With an inherited passion for cooking but no formal training, Hutson was reticent to take the role at her friend s new venture. After some prodding and plenty of unwavering support for her home-cooked meals she acquiesced, taking the helm of the meager 100-square-foot kitchen to offer Jamaican-inspired fare in the heart of Miami Beach. It was all his fault, Hutson says of her introduction into life as a professional chef. I cried every day for three months straight in the beginning. It was such hard work, and I didn t really know that I was doing anything right. Things changed after
In those days, Delius had his eye on Miami s burgeoning South Beach scene, Hutson tells
New Times. When he asked her to assist with finding a location for his dream endeavor, she helped, finding an affordable space off Lincoln Road. When it came time to build the menu, Delius asked Hutson for her help once again this time to be the chef at the eatery he named after his mother.
With an inherited passion for cooking but no formal training, Hutson was reticent to take the role at her friend s new venture. After some prodding and plenty of unwavering support for her home-cooked meals she acquiesced, taking the helm of the meager 100-square-foot kitchen to offer Jamaican-inspired fare in the heart of Miami Beach.
With an inherited passion for cooking but no formal training, Hutson was reticent to take the role at her friend s new venture. After some prodding and plenty of unwavering support for her home-cooked meals she acquiesced, taking the helm of the meager 100-square-foot kitchen to offer Jamaican-inspired fare in the heart of Miami Beach. It was all his fault, Hutson says of her introduction into life as a professional chef. I cried every day for three months straight in the beginning. It was such hard work, and I didn t really know that I was doing anything right. Things changed after
Cuba s oldest brewery is now Miami s newest: This week, Cervecería La Tropical will officially open its first brewery on U.S. soil in Wynwood.
Miami’s newest brewery will celebrate its grand opening on Friday, February 19. The custom-built, 28,000-square-foot space includes a taproom, a restaurant, and an outdoor botanical garden, as well as a live-music stage.
Founded by the Blanco-Herrera family in Havana in 1888, La Tropical became a source of national pride, recognized as one of Cuba s largest and most successful beer brands. The brewery was nationalized amid the Cuban revolution in 1960, and the government operated it continuously until sometime around 2010. Owing to a lack of capital and investment, the physical plant, located near a section of Havana known as Kohly, was closed, though the company s beers continued to be brewed in a new facility on the island. (Constructed in 1904, the old brewery s tropical gardens, Jardines La Tropical, are the only aspect of the o