{"id":253049,"date":"2026-04-30T21:49:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/253049\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T21:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:49:09","slug":"celebrity-chef-eyal-shani-opens-naked-tomato-in-miami-beach-see-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/253049\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity Chef Eyal Shani Opens Naked Tomato in Miami Beach: See Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrity chef <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/news\/celebrity-chef-eyal-shani-just-opened-his-first-ever-wine-bar-in-greenwich-village-030625\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eyal Shani<\/a> has officially entered his Miami era in full force and, apparently, he\u2019s bringing tomatoes with him.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli chef behind globally beloved restaurants like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/restaurants\/miznon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miznon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/restaurants\/hasalon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HaSalon<\/a> and Michelin-starred Shmon\u00e9 is opening yet another South Florida restaurant this spring, this time taking over the Moxy South Beach with a new concept called Naked Tomato.<\/p>\n<p>Opening May 14, the new restaurant is being described as a stripped-back, ingredient-first expression of Shani\u2019s vegetable-devoted cooking philosophy, which revolves around fire, fresh produce and boisterous, communal meals. If you\u2019ve been to one of Shani\u2019s restaurants before, you know the vibe.\u00a0But Naked Tomato leans even more casual than some of his existing concepts, taking inspiration from Israeli roadside grills and gas-station food culture. Think skewers, dips, salads and smoky open-fire cooking instead of elaborate tasting menus.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"6faca27d-1859-58f7-ff3d-ec76cf0d0293\" class=\"photo lazy inline\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"lazy-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777585748_946_image.webp.webp\" alt=\"branzino\" data-caption=\"\" data-credit=\"Photograph: Max Flatow\" data-width-class=\"\" data-image-id=\"106400603\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\nPhotograph: Max Flatow&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The centerpiece of the menu is shipudim (Israeli-style skewers) with options including harissa chicken thigh, lamb kebab, shrimp and wild mushrooms. They\u2019ll come with an entire spread of mezze, pickles and salads designed for sharing. Elsewhere on the menu, there\u2019s fire-roasted eggplant, Moroccan bishbash salad, freshly baked laffa bread, schnitzel and something dramatically titled \u201cMarrow of a dinosaur bone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt Naked Tomato, we believe creating naked food is an act of courage,\u201d Shani said in a statement. \u201cIt means removing the masks and distractions and standing fully behind the ingredient itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"ad80dbef-6d44-8a73-03c1-79f27b574f2b\" class=\"photo lazy inline\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"lazy-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777585749_542_image.webp.webp\" alt=\"naked hospitality\" data-caption=\"\" data-credit=\"Photograph: Courtesy of Naked Hospitality\" data-width-class=\"\" data-image-id=\"106400604\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\nPhotograph: Courtesy of Naked Hospitality&#13;<\/p>\n<p><img id=\"03ee7ed6-99aa-3038-845b-7b06f9d6367b\" class=\"photo lazy inline\" data-caption=\"\" data-credit=\"\" data-width-class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The dining room was designed by Jacob Turgeman Design and will mix communal tables, chalkboard menus, exposed produce displays and industrial materials that will make everything feel a bit like a living market.<\/p>\n<p>Between the city\u2019s ongoing obsession with splashy hospitality imports and Shani\u2019s unmistakably energetic style of dining, Naked Tomato feels almost suspiciously well-engineered for South Beach. Honestly, the only shocking part is that it took this long for him to open a restaurant literally named after a tomato.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celebrity chef Eyal Shani has officially entered his Miami era in full force and, apparently, he\u2019s bringing tomatoes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2019,123,125,124,2020,687],"class_list":["post-253049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-categories-restaurants","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-news-eating","tag-restaurants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}