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• Goes Around ... Comes Around - Etxebarri Edition

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  Clearly I'm not the only fan here in Miami of Asador Etxebarri, the wonderful temple of grilling in Spain's Basque Country that I visited a couple years ago: Gambas de Palamos, Asador Etxebarri, Axpe, Spain, September 2010 Florida Soft Shell Shrimp, Tuyo, Miami, Florida, July 2012 Mejillones a la Brasa, Asador Etxebarri, Axpe' [...]
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• The Bazaar for Dummies

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  So let's say you want to eat at Bazaar South Beach, but you don't have the patience to wade through 4,000 words and 19 footnotes to figure out what to order. Here's my version of "The Bazaar for Dummies" - a simplified (and opinionated) guide to the 60+ item menu.' [...]
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• The Bazaar - South Beach

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  If it wasn't the most eagerly anticipated restaurant opening in Miami, The Bazaar was certainly the most long-awaited. Speculation that Chef José Andrés might be opening a Bazaar in Miami started all the way back in early 2009, shortly after the original Bazaar Los Angeles opened, when the SLS hotel' [...]
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• State of the Union (of Miami Dining)

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  I'd been a bit despondent of late over the closing of a couple of my more favorite Miami restaurants. It is, of course, a known fact that the restaurant business is a brutally difficult one. Restaurants - even successful ones - don't live forever, and relatively few have the staying [...]
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• I don't care if Monday's blue ...

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  Miami is not exactly at its most charming in the summmer: the constant 90°+ heat and sweltering humidity can wear just about anyone down. But for those of us who stick it out year round here, there are at least a few good things about summer. There's mango season, for' [...]
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