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Boxer Robeisy "El Tren" Ramírez on fighting to regain the WBO featherweight title and antagonizing Cuba's dictatorship

Thu, 06 Jun 2024 19:05:23 GMT

Robeisy “El Tren” Ramírez is an elite boxer by any measure. He has two Olympic gold medals (which he won with the Cuban national team) and was the WBO featherweight champion between April and December 2023.

But it wasn’t until his title defense in July 2023 (in Japan against Satoshi Shimizu) that he became known even to casual fans, especially Cubans in exile. He’d been outspoken a long time about his opposition to Cuba’s dictatorship, but when that government intervened halfway around the world to silence him during the event, they only made his message louder.

Robeisy and his manager José Izquierdo (who was kind enough to play translator for our listeners here, although he’s kind of a big deal in his own right) joined us at Chug’s Diner in Miami to talk about boxing, Cuba, Robeisy’s hunt to regain the WBO title, and how he has used his success in his sport to tell the world about the struggles of those in his native country.

Robeisy’s next fight will be June 29 in Miami against Brandon Leon Benitez.

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Shari Bayer, author of "Chefwise: Life Lessons From Leading Chefs Around The World"

Sat, 13 Apr 2024 19:58:43 GMT

Shari Bayer is the author of “Chefwise: Life Lessons from Leading Chefs Around the World” (Phaidon Press), a book in which she’s compiled insights, quotes and anecdotes from exchanges with world class chefs like Massimo Bottura, Jeremy Chan, Tom Colicchio, Nina Compton, Wylie Dufresne, Suzanne Goin, Enrique Olvera, Eric Ripert, Clare Smyth, Alice Waters, and past Pan Con podcast guests Jean-Georges Vongerichten and José Mendín.

She’s also a hospitality industry publicist and the host of the All In The Industry podcast.

In this late-night conversation with chef Michael Beltrán, recorded on the terrace behind Ariete, Shari talks about her book, the state of food media, food festivals, and what she learned from her own career in restaurants, including the time she worked at Charlie Trotter’s in Chicago.

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Ariete Hospitality wine director Adrian López on the beverage industry in Miami, his career in restaurants, wine trends

Sat, 09 Mar 2024 12:00:40 GMT

Adrian López is the wine director at Ariete Hospitality and is a partner at the Miami restaurant group’s Coconut Grove bar/retail concept, The Allocation Room. In 2023, with Adrian at the helm, the wine program at the company’s Michelin-starred flagship restaurant Ariete won an Award of Excellence from Wine Spectator.

In this conversation, Mike Beltrán talks with Adrian about his development as a sommelier in South Florida, how he’s put his own personal stamp on wine offerings at AHG, how he approaches leading the company’s wine team, trends in the wine world, and how Ariete’s two years with a Michelin Star have affected the way the beverage industry approaches him and the broader restaurant group.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Watch Napoleon on Prime Video

Society of the Snow (trailer)

Sea (trailer)

Florida Cracker Kitchen

Midorie

Happy's Stork Lounge & Liquor Store (North Bay Village)

Watch Reacher on Prime Video

"Stolen Legos Leads to Bomb Found During Traffic Stop"

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Lucy López on how cancer impacts families and turning pain into action (like Cars & Croquetas)

Sat, 24 Feb 2024 12:00:13 GMT

We last had Lucy López on Pan Con Podcast in 2021. Since then, the former Power 96 radio personality has refashioned her career with (among other things) roles hosting two podcasts — Slate’s Care and Feeding podcast and her own Mamacita Rica podcast. She also had a role in #Graced, a play written by past podcast guest Vanessa García and co-directed by past guest Victoria Collado.

In this episode, Lucy and Mike open up about their experiences helping care for each of their mothers in the wake of cancer diagnoses. The conversation is about some of the ways that cancer impacts families and how it imbues volunteer work, charitable giving and other efforts to combat cancer with deep personal meaning.

Mike’s second Cars & Croquetas car show to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society will be held March 10, 2024 in Coconut Grove, with Lucy stepping in to emcee.

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South Florida fine dining blogger & podcaster Brenda Popritkin of The Whet Palette

Tue, 21 Nov 2023 16:21:57 GMT

Now in its second year with Michelin-Starred restaurants, Miami’s fine dining scene is well into maturity, participating fully on the global restaurant stage. Miami food media, on the other hand, has some catching up to do.

Among those doing the work of filling the void is Brenda Popritkin, whose blog, The Whet Palette and podcast by the same name — along with her serious approach to restaurant reviews that are written for diners rather than publicists — have made her Miami’s premier food blogger, respected by chefs and trusted by her audience.

In this episode of Pan Con Podcast, Mike talks with Brenda about how being the parent of a special-needs child led her and her husband Larry (who has a recurring role on their podcast, contributing most heavily on the subject of restaurants’ wine programs) to the fine dining date night hobby that became a year-round media project, what it was like seeing a restaurant industry she’d championed for so long recognized at Florida’s first ever Michelin Guide ceremony, and her plans to go on a burger expedition with past Pan Con Podcast guest Sef González (better known as Burger Beast).

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Author and podcaster Andrew Friedman on making a career of interviewing and writing about chefs

Tue, 31 Oct 2023 02:18:25 GMT

Andrew Friedman’s “big break” came in 1997, when he collaborated with chef Alfred Portale on the “Gotham Bar and Grille Cookbook. It won the IACP/Julia Child Cookbook Award for “Best Chef or Restaurant Cookbook,” and got a James Beard Award nomination for “Best General Cookbook.”

Though he’s worked on loads of cookbooks since, it’s been a while since Andrew last wrote a recipe. Instead, his attention has been focused on his work as a chef writer (a phrase he thinks more aptly describes the subject matter he deals with than “food writer”). He’s the author of “Chefs, Drugs and Rock & Roll” and “Knives at Dawn: America's Quest for Culinary Glory at the Bocuse d'Or, the World's Most Prestigious Cooking Competition” to name just two titles.

In his latest book, “The Dish: The Lives and Labor Behind One Plate of Food,” Andrew Friedman takes you on a ride to follow all the work that goes into just one restaurant menu item at a Chicago restaurant.

Andrew met Mike Beltrán at Chug’s Diner in Coconut Grove for a conversation about the restaurant industry, how Andrew ended up in his unexpected career around chefs and restaurants, changes in the culture of professional kitchens, and Andrew’s experiences growing up in Miami.

In the Patreon-only extended cut, Mike asks Andrew about burgers, breakfast, PB&Js, and other important stuff.

Our parting recommendations and other stuff mentioned in this episode:

The Dish: The Lives and Labor Behind One Plate of Food

Chefs, Drugs and Rock & Roll: How Food Lovers, Free Spirits, Misfits and Wanderers Created a New American Profession

Knives at Dawn: America's Quest for Culinary Glory at the Bocuse d'Or, the World's Most Prestigious Cooking Competition

Don't Try This At Home: Culinary Catastrophes from the World's Greatest Chefs

Alfred Portale's Gotham Bar and Grill Cookbook

Dinner Rush

Athletic Brewing non-alcoholic beer

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Kush Hospitality founder Matt Kuscher on leadership, slow season, urinal ice

Wed, 11 Oct 2023 16:40:57 GMT

Kush Hospitality founder Matt Kuscher joined Mike Beltrán at El Vecino Cigars & Cocktails in downtown Miami for a smoke and a discussion about his restaurant business, burger toppings, urinal ice, and his work with the Pace Center for Girls.

02:35: Matt Kuscher on the Washington Commanders

07:40: Sebastian Strong Foundation (children's cancer research)

11:52: Abre Camino Collective working with Kush Hospitality on a theater project about Hialeah

13:57: Miami's summer slow season

18:00: Summer seasonal slowdown as an opportunity for development

30:00: Supporting local business. Matt wants to talk about fighting with Nick at a kid's party

38:12: Restaurant branding. Is Chug's Diner really a diner?

41:24: Burger Beast burger pop up

45:14: Workout music and motivation

50:36: Urinal ice

52:28: Kush Hospitality's roadmap, future plans

56:54: All things sandwich

01:01:28: Cereal

01:03:25: Hash browns

01:07:19: American cheese

01:13:20: Pace Center for Girls

01:17:12: Parting recommendations

Mentioned in this episode:

Fans First: Change the Game, Break the Rules & Create an Unforgettable Experience
Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect
Every Day is Christmas (album by Sia) on vinyl
"LA MADERA & EL CASTOR" - by Rxnde Akozta (YouTube)
Watch Nobody on Amazon Prime Video.
Watch Jury Duty on Amazon Prime Video.
Killy Tony on YouTube.
Maty’s by chef Val Chang.
Val & Nando Chang in Food & Wine (Best New Chefs 2023)

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Eva, El Vecino, and a new dog — Catching up with Mike

Fri, 22 Sep 2023 00:23:23 GMT

Mike and Nick got together to catch up on what's new at Ariete Hospitality Group.

02:00: Mike has a new dog.

03:30: Eva, Ariete Hospitality Group's new Mediterranean restaurant, is set to open soon.

10:55: El Vecino Cigars & Cocktails is now open.

22:33: The Miami restaurant industry is going through the first real summer slowdown in years.

28:45: Let's talk sports (and Sinead O'Connor).

28:00: Parting recommendations

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Co-founder of Per'La Specialty Roasters Chris Nolte on the coffee industry and starting a small business

Fri, 30 Jun 2023 17:26:36 GMT

Chris Nolte is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Per’La Specialty Roasters. He specializes in developing, branding and marketing of the company in order to aid in its growth. In this conversation with Michael Beltran, Chris talks about the origins of the brand, the coffee industry, struggles in starting a small business in places like farmer’s markets, and adjusting to Miami Latin culture. Plus, a special appearance from Brittany Rothwell (who also teases her new podcast, A Tale of Two Muffs) in a conversation about the community’s love for the local business.

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"The Walls Have Ears" is playwright Robby Ramos' reflection on the Castro revolution's impact on the Cuban nation and families like his

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 02:48:29 GMT

The first time Robby Ramos was on Pan Con Podcast, he told us about a play he’d written. The script (his first) took its inspiration from stories about Cuba that he’d been told by people like his grandfather, who did time as a political prisoner in three different Cuban prisons before going into exile in the United States.

That play, titled “The Walls Have Ears,” is now gearing up for its April 7 premiere at the Westchester Cultural Arts Center in Miami (in English for three weeks, then another three in Spanish, with the title “Las Paredes Oyen”). In our fifth installment of Pan Con Podcast Live (presented by Front Of The House), we hosted a four course dinner for guests who took in a reading of the script by the play’s cast, followed by a conversation with our host Michael Beltrán, playwright Robby Ramos, and director Gabriel José Bonilla.

The dinner was held at The Gibson Room (executive chef Kris Huseby), with four courses plated on dinnerware by Front Of The House and cocktail pairings (by Ariete Hospitality beverage director Tom Lasher-Walker) made with Slane Irish Whiskey and The Glengdronach Scotch Whisky. This event was also sponsored by San Pellegrino, Acqua Panna and Petrossian Caviar.

“The Walls Have Ears” is an intense reflection on totalitarian takeovers like the Cuban revolution and the impact they have on nations and families. It was an honor to have this reading — and the discussion in this episode — at the core of one of our live recordings.

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World Series champ Jon Jay on baseball in Miami, life in the majors and the transition to coaching

Wed, 15 Mar 2023 13:37:03 GMT

When Mike Beltrán saw his high school friend Jon Jay on the cover of Sports Illustrated, his reaction, as he notes in this episode, was something like, “That’s my fuckin’ dog.” Jon Jay played 12 seasons of baseball in the majors and won a World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2011. Now he’s back in his hometown as the Miami Marlins’ first base coach.

In this conversation, Mike and Jon talk through the whole baseball journey — from little league to coaching pros — stopping along the way to reflect on success, failure, leadership, motivation, culture, family and friendship.

Also, we get a call-in from past guest Mario Obregón and Nick is finally getting the hang of the airhorn button.

In the Patreon-exclusive lightning round, Mike grills Jon on coffee, pastelitos, doughnuts and other breakfast items.

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Cars and Croquetas for cancer research, Noma closes, Laurel, El Vecino, Ed Reed, and more

Fri, 24 Feb 2023 22:19:15 GMT

Mike and Nick set up for a podcast at the Pig Pen, which is what Mike calls the warehouse where he and his car club keep their vintage cars, ATVs, golf carts and electric scooters. We get caught up on a variety of things, from a cancer research benefit car show happening behind Chug's Diner to the coming-sometime-soon opening of El Vecino Cigars & Cocktails to Ed Reed's butting heads with the administration at Bethune Cookman University.

