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"Little Dicks" Poor Branding for Quiche

Oh, mon dieu. Petite bites means "little dicks." Leave it to a set of skilled brand developers to screw up and make our neighbors across the pond in France laugh hysterically at us. Those stupid Americans, they probably thought. Yep. Right they are. Because much to your likely surprise, this a ... More >>

The Frieze Ice Cream Factory Tests World Domination at Costco Roadshows

The Frieze Ice Cream Factory is one of those little mom-and-pop ice cream shops that make living (or visiting) a quaint beach town so wonderful -- even if that beach town happens to be less-quaint and more-bustling!This little shop/ice cream factory is tucked away right off of SoBe's Lincoln Road, e ... More >>

FoodGossip305 & NotChowfather: Miami Twitterverse's Mean Girls

Did you notice the Mean Girls-style action going on on Twitter this weekend? Chances are you did. But if you didn't, Miami's food industry gained two new handles to look after: @FoodGossip305 and @NotChowFather. Leading the anonymous secret spiller pack in late December was @MiamiFoodGossip. Shor ... More >>

Nobu, Michael Phelps Diet, Costco: Top Google Food Trends 2012 & Miami's Most Searched Restaurants

This time of year brings lots of 2012 summations: what we wore, what we watched and most importantly for Short Order readers -- what we ate. And who better to speak to the food trends of the masses than the almighty Google? The search giant's Zeitgeist wrap up of the year's search trends includes a ... More >>

All-American Pie: Vice President Shops for Baked Goods at Costco

Sure, he schmoozes with international leaders, makes billion dollar decisions and hangs with Barack on a daily basis - but Joe Biden still likes a good discount, just like the rest of us. See also: - Ten Reasons Romney Is Too Wimpy an Eater To Be President - Obama Beer? The President's White House ... More >>

Top 10 Supermarkets: Freshest Food, Best Prices, Top Service

Billy is really tired. After a full day of work and the gym, he just wants to go home, eat and lay down. But Marcia called earlier and asked him to stop and grab some diapers and milk? Well, Billy-boy, we got your answer.There are several factors that make a supermarket good or bad. Consumer Re ... More >>

Ten-Foot-Tall Bloody Pig to Protest Miami Walmart

There's a lot of sensory overload in Miami, so it takes something bold to get people to turn their heads. Mercy for Animals devised something that might make people stop and check out its display.A ten-foot-tall bloody pig in a cage outside Walmart.

The Watch's Richard Ayoade Is Comedy Dynamite

Target, Costco, and Maybe Trader Joe's Could Be Coming to Brickell

Forget condo building. Like we said yesterday, this decade's Miami building boom appears to be all about retail. Now come reports that developers are looking to build a major retail center in Brickell with big-box stores in the vein of the Midblock area of the Shops at Midtown Miami. According to th ... More >>

2012 Summer Movie Preview

South Florida Survivalists Prepare for the Apocalypse

Burger King to Go Cage-Free by 2017

Miami-based Burger King Corporation has announced that its eggs and pork products will be cage-free by 2017.The company is catching onto a national trend. Wendy's and McDonald's are making similar plans. Hormel and Smithfield Farms plan to end the use of cages in the same time period as BK. Already ... More >>

Publix Ranks Third Among National Supermarket Chains

Looks like the South has something else to boast about besides voting for Rick Santorum. The cover story in the May 2012 issue of Consumer Reports ranks Publix third out of a total of 52 national supermarket chains. A total of 24,203 shoppers were surveyed about service, quality of meats and produce ... More >>

Yes Pasta! in North Miami: Good Online Reviews But Oily Pasta

​My friend Janet picks the eating places where we meet and shmooze a couple of times of month. She's usually good at it. She goes online, checks out the menu; parking, prices and then we enjoy a happy lunch together at her favorites picks.The place she chose this week was located next to Publix an ... More >>

