanero, and aperol; and Mani Picao with Inca peanut-infused Angel’s Envy Bourbon, panela, and ancha bitters.
The chef expertise line-up for PASTA’s “Visitor Chef Counter Dinner Sequence” might be introduced all through 2025.
Reservations at the moment are out there to ebook by way of Resy, HERE.
Margot Bar & Bistro Debuts Brunch
Margot Bar & Bistro has launched a brand new brunch to welcome the brand new yr! Whether or not you’re contemporary off the seaside or trying to begin your night time early, visitors can bask in brunch classics from Brioche French Toast & Berries to a Colombian Breakfast Platter to Eggs ‘Margot’ine. The menu will increase in complexity with a Schnitzel Sandwich and Shakshuka to Steak & Eggs served sunny facet up. Bloody Marys, Mimosas and a rotating Every day Punch Particular complement every dish and a number of espresso drinks can be found to sip on. For an additional kick, attempt the Cortadito Martini with toasted coconut and espresso.
Brunch might be out there each Saturday and Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
New Brunch at Casadonna
Casadonna, the coastal Italian restaurant from Groot Hospitality and Tao Group Hospitality, has launched a brand new, luxurious Brunch on the Bay on Sundays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.! The spirited brunch expertise options dwell music, gorgeous views of Biscayne Bay, scrumptious coastal Italian-inspired dishes served buffet model, and refreshing cocktails, spritzes and wines.
The connoisseur buffet menu consists of a wide range of pastries from Caracas Bakery, charcuterie, salads, a lavish seafood tower and uncooked bar, sushi, an omelet station, contemporary pastas, entrees together with prime rib, grilled salmon, and rooster and waffles, breakfast sides, a wide range of scrumptious veggies, and an assortment of desserts. Beverage packages are additionally supplied on stream for 2 hours, together with wine, champagne, and signature cocktails for a leisurely afternoon.
To finish the spirit of seaside dolce vita, dock and dine experiences can be found by way of Casadonna’s marina for bayside entry.