The Rez Grill at Seminole Laborious Rock Lodge & On line casino will host a three-day pop-up that includes James Beard Award-winning chef Michelle Bernstein subsequent weekend. Friends can expertise the flavors, cocktails, and ambiance of Bernstein’s acclaimed Latin-Caribbean restaurant La Cañita, positioned in Kendall, Florida.
La Cañita, which interprets to “little sugarcane” in Spanish, celebrates the wealthy culinary traditions of Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and past. The restaurant debuted in 2021 at Miami’s Bayside Market earlier than opening its flagship location in January 2025.
This unique pop-up at The Rez Grill affords a eating expertise impressed by all of the vibes of La Cañita that includes dishes ready in The Rez Grill’s signature woodfire oven. Friends may also get pleasure from an elevated cocktail menu and full of life bar scene, all paired with dwell music all through the length of the pop-up.
Just a few standouts from Chef Bernstein’s pop-up menu, accessible to order à la carte, embrace Prawn Trifongo with yuca-green-ripe plantain, grilled shrimp and crimson chimichurri; Ricotta Gnocchi with rabo encendido; Cuban Panzanella Salad with toasted Cuban bread, queso blanco, tomato, avocado, and mojo French dressing; and a Ardour Fruit Tres Leches for dessert.
Specialty cocktails embrace the Mojito Criollo, a refreshing mix of rum, lime juice, sugar, mint, soda water, and bitters; the Disco Inferno, an adventurous mixture of reposado tequila, ardour fruit, and spicy agave; the Domino OF, a wealthy combo of rum, rye whiskey, demerara, and chocolate bitters; and the namesake La Cañita, a tropical fusion of basic rum, banana liqueur, guava, strawberry, and lime.
In the course of the pop-up, The Rez Grill may also supply a few of its signature picks: Maryland crab truffles; Benton’s Ham; and Prime-Bone-In Ribeye. Extra cocktail specials embrace Lychee Martini; Rum Runner, Espresso Martini; Spicy Ginger Rita and Rezzie or Not mocktail with guava nectar, prickly pear puree and ginger beer.
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