We also get stealthy moonshine service from the president of Mike’s car club.

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Pan Con Podcast Live: screening of "Love, Charlie: The Rise and Fall of Chef Charlie Trotter" and discussion with Norman Van Aken

Fri, 24 Feb 2023 05:40:06 GMT

On January 15, we hosted a screening of the documentary “Love, Charlie: The Rise and Fall of Chef Charlie Trotter.” Guests saw the film while they enjoyed a Charlie Trotter-inspired meal and cocktail pairings created by the culinary team at Ariete Hospitality Group. After the film, we had a discussion with chef Norman Van Aken, who was one of Charlie Trotter’s best friends and who was interviewed at length for the film about his friend’s life. That Q&A is what you’ll hear in this episode of the podcast.

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Chef Andres Kaifer of Customshop in Charlotte on taking over and changing a longstanding restaurant

Sat, 14 Jan 2023 01:40:56 GMT

Chef Andrés Kaifer recently took over Charlotte, North Carolina's Customshop. The restaurant had been around for about 15 years — a feat, to be sure. But Andrés has helped make it one of the best — if not the best — restaurants in Charlotte. In this conversation with Mike Beltrán, Andrés talks about what it's been like to adapt to North Carolina's food culture as a Miami native, how North Carolina's cities are distinct from one another, and the challenges he's faced while implementing major changes at a longstanding restaurant.

In addition, Andrés and Mike talk about their experiences executing a collaboration dinner at Customshop and prepping for one at The Gibson Room (this episode was recorded the night before that Gibson Room dinner in Miami).

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Ariete Hospitality beverage director Tom Lasher-Walker on bartending, mixology, Michelin Stars

Fri, 30 Dec 2022 11:00:28 GMT

Tom Lasher-Walker has played an integral role in the growth and refinement of Ariete Hospitality Group’s beverage programs. In this conversation with Mike Beltrán, the two talk about classic cocktails, why Mike thought Tom was a good for for Ariete’s company culture, the role of cocktail competition in the growth of cocktail culture, and the differences between bartending and mixology, among many other things. He also recalls the experience of being a part of the team that won Ariete its Michelin Star earlier in 2022.

In the Patreon-exclusive extended cut of this interview, Tom explains why he misses “white smacked meat” from back home in the U.K., how he likes his coffee, and other matters of great importance.

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Chef Karla Hoyos on World Central Kitchen, her grandmother's Mexican cooking, Tacotomía

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 20:20:05 GMT

Veracruz, Mexico native chef Karla Hoyos made an impression on José Andrés when took time from her job in Indiana to volunteer with World Central Kitchen in Puerto Rico, where the organization was feeding victims of Hurricane Maria. Not long after she was back at her job in Indiana, she was being recruited to join the team at The Bazaar in Miami Beach. What she’d told herself would be a two-year stint in South Florida has gone on considerably longer, and she’s preparing to put down roots in Miami with her own restaurant, Tacotomía.

In this conversation with Michael Beltran, Karla talks about why she fell in love with food in her childhood in Mexico, the highs and lows of moving to the United States from Mexico, her relationship with José Andrés, and her plans for Tacotomía to be a place where she can put diners in touch with the feeling she gets preparing and eating food with her grandmother.

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LIVE with Jorge Mas — highs and lows of MasTec, Major League Soccer, building a stadium, advocating for a free Cuba

Tue, 22 Nov 2022 23:15:37 GMT

In our third ever Pan Con Podcast Live event, host Mike Beltran sits with guest Jorge Mas (and 15 guests in the audience) for a conversation about business, leadership, legacy and culture.

Jorge Mas is chairman at MasTec, an infrastructure engineering and construction company founded by his late father, Jorge Mas Canosa. He talks about the highs of growing that business into the largest Hispanic-owned company in the United States and the lows of seeing its stock price tank.

More recently, Jorge played a key role in bringing a Major League Soccer franchise to Miami. He’s the managing owner of Inter Miami CF (whose other owners are his brother José and soccer legend David Beckham). He tells Mike about what motivated him to get involved with soccer in the first place, the cultural and economic significance of bringing the team to South Florida, and the challenges (especially political ones) of building a new stadium complex for the team.

Finally, we talk about Cuba, the ongoing protests on the island and what Jorge thinks is necessary for meaningful, lasting change there. Jorge is the chairman of the Cuban American National Foundation, which was also founded by his late father.

The discussion was had at Ariete over a tasting menu sponsored by Courvoisier, Bordeaux Index, D’Artagnan Foods, and Sanpellegrino.

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Talking Cuba, human rights and activism with author Vanessa García

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 16:08:08 GMT

This episode was recorded on the same night as our previous release with guest Vanessa García. In that last episode, Vanessa and Mike discussed her new children’s book, “What the Bread Says: Baking with Love, History, and Papan.”

In this recording, the two discuss Cuba, human rights, and the whirlwind of protests, human rights campaigns and activism that followed Cuba’s July 11, 2021 protests. By that summer, Vanessa had studied and written about Cuba’s history and the resistance movement on the island for years. in the wake of the protest, she found herself diving deeper, taking on a slew of Cuba-related projects and immersing herself in more of the political side of the issue (as she notes in this interview, for instance, she traveled to the U.S. Capitol with Rosa María Payá to engage American lawmakers on the issue).

What’s worked? What hasn’t? How have things changed? What’s the role of the Cuban diaspora? How can the movement for freedom in Cuba be more effective?

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Vanessa García's children's book "What The Bread Says" merges family, history, and kitchen tradition

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 21:02:30 GMT

The last time Vanessa García was on the podcast in 2019, we talked about Amparo, the immersive play she had created together with director Victoria Collado, her partner at Abre Camino Collective (also on that episode). This time around, Vanessa joins us to talk about her brand new children’s book, “What The Bread Says, Baking with Love, History, and Papan,” which draws on her childhood memories of making bread with her grandfather to tell kids his story of flight from war in Spain, Nazism in Germany and communist dictatorship in Cuba.

What motivated her to write for kids? How has the book been received by children (including her own) and their parents? What’s it been like for the book’s publisher to wade into the debate over Cuba’s dictatorship? All that and more on the latest episode.

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JoJo Tea founder Michael Ortiz on the growth of his business, Kanye West, Miami food

Sun, 23 Oct 2022 19:37:31 GMT

It’s been more than two years since JoJo Tea founder and American Tea Master’s Cup winner Mike Ortiz joined us on the pod. Since then, JoJo has grown its business and broadened its goals. Whereas Mike had once been focused more narrowly on bringing tea to Miami’s restaurant culture, he’s now looking to make tea a part of his customers’ home lives.

In this episode, he talks with Mike Beltrán about tea, Kanye West, Miami dining and what it might take to change how more people think about their relationships with tea.

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Laurel executive chef Ashley Moncada on building teams, a new restaurant menu, feeling at home in Miami

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 23:54:02 GMT

U.K. native Ashley Moncada studied law before making plans to adopt a globe-trotting lifestyle. She and her wife lived in Australia, New Zealand, France, Barbados and North Carolina. But, as Ashley notes in this interview, “you can’t travel doing law.” She was a good cook, though. So she lied about having professional experience to get her first kitchen job in Australia and was off to the races from there. A careen that began with a fake résumé led Ashley to a place on the Ariete team that won a very real Michelin Star and, most recently, a job as the executive chef at Ariete Hospitality Group’s newest concept, Laurel (set to open in late 2022 at Miami Worldcenter).

In this conversation with Mike Beltran, the two talk about the road to Ariete, the family she found in that kitchen, their vision for Laurel, and why Miami is the first place that’s felt like home. At the end of the podcast, Ashley tries some Okonomi sauce right out of a single-serve pouch.

In the Patreon-only extended cut, Mike asks whether Ashley prefers croissants or bagels and Nick attempts to get some clarity on chip butties.

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Eddie Zamora (The Yum Yum Foodie) on social media, food TV, Los Angeles, Miami

Thu, 15 Sep 2022 18:42:53 GMT

When Eddie Zamora moved from Miami to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career, it was because — at the time — there wasn’t much opportunity for him in South Florida. Over time, twists of fate (including a well timed tweet about Lance Armstrong and some “douchey duck lip” coffee selfies) led him to a career in food media. He’s built an audience of followers (they know him as The Yum Yum Foodie) who trust him for everything from recipes to restaurant recommendations. He’s also managed to parley that trust into brand partnerships with the likes of Lexus (a former employer of Eddie’s).

Most recently, he launched Kill The Bottle, a podcast in which he and cohost Megan Elizabeth interview guests like chef Richard Blais, Broken Shaker co-founder Gabe Orta, The Boys star Laz Alonso, country star Martina McBride and comedian Craig Kilborn.

In this episode, Eddie and Mike chat about Miami, Los Angeles, food TV, social media, and being a self-appointed ambassador for your hometown.

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Alexys Hernández on his Cuban pastry and bagel sandwich pop up in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 18:17:38 GMT

Growing up in Texas, Alexys Hernández’s restaurant environment was made up largely of chains and Mexican joints. The mom-and-pop-heavy landscape of Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts (or Camberville, as they say in those parts) was something new. What wasn’t was a dearth of great Cuban food, which is what Alexys was raised on at home in a Cuban-American family.

In this conversation with chef Michael Beltrán, Alexys talks about Ensueño Cubano, the Cuban pastry and sandwich pop up he launched at Bagelsaurus, where he’s been working for several years. From learning to make his own Cuban bread to keeping up with the demand for pastelitos made with the puff pastry he makes from scratch, Alexys has cleared hurdles, learned lessons, and picked up experience that will inform the next steps in his Cuban food venture’s growth.

Alexys and Mike also discuss how they’ve used the attention they get for Cuban food to shine a light on human rights abuses in Cuba, especially since the July 11, 2021 protests on the island.

In the Patreon-exclusive extended cut’s lightning round, Mike asks Alexys about his bagel preferences, whether he makes Cuban coffee at home, and more.

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FIU professor and church pastor Eric Isaac on Christianity, spiritual abuse (with guest host John Falco)

Sun, 21 Aug 2022 20:18:45 GMT

In this episode of Pan Con Podcast, guest host John Falco (co-owner of Fire Pit Hospitality and first-ballot Pan Con Podcast hall of famer) interviews Eric Isaac. Eric is an FIU professor and the pastor of Neighborhood Church Miami, a Presbyterian church that meets every Sunday for services at Lincoln’s Beard Brewery, where this interview was recorded.

John and Eric talk about Neighborhood, why it was formed, why it meets at a brewery, and how it’s different from (and similar to) other, more conventional congregations. They also discuss Eric’s role at FIU, his academic work on the subject of spiritual abuse, and how those relate to the work he does as a pastor.

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Chef Kris Huseby of The Gibson Room on revamping a restaurant menu, leading young chefs, passing on kitchen wisdom

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 15:43:48 GMT

Kris Huseby was one of our first guests on Pan Con Podcast back in 2019. His second appearance comes just after the opening of Ariete Hospitality Group’s newest concept, The Gibson Room, where Kris is the executive chef.

In this conversation with Mike Beltrán, the two talk about taking over a restaurant and overhauling it (a first for Ariete Hospitality Group), Kris’ experience settling into his first executive chef role, leading young talent, the fulfillment that comes from teaching skills to the next generation of cooks, and what it’s like to helm a new concept within a company that’s just earned a Michelin Star and a Bib Gourmand at two of its other restaurants.

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Henry Gómez on the ad industry, winning a Cannes Lion for a Burger King campaign

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 18:19:00 GMT

Henry Gómez is the VP of strategic planning at Zubi Advertising Services, a Miami based firm founded by the late Tere Zubizarreta, a pioneer of Hispanic advertising and an Advertising Hall of Fame inductee. In this conversation with chef Mike Beltrán, Henry talks about his own career trajectory, his role on the team that won a Cannes Lion for bold Burger King campaign, and the parallels between the advertising business and the restaurant business.

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Phillip Frankland Lee on Omakase, leaving L.A., Michelin Stars, the Joe Rogan bump

Sat, 02 Jul 2022 17:15:18 GMT

When the pressure of COVID restrictions in Los Angeles pushed chef Phillip Frankland Lee to set up shop in Austin, Texas, it didn’t take long for the gamble to pay off. Sushi by Scratch Bar was a hit. But it was a push from an early Austin guest — Joe Rogan — that sent things into another stratosphere for Phillip’s company. In this conversation, Phillip tells Mike Beltrán about how his career in food began, the experience of earning his first Michelin Star, the impact of a social media post from Joe Rogan, and Sushi by Scratch’s new Miami outpost, which is opening at The Stirrup House, the historic home behind Ariete.

