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Will Miami become Beer City USA?

The Magic City might be getting some high-profile attention from the largest craft brewery in the United States, the Boston Beer Company, brewer of Sam Adams beer.

Is it true? If so, then this would be a huge boost to the craft beer scene in Miami, which is already on the cusp of seeing the opening of several new breweries.

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Word on the street is that New York burger joint, Milk Burger, is opening up an outpost in Miami.

While we couldn't reach anyone to confirm the details of where or when to expect the opening, a Twitter account was created with the handle @MilkBurgerMiami and on December 14, the account holder Tweeted, "Welcome to our Milk Burger Miami Twitter account. We're gearing up for our migration into the sunny state of Florida! Stay tuned..."

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Kim Kardashian via Twitter

Pals sipping on a frrrozen hot chocolate.

Kardashian pal, reality television personality, and restaurateur Jonathan Cheban is putting the final touches on the South Beach outpost of his Brooklyn eatery, Sushi MiKasa.

The restaurant, which was slated to open in time for Art Basel, isn't quite ready, but the Brooklyn flagship did mention that the SoBe space at the Shelborne Beach Resort should be open next weekend. The restaurant is taking reservations via phone at 305-535-3500. Sushi MiKasa features a standard upscale-sushi menu in keeping with a South Beach theme.

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JeremyIvans13 via Twitter

Give this man a rib, will ya?

Read Also: Brother Jimmy's Brings Carolina to Heart of Mary Brickell

Brother Jimmy's BBQ just opened in Mary Brickell Village and tongues are wagging. Yes, people are talking about the brisket and the oversized drinks served in fishbowls...but they're also talking about a sign posted right on the front door -- a picture of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell with the words "Do Not Serve This Man".

The sign was tweeted by some diners and caught the attention of USA Today, who explained that the New Orleans Saints linebacker, Jonathan Vilma is a partner in the restaurant, along with fellow University of Miami alums Broncos linebacker D.J. Williams, Panthers linebacker Jon Beason, along with Brother Jimmy's founder, Jim Goldman.

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Jamie DeRosa is happily preparing for Tudor House's anniversary.

Short Order was floored when we received an email alert from The South Florida Gourmet, stating that Joel Huff was replacing Jamie DeRosa at Tudor House. We contacted both Tudor House's PR rep and executive chef Jamie DeRosa himself.

"Absolutely not true!" said Jaret Keller of public relations firm Key Group Worldwide. DeRosa simply texted "news to me."

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Chariff Realty via Facebook

From left: David Martinez, Michelle Bernstein, Commissioner Marc Sarnoff, Lyle Chariff, and Steven Perricone breaking ground.

​Chef/restaurateur Michelle Bernstein might be opening a new "to-go" version of Michy's in the same neighborhood as her flagship restaurant, Open Media Miami reported yesterday.

Chariff Realty Group posted the enticing rumor on its Facebook page. A picture of the groundbreaking ceremony of the 10,000-square-foot retail space currently under construction at 6101 Biscayne Boulevard shows Bernstein and husband/business partner David Martinez in hardhats alongside commissioner Marc Sarnoff, Lyle Chariff, and Steven Perricone, shovels in hand.

The caption under the picture alludes to a deal in place, "'another Done Deal' Michele [sic] Bernstein will be creating Miche's [sic] to go which is an Epicurean [sic] market of high end meals. We still have more space available."

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Ruiz leaves.

One of Miami's top chefs is leaving one of the town's best restaurants.

The higherups at the Biltmore had no choice but to bid farewell to chef de cuisine Philippe Ruiz -- a Chevalier de l'Ordre Du Mérite Agricole, two-time James Beard nominee for best chef in the South, and arguably one of Miami's top toques -- as he has handed in his resignation. "They were in shock," Ruiz says, "but they understood. We achieved so much together. It was better to leave while everything is going well."

Ruiz has worked for the Biltmore since 1999. In that time, Palme d'Or, the hotel's flagship eatery, earned prestigious awards, including best service, best production design, and best dish, along with numerous other mentions, from Zagat; the 2007 Golden Spoon Award from Florida Trend magazine; and two blessings from the Miami Herald, rating the restaurant "exceptional."

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Let's see if he makes lemonade.

​Looks like Essensia's chef, Frank Jeannetti, has left for greener pastures. With a C.V. that includes a New York culinary school degree and an internship with Boulud, and gigs alongside Eismann and Schwartz, he's sure to land somewhere good. (Check out our interview with him from March for more background.)

Jeannetti is popular with local culinary circles due in large part to his charity work and dedication to using only organic and locally sourced ingredients.

A hotel rep said she heard it was a "mutual parting of ways."

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Former Hell's Kitchen and Iron Chef contestant Ralph Pagano to leave STK for Gulfstream

​Rumor has it that celebrity chef Ralph Pagano, who's been chef de cuisine at South Beach's swanky STK restaurant inside the Gansevoort Miami Beach for the last year, just put in his two-week notice on Monday. The buzz is that he will take an executive position at Gulfstream Park's restaurants in Hallandale. PR contacts at both the restaurant and casino were unable to confirm or deny the news. We'll update with details as we receive them.

Pagano gained fame by hosting the reality cooking show, Pressure Cook on the Mojo Network; winning runner-up status on Gordon Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen; and wielding his knives against Bobby Flay on Iron Chef America.

The celebrity chef added his own Mediterranean flair to the steakhouse's succulent menu of prime cuts and innovative apps, like shrimp rice krispies and foie gras French toast.

It's not yet known who his replacement will be, but he or she will sure have big shoes to fill in the wake of this talented culinary king of the small screen.

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Have you seen this man?

​A little birdie tipped us off last week that Mike Sabin, whom most people think of as the head chef at Prime One Twelve, had left the kitchen to work at some burger joint in Virginia (Oh -- you didn't know about that place, either?). As it turns out, Sabin has sort of left the kitchen at P112. Just not entirely. We'll explain.

In an effort to verify his departure, we e-mailed P112's owner, Myles Chefetz, who quickly responded the that the rumor was "absolutely not true." Yet after Nemo was shuttered, despite gossip -- and published magazine articles -- indicating it was getting a second chance at life under the moniker Prime Fish, we started to wonder if there's trouble in paradise over at Myles Restaurant Group and we kept digging.

You may recall New Times labeled Chefetz Best Restaurateur earlier this year, but now two of his five popular eateries (Shoji Sushi being the second) are closed. Inquiring minds wanted to know wassup.

Then we got a voicemail from Sabin:

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