“Our menus change with the seasons. It is our mission to provide customers with the purest and finest local ingredients and to support farmers who take great pride and passion in their work.” Yeah, yeah, right. Heard that one before — like every single time a restaurant opens these days. But the owners of Sustain, [...]
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Hot Plates | Sustain in Miami – The Times Magazine
I arrived at Sustain, a two-month-old Miami restaurant, clutching my favorite dinner date: low expectations. After all, Sustain’s chef, Alejandro Pinero, works almost exclusively with ingredients produced within a 50-mile radius. A 50-mile radius of Miami? Sounds like a punch line, even to someone who has written about South Florida agriculture. But the low expectations didn’t last long. [...]
“Sustain’s organic cuisine is the real deal”
It is seemingly obligatory these days for any new restaurant to proudly tout local sourcing and sustainability — whether totally true or not. The word organic is planted on menus like corn in Nebraska. So when Sustain Restaurant + Bar opened this past December with a mission “to support farmers” and “provide customers with the purest and finest local ingredients,” you couldn’t blame folks if they were a bit skeptical. Yet one bite into Sustain’s 50-mile salad and any thoughts of gimmickry evaporate like morning dew. (by Lee Klein, Miami New Times)
“Sustain Lives Up To Its Name”
Sustain Restaurant + Bar takes its name literally says Lee Klein, who says that, despite other restaurants’ futile attempts at the whole local ingredient thing, “one bite into Sustain’s 50-mile salad and any thoughts of gimmickry evaporate like morning dew.
“Kitchen Inquisition: Sustain’s Alejandro Pinero”
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)
“Sustain, Miami’s New Eco-Conscious Restaurant, is Overnight Success”
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)
“Ripe Picks: Sustain restaurant + bar”
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)
“Midtown Newcomer Rides Locavore Trend”
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)
“Eat Ethically: Sustain”
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)
“A Green Date Spot in Midtown”
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)
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