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Florida's Michelin Guide arrives, Ariete's "sweep," listener questions for Mike Beltrán

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 15:10:45 GMT

Florida has its first Michelin Guide, with eleven Miami restaurants taking Stars and a number of others being awarded Bib Gourmands and recommendations. In this episode, chef Michael Beltrán recaps the inaugural Florida ceremony, recalls what it was like for him and his team at Ariete Hospitality Group to win a star at Ariete and a Bib at Chug’ s Diner, and talks about the significance of the Guide’s official arrival to Florida chefs and restaurateurs. In the second half of the podcast, Mike answers questions submitted by listeners via Instagram in an Ask-Mike-Anything segment.

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Lee Schrager on his career in food & beverage and Mike's beefs with SOBEWFF

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 20:28:24 GMT

Lee Schrager is the senior vice president of communications and corporate social responsibility for Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirit of America. He’s also the founder of the New York City Wine & Food Festival and the South Beach Wine and Food Festival. Mike Beltrán’s criticisms of SOBEWFF are no secret. In fact, if you’ve hear enough other episodes of this podcast, you’ve heard a lot of them. Mike invited Lee on as a guest for this episode of Pan Con Podcast. In this conversation, the two talk about Lee’s professional history and how it led to the birth of the South Beach festival 22 years ago. The two also open up about their tense relationship and disagreements. A chunk of this conversation was cut from the final product. This chat was recorded days before the Michelin Guide awarded its first ever Florida Stars. We elected not to include the conversation about whether anyone was left out unfairly. You can, however, find some of Lee’s thoughts on that on Instagram.

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Val Chang on Peruvian cooking and being part of one of Miami's favorite food families

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 00:56:56 GMT

Val Chang is a member of what Miami diners affectionately call “the Chang gang.” She, her father Fernando and her brother Nando are the engine that drives Itamae (which began as a stall and recently opened as a standalone restaruant), B-Side Sushi, and Raya. Like our host Michael Beltrán, Val and Nando were named 2021 StarChefs Rising Stars. In this episode of Pan Con Podcast, Val and Mike talk about her childhood, family recipes, working with family, and navigating the waters of an evolving, expanding business.

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Chef Danny Serfer returns to talk addiction, relapse and recovery

Sun, 15 May 2022 03:50:43 GMT

Danny Serfer is the chef behind two of Miami’s favorite restaurants: Mignonette and Blue Collar. In his first appearance on Pan Con Podcast, Danny told Mike about his experience with addiction and getting clean. In this latest episode, Danny opens up about his having relapsed during the early stages of the pandemic and what it took to get clean all over again.

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Recapping a tasting menu with chef Manny Arredondo

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 19:48:54 GMT

Chef Manny Arredondo has been referenced a lot on Pan Con Podcast. The Ariete chef was walking by when Mike Beltrán and Nick Jiménez were recording this episode. So he was pulled in to recap a recent dinner that the Ariete team executed with a crew from Washington, D.C.’s Bresca (including chef-owner Ryan Ratino, who was our guest on the last episode of the podcast).

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Chef Ryan Ratino of Washington D.C.'s Michelin-starred Jônt and Bresca on Pan Con Podcast

Sun, 27 Mar 2022 22:08:42 GMT

Ryan Ratino is the chef-owner or Washington, D.C. restaurants Jônt (two Michelin Stars) and Bresca (one Michelin Star). Ryan and Pan Con Podcast host Michael Beltrán became fast friends when they met — spurred largely by the fact that they're in a very small group of American chefs running restaurants with duck press programs. In this episode of the podcast, Ryan talks with Mike about his career, his leadership style, the dinner the two executed together art Bresca and the dinner the two would work on at Ariete the night after this interview was recorded.

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On the Café Habana restaurant controversy and Cuban Miami's reaction

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 17:37:59 GMT

When a Miami social media personality went South-Florida-viral for posts about New York-based Café Habana’s plans to open a Miami location, the news of that brand’s story — namely, its having taken inspiration from Fidel Castro’s revolution and its using images of figures like Che Guevara — felt like a punch to the guts of many Cuban exiles and their descendants. How did Cuban Miami respond? How should it have reacted? Are efforts to keep the restaurant from opening actually productive? Can anything good come from engaging owner Sean Meenan and others involved with the business rather than seeking to stop their efforts to open? In this mini-episode that turned into a full-length thing, Michael Beltrán, Nick Jiménez and Martha Bueno (with whom we'd just recorded another episode) talk through — and sometimes butt heads over — these and other questions. It's an open, honest conversation that we at Pan Con Podcast hope you'll find useful. More importantly, we hope the people at Café Habana will take us up on our invitation to participate. The issue isn't going away and the conversation isn't ending any time soon.

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Martha Bueno on local politics, small business, and making government work better

Fri, 11 Mar 2022 22:02:07 GMT

Martha Bueno is an entrepreneur, activist and candidate for a seat on The Miami-Dade County Commission. Though she’s running without party affiliation, she calls herself a libertarian and had previously worked on Hispanic voter outreach for Libertarian Party presidential candidate Jo Jorgensen’s 2020 campaign. Martha joined Michael Beltrán at Ariete for a discussion on why she’s involved in local politics, its relationship to small business, COVID relief spending, and more.Martha Bueno is an entrepreneur, activist and candidate for a seat on The Miami-Dade County Commission. Though she’s running without party affiliation, she calls herself a libertarian and had previously worked on Hispanic voter outreach for Libertarian Party presidential candidate Jo Jorgensen’s 2020 campaign. Martha joined Michael Beltrán at Ariete for a discussion on why she’s involved in local politics, its relationship to small business, COVID relief spending, and more.

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Ali Noorani of National Immigration Forum on politics, changing minds and building coalitions

Sat, 12 Feb 2022 21:31:37 GMT

Ali Noorani is the CEO of National Immigration Forum. After dinner at Ariete, he joined Mike Beltrán for a conversation about food, culture, and immigration policy. The two also discuss Ali’s upcoming book, Crossing Borders: The Reconciliation of a Nation of Immigrants. In the Patreon-only extended cut, you’ll find out where Ali goes for his favorite doughnuts (hint: it’s in California and it is not Krispy Kreme), how he likes his eggs, and other food preference things.

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Mike on cooking for the JBF with Itamae's Val Chang, nightclub-restaurants, Miami Dolphins

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 21:32:19 GMT

In this episode of Pan Con Podcast, chef Michael Beltrán get together to recap a James Beard Foundation dinner built around food created by the Ariete team in collaboration with Itamae chef Valerie Chang, lament the Miami Dolphins’ failure to make the playoffs, and wonder whether Nick will somehow screw up this episode since it was recorded with new gear. [Spoiler, Nick only screwed it up a little.]

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Drinking Pig BBQ's chef Raheem Sealey hasn't "been so pumped about food in a long time."

Sat, 15 Jan 2022 02:05:01 GMT

Miami chef Raheem Sealey has an impressive résumé, with his most recent restaurant gig as the executive chef at Kyu being the one he’s best known for. Raheem parted ways with Kyu — which he’d helped open about six years ago — a month before this recording. These days, he says he’s as excited about food as he’s ever been. He’s got projects in the works that he wasn’t ready to talk about publicly. One thing he did say, though: he’s on the hunt for permanent home for Drinking Pig BBQ, the unassuming smoked meat popup that, according to Infatuation editor and past Pan Con Podcast guest Ryan Pfeffer, has “evolved to become the best barbecue in South Florida.” In this conversation with Michael Beltrán, Raheem talks about his favorite foods, his upbringing in St. Croix, why he chose to move out of the Virgin Islands, and some of the lessons he’s learned about the restaurant business over the years. In a special Patreon-only extended cut of this episode, Mike and Raheem talk doughnuts, fried fish, and cookies.

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Screenwriter Nick Zayas on Star Trek, grinding in Hollywood, meeting your heroes

Fri, 07 Jan 2022 15:58:06 GMT

This episode was a long time coming; screenwriter Nick Zayas and eighth grade basketball MVP Mike Beltrán have been friends since kindergarten. Nick has been living in L.A. for the last 16 years or so, where he spent years working for movie producer Scott Rudin before making a tansition to writing for TV, including series like Major Crimes and Star Trek: Picard (to name just some of the work that comes up in this conversation). Nick and Mike also talk about how Miami is portrayed in movies and TV; the time Nick met Jon Favreau and embarrassed, then redeemed himself; their matching childhood haircuts; and whether Hollywood’s professional culture is a healthy one or in need of change, especially for young talent.

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Refreshing the Chug's Diner menu, Mario Cristobal's Miami homecoming, and gold chicken wings

Sat, 18 Dec 2021 14:54:08 GMT

Mike and Nick didn’t do any planning for this episode, so it’s all over the place. We talk about changes that are coming to the Chug’s Diner menu, Mario Cristobal’s being hired as the University of Miami’s football coach, boxing’s renaissance, golden chicken wings, what kind of lettuce belongs on sandwiches, and more. In the Patreon-only extended cut: Mike takes lightning round questions and we talk monsters, pizza chains, hot PB&J, and Jacques Pepin’s fried eggs.

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Mike on the Culinary Institute of America, The French Laundry, Napa, Michelin Stars

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:08:15 GMT

We’ve mentioned on the podcast that Mike was invited to travel to Napa to speak and demo his food at the Worlds of Flavor International Conference & Festival at the Culinary Institute of America. In this episode that we recorded in an awkward new set up in Mike’s house, Mike recaps his experience with the conference along with some of the meals he had and people he met while in California — including a bucket-list dinner at chef Thomas Keller’s The French Laundry. We also talk about the impact of the news that the Michelin Guide will be coming to Miami, Tampa and Orlando.

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Psychologist and musician Carlos Escanilla on mental health, playing covers and finding a tribe

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 04:49:47 GMT

Carlos Escanilla is a psychologist and a musician; we delve into both mental health and music — along with his and Mike Beltran’s experiences with weight loss — in this episode of Pan Con Podcast. Along the way, the podcast is crashed by past guest John Falco, whose restaurants and brewery also serve as a frequent venue for Carlos’ gigs. In the Patreon-only extended cut, Carlos answers lightning round questions about food and we learn about some of his preferences and his unusual Wendy’s hamburger habits.

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Tattoo artist Jessica "Pooka" Suárez on creativity, apprenticeship and palos

Sat, 13 Nov 2021 16:46:55 GMT

Tattoo artist Jessica Suárez — better known as Pooka, a nickname whose origin she explains in this interview — has some of her work on our host, Mike Beltrán, including a pine cone that Mike admits he got for the sake of getting in Pooka’s good graces and a mamey hanging from a branch on his arm. In this episode, Pooka talks about her creative process and what it’s been like for her to strike out on her own — she just opened Great Oak Tattoo — and create a tattoo shop culture that reflects her own style. She and Mike also talk about how they train others in their skills, and past guest Dave Arvelo’s t-shirt ideas.

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Live at Maxwell Bros. Clothing Co. with John Falco and Peter Santa-Maria

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 00:51:50 GMT

This episode was recorded Sept. 22, 2021 at Maxwell Bros. Clothing Co. in front of a live audience, whose members were also enjoying a special menu born out of a collaboration among the teams at Maxwell Bros., Crybaby Creamery (both owned by John Falco’s Firepit Hospitality) and Ariete (which is, of course, our host Michael Beltrán’s flagship restaurant). This absolute shit show of a podcast is a conversation with chef Michael Beltrán, restaurateur John Falco, and printmaking artist Peter Santa-Maria. The three discuss everything from Chik-Fil-A to art to the camaraderie of the food and beverage industry. Along the way, we raffled some barware for charity (thanks to Steelite International) and John Falco launched some t-shirts into the crowd with his homemade cannon. Rapper and past guest Mario Obregón was also on hand to read poetry about some of the night's dinner menu, from the nochebuena pizza to a beer float.

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Actor Robby Ramos on finding his creative voice and his tribe

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 15:24:33 GMT

Mike Beltrán first saw Robby Ramos in New York, where the actor was playing a chef in an early iteration of Amparo, the play written and directed by past guests Vanessa García and Vicky Collado. Now, Robby is a member of the cast of Heels, a Starz drama about professional wrestlers, where he plays Diego Cottonmouth. He also hosts his own podcast called Dropping Character. In this episode of Pan Con Podcast, Robby and Mike discuss their respective evolutions as creatives, the distinction between art and craft, the role that Cuban heritage and the politics of exile play in each of their professional lives, and the adjustments necessary to make physical health a priority alongside professional development.

