RESTAURANT HAPPENINGS 12.12.07
PETER LERPERGER RETURNS TO FRITZ & FRANZ
Fritz & Franz Bierhaus, 60 Merrick Way, (305) 774-1883, www.bierhaus.cc
Former Restaurant Manager Peter Lerperger of
HYATT RESORT & SPA FIRST “GREEN CERTIFIED” RESORT IN KEY WEST
Hyatt Key West Resort & Spa, (305) 809-1234 or visit www.keywest.hyatt.com
Hyatt Key West Resort & Spa has been officially designated first “Green Certified” resort complex on
CHEFS MOVE ON
Michael Jacobs is no longer executive chef at Grass and in Coral Gables
Guy Gateau is no longer Executive Chef at The Biltmore Hotel.
Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink To Ring In 2008
Michael’s Genuine Food and Drink, 130 N.E. 40th Street, (305) 573-5550,
New Year’s Eve 2008 at Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink offers four options.
Option one has a 6pm seating with an a la carte menu, Option 2 offers a 9pm seating at $125 per person for a multicourse dinner and Mumm Cordon Rouge for each couple, and Options 3 and 4 are multicourse dinners and a party that goes until the early morning. For more information: www.michaelsgenuine.com
BEATRIZ BAJARES APPOINTED IDEAS RESTAURANT MANAGER
Ideas Restaurant,
Beatriz Bajares, who for the past ten years was manager at La Dorada in
The a la carte menu has products specially brought in from
Wine Fridays and New Lunch Menu at Azul
Azul, 500 Brickell Key Drive, 305-913-8254
Sommelier Cynthia Betancourt is introducing Wine Fridays, a weekly wine bacchanalia, offered during lunch and featuring $20 per person bottomless pours of amazing wines.
“Azul’s Way” is also available, featuring a special three course tasting menu ofr $35 per person, excluding tax and gratuity.
Alta Cocina Opens in South Miami
Alta Cocina, 5837 Sunset Drive, altacocinarestaurant.com
Chef-spouses Juan Mario Maza and Vani Maharaj are serving up culinary flair in their new South Miami restaurant. Together Maza and Maharaj have created a menu that blends their Caribbean and Latin American influences, producing dishes that add a fresh twist to salads, meats and seafood and are full of delights right from the beginning.