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Epicure
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- Price Range:
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$$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
14 reviews for Epicure
We were craving an Italian lunch, like the ones we would create in Italy "on a budget". Only difference here, a peasant like lunch is definitely out of your budge, especially here, but I will not complain for the prosciutto and bresaola were PERFECT!
It's a sweet market, I'll stop in again, just like I enjoy walking through a good book store, it doesn't mean I'll buy anything or I'll get a cookie.
But the deli selection is romantic and as a good Pisces, I love me some romance. It was worth the extra bucks for that deliciously romantic lunch, ciabatta, taleggio, parmiggiano reggiano, prosciutto e bresaola and some olives.
This place is way over priced.
I have been in high priced delicatessens' stores all around the world... and this is by far and without any reason ...the winner!!
However, Epicure at Collins has the best outdoor seating area to enjoy the Miami Winter Season while having some delicious cakes or fruit and cheeses'
I have been an Epicure Habitué at Alton Road since 1981... I hope the famous Jerry Deli people from California will get this review... in order to improve the situation reducing prices instead of been offering Sundays' Brunch..
The have a huge parking on back, great access, multiple cashiers' and a great spot across of the beach.
Good Luck !!
Go there if you like to pay more for everything.
Went with two adults and two kids - and all of us enjoyed the brunch greatly! They have a Sunday jazz brunch, which is a decent saxaphonist walking around and playing a variety of cover songs. The brunch had more than sufficient choices, including an area with kids-type choices. The omelette - made to order - was huge, and all the fixings were fresh. They had deserts, meats, blintzes, breads, and even a pasta bar! The only two small issues: The Valet was a no show, and they should be walking around with coffee (had to ask at the coffee bar). We will definitely go back!
Dear Epicure,
As much as I love all your gourmet goodness, I miss my beloved Rascal House. I spent my childhood surrounded by geriatrics slurping matzo ball soup at 3am, while I fought my father for the last salted bread stick in the basket. It's just not the same neighborhood without my favorite deli. The Rascal was my home away from home when I missed NYC. Now there is an empty hole in my life when I come back to Sunny Isles to my grandmothers neighborhood.
Come back RH- we miss you terribly. The yuppie foodies in the Isles with their precocious children who love this new Epicure should move to South Beach (there's one down there), and leave us snowbirds to what we know and love: hot corn beef or pastrami on rye, knockwurst and sauerkraut, french toast at 2am, and a cup of coffee. The memories I have will never go away, but the destruction of this landmark is a shame.
Bring it back.
Yours Truly,
Liv
PS- I love Epicure in general- my rating will reflect that. However, I miss my beloved RH. The one in Boca is awful!
Okay, I don't want to slam other yelpers. Thank god they're here. Thank god we're all here! I don't understand how a review can complain that items are way over-priced yet still give a four or five star rating. If it's a pricey, high-end place that worth it, that's another story. But the fare at Epicure is all available at Laurenzos and it's much cheaper. If my memory is still good, I'm thinking the meats at Epicure are easily twice the price of Laurenzos. And I'm quite sure it's not twice as good!
Try this one on for size. $8 for a small-to-medium greek salad plus 75 cents for dressing. Give me a break people.
Yes, there is a sizable selection of gourmet delights and everything appeared fresh. Counter service was friendly and adequate. Besides that, really it's nothing that special.
If you put prices aside, this is about as good as it gets for a grocery store. Most everything is gourmet and in the bakery, everything is homemade. With a lot of family in Miami, we always have a Miami birthday party for my son when we come down in February.
Is he now officially a foodie with cupcakes from Epicure for his fellow three year old cousins and his one year old friend? The butcher, seafood and deli were all also amazing. Throw in a infinite selection of imported items and a really nice produce department and you have a near perfect grocery store. Prepared to pay top dollar though. Everything we had was amazing!!!
So this place was once the glorious Rascal House, site of my childhood, and I appreciated that they kept the sign above the door.... it's the only thing that kept me walking in through my tears... I L-O-V-E-D the Rascal House and I was determined to hate this place.
The produce is obnoxiously priced... and I would never buy any of that there, no matter how prettily you slice it.
The reason I would come back however, is their deli, their soups, and their bakery. Much of the glorious deli/ grandma's cuisine is still available there to go, packaged in a much more fancy packaging.
Much of the amazing bakery was still there... I saw my Linzer cookies, as well as rugelah, etc. I was missing my lemon meringue pies, and my hubby had tears in his eyes as he realized his head-sized macaroons were no longer available.