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Cura Market founder José Manuel Perrone on his health-driven business

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 15:20:43 GMT

Health issues in his family led José Manuel Perrone to ditch a job at a major tech company and look for a way to put his career in service of combating disease and giving people the tools they need to lead healthier lives. Eventually, that motivation inspired Cura Market, the company he cofounded as a way to give people more control of their nutrition and the quality of their food. For now, Cura gives creators a way to simplify the process of bringing their food products to market. For instance, Cura produces two sauces in partnership with chef Norman Van Aken, another past guest of this podcast. But José has a bigger, broader vision for what Cura might look like in the future. In this episode, Mike Beltrán digs into the Cura model with José and the two discuss José’s broader goals for his work in health.

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Louie Estrada of My Cuban Spot on bringing real Cuban cooking to Brooklyn

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 15:28:21 GMT

Louie Estrada left Miami for New York knowing that he wanted to make his mark by starting a business of his own. After years picking up experience working in restaurants, bars and clubs, he planted his flag in a tiny corner of Brooklyn. From the roughly 150-square-foot kitchen at My Cuban Spot, Louie’s been cranking out Cuban classics the city’s Cubans were sorely missing at a level of quality that’s earned him a following even in lechón-saturated South Florida. Louie joined Mike at Ariete to record this conversation about his food, his career, and his plans to bring My Cuban Spot back home with him to Miami. Also, in the Patreon-only extended cut of this episode, Louie lays out his preferences on pastelitos, coffee, doughnuts and more.

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Chef Giorgio Rapicavoli on Italian cooking, stoner food, his plans to revive Eating House in Miami

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 13:56:48 GMT

Miami native chef Giorgio Rapicavoli (known for Eating House and, most recently, Luca Osteria) has been a James Beard Award semifinalist, a Chopped winner, and a perennial favorite of Miami diners. In this episode, Giorgio joins Mike Beltran to talk about the maturation of his cooking, moving beyond “stoner food,” their mutual admiration for the precision and consistency of restaurants like Hillstone, and his plans for the revival of Eating House. Also, in the Patreon-only extended cut, Giorgio reveals the weird (and yet delicious-sounding) way he consumes pastelitos at Cuban bakeries.

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Michael Beltrán on the reopening of Chug's Diner

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 15:38:41 GMT

We recorded this episode of Pan Con Podcast at Chug’s Diner shortly before its Sept. 8 reopening. In this conversation at a booth in the Chug’s dining room, Mike Beltrán talks about the restaurant’s new space, team and menu, along with some of the challenges he faced in designing a restaurant from scratch for the first time. Also, the new Suicide Squad movie was pretty good, Mike did a thing with Ludacris, and Pan Con Podcast’s next live episode dinner is right round the corner.

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Chef Norman Van Aken in our first live episode (plus a special appearance by Rosa María Payá)

Mon, 02 Aug 2021 21:32:43 GMT

Pan Con Podcast recorded an episode with a live audience for the first time ever, and we brought in a special guest for the occasion. Chef Norman Van Aken was one of Mike’s early interviewees. He’s also Mike’s longtime culinary mentor and the author of at least one cookbook that changed the course of Mike’s career in food. This episode was recorded at Ariete in front of an audience of other past guests and friends of Pan Con Podcast — Larry Carrino, Josh Pascual, John Falco, Matt Kuscher, Carolina Quijano, Nidal Barake, Terence Reilly, Otto Othman, Nedal Ahmad, Derek Kaplan, and David Verjano. During the interview, our audience enjoyed a six-course meal bookended by cocktails and cigars, all made possible by this event’s brand partners: Courvoisier, S.Pellegrino, Acqua Panna, D’Artagnan and Aganorsa Leaf. Mike and Norman discussed the state of the restaurant business after a year and a half of COVID turbulence, the challenges of adapting to a young workforce with new attitudes about the industry, and Norman’s lasting impact on South Florida cuisine. This episode was recorded July 14, 2021, and we were paid a visit from another past guest, Cuban activist Rosa María Payá, who addressed our guests on the explosion of protests that had begun in Cuba just days earlier on July 11.

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Catching up: protests in Cuba, tasting menus, and the start of live Pan Con Podcast events

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 12:30:55 GMT

July 11, 2021 brought an eruption of protests on the streets of Cuba. Mike Beltrán and Nick Jiménez got together to record some reaction and reflection on those events. Note that this podcast is being released more than 24 hours after it was recorded and the situation in Cuba is changing rapidly. We also talk about changes in Ariete's tasting menus and the beginning of live Pan Con Podcast recording events, which will create an opportunity for you to join us as we record podcasts (and eat and drink and smoke cigars).

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Nidal Barake of Gluttonomy on food marketing, Michelin Guides and Miami dining

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 15:24:38 GMT

Nidal Barake is the founder of Gluttonomy, a marketing firm specializing in digital strategy for the dining world. As he notes in this episode of Pan Con Podcast, “Big agencies, they don’t know anything about food. They have no clue about what happens at a restaurants, what’s behind the production process, or what drives the consumer.” Nidal, by contrast, is passionate about dining and has leveraged that passion to build a successful firm that the people behind the food he loves can trust. Nidal joined Mike Beltrán at Ariete to talk about his career in food marketing, how Miami has grown as a food city over the last decade or so, and what it would mean for the city to get a Michelin Guide.

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Pablo Zitzmann on his new Asian inspired Coral Gables restaurant, Zitz Sum

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 22:43:16 GMT

Chef Pablo Zitzmann was one of our very first guests on Pan Con Podcast in 2019. Nearly two years later, he’s also our first repeat guest (not counting the short interviews we did at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic). This time, he’s here to talk about the success he’s found on the other side of lockdown with Zitz Sum, a new Asian inspired concept he opened in Coral Gables shortly before we recorded this interview. Pablo and Mike talk about the joy and the agony of launching a new venture, building a company culture from the ground up, balancing work and family, and whether Miami is ready for a Michelin Guide.

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Mike Beltran responds to Washington Post reader comments

Fri, 21 May 2021 20:11:03 GMT

A May 8 Washington Post story by Laura Reiley bearing the headline “As his restaurants’ customers return, a Miami chef is missing a critical ingredient: Workers,” examines the widespread difficulty restaurants and other hospitality businesses are having in staffing their businesses to meet the demand of an economy that is recovering — even if slowly — from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated restrictions imposed by government. The piece uses Ariete Hospitality (of which our host Mike Beltran is chef-partner) as a case-in-point. In this episode, Mike responds not to the article and Laura Reiley’s reporting, but to the comments left on the piece at the Washington Post’s website (of which, at the time we recorded, there were nearly 3,000). Most of the comments we saw were negative and highly critical of Mike’s approach to his businesses and employees. So we took it as an opportunity to respond to some of the criticisms and explain a bit about how the restaurant business — or at least Ariete Hospitality’s little corner of it — functions.

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Restaurateur Nedal Ahmad on Pincho, ghost kitchens, digital food halls, and Marvel versus DC

Fri, 14 May 2021 16:02:23 GMT

Nedal Ahmad was one of the co-founders of Pincho, the Miami-born fast casual chain we discussed at length on Pan Con Podcast with previous guest (and Nedal’s cousin) Otto Othman. Nedal has since moved on to other ventures, including a healthy meal delivery service and a digital food hall — a term that describes something eerily similar to the ghost kitchen model that’s been a hot button issue on this podcast before (for instance, in Mike Beltran’s conversation with publicist Larry Carrino). Nedal joined us for cigars, wine, conversation about the restaurant industry and some analysis of the Marvel and DC cinematic universes. Also, the famed Coconut Grove street sweeping zamboni made an astonishing number of passes in front of Ariete and threw our shit show of a podcast into a new realm of chaos.

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Painter and Abuela Mami co-founder Kiki Valdés on art, creativity, and Cuban care packages

Sun, 25 Apr 2021 16:43:14 GMT

Whether painting for live audiences at nightclubs, showing his work at galleries or creating hand-drawn covers for the zines he bought from Miami record stores, Kiki Valdés has been making art consistently since he was a kid. His work has been inspired by religion, cartoons, secret societies, and the color characters he encountered while painting at those clubs. Along with his brother, he also created Abuela Mami, a Cuban care package company that’s expanded with its own premium coffee brand with the same name. Kiki joined Mike Beltrán to talk about art, creativity, finding your voice in your work, and the business sides of painting, coffee and subscription services.

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Ike Shehadeh on growing Ike's Love & Sandwiches on opposite coasts and his crazy pre-sandwich résumé

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 21:44:10 GMT

Ike Shehadeh is the founder and face of Ike’s Love & Sandwiches, the San Francisco-based sandwich chain with about 80 locations, known for its extensive menu, unusual flavor combinations and quirky sandwich names. Miami is home to the first Ike’s location on the east coast — a franchise store in Aventura — and Ike says the company has aggressive expansion plans that include another 40 or so locations in Florida. Ike joined Mike Beltran at Ariete for a wide ranging discussion about his fast casual concept, the first sandwich he ever sold, his athletic career, his first job walking on stilts in a circus, and hotdate4hire.com, the Internet business that was even more interesting to hear about than you would imagine from the name.

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María Cabré of J. Wakefield Brewing on transitioning from a career in pastry to making craft beer

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 02:47:24 GMT

María Cabré is the general manager at Miami’s J. Wakefield Brewing. In this conversation with Michael Beltrán, she talks about her experience as a pastry chef, how those skills have served her in a career in brewing, and what it’s been like for her to find success in the beer business as a woman. Also in this conversation: what the COVID pivot looked like for J. Wakefield, Mike’s impression of chef José Mendín, and Mike’s and María’s takes on the Irish goodbye.

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Pincho's Otto Othman on merging Latin flavor and Middle Eastern hospitality in Miami fast casual

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 21:14:22 GMT

Pincho — perhaps better known in South Florida by its original name, Pincho Factory — is a distinctly Miami fast casual restaurant brand that’s grown to 10 locations serving kebobs and burgers. Co-founder and CEO Otto Othman joined us on this episode to talk about his own path from marketing to restaurants, how his Palestinian and Brazilian heritage came together with time growing up in Hialeah to inform Pincho’s take on Miamian casual dining (from the Tostón burger, which replaces the bun with fried plantains, to the Fritanga Burger that takes its inspiration from Nicaraguan cuisine). Otto and Mike also discuss the challenges of the restaurant business, how Otto and his company powered through some uncertain times to take Pincho from a struggling concept to an expanding enterprise with a goal of opening 100 locations, and some of the business and hospitality philosophy that fuels Pincho.

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Luciana Giangrandi and Alex Meyer, the Rising Star chef duo behind Miami's Boia De Restaurant

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 20:52:59 GMT

Luciana Giangrandi and Alex Meyer are the chefs behind Boia De, a Miami restaurant that Mike has recommended on Pan Con Podcast numerous times. The two made their long-overdue appearance on the podcast to talk about their respective culinary careers, toast to their being named 2021 Star Chefs Rising Stars, and discuss the wave of New York City restaurateurs that has hit Miami at the tail end of the COVID pandemic. Also, Alex explains why he’s getting his first haircut in a year, Luci recommends Chicken Kitchen’s curry mustard sauce, and Mike cuts the podcast short to deal with our most ridiculous interruption to date (spoiler: some drunk guy wanted to join the conversation).

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Exquisito Chocolates founder Carolina Quijano on making chocolate in Miami's Little Havana

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 21:14:56 GMT

Both in her childhood and her early professional life, Carolina Quijano moved around a lot. “Living on planes” — especially when she was working as a management consultant — led her to all kinds of food. She joined Mike Beltrán on this episode of Pan Con Podcast to talk about how that led to her love of chocolate, how she taught herself (with some help from YouTube videos) to make her own, and what it took to eventually launch Exquisito Chocolates, a bean-to-bar chocolate factory in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood. In this episode, we also learn that Mike freaks out about his own mortality on airplanes, Nick is an OK bartender, Carolina is not a sci-fi person.

