14 June 8-14, 2023 miaminewtimes.com | browardpalmbeach.com New Times | music | cafe | culture | Night+Day | News | letters | coNteNts | SCAN FOR TICKETS $5 OFF ADULT TICKET WITH CODE BBQMOMS5 TICKETS FATHER’S DAY SUNDAY, JUNE 18TH EXPERIENCE FOUR-COURSE BRUNCH 10AM TO 4PM Adults $98 | Children $35 Bottomless Mimosas $30 SEASONAL DINNER 5PM TO 10PM Make a Reservation at TheRustyPelican.com 305.361.3818 RustyPelicanMiami Month XX–Month XX, 2008 miaminewtimes.com MIAMI NEW TIMES | MUSIC | CAFE | FILM | ART | STAGE | NIGHT+DAY | METRO | RIPTIDE | LETTERS | CONTENTS | like Café La Trova, the Michelin-starred El Cielo, Mareva 1939, and the Bazaar by José Andrés. Perfect Pair restaurants include Love Life Café, R Bistro, Rosie’s, and Zeru Miami. Perfect Pair offerings include a chorizo burger with fried calamari inside the burger at Boulud Sud ($35), a Cuban black bean ravi- oli with serrano ham at Cubata ($25), and a fisherman’s stew for two at Doya ($45). Chef’s Tasting options include a trio of crosti- nis, a smoked salmon white pizza, and tira- misu at Ironside Pizza ($50); and a six-course affair — anchored by a whole branzino or Australian Wagyu picanha — at Leku ($125). And, yes, everything includes an Estrella Damm beer. This year’s notable new restaurants include five Pubbelly Sushi locations and nine restau- rants at Time Out Market. A full slate of loca- tions is available at estrelladammjourney.com. “We handpick the restaurants that are a part of this, and we’ve curated in a way that restaurants want to be a part of it,” says Kalf. “June is a bit of a slower month in Miami, so it makes for a nice push for the restaurants. With that, we’re not looking to grow too big or be a competitor for Miami Spice, which is later in the year.” The Estrella Damm Culinary Journey started in Miami in 2014. Since then, the pro- gram has expanded globally with experi- ences in Toronto, Athens, Santiago de Chile, and Dubai. Estrella Damm Culinary Journey. Through Friday, June 30, at various locations through- out Miami-Dade and Broward counties; estrel- ladammjourney.com. JESSE SCOTT ▼ LITTLE HAVANA SOCIAL 27 SUPPER CLUB TO OPEN IN LITTLE HAVANA Chefs Justin Sherrer and Lisetty Llampalla made a name for themselves by offering mod- ern takes on traditional Cuban dishes at their intimate Calle Ocho restaurant Doce Provi- sions. The restaurant proved to be so popular they opened a second location in Doral. Now, Sherrer and Llampalla are poised to blend food and music when they open Social 27, a Cuban Supper Club with a menu that of- fers Cuban food with Miami vibes. According to Sherrer, the goal is to have a grown-up version of a restaurant and expand to a venue that would give them the culinary freedom to create different dishes, have live music, and house more guests to enjoy it. “It’s an interesting menu, we have a lot of flair, a lot of flavor but also a lot of value. We want people to leave happy, we want it to still feel like Doce Provisions, where people feel welcome, and the service is great. But Social 27 will offer higher quality ingredients, higher quality cocktails, and a broader menu,” Sherrer tells New Times. The new menu, which took months to cre- ate, offers Cuban dishes with a Miami twist. According to the chefs, must-tries include jaiba (crab) bisque, tiradito Cienfuegos, sus- tainable branzino, and Verlasso salmon sourced from Patagonia. “It’s not a traditional Cuban menu,” Llam- palla tells New Times. “I think, instead, we chose to make food that we like to eat. So that’s what we will present to our customers.” Llampalla, who hails from Cuba, said that she wanted a selection of classic Cuban cock- tails. She asked her friends back home for recipes to be as authentic in making them as possible. Cocktails include the “Old Cuban,” a take on the classic old fashioned, a mojito “Cubano,” a piña colada classico, and a limon- cello spritz. Social 27 will have a seating capacity of about 150 guests, with 48 seats on the front patio and 20 at the bar, with sliding doors that open onto the streets of Little Havana. The restaurant will have a DJ starting at 8 p.m. during the week for dinner and all day on Sunday, and live music at 8:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. It will also serve brunch from noon to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Sherrer and Llampalla said that Social 27 was made possible with the help of friends and family. Their landlord, for instance, was a “super client” from Doce, according to Llam- palla. The murals adorning the walls were created by Llampalla’s friend, artist Diana “Didi” Contreras. “It’s nice to have friends that like you that much to help you put the love in a place like this,” she says. Social 27. 2555 SW Eighth St., Miami; social27miami.com. RACHEL COSTA Estrella Damm photo The Estrella Damm Culinary Journey is back.
