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Wellness Wednesday: Gluten-free dining in South Florida
Wellness Wednesday: Gluten-free dining in South Florida

Welcome to MIAbites newest contributor, Arielle Cole, who is trying to make eating gluten free look and feel good. Today's Wellness Wednesday features her favorite spots for gluten free dining. You can find her dining around South Florida on her Instagram @glutenfreegalpal and Twitter @gfgalpal. She is also a contributing writer for the Huffington Post Taste Section. 

My journey with Celiac disease, an auto immune disease in which the ingestion of gluten leads to damage of the small intestine, began in 2014. Although gluten free food options have tremendously increased since that time, there is still a lack of understanding and care for those with my specific dietary need.  So if you're like me, finding a restaurant that offers gluten free options can be extremely difficult. Luckily, I have found a few places in South Florida that fit the bill (and which I frequent very often). 

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Wellness Wednesday, Features, RestaurantsMIAbites TeamBoca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, Gluten Free, Healthy EatingComment
Miami Spice 2017: Brunch Life is the Best Life
Miami Spice 2017: Brunch Life is the Best Life

Miami Spice is jumping on the brunch bandwagon. This year for the first time, several Miami Spice participating restaurants will be featuring $23 3-course brunch menus. Brunch seems to be everyone’s favorite meal and how can you blame us - food and day drinking? Sounds like a winning combination!

 

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Miami Spice, Features, RestaurantsMIAbites TeamMiami Spice, Brunch, South Beach, Downtown, Brickell, Eggs, Pasta, MiamiComment
Wellness Wednesday: GLAM Vegan in Midtown
Wellness Wednesday: GLAM Vegan in Midtown

I first met Chef Todd Erickson while writing a feature for MIAbites at Fit To Fight, the 12 week Chef fitness challenge that benefited Live To Fight, a nonprofit organization that brings together people in the martial arts and mixed martial arts community to raise money and offer additional support for people with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses.

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Wellness Wednesday, RestaurantsEllen BowenMidtown, Wellness, Vegan, Healthy Eating, MiamiComment
Miami Spice 2017:  Our Contributors 20 BEST SPICE BITES
Miami Spice 2017:  Our Contributors 20 BEST SPICE BITES

Every August and September, the Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau organizes Miami Spice…two months of specially priced 3 course prix fixe menus designed to encourage locals and visitors to try new places or visit favorites for both lunch and dinner.  Priced at $23 for lunch/brunch and $39 for dinner,

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Miami Spice, Restaurants, FeaturesMIAbites TeamMiami Spice, ILoveMiamiSpice, Greater Miami, Miami Beach, MiamiComment
Where to get Oysters in Miami & Fort Lauderdale
Where to get Oysters in Miami & Fort Lauderdale

National Oyster Day was Saturday, August 5th... a day eagerly awaited by mollusk lovers all over Miami and beyond.  OK. so you missed it.  BUT, here are the spots that offer some delicious and fresh oysters  Every Day of the Year.  Iced cold oysters are the perfect summer food...high in protein, low in calories, full of zinc and other beneficial minerals, good fat and certainly a better choice for salt cravings than a bag of chips. 

There are over 150 varieties of true oysters but actually only 5 species and traditionally they are named after the body of water or bay in which they are grown and are known by a myriad of names such as Wellfleets, Blue Points, Kumamoto and Kuushi.  

The flavor varies depending on the type of conditions or Terroir they are grown in; rocky soil, tidal or brackish water, etc. with the Northeast areas of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Maine providing some of the most delicious and accessible oysters. 

Miami is no stranger to these briny bivalve mollusks, and in celebration of National Oyster Day, here are some local options to slurp up a half shell:

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Events, RestaurantsMIAbites TeamFort Lauderdale, oysters, seafood, Broward, Miami Beach, MiamiComment
Summer Ceviche Recipe:  My Ceviche Shrimp & Watermelon Ceviche
Summer Ceviche Recipe:  My Ceviche Shrimp & Watermelon Ceviche

In case you didn't know, June 28th is National Ceviche Day and lucky for us,  My Ceviche, and Zuuk Mediterranean owner Sam Gorenstein shares this cool and refreshing summer ceviche recipe featuring Key West Shrimp and Watermelon. Make it today, for July 4th festivities or any day to cool off from Miami's heat.