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Kathy Manning & Tung Nguyen on their Vietnamese restaurant Hy Vong & new book, Mango and Peppercorns

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 22:40:23 GMT

Katherine Manning and Tung Nguyen and widely regarded as the restaurateur duo responsible for popularizing Vietnamese flavors in Miami at Hy Vong. The two met when Katherine, then a University of Miami grad student, volunteered herself and her home to help resettle refugees after the end of the Vietnam War. Their new memoir, Mango and Peppercorns (published by Chronicle Books), tells the story of their odd-couple friendship, their pioneering restaurant, and a refugee experience that’s as unique to them (and Tung’s daughter Lyn) as it is relatable to the countless refugees they call their neighbors. Katherine and Tung joined chef Michael Beltran at Ariete in Coconut Grove, a stone’s throw away from the home where much of their story plays out, to share some of their story and reflect one of the most consequential restaurants South Florida diners have ever known.

[Editor’s note: there are portions of this interview that might be tough to hear. We didn’t expect all the rain we got while recording on Ariete’s patio, which got a little loud. Thankfully, everyone but Nick managed to stay dry.]

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Cervecería La Tropical's Manny Portuondo on reviving Cuba's first beer brand in Miami

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 16:03:57 GMT

It took 23 years for the brewery Manny Portuondo dreamed of opening to become a reality. It took patience, passion, and some legal battles with the Cuban government, but Cervecería La Tropical — Cuba’s first beer brand — has been revived in Miami with an investment from Heineken. On this episode of Pan Con Podcast, Manny and Mike talk about the history behind La Tropical beer, how the brand’s current form takes cues from and interprets its own Cuban legacy, the brand’s significance to the Cuban community in Miami, cultural preservation and why he chose to partner with Heineken — one of the world’s largest brewers — to bring his vision to life.

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South Florida radio icon Lucy López on Miami music, Cuban food and the world's best Taco Bell

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 20:17:36 GMT

Lucy López has been a Miami radio fixture since she joined Power 96.5 FM back in 1996; she’s been with the station all this time and now hosts Power 96’s morning show. She joined Mike Beltran on Pan Con Podcast to talk about the state of her industry, Miami’s music, and how Miami mayor Francis Suárez’s efforts to lure tech industry transplants to Miami might change the city. The two also discuss brunch, bread service, being Cuban outside of Miami, and past guest Carlos Frías’ takes on sandwiches.

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Sef "Burger Beast" González on his pioneering food blog & a prank he pulled with Guillermo Del Toro

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 17:21:09 GMT

A chance encounter with a great burger at a Miami pizza joint led Sef González to snap a photo of it on his Motorola Razor. That grainy flip phone photo was the beginning of Burger Beast, one of Miami’s first and best known food blogs. Sef joined Mike on this episode of Pan Con Podcast to talk about food media, his burger museum, his burger book, his events, frita history, skydiving, and the Chug Burger, that Ariete burger that topped Sef’s list of the best burgers in Miami, launching a new chapter in the restaurant's story. We also took our first ever phone call on the podcast when artist and past guest Peter Santa-María called in to set the record straight on his role in inspiring a Foo Fighters song and the prank that Sef pulled on him with Guillermo Del Toro.

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Derek Kaplan of Fireman Derek's Bake Shop on the dessert business, pro sports and food television

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 23:29:06 GMT

Derek Kaplan had a decade-long career as a firefighter, but he started honing his dessert skills in high school when, as he told Mike Beltrán on this episode of Pan Con Podcast, he would make pies for himself and his friend when they had the munchies.Today, Fireman Derek’s Bake Shop has two Miami locations and delivers baked goods nationally. On this episode, Derek and Mike discuss the business of dessert, hospitality, food TV, new media, and the cultural value of sports.

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Drew Estate's master cigar blender Willy Herrera on tobacco, Nicaragua, and following the recipe

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 22:21:05 GMT

Drew Estate is one of the biggest names in premium cigars. And Willy Herrera, the company’s master blender, is the man responsible not only for developing new cigar blends, but also for ensuring that the blends in the company’s portfolio maintain consistency year over year. In this conversation with chef Michael Beltran on Pan Con Podcast, Willy talks about how he got into the cigar business at his family’s Little Havana factory, El Titán de Bronze, his experience moving to Estelí, Nicaragua when he made the transition to Drew Estate, and how his work producing cigars compares to Mike’s work as the chef partner at Ariete Hospitality Group. In the Patreon-only extended cut of this episode, Mike has five extra food-related questions for Willy.

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Simon Kim of Michelin-star Korean steakhouse Cote found his calling in restaurants and hospitality

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 15:51:26 GMT

Simon Kim is the restaurateur behind Cote, a one-of-a-kind, Michelin-starred Korean steakhouse in New York City, which is set to open its Miami location in early 2021. In this conversation with chef Michael Beltrán on Pan Con Podcast, Simon talks about how visiting fine dining restaurants with his dad in South Korea and his adolescence in his family’s Korean restaurant in Tribeca led to his falling in love with hospitality and restaurants. Simon and Mike also get into their respective experiences with understanding the relationship between their heritage and their work — namely, in how each of them has translated a dual national identity into a restaurant experience. In the Patreon-only extended cut of this episode, Mike has five extra food-related questions for Simon.

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Miami Herald food editor Carlos Frías on covering restaurants in a pandemic, cultural appropriation

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 13:25:18 GMT

Carlos Frías is the James Beard Award-winning food editor at the Miami Herald. Before moving into food at the Herald, Carlos was covering sports at The Palm Beach Post, where he also wrote a series about his first trip to Cuba that would later become the framework for his memoir, “Take Me With You: A Secret Search for Family in a Forbidden Cuba.” He joined Michael Beltrán on Pan Con Podcast to talk about his career in journalism, covering the restaurant industry through the COVID-19 pandemic, defining “sandwich” (a recurring topic on this podcast of late) and food journalism ethics. Carlos, Mike and Nick Jiménez also discuss race and cultural appropriation in the context of restaurant branding and whether a particular Chinese concept is using “race as a costume” in a particularly offensive way with its Instagram content. In the Patreon-only extended cut of this episode, Mike has five extra questions to Carlos.

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First Round Management's Dave Arvelo on combat sports, the UFC's handling of COVID, slow jams

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Dave Arvelo is the director of MMA athlete development at First Round Management, which represents some of the biggest names in combat sports (e.g., Jorge Masvidal, Jon Jones, Demetrious Johnson, Yoel Romero), along with a roster of NFL clients. Dave joined Mike (who also happens to be his neighbor) on Pan Con Podcast to talk about about his recent move to Miami, how he got his start in the fight business, the impact of the COVID pandemic on sports, and how his dog got the name Jorge. In the Patreon-only extended cut of this episode, Mike poses five extra questions to Dave.

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Publicist Larry Carrino on social media, food festivals and his Mike Beltran impression

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 00:38:57 GMT

Larry Carrino, president of Brustman Carrino Public Relations, is the Miami publicist with the stress-inducing distinction of having our host Michael Beltran as his client. Ove the time Larry has been working with Mike, the two have become friends. On this episode of Pan Con Podcast, Mike and Larry talk about food journalism, influencers, social media, food festivals and the ghost kitchens.

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The "Ask Mike Anything" episode

Tue, 29 Dec 2020 18:44:00 GMT

Our "Ask Mike Anything" episode is the last of 2020, and we opened it up to questions from listeners for chef and eighth grade basketball MVP Michael Beltran. There are even more questions and answers in our extended Patreon-only episode.

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David Foulquier on Michelin stars, owning restaurants in Miami (Fooq's) & New York (Sushi Noz)

Thu, 24 Dec 2020 05:53:04 GMT

David Foulquier is the restaurateur behind Fooq’s, a Miami restaurant built on French-Persian cuisine, and Sushi Noz, the Michelin-starred Manhattan sushi restaurant named for its chef, Abe Nozomu. Pan Con Podcast’s last guest of 2020, David joined Mike at the Ariete Patio for a conversation about his culinary influences, the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, how he found his way into the restaurant business, and the significance of having earned a Michelin star. In a Patreon-exclusive clip, David talks about the differences he’s observed between running restaurants in New York City and Miami.

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Infatuation Miami editor Ryan Pfeffer on food journalism, influencers, manatees and porn stars

Sun, 13 Dec 2020 20:31:00 GMT

Ryan Pfeffer of Infatuation Miami joined Michael Beltran and Nicolás Jiménez to talk about his writing career, what he’s learned from covering the Miami restaurant scene and the ethics of freebies. Also on the agenda for the night: butthole tattoos, pasta, and what it might take for Miami to further mature as a food city. Finally, we ask our listeners to give what they can to The Hungry Post’s #FeedTheChain campaign in the memory of a friend of the podcast as the Miami restaurant community by using #LiveLikeMari with their donation message.

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More on the protests and repression in Cuba following the arrest of rapper Denis Solís

Tue, 08 Dec 2020 03:11:14 GMT

Mike Betrán and Nick Jiménez got together to offer their ham-handed, but hopefully helpful update on the protests and repression that have continued after the Nov. 9 arrest of Cuban dissident rapper Denis Solís and other members of Havana's San Isidro Movement.

If you missed our initial discussion of these events, check out this episode from Nov. 30.

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Marcus Rivero (Soles By Sir) customizes shoes for athletes like Marshawn Lynch and Conor McGregor

Sun, 06 Dec 2020 17:05:40 GMT

Marcus Rivero fell into the shoe customization business almost by accident. Nine years after creating Soles By Sir, athletes in every major sport can be seen wearing his work on their feet on a weekly basis. In fact, during that time, every Super Bowl has had at least one pair of Soles By Sir cleats on the field. Marcus joined Mike Beltran to talk about his business, his design process, what it's like to work with elite athletes — from Marshawn Lynch to Conor McGregor — on their custom gear, the NFL's My Cause My Cleats campaign and how his work has changed his relationship to sports as a fan.

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Protests in Cuba, the arrest of Denis Solís and the San Isidro Movement hunger strikers

Mon, 30 Nov 2020 11:14:40 GMT

Mike and Nick got together to record this special dispatch to provide a summary of and some clumsy reflections on the protests in Cuba sparked by the arrest of Havana artist Denis Solís and the ensuing hunger strike by his fellow members of the San Isidro Movement.

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Brett Romberg on playing football in Miami, stories from 9 years in the NFL, eating like a Canadian

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 15:03:53 GMT

After some charcuterie at the Ariete bar, Brett Romberg joined Michael Beltrán on Pan Con Podcast to talk about his time playing football at the University of Miami, stories from nine years as an NFL offensive lineman, the Fort Lauderdale bikini contest that changed his life, and the adjustments he's made since making the move from Canada to South Florida, where — aside from becoming a national champion — married into a Cuban family, dialed in his Miami Spanish.

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Catching up with Mike Beltran on food, business, politics, Star Trek and other stuff

Sun, 15 Nov 2020 19:34:16 GMT

It had been a while since we recorded an episode with no guest, so we took this episode to get caught up with Mike on a range of things from business to politics to his overpriced CBS All Access subscription. Also, Nick doesn't throw parties, but they would probably be bad if he did.

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Chef José Mendín on the birth of Pubbelly Sushi, his Puerto Rican flag mural battle and Seinfeld

Sat, 07 Nov 2020 14:51:29 GMT

A native of Puerto Rico, José Mendín arrived in Miami at 19 years old and fell in love with the city. HIs sushi concept, Pubbelly Sushi, was supposed to be a simple fast casual spot, but circumstances led to an elaboration on the idea and it became one of Miami's favorite dining experiences. It also helped make José — now a five-time James Beard Award semifinalist — one of the most celebrated young chefs in the city and catapulted his career as a restaurateur. José is the chef-owner of restaurants in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Casa de Campo, Mexico City and Paris. In this conversation with Michael Beltrán, José talks about growing up in Puerto Rico, losing a volleyball scholarship, growing his business, and the controversy that came out of his inviting an artist to paint a massive Puerto Rican flag mural at one of his Miami restaurants, La Placita.

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Cuban activist Rosa María Payá on her father's legacy and her campaign for a plebiscite

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 08:00:22 GMT

Rosa María Payá is the Cuban activist behind Cuba Decide, a campaign to bring change to Cuba through a plebiscite — that is, a direct vote by Cubans on a transition to democracy. Her father Oswaldo Payá was one of the most prominent Cuban dissidents of his generation. He founded the Christian Liberation Movement (or Movimiento Cristiano Liberación), which sought to bring legislation to Cuba's National Assembly through a signature-gathering mechanism laid out in the Cuban Constitution. In 2002, he was award the European Parliament's Sakharav Prize for Freedom of Thought. In 2012, Oswaldo Payá was killed when a car he was in was run off the road by an agent of the Cuban government. The crash also killed one of the Christian Liberation Movement's young leaders, Harold Cepero — a friend of both Rosa María Payá and our own Nicolás Jiménez. Like her father, Rosa María has been vilified by her government, which has made changes to its constitution in response to both her campaigns and her father's. She's spoken at the United Nations Human Rights Council, met with heads of state and U.S. legislators, been elected president of the Latin American Youth Network for Democracy and mobilized Cubans in the U.S. to deliver aid to Cubans on the island during the economic devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic. People en Español named her one of the 25 most powerful Latin women of 2014. On this episode of Pan Con Podcast, she joins chef Mike Beltran at Ariete to talk about her unique upbringing in Cuba, her history in activism, and how the Cuban government responded to her organization's COVID aid package. [Spoiler: they didn't respond well.]

