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"Globally inspired, seasonally wired" is the motto at Norman Van Aken's Coral Gables restaurant. The first part is true: This bill of fare is all over the map. Instead of doing a 360 and returning to his fine-dining roots, or starting from zero and redefining his cuisine altogether, Norman and team have combined the two notions and come up with a discombobulated 180 - which means that a $39 main plate of rib eye steak mingles on the menu with an $8 small plate of crispy chicken wings. Global mixes can work, but here they don't quite cohere - although most plates are filled with fresh, enjoyable flavors. We especially liked the tender duck meatballs; meaty pozole verde; in-house charcuterie; hamburger with ropa vieja; and grilled swordfish steak over paella-style Calasparra rice. Desserts such as salty pecan-caramel bites with dark chocolate sorbet hit the spot too. Ambiance is warm and handsome, service is friendly and strong, wine is fairly priced, and the food is consistently satisfying. But concerning the last: Is this really the best Miami's most famous chef - the Beard-winning daddy of New World cuisine - can do?
Maybe the news got past me because I was out of town...or just out of the loop. Or maybe Norman's 180 was such a nonentity in the local dining scene that nobody noticed that it was gone.But not only i... More »
You know how you can tell you’re in a relationship? It takes you longer to pick a place to dine out than to actually sit down and eat. “What do you feel like eating?” “Oh, I don’t know. How ’bout you?” “I chose last time.” “No, you didn’t. I... More »
Kathy Fib, spokesperson for Norman's 180, today claimed that Bigfoot has been seen not just once, but "numerous times" at the Coral Gables restaurant. "He's sort of a semi-regular," said Fib. "He real... More »
There were rumors that father-son chef duo Norman and Justin Van Aken had been fired from Norman's 180 a couple weeks ago. So we decided to stalk em. Or at least their Twitter.Yes, this is indeed sick... More »
The rumors posted on Eater and elsewhere about Norman Van Aken being fired from Norman's 180 in Coral Gables apparently aren't true. According to Norman's 180 co-owner Kim Wood's Facebook page, "Norma... More »
It's a two-way tie between Norman Van Aken's Coral Gables return (with son Justin) via Norman's 180, and in downtown Miami's Marriott Marquis Met Two tower, Daniel Boulud's DB Bistro Moderne (DB Bistro copped this category last year all by itself and let's hope will not be cited again next year). How often is it that two chefs of this caliber open shop in the same town during the same year? If the name of that town is Miami, never. Just more signs of our rapid ascent as a gastronomic... More »
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