My Ceviche, which currently has six locations including in Midtown and at MIA Airport, prides itself on using fresh local fish in a variety of ceviches, poke, tacos, burritos and bowls.  Each location offers both eat in and take out in a casual "beach shack" setting. Order online to skip the line or schedule delivery. Or stop by and try the current shrimp ceviche tossed in Ponzu Shoyu sauce with Watermelon, Thai Basil, Red Onion, and Cilantro.

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Wellness Wednesday, Features, Restaurants, RecipesEllen BowenMy Ceviche, Ceviche, Seafood, MiamiComment
South of Fifth’s Cibo Wine Bar
South of Fifth’s Cibo Wine Bar

Cibo Wine Bar Charcuterie Platter

Cibo Wine Bar is one of the biggest Italian restaurants on all of South Beach. The 12,000 square food space is impressively large with a blend of old world rustic charm and industrial chic modernism.  With six Cibo locations in Toronto and Miami/Fort Lauderdale, Liberty Entertainment Group prides itself on authentic Italian cuisine in beautiful settings.

If the 60ft open kitchen counter isn’t enough to draw your attention immediately, then maybe the 3500 bottles of wine in a soaring two-story award-winning wine room equipped with harnessed wine angel to retrieve your favorite bottle. Yes, a WINE ANGEL – that’s her job title.

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RestaurantsAmber Love BondSouth Beach, wine, Italian, Miami Beach, South of FifthComment
Smart Bites: Urban Farming and a Healthy Café
Smart Bites: Urban Farming and a Healthy Café

In the quadrant between I-95 and The Dolphin sits the Allapattah “ Healthy” District, a mixture of sparkling glass medical centers and empty warehouses and lots.  On a corner of NE 20th visible with its bright green awning is Smart Bites, a small storefront café that is run by Mari Vila and features healthy soups, salads, burgers (including a Bison Burger!) wraps, sides and fresh juices.

 

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Restaurants, Wellness Wednesday, FeaturesEllen BowenVegetarian, Vegan, Healthy Eating, Urban Farm, MiamiComment
The Wynwood Yard: Della’s Bowls-A Morning Refuge
The Wynwood Yard: Della’s Bowls-A Morning Refuge

As Miami continues to embrace healthy eating, MIAbites is pleased to introduce a new weekly feature; Wellness Wednesdays. Each week we will share our discoveries of new and not so new spots offering local ingredients, plant-based and healthy dining options. 

By now most of us are familiar with The Wynwood Yard, the open air space for creative dining, drinking and community gatherings, created by Founder and CEO Della Heiman in 2015.  Her personal project, della test kitchen, offers healthy, fast, casual dining popular at lunch and dinner.

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Wellness Wednesday, Features, RestaurantsMIAbites TeamWynwood, MiamiComment
Lobster Bar Sea Grille Opens In SoFi
Lobster Bar Sea Grille Opens In SoFi

Just around the first of April, Lobster Bar Sea Grille opened in the spot on Washington Avenue and 5th Street that will forever be known by locals as “the old China Grill spot.”

The seafood restaurant is the newest concept from the national award-winning Buckhead Life Restaurant Group of Atlanta, Georgia, and owners of the popular Chops Lobster Bar and City Fish Market in Boca Raton and sister restaurant Lobster Bar Sea Grille in Fort Lauderdale.

Guests are meant to enjoy a sophisticated atmosphere complete with modern-contemporary nautical touches. Management says they really want it to be all about the service and would love to be considered a fancier version of Cheers!, for locals to have a regular dining spot where "everyone knows your name".

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RestaurantsAmber Love BondMiami Beach, South of Fifth, South BeachComment