COOL CUISINE AND NIGHT LIFE

The 100% Natural restaurant chain which recently opened at the Dolphin Mall promotes consumption of fresh food that is never canned or frozen and contains no type of artificial preservatives. Ingredients are handled with great care and with special emphasis on hygiene, ensuring strict quality control in the preparation of food and beverages, a philosophy that goes hand-in-hand with 100% Natural’s commitment to offer healthy, toxin-free products with an unbeatable taste. Since its founding 26 years ago, the vision of the 100% Natural chain of restaurants has been to foster a culture of healthy and natural nutrition that helps people discover the balance and harmony they need for their total development as human beings.

A favorite destination for lovers of deliciously fresh fish and seafood, Bonefish Grill will soon be savored by diners in Coral Gables when it opens to the public on June 25, 2007 in the Bank Atlantic Building in the heart of Coral Gables. Featuring a tantalizing menu of market fresh fish and seafood, as well as delicious land alternatives, Bonefish Grill’s scrumptious fish dishes are cooked over an oak-burning grill and offered with an array of signature sauces. Boasting something for everyone, the menu also features a selection of fine hand-cut beef and pork tenderloin, as well as pasta and chicken dishes. Lauded for its generous portions, the restaurant also features an assortment of daily specials and tasty appetizers including Mussels Josephine, Cajun Chicken Egg Roll and the house “specialty” Bang Bang Shrimp. The 6,092 square-foot Coral Gables restaurant features a spacious dining room with an open kitchen and a large, energetic bar area with two community tables. The interior’s sleek design features beautiful golden hardwood and hand-blown glass amber lamps throughout the restaurant. An attractive array of three-dimensional art, ranging from large-scale metal sculptures of mangroves and fishing scenes, to a large mystical fish rubbing enhance the ambience throughout the restaurant. For more information, visit www.bonefishgrill.com.

Christabelle's Quarter, the long-awaited three-story New Orleans-style restaurant, is open in the Commodore Plaza in Coconut Grove. To recreate the Big Easy style of French Louisiana architecture in South Florida, owner John El-Masry and architect Carlos Perez da Costa have built a stained glass ceiling dome, and two-story stained glass windows, ornate wrought iron railings inside and out, and a grand staircase leading to the upper decks. New Orleans’s Chef Alex Patout of the award-winning Alex Patout’s Louisiana Restaurant which closed its doors after 16 years in the French Quarter as a result of Hurricane Katrina, is bringing more than a taste of the Bayous: New Orleans Jazz clarinetist Tim Loughlin will host New Orleans musicians for evening performances of jazz, rhythm and blues, gospel and Cajun music and weekend jazz brunches in the New Orleans tradition. The Cajun and Creole menu includes plump oysters, wild catfish and fresh crawfish from New Orleans, alongside Cajun classics from rabbit sauce piquant to smothered roasted duck.  For more information, visit www.christabellesquarter.com.

Danny Devito has partnered with New York restaurateur David Manero to create the new Italian eatery, Devito’s South Beach. The opening will start the summer season off with a sizzle when the highly anticipated restaurant gives an exclusive VIP sneak preview on June 13, 2007, prior to opening its doors to the public on June 18. The Italian restaurant is approximately 9,000-square-feet, accommodating over two-hundred patrons within the main building an adjourning patio. For more information, visit www.devitosouthbeach.com.

Dogma Grill, South Florida’s hippest and most original hot dog stands, will open a new North Miami branch, located at 899 NE 125th Street, in early July.  The popular concept, which blends the All-American hot dog with innovative gourmet toppings, has two other South Florida locations including one on South Beach and one on Biscayne Boulevard. Located across the street from the Museum of Contemporary Art, the latest Dogma Grill will present the same popular menu of all-natural beef, turkey and vegetable hot dogs, as well as tasty alternatives including wraps, salads and sandwiches.  The new space will offer both indoor and outdoor seating and be open daily from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.  For more information, visit www.DogmaGrill.com.

Michael Jacobs, award-winning executive chef of the newly minted Grass Restaurant & Lounge, which opened April 2007, brings decades of culinary experience to the lushly landscaped, open-air 90-seat dining oasis. Located in the burgeoning Miami Design District, the opening of Grass is part of the District’s ongoing metamorphosis into a dining and nightlife destination. The ambiance invokes dinner in paradise with cushy white banquettes, plush sofas and a bar illuminated by a wall of apothecary jars brimming with colorful flora and fauna. Jacobs’ innovative dinner menu unites fresh American and Asian ingredients to create light yet satisfying contemporary dishes that virtually sing on the plate. For more information, visit www.grasslounge.com.

Already a trendsetting steakhouse throughout Brazil, Grimpa will open its first United States location in Miami in June 2007. The new hub of restaurants, nightclubs and retail stores encompassing Mary Brickell Village is set to welcome the two-story, 300-seat upscale Brazilian restaurant.  High ceilings, glass staircases, stylish chandeliers, fine-dining service, tailored uniforms, superior table linens, elegant interior design and an eye-catching crystal wine cellar will distinguish the restaurant. Grimpa, a name inspired by the campfire traditions of the gauchos and the branches of the Araucaria tree in southern Brazil, features a variety of hand-carved meats served “rodizio” style by roaming carvers with large sword-like skewers. The restaurant’s wine cellar boasts more than 500 selections with notable vintages from around the world.  For more information, visit www.Grimpa.com.

A festive yet casual ambiance, combined with authentic Mexican cuisine, makes the Rosa Mexicana restaurant a true dining experience. The restaurant boasts over forty choices of premium tequilas, to the signature Frozen Pomegranate Margaritas and the award winning Guacamole de Molcajete made to order tableside and served with house made chips and warm corn tortillas. Roberto Santayana, an instructor in Culinary Adventures ‘chefs’ master series, has been brought in as Rosa Mexicano’s Culinary Director to revitalize one of New York’s traditional restaurants which is now a fast growing restaurant chain. Aside from New York City’s Union Square, the restaurant has opened to critical acclaim in D.C., Atlanta and now Palm Beach with a new location to open in Miami’s Mary Brickell Village in 2007. Visit http://www.rosamexicano.info for more information.