De Rodriguez, Tuyo on ‘hot spot’ list

Miami Beach’s De Rodriguez Cuba on Ocean and Miami’s Tuyo made Gayot’s 2013 list of Top 40 Hot Spots; gayot.com.

Raise a glass at Gables Museum, Gotham Steak, Steak 954

The Coral Gables Museum, 285 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables, celebrates the 500th anniversary of Ponce de Leon’s Florida encounter with a presentation on the history, culture and architecture of Granada accompanied by “a generous sampling” of Spanish wines. Tickets are $30 at 305-603-8067.

Spacious: The new Icebox Cafe seats 100 inside and 20 outside.

Icebox Cafe moves north

Lincoln Road pioneer Robert Siegmann relocated his Icebox Cafe this week to Sunset Harbour Shops, 1855 Purdy Ave., Miami Beach, where he’s serving breakfast, lunch, dinner and weekend brunch in an indoor-outdoor space that’s twice as big as the old digs. There’s an expanded menu, full bar and “400 reasonably priced covered spaces” in the adjoining parking garage; 305-538-8448, iceboxcafe.com.

Openings & updates: Kouzina, S3, My Ceviche

Openings

Trade corks for discounts at Devon

Devon Seafood + Steak, 11715 Sherri Ln., Kendall, is offering Monday diners $1 off their bill for each natural wine cork they bring in (up to $20 per table, minimum purchase $50). The restaurant has partnered with a program that recycles corks into footwear; 305-275-0226.

Brunch spots make OpenTable Top 100

OpenTable.com, the restaurant-reservations website, reports that four South Florida restaurants made the top-100 “best brunch” list in its 2013 Diner’s Choice Awards: 94th Aero Squadron, Miami; the Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables; Mister Collins, Bal Harbour; and Peacock Garden Café, Coconut Grove. You’ll find a list of Mother’s Day specials at local restaurants at Miami.com.

Deals & doings: Turnberry, Marola’s, Umami Burger

Turnberry Isle, 19999 W. Country Club Dr., Aventura, hosts Havana Nights with salsa and merengue music, Bacardi mojito specials and cigar rollers from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays at its Onyx Bar; 305-932-6200.

Updates: Shake Shack, Bimini Boatyard, Dunkin’ Donuts, Morton’s, Pollo Tropical

Through May, Shake Shack, with locations in Miami Beach and South Miami, is offering guests who donate $2 or more to Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign a card good for a complimentary hand-spun shake on their next visit; shakeshack.com.

Presilla joyful over Cookbook of Year honors

Miami homegirl Maricel Presilla — Cuban immigrant, MDCC/FIU grad and medieval-scholar-turned-restaurateur — has scored a culinary trifecta. Photo Gallery Available

$39 deals at 12 Italian restaurants

EATalian Restaurant Weekend, a promotion sponsored by the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce Southeast, brings us three-course, $39 dinner menus featuring “light yet satisfying authentic Italian dishes” at a dozen restaurants Friday through Sunday.

Pastries from Mercato, MC Kitchen's new market.

Openings: Whole Foods in North Miami, Mercato in Design District

The Whole Foods Market at 12150 Biscayne Blvd., North Miami, opens for business at 9 a.m. Wednesday, with free continental breakfast for those in line from 8 to 9 a.m. and free goodie bags for the first 500 shoppers. Reservations for Monday sneak-preview tours are available at northmiami.wholefoodsrsvp.com. Five percent of opening-day net proceeds will go to the city’s Museum of Contemporary Art; 305-892-5500.

Le Cordon Bleu chef-instructor Cole Kraft

Le Cordon Bleu soup sale benefits Boston bombing victims

Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts has come up with a way for South Floridians to eat well and do good on behalf of Boston bombing victims: Chef-instructor Cole Kraft and his students will make 30 gallons of New England clam chowder, and sell it to benefit the One Boston Fund. Stop by the school’s Technique Restaurant, 3221 Enterprise Way, Miramar, between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Friday to pick up a $6 pint or $10 quart, or just fork over the money and ask that your soup be donated to a Boston homeless shelter; 954-628-4400.