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Artist Peter Santa-Maria on printmaking, bootleg superheroes and helping kids realize potential

Sat, 24 Oct 2020 06:49:39 GMT

Peter Santa-María, best known for his brand Attack Peter, is a Miami-based printmaking artist whose Japanese-inspired work depicts monsters, superheroes and other characters, including at least one that he’s created himself named Takoro. In this episode, Mike Beltran talks with Peter about their high school alma mater, their shared commitment to old techniques, and the things that motivate and fuel creativity.

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The Pastelito Papi episode: Gio Fesser finally joins the podcast

Sat, 17 Oct 2020 06:00:35 GMT

Gio Fesser is best known to Miami diners as the Pastelito Papi (though there's an extra i in Papii on social media). A longtime colleague and friend of our intrepid host chef Michael Beltran, Gio has been there every step of the Ariete Hospitality Group journey, and his pastelitos — traditional Cuban pastries that he's gotten more creative with than Miami thought possible — have caught the attention of everyone from local press to world class chefs like Thomas Keller, helping catapult Chug's Diner (the Cuban-American pop-up that is now undergoing renovation to return as a permanent fixture in Miami) into its position as an instant favorite in South Florida. In this episode, Gio and Mike talk about Gio's evolution in professional kitchens, his record collection, and what it means to him to elevate the comfort food he and so many customers grew up on.

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Re-podcast: chef Pablo Zitzmann (originally published July 5, 2019)

Mon, 12 Oct 2020 19:01:16 GMT

[This episode was first published July 5, 2019] Pablo Zitzmann (of No Name Chinese and the forthcoming Alcalde) joins Mike and Nick in the patio at Ariete to talk about his own journey to food and how he fell in love with Asian cuisine growing up in Colombia. Pablo and Mike discuss the communication of culture through cooking, leading teams, dealing with burnout, and the development of Miami's food community.

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Mike on Ariete's third Versos Sencillos tasting menu dinner. Also, is Trudeau Castro's son?

Thu, 08 Oct 2020 13:05:36 GMT

After Ariete's third Versos Sencillos tasting menu dinner, Mike and Nick (who finally got around to having one of these dinners himself) get together to talk about the experience, how it's developed, the impact it's had on the Ariete team and where it's heading in the future. We run through most of the dishes on this most recent menu, some of the backstories on how they came together, and a bit of the origin story of the experience that was created (led by Ariete director of operations and past podcast guest Brittany Rothwell) for the tasting menu's dessert course.

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Zak Stern (a.k.a. Zak The Baker) on his origin story, his business, and living on a sailboat

Sun, 27 Sep 2020 02:42:12 GMT

Zak Stern, better known as Zak the Baker, is — as the eponymous business suggests — a baker. Based in Miami's Wynwood neighborhood, Zak's bakery makes some of the city's favorite breads. He fell in love with baking even after having initially rejected it as a career path (he pursued a life in cheese first, spending time on a goat farm in Israel). He started his business in Miami baking in a used oven in a friend's garage and selling his bread at farmer's markets until he opened Zak The Baker in Wynwood in 2014. In the years since, he's earned James Beard semifinalist nods, been written up by The New York Times, and dabbled in TV. Most importantly, for purposes of this podcast, Zak led a "bread revolution" in Miami (as Mike puts it). Here, we get into Zak's origin story, his perspectives on entrepreneurship, his time living on a sailboat, and his appreciation of Saabs and chongas. Zak was also generous enough to provide musical accents to the conversation, which we have enhanced in post production through a little editing magic.

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Melanie and Jason Schoendorfer of Babe's Meat & Counter talk butchery, Canada and COVID

Sun, 20 Sep 2020 14:53:08 GMT

Our guests on this episode are Melanie and Jason Schoendorfer, the couple behind Babe's Meat & Counter, a butcher shop and sandwich joint in Miami's Palmetto Bay neighborhood. They joined Mike to talk meat, Canada, ketchup chips, and how they've adjusted for the peculiar challenges of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Poet and art critic Ricardo Pau-Llosa on Latin American culture, the Cuban experience, food as art

Tue, 15 Sep 2020 12:55:49 GMT

Ricardo Ricardo Pau-Llosa is a poet and art critic whose life's work has centered on Cuba and Latin American art. When his family fled Cuba in 1960 after Fidel Castro's co, he ended up in Chicago, spending years there before heading south to Miami. From Ricardo's own website bio: "His first book of poetry, Sorting Metaphors (Anhinga Press, 1983), won the first national Anhinga Prize,[citation needed]. He published a second book of poetry in Bread of the Imagined (Bilingual Press, 1992). His third book of poems, Cuba (Carnegie Mellon U Press, 1993), was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. His latest collections are Mastery Impulse (2003) and Parable Hunter (2008), both from Carnegie Mellon." Over a career in the arts, Ricardo has amassed a stunning collection of (mostly) Latin American paintings, sculptures and other works. Some of it is seen in the video of this interview, which was recorded at Ricardo's home in Miami. In this conversation with chef Michael Beltran, the two discuss art, craft, how they apply (or can apply) to food, Latin American culture, philosophy, politics, and Ricardo's experiences as a Cuban exile whose heterodox politics have put him at odds with views of his native country and its history that tend to hold sway in his field.

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Tasting menus, Cobra Kai, racism, guns and riots

Sat, 05 Sep 2020 13:38:14 GMT

Mike Beltran and Nick Jiménez took this guest-free episode to get caught up on Ariete's monthly tasting menu dinner series and what it's significance has been to Mike and his crew during the strange circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic. After that discussion (and a surprise visit from Matt Kuscher), the podcast's attention turned to widespread protests, racism, rampant rioting, and the moral questions we have to confront when armed citizens — including a minor — take it upon themselves to defend property and communities from destruction.

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David Verjano, host of Step Into The Sandbox, on branding and the creative process

Tue, 25 Aug 2020 09:00:27 GMT

In this special joint episode, Mike is joined by David Verjano, a branding creative and host of Step Into The Sandbox, a DADE podcast about the creative process.

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Publicist Mabel De Beunza on Operation Fill The Fridge, a charitable project born in the pandemic

Fri, 21 Aug 2020 16:26:14 GMT

Mabel De Beunza is a partner at Deep Sleep Studio, a creative agency in Miami. In her first visit to Pan Con Podcast, we talk about her work, running a business during a pandemic and the correct way to order your steak medium well. Most importantly, though, this conversation starts with a focus on Operation Fill The Fridge, a charitable endeavor that grew organically during the pandemic as an effort to aid families in need in South Florida. We talk about what they do, how they got started, their developing into a full-fledged nonprofit (Adopt A Family Miami) and how you can get involved.

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Counter Culture Coffee educator Sandra Walimaki on Miami's coffee culture and migrating from Peru

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 11:00:22 GMT

Sandra Walimaki is a regional educator for Counter Culture Coffee, which Mike Beltran serves at Chug's, his Cuban-American diner in Coconut Grove. In this episode of Pan Con Podcast, the two talk about coffee culture, what makes Miami's relationship with espresso unique, and Sandra's experience migrating from Peru (where she has roots in the coffee industry) to the United States, where she's been in the coffee industry for about 18 years. She also tells us about the NPR Coffee Club, a coffee subscription service born out of a partnership between National Public Radio and Counter Culture Coffee.

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High school football coach Jason Hill on leading kids, being Mike's teammate and longtime savior

Wed, 05 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Mike's old friend Jason Hill had apparently been asking for a Pan Con Podcast invite for months. He finally got one from Mike and the two got together for a few post-service drinks and conversation about finding fulfillment in leading a team of high school football players, lessons from high school and college football, and the impact that being educated by the Marist brothers at Christopher Columbus High School in Miami had on each of them. Also, Jason tells us about the handful of times that he saved Mike's life.

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Josh's Premium Meats' Josh Pascual on getting into the Wagyu game

Fri, 31 Jul 2020 11:00:46 GMT

Josh Pascual left his career selling medical devices to pursue a business that grew out of a weekend hobby: Wagyu beef. For three years, he's been providing South Floridians with steaks — and, more recently, other proteins — sourced from farms all over the world. His business has grown; earlier this year, he opened his first brick-and-mortar shop and he has plans to expand into e-commerce. Josh joined Mike at Ariete — bearing gifts of some of the best red meat money can buy — to talk about his business, how he's been impacted by COVID-19, the potential impact of his business model on the broader food industry, and how what he does is distinct from the work of traditional butcher shops. Also, Mike gets worked up about sous vide, Carluba makes an appearance, and Nick likes his carrots medium rare.

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Ariete Hospitality's Brittany Rothwell on life-giving restaurants and fighting to survive a pandemic

Mon, 27 Jul 2020 20:05:19 GMT

Mike has put a lot of trust in his restaurant group's director of operations, Brittany Rothwell, in whom he sees a lot of the attitude he brings to the company. That kind of relationship is valuable under any circumstances, but it's become indispensable at a time when — like other restaurants — Mike's businesses are in a fight for their lives. In this episode, Brittany and Mike talk about how she ended up with Ariete, her first impressions of Mike, the fulfillment she finds in restaurants, and what it takes to keep forward momentum through uncertainty.

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Orlando chef Matt Hinckley on his fancy meats, charcuterie, Andrew Yang and jiu jitsu

Tue, 21 Jul 2020 15:03:01 GMT

Matt Hinckley worked in restaurants all over the world before settling in Orlando, where he set up Hinckley's Fancy Meats and took it from a deli case in Orlando's East Market to an online delivery service whose first order came from New York Times food editor Sam Sifton. He eventually moved back into the East End Market and refocused on serving the Orlando area. In this episode, Mike and Matt talk about meat, coronavirus shutdowns, combat sports and politics.

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Hurricanes hall of famer Joaquín González on football, adjusting to the NFL, leadership in business

Fri, 17 Jul 2020 15:35:04 GMT

Joaquín González was a cornerstone of the national champion 2001 Miami Hurricanes football team. The offensive lineman went on to play four seasons in the NFL — three with the Cleveland Browns and one with the Indianapolis Colts. Today, Joaquín is president of the family business he joined after football, Tire Group International, a Miami-based tire distributor. In this episode, recorded via Zoom, he and Mike talk football, leadership, business, and the lessons they've taken from each of those. Also, we start this episode with Mike telling a story about how he chased a guy for several blocks for spitting on one of his restaurant tables.

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"Doing nothing good" — John Falco on brewing, pizza, coronavirus, Iraq, Donkey Kong

Tue, 07 Jul 2020 15:45:33 GMT

In an episode that was stretched to unusual lengths by bubbly white wine, Mike and our guest John Falco talk about the coronavirus' continued impact on their businesses, sleeping on rugs, video game documentaries, John's participation in the Iraq surge, parenting, Peter Meehan, and how little either of them actually wanted to show up to record this podcast. Also, we tough lightly on what John does for a living (beer and pizza).

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Documentarian Billy Corben on filmmaking, Miami politics, and making his ESPN 30 for 30 doc

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 19:47:42 GMT

Documentarian Billy Corben (Cocaine Cowboys, Screwball, The U, Dawg Fight)joins Mike Beltran via Zoom for a conversation about his films, his ongoing feud with Miami-Dade County State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle, duck madianoches, and Jimmy Johnson's hair.

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"The art of my anus" — Fred Vogel on painting croquetas, filmmaking, and police brutality

Mon, 22 Jun 2020 11:00:32 GMT

Fred Vogel is a man of many talents. He's a painter, he's a filmmaker, he's a philosopher. In this wide ranging conversation with Mike Beltran, the two talk about creativity, fulfillment, Miami, race, police brutality, strip club rules in the time of COVID-19, and the idea that everything —even your morning dookie — is art. Follow Fred on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sweetbabyfred/ Become a patron: www.patreon.com/DADEmag

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On mental health and asking "How are you?"