The cakes that they had were actually very reasonably priced, and were delicious. I would recommend them... and I will probably be back again on our next visit... but I will be always looking for the Rascal House sign above the door.
You have signs everywhere in Sunny Isles in Russian and Polish. My surrounding "cafetin's" are filled with schnitzel and turkish coffee, so when signs began to emerge saying "Coming Fall of 2008" visions of English and diversified menu's started to haunt me every time I would park in the morning to get to work.
Alas FALL IS HERE! The presentation takes the cake. From the detail of serving pre-packaged cantelope in perfect half moon's to the avante garde distressed black metal racks that hold all of their gourmet goodies. The Chocolatier is small but impactful - full of truffles and delicate bon bon's you almost feel bad about devouring (almost).
They have an amazing assortment of cheeses and a deli reminiscent of any descent deli in Manhattan. I personally had the Shrimp Ceviche that was made in ecuadorian style with chopped tomatoes, purple onion, assorted bell peppers and cilantro. It had a kick to it, but was perfectly refreshing for the hottest hour of the day. I then moved quickly to the other side of the deli where you have everything from whitefish salad, to pesto tortellini pasta, and an amazing looking Waldorf Salad. I chose an Avocado salad that was adorned with Purple onions and deep red tomatoes. It was all nothing less than perfect.
I do however think I will only come here once a month or at least wait until payday so I don't feel so badly about spending $20.00 on lunch. If I were rich I would frequent the little outdoor cafe with all of my presumably rich friends who have time also for that sort of thing. However,I have yet to make it to the big leagues and have decided to give Epicure only 4 stars due to their really high prices. Quality is great, but even stilI a little overpriced.
WHOOP WHOOP! Epicure in Sunny Isles is FINALLY open. Amen!
For those of you in the dark, Epicure is a chichi supermarket with both groceries and cooked meals for sale.
So, I went there for lunch yesterday and was pretty much in awe of how BIG and AMAZING this Epicure is compared with the SoBe store.
First off, there is TONS of seating, which is great if all you want to do is eat in.
The prepared food is delectable. I ordered the chicken parm for lunch and took ribs home for dinner. Other must buys? The tuna fish, cream cheese spreads (chive, nova), soups and fresh-cut fruit is FAB.
The dessert bar is also pretty ridiculous. Their carrot cake is delish.
If you haven't been here and are in the area for lunch...go, go, go!
this specialty market is the LV of grocery stores -- i mean high end
start off by valet-ing your bentley up in front, then grab an apertif from the bar, while asking for some mangoes to be hand picked for you (at $3 a piece of course vs. $1 self selection at Laurenzo's farmers market), then pick out your osetra caviar, ask for some jamon, and obviously make your way over to the deli.
not as many samples at this location, but they have an extensive bakery including cannolis and much imported items from around the world
of course, the price is like 300% higher, only a place like sunny isles could support a store like this
prepared food looks nice, and many people were lining up for it
Great new location compared to the store on South Beach. Huge selection, lots of staff and checkout lanes and huge parking lot. They have a large outdoor seating area to enjoy your food. If you like olives try the green olives stuffed with sheep and goats milk cheese they are wonderful.
One word, OVERPRICED. OK a few more words, OUTRAGEOUSLY RIDICULOUSLY RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN OVERPRICED!!! PLEASE, if you travel, look around and you will see that at this price point they under perform every gourmet food store in the country.
I'm going to have to agree with Cosmic M. that this place is waaaayyyy over priced. I have been in high priced grocery stores in other parts of the country but this one clearly took the cake. NONE of the groceries I picked up had a price tag. That should've been a sign for me to run, but I was really hungry that day. I paid $14 for some basic tasting chips and a jar of horrible tasting salsa that I threw away after a few days of trying to force it down my throat because of the price. The dessert looks great behind the glass, but I didn't go there for dessert and couldn't tell you if the taste matched the presentation. The pre-made salads were $9 for an average Publix/Walmart looking salad with nil toppings and THIS IS WITHOUT DRESSING which is extra. I went there to get a fresh deli sandwich and was told it would be $9, and that did not even come with a pickle or a stack of meat, also that was not with whatever toppings I wanted, that would be extra. $14 for chips and salsa is RIDICULOUS. $9 mediocre turkey sandwich with limited toppings? NUTS! The fruit was expensive too, but the display of it was lovely. I really think that the grocery portion of this store is for those select, snoody rich people that can't find anything better to spend their money on so I guess it is in the right place on Collins Avenue, but I definitely am smarter with my money and will never make the mistake of going here again.