Heart of a Chef at Fairchild, invasive-species dinner at The Palm

Heart of a Chef, an annual fundraiser for the Florida Heart Research Institute, is 3-7 p.m. Sunday at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables, with a 6 p.m. cook-off between chefs Todd Erickson of Haven South Beach and Aaron Brooks of Edge Steak & Bar. Also on tap: a vegan cooking demonstration by Ellen Kanner, Herald Edgy Veggie columnist and author of Feeding the Hungry Ghost. Tickets — $30 in advance, $40 at the door — admit one adult and two children; heartofachef.org. Photo Gallery Available

Deals: WD 555, Terrazza, Serafina

WD 555, 555 Jefferson Ave., Miami Beach, has added a Pink Friday promotion with $1 tapas, $5 glasses of rosé and a DJ from 5 to 10 p.m. Fridays; 305-672-6161.

The Michael's Genuine crew came ready to rumble last year, but were bested by Michelle Bernstein.

Cochon 555 Sunday at Four Seasons

It will be hog heaven Sunday as Cochon 555, a traveling culinary competition and heritage-pork tasting event, rolls into town. Beginning at 5 p.m. (4 p.m. VIP) at the Four Seasons, 1435 Brickell Ave., Miami, you can watch chefs Aaron Brooks (Four Seasons), Timon Balloo (Sugarcane), Jeffrey McInnis (Yardbird), David Thomas (The Bazaar) and Cesar Zapata (The Federal) each have their way with a whole hog in hopes of winning the chance to represent Miami at the Cochon finals in June. Tickets are $125, $200 VIP at cochon555.com.

4-day VeritageMiami this week

VeritageMiami (formerly the United Way Miami Wine & Food Festival) gets underway Wednesday with a craft beer tasting at Wynwood Walls, 2550 NW Second Ave., Miami. Admission is $55 (7 p.m.), $75 VIP (6 p.m.).

Rum festival returns

This year’s Miami Rum Festival is Saturday and Sunday at the Doubletree by Hilton Miami Airport Convention Center, 711 NW 72nd Ave.. From 2 to 7 p.m. both days, you can sample and learn about more than 150. Daily admission is $50. For $65, VIP ticket holders get in at noon and have access to a lounge where free cocktails and light bites will be served; 877-855-3378, miamirumfest.com.

Wine dinners at Oak Tavern, Forge, Gotham Steak

Oak Tavern, 35 NE 40th St., Miami, hosts a wine dinner featuring Oregon’s Montinore Estate and Abacela Vineyards with a five-course menu by chef David Bracha at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Cost is $75; 786-391-1818.

Eat, drink and do good for Red Cross, Dress for Success

The Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne, 455 Grand Bay Dr., hosts a globe-trotting tasting to benefit the American Red Cross from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday. Admission, which includes four tasting tickets, is $25, $12 kids. Reservations are required; 305-365-4528.

Openings: Tongue & Cheek, Restaurant Michael Schwartz

Tongue & Cheek, a 150-seat restaurant owned by chef Jamie DeRosa and Michael Reginbogin, opened for dinner this week at 431 Washington Ave., Miami Beach; 305-704-2900.

Deals: db Bistro, Trattoria Luna

db Bistro Moderne, 255 Biscayne Blvd. Way, Miami, is offering a $39, three-course Pre-Heat Prix Fixe dinner menu before each Heat home game (5:30-7:30 p.m.) beginning Saturday; 305-421-8800.

Doings: Food-truck event, ‘Check, Please!’ tour, poetry coasters

Magic City Casino, 450 NW 37th Ave., Miami, collaborates with food blogger Sef “Burger Beast” Gonzalez in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for largest parade of food trucks at 4:30 p.m. Saturday; magiccitycasino.com.

Great Taste of the Grove: The Peacock Park event features three tasting tents.

Les Dames brunch, Taste of Grove this weekend

Two of our favorite annual food extravaganzas return this weekend: Photo Gallery Available

Classes at db Bistro, Whole Foods

db Bistro Moderne, 225 Biscayne Blvd. Way, Miami, presents its first Junior Pastry Academy from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday. Executive pastry chef Jerome Maure will teach tots to bake and decorate cookies and cupcakes, while parents are treated to a cocktail and canapés. Cost, which includes aprons, diplomas and photos with the chef for students, is $75 for one adult and one child, $30 for each additional parent and $45 for each additional child, plus tax and tip. Registration is required at dbbistromiamipastryacademy.eventbrite.com; 305-421-8800.

Nibbles & Bits

Michael Pisarri

’Check, Please!’ returns Monday