Category Archives: Harry’s Pizzeria

Flambé? Touché! Kevin Sbraga Schools Schwartz on the Art & Science of Modernist Cuisine

Posted on May 21, 2012 | Leave a comment

Kev’s new favorite toy, a wheelable liquid nitrogen tank seen here on the floor here at SBRAGA.  Tableside freeze action? Yes, please!

Kevin Sbraga is the chef/owner of SBRAGA in Philly where he practices a modern approach to seasonal and ingredient-driven cuisine.  This winner of Top Chef: Season 7 and our guest chef tomorrow night at Harry’s May pop-up dinner arrived in Miami yesterday with two cooks.  They are ready to get cracking on prep for SBRAGA Pizzeria’s family-style menu and will head to the restaurant to begin after finishing lunch with Schwartz at La Camaronera, one of our favorite local seafood joints to share with visitors.  (Can I get a doggy bag, please?)

Knowing Michael’s love of foam and other techniques on the more scientific side of cooking, we thought it was the perfect time to set the record straight on this sometimes misunderstood cuisine and find out from a pro what Michael is missing out on.  With its most comprehensive manifesto to date taking home 2012 James Beard Awards for “Professional Cooking” and “Cookbook of the Year,” what has been coined molecular gastronomy and put on a pedestal may actually have more in common than meets the eye with the fresh, simple, pure, and down-to-earth approach to food and drink that we know and love here at our restaurants.  Read Kevin’s take in his words below, and check out our pop-up series referenced with a quote from Michael in this weekend’s Wall Street Journal at this link. Continue reading →

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Who’s Your Daddy? Unleashing Animal Pizzeria on the East Coast for Harry’s Chef Pop No.6

Posted on May 16, 2012 | Leave a comment

Vinny works on Michael’s cookbook pop-up dinner menu in Animal’s kitchen (Los Angeles, May 2011.)

Tickets for Animal Pizzeria are now live on this link! HINT: Great Father’s Day gift!

After wowing us by hosting Michael for a Genuine Animal dinner celebrating his cookbook in LA last year, Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo are South Florida-bound where it all began for them in culinary school to cook at Harry’s. We cannot wait to get it on.  Hope they don’t mind trading their two story kitchen clearance for our little closet!

After esteemed visiting guest chefs Gabrielle Hamilton, Jonathan Waxman, Marc Vetri, Jonathon Sawyer, and Kevin Sbraga (a mere tinsel of tickets left for SBRAGA Pizzeria on 5/22,) Michael welcomes the chef/owners of Animal and Son of a Gun in Los Angeles to Harry’s Pizzeria on Sunday, June 17 at 7:00 p.m.  Check them out in this weekend’s Wall Street Journalfor their shrimp toast!  We may even get a shout, too. : )

Jon & Vinny’s smoked fish dip from Son of a Gun at Marc Vetri’s Alex’s Lemonade Stand event in Philadelphia last summer.

As with all chef pops, seating for Animal Pizzeria is first come, first served. Making new friends is encouraged and easy when you’ve got a welcome cocktail in hand with hors d’oeuvre, four courses, free-flowing wines by The Genuine Hospitality Group sommelier and Wine Director Eric Larkee and our tap beers at your disposal.  Go home with a special gift from the guys, too. All that and tax and gratuity are included in the ticket price.  Claim your spot today, exclusively online at Brown Paper Tickets.  Ready… GO!

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Celebrate Craft Beer Week in Miami at Harry’s & Michael’s

Posted on May 14, 2012 | Leave a comment

The gremlins are coming out to play for Craft Beer Week!

Craft Beer Week starts TODAY!  Beer aficionados in cities across the country are toasting to small, independent and traditional breweries with what the American Brewers Association defines as an annual production of 6 million barrels of beer or less  and can not be more than 24% owned by another alcoholic beverage company that is not itself a craft brewery.

To mark the occasion, we are checking in with Beverage Director Ryan Goodspeed on how Harry’s Pizzeria — where we focus specifically on craft and local brews — is embracing the week-long festival, as well as get an update of what’s going on with our list at MGFD.

“Harry’s will be participating with 7 Days of Celebration,” Ryan explains. “We will simply be rotating kegs on and off tap as they are consumed. Whoever orders the last beer off a keg gets to enjoy what’s in that glass as well as a complimentary beer off the next keg going online!”

Harry’s Craft Beer Week beers are Avery Majaraja IPA, Bluepoint Rastafari Rye Pale Ale, Cigar City Ligero Black Lager, Dogfish Saison du Buff, Ommegang Hennepin Farmhouse Ale, and Stone Brewing Co. Arrogant Bastard.  Check the chalkboard or ask your server what’s on, on your visit!

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