Wed, 10 Jun 2020 14:25:12 GMT

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

– Call 800-273-TALK (8255) Crisis Text Line

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National Alliance on Mental Illness – nami.org

This episode was recorded shortly before Mike's Ariete Hospitality Group was able to begin reopening its restaurant's dining rooms after the COVID pandemic shutdown, but shortly after the Ariete family lost a member to suicide. We took some time to record a conversation about mental health, leadership, loss, recovery, and the ways we can be there for one another.

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Cops threaten to arrest Mike and other adventures in restaurant reopening

Sat, 06 Jun 2020 16:51:50 GMT

Just as Miami restaurants prepared to reopen their dining rooms, a protest campaign against police brutality — along with looting and rioting that has muddied the national conversation and endangered communities — threw a monkey wrench into what was already bound to be a clunky process. Mike talks about his own experience reopening restaurants, how he was singled out by Miami police after criticizing government officials and talking about defying curfews, and the challenges he and his team are facing as they brave our strange new normal.

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Coronavirus interviews: Selling food from home, frozen pizza science, and the tire industry

Wed, 06 May 2020 01:45:58 GMT

In this episode you'll hear from Pablo Zitzmann, Susana Jiménez and Enrique Hernández. The first two deal in food and the third is in the tire business, but you'll there's value in what they all have to share about their coronavirus experiences. Pablo is Colombian-born chef who won Miami diners' hearts with No Name Chinese in South Miami. He was also was one of the very first guests on this podcast. If you want to get to know him a little better beyond this COVID thing, listen to Mike's conversation with Pablo, which we ran in July 2019. In this episode's call, Pablo and Nick Jiménez spoke about an executive chef position he had just started and lost as a result of the economic shutdown, along with the project he's taken on from his home kitchen to make ends meet as we crawl toward a new normal — whatever that is. Next, Susana Jiménez, a food scientist who is not only Nick's sister, but — more importantly — the reason we can claim that Salina, Kansas is the home of our biggest listenership per capita. Susana works at Schwan's Salina facility to develop new products, especially frozen pizzas. Finally, Enrique Hernandez, who is the operations manager at Tire Group International, a Miami-based tire distributor. We talked about how his industry has responded to the coronavirus, how the pandemic is affecting industry trends, and what he expects to happen in terms of consumer behavior. Even if you're all about food industry content, this is worth listening to. Tires, after all, are an inescapable cost built into the food supply chain, whether we're talking about tractor tires, wholesale trucks or delivery to the end consumer.

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All-time rap rankings, boat rudders and other cocktail-fueled nonsense with Michael Beltran

Wed, 22 Apr 2020 20:25:52 GMT

Most of this episode is Mike and Nick taking a break from making what little sense they usually make. You'll be forgiven for skipping this one. On the other hand, if you're into that kind of thing, enjoy!

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Coronavirus' impact on Cleveland restaurants, a Miami Beach executive chef, and an independent gym

Tue, 14 Apr 2020 17:24:19 GMT

In this episode, we're bringing you a new set of mini-interviews on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. First, we're hearing from Cleveland chef Brett Sawyer on how his restaurants (The Plum and Good Company) have been impacted by COVID-19. Next, Ilkay Suuctugu, the executive chef at Matador Room, the Jean-Georges Vongerichten restaurant at the Miami Beach Edition, talks about her experience dealing with time away from an establishment that had to shut down altogether. Finally, gym owner Alex Osuna tells us about how his independent gym is keeping its members engaged and its staff employed through the era of social distancing.

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Payroll Protection Program, Star Trek, food delivery regulation, Mike's refusal to make sourdough

Fri, 10 Apr 2020 13:45:52 GMT

Mike and Nick have cocktails in Nick's backyard while discussing the government programs to keep small businesses alive during the COVID-19 outbreak, whether government should regulate restaurant delivery, and the news media's treatment of coronavirus's impact on the restaurant business. Also, Mike folds under the pressure when he's asked to rank his favorite Star Trek series. Mentioned on this podcast: Questioning Conventional Wisdom in the COVID-19 Crisis, with Dr. Jay Bhattacharya: youtu.be/-UO3Wd5urg0 Picard trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbXy0f0aCN0 Become a patron: www.patreon.com/DADEmag

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Coronavirus' impact on farms, specialty tea, and magic (Margie Pikarsky, Michael Ortiz, Alan Chamo)

Thu, 09 Apr 2020 06:29:27 GMT

Nick Jiménez is filling in for Michael Beltran to bring you more phone conversations with a variety of people telling us about how they've been experiencing and adjusting for the coronavirus outbreak.

We'll start with Margie Pikarsky, owner and operator of Bee Heaven Farm in Homestead, Florida, which is a supplier to Mike's restaurants — among many others. She gave us some perspective from her corner of the agriculture world and told us a but about how COVID-19 has changed her relationship with consumers.

Next, a call with Michael Ortiz of JoJo Tea, who had been a guest on this podcast about a monh before the U.S. restaurant shutdown was in full swing. We talked about how his business supplying high-end teas to restaurants, hotels and other customers has been affected by the pandemic. Finally, a call with someone who has a totally different angle on this thing.

Alan Chamo is a mentalist who performs primarily on cruise ships and at conferences — or at least he did until he had to make some hard pivots when those two venues were no longer on the table. Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/DADEmag

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Restaurants as groceries, Uber Eats, OpenTable, relief funds and coronavirus shelter-in-place orders

Thu, 26 Mar 2020 22:22:34 GMT

Mike Beltran comes back to the podcast for an update on his first week in the coronavirus shutdown, how Chug's Diner became a specialty grocery store in response to the crisis, and what relief might be available to Miami area restaurant staff who were laid off in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. We also touch on Uber Eats, OpenTable, and the sloppy rollout of the City of Miami's shelter-in-place order. Check out the Miami Restaurant Employee Relief Fund mentioned in this episode:

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Brewing, specialty meats and Yelping during the coronavirus shutdown

Wed, 25 Mar 2020 06:25:05 GMT

Hear from three guests about how they've been dealing with the coronavirus shutdown. First, John Falco, the co-founder and president of Fire Pit Hospitality, which is the company behind Miami's Lincoln's Beard Brewery and Strange Beast, a brewpub and pizzeria. Next, you'll hear from Jason Schoendorfer. Jason and his wife Melanie own and operate Babe's Meat & Counter, a specialty meat retailer and sandwich shop in Miami. Finally, Diandra Lamas, Yelp's senior community manager for Miami, discusses the changes she's seen in both Miami businesses and consumer behavior on the street and on the Yelp platform during the coronavirus outbreak.

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Social media, survival and innovative solutions for restaurant workers in the time of COVID-19

Mon, 23 Mar 2020 17:55:06 GMT

On this episode of Pan Con Podcast, Nick Jiménez has conversations with three different people in the food world about how they're experiencing and adjusting for the COVID-19 outbreak. First, attorney-turned reality TV personality-turned cookbook author and food media star Ana Quincoces. Then Matt Kuscher of Kush Hospitality, who has been a guest on this podcast before. And finally Joe Richard, a sous chef who was laid off from his job in Miami Beach as a result of the pandemic and has found an innovative way to help at least some of the people in his situation by keeping them cooking.

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Talking Coronavirus and the food industry with Danny Serfer, Adelee Cabrera and Norman Van Aken

Sat, 21 Mar 2020 03:26:42 GMT

The Coronavirus outbreak has left food industry professionals scrambling for ways to survive, keep their staffs employed and continue bringing value to customers. We spoke with three guests — chef and restaurateur Danny Serfer, catering operations professional Adelee Cabrera, and the James Beard Award winner Norman Van Aken — about their experiences with the COVID-19 pandemic and their outlook on the future of the food and hospitality industry.

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Coronavirus: How one chef (Michael Beltran) and his restaurants are dealing with the pandemic

Thu, 19 Mar 2020 07:00:30 GMT

The coronavirus has all but brought the restaurant industry to a nationwide halt. We sat down for a special episode to talk about how Mike Beltran and his restaurant group in particular have experiences and responded to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Jorge Mas on owning an MLS team, taking a company public, the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19)

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 23:21:38 GMT

Jorge Mas is the co-founder and chairman of MasTec, the chairman of the Cuban American National Foundation, co-owner of Major League Soccer's Inter Miami CF, and a regular at our host Mike Beltran's Coconut Grove restaurant, Ariete. Jorge joined Mike on Pan Con Podcast for a conversation about his experience teaming up with soccer superstar David Beckham to bring an MLS team to Miami, realizing his dream of taking a business public, dealing with the radical change that comes from growing a business from a team of a hundred or so employees to tens of thousands, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Jean-Georges Vongerichten on Michelin stars, Florida frog legs, running 40 restaurants

Sun, 08 Mar 2020 15:57:20 GMT

Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten is one of the world's most famous and decorated chefs. He's got James Beard Awards, Michelin stars, and hIs company operates 40 restaurants worldwide, employing about 5,000 people. He's also the author of one of the first cookbooks that our host Mike Beltran even purchased. Mike sat with Jean-Georges at The Matador Room, Jean-Georges' restaurant at the Edition Hotel in Miami Beach, to talk about food, business, Miami, South Florida frog legs, and processing negative restaurant reviews.

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Ed Reed on his Hall of Fame football career, being a foodie, and growing up in New Orleans

Thu, 27 Feb 2020 21:14:58 GMT

Ed Reed calls himself a “park baby” because of the role that parks played in his life when he was growing up in New Orleans. Among other things, they helped him in the early stages of his journey to a legendary career in football. He’s a hall of famer at the high school, college and pro levels. His time at the University of Miami earned him a place in fans’ hearts as an all-time great Hurricane and his NFL career — most of which he played with the Baltimore Ravens — cemented his place in history as a legendary safety. Some say he’s the best to ever do it. Now, he’s back in Miami with a new job as Hurricane football’s chief of staff. And he’s giving back to kids who grew up like he did through the Ed Reed Foundation. Mike got into it all with Ed over a meal and cigars at Ariete. As soon as we wrapped up the interview, we had Ed Reed sign a football, which we’re auctioning to benefit the Ed Reed Foundation. 100 percent of the proceeds will go to the Ed Reed Foundation.

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Tea master Michael Ortiz on competitive brewing, Kobe, tea culture, and adventures in New York

Sat, 15 Feb 2020 20:23:20 GMT

In the days before Pan Con Podcast, Mike Beltran was the second Mike on another show called Tea Time! with Mike and Mike. In this episode of this podcast, that other podcast's founding Mike, Mike Ortiz, joins this podcasts's host, Mike Beltran, for a conversation between the two Mikes from Mike & Mike, except this time one Mike is just visiting the other Mike to hang out and drink tea. It's all very confusing, but still a worthwhile listen. The two talk about Mike Ortiz's passion for tea and tea culture, how he developed his palate, the impact he hopes to have in bringing tea to more Americans, and the baller move he pulled at a major tea competition. They also talk politics, sports, music, travel and other stuff.

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Marta Verdes Darby — a Cuban in California telling the world stories about food and family

Sat, 14 Dec 2019 21:57:48 GMT

Marta Verdes Darby's blog, My Big Fat Cuban Family, is 13 years old. Marta, who lives in Los Angeles, was blogging long before being a food blogger was cool, and her recipes have helped introduce people to Cuban culture as well as strengthen people's connection to their Cuban roots when they have limited access to Cuban restaurants and traditional ingredients. She joined Mike Beltran to talk about Cuban culture, telling stories through food, and the business of food blogging.

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Restaurateur Matt Kuscher is Hialeah's proudest adopted son, refuses to eat fast food

Sat, 30 Nov 2019 01:57:08 GMT

Matt Kuscher is a third-generation restaurateur who grew up around the doughnut business. Now he's at the helm of Kush Hospitality, the company behind Miami restaurants like Lokal, Kush, the Spillover, and Stephen's Deli. He joined Mike Beltran to talk about his the path he took to his current position in Miami's restaurant landscape, his anti-fast-food stances, and his feelings about hearing his restaurant playlists snubbed by Mike in a previous episode. Matt also explains the mission and adventures of Miami superhero Kaptain Kush.

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Recapping and reflecting on Pan Con Podcast so far; we talk Nave, Cuba, past guests

Sat, 16 Nov 2019 13:44:14 GMT

Look back on some of the major themes and the most recent guests of Pan Con Podcast so far. Michael Beltran reflects on his conversations and relationships with guests like Ani Meinhold, Eileen Adrade, Norman Van Aken, Michael Schwartz, Vanessa Garcia, Victoria Collado, Tyler Malek and Danny Serfer. We also talk Cuba and get into Mike's new restaurant Nave (although this was recorded just before the restaurant opened).

