Carlos Frías, The Miami Herald

Carlos Frías

The Miami Herald

Miami, FL, United States

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  • Miami.com
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  • Lexington Herald-Leader
  • The Sacramento Bee
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  • Durham Herald-Sun
  • Idaho Statesman
  • The Palm Beach Post
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Past articles by Carlos:

Kendall just got another craft brewery and pizza shop. Wynwood is canceled

Strange Beast is the new brewery from two of the founders of Lincoln’s Beard brewery in the Miami suburbs. This new brewpub combines simple pizzas and craft beer brewed in-house. → Read More

Salty Donut and Michael Schwartz made the most Miami croughnut. Here’s how to get it

The James Beard award winner, Schwartz, known for using local, seasonal ingredients, collaborated on a new mango and coconut filled croughnut, a combination doughnut and croissant. It will be available for a week in July 2019. → Read More

Wynwood loved this “Star Wars” mural. Now it’s being painted over for something new

J. Wakefield brewery, the last remaining independent craft beer brewer in Wywnwood, is also known for its “Star Wars” theme. It’s well-known cantina mural is being painted over for a new “Star Wars” mural by the original artist. → Read More

Arbetter’s hot dogs has been in Miami for 60 years. Here’s how to order like a pro

Arbetter’s hot dogs has been an institution in Miami since the first store opened in 1959. As they turned 60, we asked owner David Arbetter to show us the best things to order on the menu. → Read More

Folks are flocking to Hialeah for the new Stephen’s Deli. Here’s why it’s worth the drive

Matt Kuscher reopened Stephen’s deli in Hialeah, bringing back the tradition of New York style delis to a neighborhood that has become predominantly Cuban. Will the matzo ball soup fans come flocking? → Read More

Where’s Velvet Creme? This Little Havana doughnut shop suddenly changed its name

The partners who opened a new Velvet Creme Doughnuts shop in Little Havana have split. The original owner retained the name and his partner changed the name of the existing shop to 3Dough5. → Read More

Metropol is one of Puerto Rico’s best-known restaurants. Now an outpost is open in Miami

One of Puerto Rico’s best-known restaurants, Metropol, has opened an outpost in the Dolphin Mall. → Read More

Miami’s last Royal Castle is making a comeback — with a pop up in Little Havana

James Brimberry has taken over the last Royal Castle hamburger spot in Miami from his grandfather, who was the first black employee of the Miami-based burger chain. Now the grandson has big plans for the restaurant. → Read More

New Orleans owns the St. Roch name, a judge rules. Here’s what it means for Miami’s food hall

A settlement in a federal lawsuit says St. Roch Market in the Design District in Miami must change its name before the start of the new year. The city of New Orleans successfully sued to keep the name. → Read More

Want to know which Miami restaurants are participating in Miami Spice? Here are all 215

Miami Spice, the annual dining promotion by the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau, announced the restaurants participating in 2019. There are 21 new restaurants on the list. → Read More

Hipsters love this bar. Foodies love this restaurant. But both have to leave Wynwood

A London-based developer of co-living apartments bought the Wynwood Gateway, evicting two local favorites. Boxelder Craft Beer Market helped spark Miami’s craft beer boom. Palmar was a Bon Appetit best new restaurant. → Read More

This chef was raised on LaSpada’s and Pub subs. Now he’s opening a sub shop downtown

Chef Danny Serfer, owner of Blue Collar and Mignonette, has a lifelong love of subs and hoagies and wanted to open a sub shop. Vinaigrette is his love letter to the cold cut sub. → Read More

This popular ‘bottomless brunch’ and craft beer spot is coming to Doral

Tap 42, the popular weekend brunch spot and craft beer bar, is opening a new location in CityPlace Doral in summer of 2019. → Read More

This Jewish deli was in Hialeah before Cuban food. Now it’s making a comeback

Stephen’s Delicatessen is believed to be the oldest deli in South Florida, open since 1954 in Hialeah. It was purchased by Lokal owner Matt Kuscher, renovated and reopens in June 2019. → Read More

First he built a burger museum in Miami. Now he’s opening his first burger restaurant

The food blogger known as Burger Beast, Sef Gonzalez, has become a comfort food tastemaker in Miami. He opened a Burger Museum and now is opening My-T-Fine Burgers in Westchester, inside Mojo Donuts. → Read More

Want to make mango season last six months? Here’s how you do it

South Florida eagerly awaits the middle of summer for mango trees to bear fruit. But a Florida expert on mangoes said with the right strategy, your trees can bear fresh fruit for up to six months. → Read More

‘Haitian barbecue’? It’s a hit in a changing Little Haiti

The owners of Bon Gout barbecue earned a following with their roadside barbecue in Little Haiti. As developers encroached, they opened a sit-down restaurant to preserve this local favorite. → Read More

This pizza spot is a cult favorite. And it’s coming to the new-and-improved CocoWalk

Mister O1, a cult favorite pizza shop that started in a hidden office building in Miami Beach, will open a mainland locations in Coconut Grove’s renovated Coco Walk. It is slated to open in 2020. → Read More

This pizza spot is a cult favorite. And it’s coming to the new-and-improved CocoWalk

Mister O1, a cult favorite pizza shop that started in a hidden office building in Miami Beach, will open a mainland locations in Coconut Grove’s renovated Coco Walk. It is slated to open in 2020. → Read More

Norman Van Aken is out at Wynwood restaurant Three. Here’s what’s next for both

Norman Van Aken has split with the ownership at Three and is no longer a chef-partner there. The restaurant will begin a chef-in-residence program, with rotating chefs and menus every few months. → Read More