Restaurant Happening South Florida August 20, 2008

LIVE MUSIC AND FRIDAY NIGHT FILMS UNDER THE STARS AT ACQUALINA

Costa Grill at Acqualina Resort & Spa on the Beach, 17875 Collins Avenue, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida. (305) 918-8000. www.acqualina.com

Every Friday and Saturday night from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Beachfront Grill Nights at Costa Grill, the restaurant at Acqualina Resort & Spa on the Beach offers a barbeque menu, specialty cocktails, live Mediterranean music on the beach. This is followed by Cinema Paradiso, an open air cinema at the resort’s oceanfront pool with an a la carte menu of appetizers, popcorn and theatre snacks. The BBQ menu lists Grilled 10oz U.S.D.A. New York Strip, Grilled Fresh Local Mahi Mahi and Grilled Florida Gulf Shrimp; all entrees include salads from the salad station; a choice of two sides, including Sweet Corn on the Cob, Hot & Smoked Baked Beans and Baked Potatoes with all the toppings; and dessert. A la carte dinner is also offered nightly.

BLU PIZZA E CUCINA BEATS THE CLOCK FROM 5 TO 7PM, DOWNTOWN MIAMI

Blu Pizza, 900 South Miami Ave., Mary Brickell Village, Downtown Miami. (305) 381-8335 or visit the website at www.blurestaurantsgroup.com

From Monday through Friday from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. The prices based on the time that the customer orders the food at Blu Pizza e Cucina : a daily menu of items prepared by Chef Riccardo Tognozzi will be priced based on the time that they are ordered (e.g. Rigatoni with Eggplant and Mushrooms – regularly $13, will cost $5.30 if ordered at 5:30 p.m.); tax and gratuity are additional. The Going Blu Menu includes a choice of penne amatriciana; rigatoni alla Bolognese; spaghetti con funghi e prosciutto; pizza Margherita or fungi; mortadella e fontina panini or an Angus beef burger. Blu is open Sunday through Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. until 11:00 p.m. and Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 11:30 a.m. until 12:00 a.m.

INDIAN SPICE SUMMER MENU FOR $30 AT ISHQ, SOUTH BEACH

www.ishqsouthbeach.com Ishq, 530 Ocean Drive, South Beach. 786-543-5192.

Ishq is serving an Indian Spice 3 course dinner menu for $30, Sunday through Thursday. The choice of appetizers, entrees and desserts include a glass of wine.

TANGO LESSONS EVERY TUESDAY AT THE RITZ-CARLTON COCONUT GROVE

The Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove, Miami. 3300 Southwest 27th Avenue

Learn to tango every Tuesday from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., at the Amadeus Bar at The Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove, Miami. Group classes for beginner and intermediate dancers are led by World Tango Champion, Monica Llobet. Amadeus Bar. Class is $10 per person. Cash bar.

SUMMER AT THE SETAI”, FOUR COURSE PRIX-FIXE MENU, MIAMI BEACH

The Setai, 2001 Collins Avenue, Miami, (305) 520 6000. www.setai.com

To showcase his new menu, The Setai’s Executive Chef Jonathan Wright, has introduced “Summer at The Setai,” a four-course, multiple choice prix-fixe menu for $55. The menu begins with a dim sum selection followed by small plates, noodles, and salads such as warm grilled Thai beef salad ; warm mushroom salad with soba noodles & truffle vinaigrette; and chicken with galangal, kaffir, lime leaf and oyster mushrooms simmered in coconut milk. Entrees list from cinnamon glazed salmon, bok choy, cucumber and lime salad and BBQ Kurobuta pork with five spice, honey, dry sherry and chinese wine, to Cantonese style thick rice noodles, black mushrooms, napa cabbage skirt steak. And for desserts: traditional Asian, Thai and Indian specialties.
The new Sommelier Dwayne Savoie , formerly of Karu & Y, is offering “Hidden Values From Around The World,” an extensive fine wine collection of 55 bottles of wine priced at $55.

CHEF EDGAR LEAL GEARS UP TO SUMMER MENU AT CACAO RESTAURANT

Cacao, 141 Giralda Avenue, Coral Gables, (305) 445-1001.

Restaurant Row in Coral Gables is abuzz with Mr. Leal’s new summer menu. Based on all the major Latin American cuisines, the menu offers a bevy of reasonably-priced small plates you can make an entire meal of. To taste it all, or almost all, Mr. Leal offers a 7-course degustation menu ($75) paired with wines (add $45). Cacao is open for lunch Monday through Friday: 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (closed for lunch on Saturdays and Sundays) and for Dinner Monday through Thursday 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. and Friday through Saturday 6:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Closed on Sundays.

LEGAL SEA FOODS ANNOUNCES TWO FOR ONE “ALL-PREMIUM” HAPPY HOUR

www.legalseafoods.com

Every evening this August, from 4:00 – 7:00 pm, South Florida’s Legal Sea Foods restaurants are offering two premium drink selections for the price of one as well as small plates such as raw oysters and clams, Ceviche, Blackened Tuna Sashimi, and Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail from Legal’s Seafood Bar Menu. Locations in South Florida include Sawgrass Mills in Sunrise, Town Center in Boca Raton and CityPlace in West Palm Beach.