Sustain | restaurant + bar

When you can tout Michelle Bernstein as a mentor and cooked in the kitchens of acclaimed restos Casa Tua and Fratelli Lyon, the bar for success is, oh, skyscraper high. Throw in that everything on your menu must be eco-friendly and sustainable, and chef Alejandro Pinero is putting a lot on his plate (no pun intended). But that’s exactly the idea at Sustain, which opened recently in Midtown. (by Jessica Sick, NBC Miami)

In December, Midtown Miami welcomed the highly anticipated Sustain Restaurant + Bar to its growing repertoire of popular restaurants. Owners Brian Goldberg and Jonathan Lazar have teamed up with Chef Alejandro Piñero to successfully create an Green-inspired eatery. The restaurant is literally eco-conscious in all facets from the ingredients down to the materials used in the design—hence the name, “Sustain.” (Posted By Sherri Balefsky, Haute Living blog)

Sustain Restaurant + Bar, located at 3252 NE 1st Avenue, offers South Florida foodies progressive American fare prepared from local, sustainable products in a beautiful eco-friendly design. Sustain’s reasonably priced menu contains creative seasonally-inspired offerings. (Juicy Tidbits, presented by Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival)

Building upon the local farm-to-table trend begun by Michael’s Genuine in 2007 is new Midtown restaurant Sustain, an eco-friendly spot determined to capitalize upon the wealth of Florida’s resources. (TheFeast.com – Lesley Elliot, December 15, 2010)

Midtown’s new kid lives up to its name by using a “forager” to constantly source new stuff, resulting in menu options like the “50 Mile Salad” made of seasonal produce (oven roasted beets, pickled onions, Paradise Farms brassica, feta) sourced within 50 miles of Miami. (ThrilList.com – Miami edition, December 15, 2010)

Say hello to Sustain, the city’s newest, greenest bistro, throwing open its earth-friendly doors this Saturday night in Midtown. (UrbanDaddy Miami, December 13, 2010)

Five just-opened places to make merry while wheeling and dealing at Miami Basel. (W Magazine, December 2010, by Fan Zhong)

For those who love being the first to eat at a new restaurant, consider the Conscious Bite Out event at the yet-to-open Sustain at 7:30 p.m. on December 16th. (“Eater”, Wednesday, December 8, 2010, by Lesley Abravanel)

Prepping for a late November opening, Sustain Restaurant + Bar’s managing partner Jonathan Lazar and chef Alejandro Pinero took a sourcing trip to three Florida farms. (“Eater”, Monday, September 20, 2010, by Lesley Abravanel)

“Done with love” is how Jonathan Lazar and Brian Goldberg describe Sustain, the restaurant the pair will bring to Midtown Miami hopefully in time for Art Basel. (Miami New Times, By Paula Niño for “Short Order, The Miami New Times Food Blog”, Wed., Jul. 21 2010)