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Daniel Serfer on opening restaurants, addiction, yo-yos, how Mike stole his pastry chef

Sun, 27 Oct 2019 09:00:12 GMT

When Danny Serfer opened his first restaurant, Blue Collar, he expected to see it fail and then use the experience as a stepping stone to his next job. Eight years later, the "stick-to-your-ribs comfort food" joint is a Miami favorite, along with Danny's other two restaurants, Mignonette and Vinaigrette. In this episode, Danny and Mike discuss restaurant openings, kitchen leadership styles, addiction, yo-yos, arcade games, kitchen pet peeves, and a whole bunch more.

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Vinaigrette Sub Shop:

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Reflections on work-life balance in the restaurant industry

Wed, 23 Oct 2019 05:44:49 GMT

Chef Mike Beltrán, Carlos Rodríguez and Nicolás Jiménez gather around the mics to explore questions of work-life balance in the restaurant industry on this special mini episode of Pan Con Podcast.

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Tyler Malek of Salt & Straw on telling local stories through ice cream and expanding into Miami

Sat, 19 Oct 2019 18:05:37 GMT

Salt & Straw, the handmade ice cream shop chain with 19 locations on the West Coast, is expanding into Miami with two locations (Coconut Grove and Wymwood). Cofounder Tyler Malek joined Mike Beltran in Ariete's underground bunker for a conversation about ice cream, telling a community's stories by using its own ingredients, and and balancing a love for the craft of handmade ice cream with an expansion that will have Salt & Straw touching opposite coasts.

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Chef Michael Schwartz on the business of food, changes in kitchen culture, nurturing young cooks

Sat, 12 Oct 2019 14:28:52 GMT

James Beard Award winner (Best Chef South 2010) Michael Schwartz is our guest on this episode of the podcast. He and Michael Beltran — who we will refer to as Chug in this text from here on out in the interest of clarity — discuss their relationship, which began when Chug was working at the Cypress Room, and how it's evolved over time. Michael discusses the birth of his flagship restaurant — Michael's Genuine Food & Drink — the expansion of Genuine Hospitality Group (Tigertail & Mary, Amara at Paraiso, Ella, Genuine Pizza, Harry's Pizzeria, etc.) and the the lessons he's learned about being a restaurant operator and his role in nurturing young talent. Plus, our first ad! Get excited, people; we're gonna be talking La Caja China for a bit.

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Victoria Collado and Vanessa García on theater, creativity, Cuban identity, matching tattoos

Sat, 05 Oct 2019 02:53:51 GMT

Playwright Vanessa García and director Victoria Collado are partners in Abre Camino Collective. They're the creative force behind Amparo, an experiential theater production about the story of Havana Club rum that has become the hottest ticket in Miami (and been referenced numerous times on Pan Con Podcast). On this episode, Vanessa and Vicky join Mike to talk about Amparo, Cuban identity, ordering coffee outside Miami, the creative process, and how to deal with the growth of your team and all the delegation that comes with that. Also, Vanessa wants everyone to get tattoos, Vicky goes full Pichy Boys, and Mike spent some time in Portland, Maine.

Abre Camino Collective:

https://www.abrecaminocollective.com/

https://www.instagram.com/abrecaminocollective/

Vanessa García:

http://www.vanessagarcia.org/

https://www.twitter.com/vanessathekrane

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Victoria Collado:

http://www.victoriacollado.com/

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Eileen Andrade on growing up in a Cuban restaurant family, bringing new ideas to the burbs

Fri, 27 Sep 2019 11:04:03 GMT

Eileen Andrade became well known to Miami diners when she opened Finka, a Cuban-Korean-Peruvian fusion restaurant. Finka is now five years old and Eileen also has a second restaurant, Amelia's 1931. Both restaurants are in the suburbs West of Miami. She grew up in the family behind Islas Canarias, one of Miami's most popular Cuban restaurants and the consensus source for the best croquetas in the city. In this interview, she talks about her Cuban heritage, walking away from the fashion industry to join her family's business, and what it took to establish herself and her food as distinct in the minds of restaurant patrons in Miami.

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Norman Van Aken on cookbooks, mental health, and his education in Latin food

Fri, 20 Sep 2019 10:00:26 GMT

This is part 2 of Mike Beltran's sit-down with renowned chef Norman Van Aken. In this portion of the chat, the two talk about Norman's experience publishing books, mental health issues chefs deal with, and the time Norman passed on participating in Top Chef Masters. Norman is one of the most celebrated and consequential chefs in the country. Widely regarded as the founder of New American cuisine and a pioneer of "fusion," Norman has led renowned restaurants, published numerous books, and a nominee for and winner of countless awards, including an induction into James Beard Foundation’s list of “Who’s Who in American Food and Beverage" (where he's the only Floridian chef on the list). Norman also happens to be among Michael Beltran's mentors. Mike refers to Norman as his "culinary godfather."

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Chef Norman Van Aken on fusion cuisine, his relationship with Mike, and food as art

Fri, 13 Sep 2019 11:00:36 GMT

Norman Van Aken is one of the most celebrated and consequential chefs in the country. Widely regarded as the founder of New American cuisine and a pioneer of "fusion," Norman has led renowned restaurants, published numerous books, and a nominee for and winner of countless awards, including an induction into James Beard Foundation’s list of “Who’s Who in American Food and Beverage" (where he's the only Floridian chef on the list). Sadly, Norman Van Aken has never won a Cubayashi Cup, but he counts this among his goals moving forward. Norman also happens to be among Michael Beltran's mentors. Mike refers to Norman as his "culinary godfather." In this conversation, Mike and Norman talk about the beginning of their professional and personal relationship, cooking in South Florida, having conversations through food, and the question of whether cooking is an art or craft.

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Ani Meinhold on pop-ups, hospitality, growing up Puerto Rican, working with influencers

Fri, 30 Aug 2019 04:52:06 GMT

Aniece "Ani" Meinhold grew up in a family that always had hospitality on the brain. Bred to be the consummate hostess, she's the brains behind the customer experience side of Miami's Phuc Yea and Pho Mo. In her Pan Con Podcast debut, she talks about growing up Puerto Rican, her German and Vietnamese heritage, and bringing a new take on Asian cuisine to Miami. She also shares her perspective on social media and working with food influencers, which doesn't quite line up with Mike's.

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Chef Brett Sawyer (The Plum, Cleveland) on mental health, being "the best," and expressional cooking

Mon, 19 Aug 2019 04:03:28 GMT

Mike went to Cleveland to work on a collaboration dinner at The Plum, a restaurant helmed by his friend Brett Sawyer. In this special one-mic episode, Mike and Brett talk about how they became friends (spoiler: there's a lot of alcohol involved), their approaches to their respective expressional restaurants, mental health issues, and the value (or lack thereof) of media that claim to identify "the best" things in any given category.

The Plum:

theplumcafeandkitchen.com

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Hip-hop, Cuba, Miami and the creative process with Mario Obregón of Problem Kids

Fri, 09 Aug 2019 04:17:42 GMT

Mario Obregón is a founding member of the band Problem Kids. Their fusion of hip-hop with Caribbean rhythms is as patently Miami as their ability to swing from irreverent to introspective from one verse to the next. Mario is also a high school friend of Mike's. In this sit-down, they talk about Mario's beginnings in music, the similarities and difference between their creative processes, and Mario's maturation as an artist. Mario also gets into the mission work he does in his mother's hometown in Cuba.

Visit Problems Kids website: problemkidsmusic.com

Listen to Problem Kids on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/problemkids305

We used clips from the following Problem songs in this podcast:

— Fidel Pol Favol

— Lyrical Transaction

— My Ami

— Mírala

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Food journalism, social media, and Miami as a muse — a post-service podcast

Sat, 03 Aug 2019 16:41:16 GMT

Mike, Carlos and Nick meet after service at Ariete to talk about the influence of Miami on Mike's career as a chef and his perspective on food. But not before taking some detours through the subject of food journalism and giving Nick grief about his dog's Instangram account.

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Here's the cover of The Girl from Ipanema we reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09gJX0Cc6p0

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The people episode: on leadership, development and building a culture for a team

Fri, 26 Jul 2019 19:07:57 GMT

Mike and Carlos have a chat in Ariete's underground bunker for a chat about people. How to lead them, how to recruit them, how to develop them... and also when to part ways with them. It's all about building the team that can take you to the promised land. Or to a great dinner. And , really, isn't that the same thing? It's a conversation that matters no matter what you're trying to accomplish. Because chances are you can't do it alone.

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Roberto Guerra of La Caja China on roasting pigs, family, and his product's cultural significance

Fri, 19 Jul 2019 17:59:43 GMT

This week, we're borrowing an episode from The Cigar Snob Podcast. It's Nicolás Jiménez's interview with Roberto Guerra of La Caja China, Cuban Miami's favorite way to roast a pig. They talk about cooking, culture, and how a few connections catapulted Roberto's family business from local icon to the barbecue mainstream.

Check out the Cigar Snob Podcast: cigarsnobmag.com/podcast

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Menu change as a reflection of growth, vision and caviar swag

Fri, 12 Jul 2019 12:37:46 GMT

The menu at Ariete in Coconut Grove just got a major overhaul. On this episode, Mike sits down with Nick to talk about what prompted the change, how it reflects his and his company's growth, and what it takes to get a whole team of people on board with a business' new direction. There are also shout outs for Carluba and his new baby, Jorge Masvidal and CVT Soft Serve. Plus, Nick reveals that he bought all the cinnamon rolls.

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Chef Pablo Zitzmann on communicating culture through food, leading teams, developing community

Fri, 05 Jul 2019 06:06:36 GMT

Pablo Zitzmann (of No Name Chinese and the forthcoming Alcalde) joins Mike and Nick in the patio at Ariete to talk about his own journey to food and how he fell in love with Asian cuisine growing up in Colombia. Pablo and Mike discuss the communication of culture through cooking, leading teams, dealing with burnout, and the development of Miami's food community.

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Health, Wellness and Cannabis - with guest Kris Huseby

Fri, 28 Jun 2019 05:22:56 GMT

In the second part of their sit down, Mike and his guest Kris Huseby talk about health, wellness and cannabis. Kris gets into the business, politics, and health applications of marijuana. But first, there's a story about that one time that Kris grabbed Mike's junk in the kitchen.

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Leading young chefs, small business, social media influencers — with guest Kris Huseby

Fri, 21 Jun 2019 12:51:50 GMT

Mike gets a visit at the Chug's Diner courtyard from Kris Huseby. They talk about their days cooking at Michael Schwartz's Cypress Room, leading young chefs, why Mike hated Kris' white clogs when they first met, the challenges and rewards of doing your own thing, and the rise of the social media food influencer.

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Food, art, craft, and squaring creativity with building a viable business

Fri, 14 Jun 2019 05:14:21 GMT

Chef Mike Beltrán talks about the ways he flexes his creative muscle as a chef and restaurateur and where business considerations place boundaries on the art and craft of food.

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Mike Beltran on his journey into food, learning from the best, and inspiration from abuelos

Fri, 07 Jun 2019 16:16:06 GMT

In this, the first full episode of Pan on Podcast, we dive into chef Mike Beltran's journey into food, the unhealthy habits that sometimes develop in kitchen life, how Miami influenced his perspective as a chef, and what it was like for him to strike out on his own as a restaurateur. We also touch the chaotic first few days at Chug’s — Mike's Coconut Grove Cuban diner — dealing with criticism of a new restaurant, and how the menu there is a reflection and interpretation of the dishes he associates with his grandparents.

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The Proud Boys, chef Will Crandall, and the importance of a hard conversation

Fri, 07 Jun 2019 15:16:46 GMT

In a special "inbetweenisode" of Pan Con Podcast, Mike Beltran gets into the controversy that was sparked when photos surfaced of chef Will Crandall wore Proud Boys gear to a couple of South Florida food events. The Proud Boys are a controversial, loosely organized group that some see as a white supremacist, neo-fascist organization. The fallout played out publicly and eventually drove his resignation from his position as chef de cuisine at Michael Mina's Stripsteak in Miami Beach. Who are the Proud Boys? What was going through Will's head? When do disagreements go too far to tolerate? Has Will been treated fairly? What could he have done differently? And, most importantly, where do we go from here? Mike and Nick (but mostly Mike) tackle all these questions in an effort to turn down the noise and find a way forward.

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Intro - What is Pan Con Podcast?

Tue, 04 Jun 2019 05:25:39 GMT

Chef Michael Beltrán breaks down his vision for Pan Con Podcast with producers Nick Jiménez and Carlos Rodríguez.

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