Top Ten Reasons Coachella Music Festival Totally Sucks

That way to Suckville!​Festivals are sort of the Costco of live music. Take, for example, the upcoming 2012 edition of Coachella. If you purchased individual concert tickets for every artist on the lineup, the cost would far exceed the festival's more-or-less $400 fee. But when you visit Costco t ... More >>

Reader Mail: People Issue Props

Anthony Bourdain's The Layover: Tony Turns Tepid Travel Guide

​Anthony Bourdain has been known to take pot shots of his fellow Travel Channel alum, Samantha Brown, and cheery people in general. The Tony I've come to be obsessed with snarks on the nicey-nice worlds of Rachael Ray, Sandra Lee, and Paula Deen. Bourdain, you see, comes from a world with a slight ... More >>

Manila Rice Food Truck Debuts, Weekend Meetups at Bayfront, on Miller Drive, and at Tobacco Road

Manila Rice Cecille Pangan with her Manila Rice Truck​With a "Miami Vice" color scheme (hot pink lettering on a black background), Manila Rice makes its debut this evening on the corner of NE 144th Street and Biscayne Boulevard from 6 to 11 p.m. Ted Lederman and Cecille Pangan are partners, ... More >>

Kevin Hart's Booty and $100 Bottle Afterparty at King Of Diamonds This Sunday

via facebook.com/hartkevinWill Ricky Rozay kick it with Kevin Hart at KOD?​Kevin Hart's got almost one million folllowers on Twitter and regularly says shit like, "Good Morning you long titty not knowing what 2 2 is crying down your back fat foot ass bitchhesss.............P.S I love Baby Jesus. ... More >>

Whole Foods Joins Cheese Recall

The cursed curds have been pulled from shelvesWhole Foods has pulled seven types of cheddar cheese from its shelves as a precaution over the risk of listeria or E. Coli. The cheeses come packaged in clear plastic wrap with a sticker across it reading "Distributed by Whole Foods Market." They are par ... More >>

Hillary Clinton to Visit Cuba in Coming Weeks?

Photo via U.S. State Department website​Apparently, the Cold War is not what it used to be. First we find out that the no-longer-so-Soviet Union (aka Russia) still has spies in the U.S. but they are totally lame and shop at Costco. Now Cuba teams up with the Catholic Church and announces it will r ... More >>

ILLEGAL from Terry Greene Sterling

Read a penetrating chapter from former Phoenix New Times investigative reporter Terry Greene Sterling's book: ILLEGAL: Life and Death in Arizona's Immigration War Zone.

Blue Mountain Coffee Now at Starbucks

Lee KleinWe're spilling the beans on this offer​On this, the morning after a frolicking July 4th weekend, you might find yourself in want of a good cup of coffee. Or maybe you crave something better than that, like a cup of coffee made from some of the world's most heralded beans -- those from Jam ... More >>

A July 4th Cookbook, Culinaria: The United States

Lee Klein​This is the first of what will be an ongoing series that takes a look at interesting cookbooks. Some will be new and familiar, chosen because we think they're really good. Others will be highlighted as a means of introducing you to cookbooks you might not know about -- due to being old o ... More >>

Eat Burgers And Die?

There's been a lot of ink spilled in recent years over the potential dangers inherent in our food supply chain. Still, the piece by Michael Moss this past Saturday in The New York Times could scare just about anyone into a lifetime of hamburger abstinence. You can, and should, check out the entire a ... More >>

Top Ten Hurricane Foods You Need When The Storm Hits

via Wikimedia CommonsHurricane Andrew bout to fuck shit up.​Back in 92' I spent the duration of Hurricane Andrew laying on a blanket in a hallway with the family dog Harry and a skateboard Pro Tec helmet on my head. I was 10. Three weeks later when South Miami got power back our fridge stopped bei ... More >>

Post-Easter Regression: The Triple-Pork Sandwich. With Peeps.

Peeps' Last Meal My friend Peggy Jean was in town over the Easter holidays. Peggy Jean is a real Southern cook, which means that just about everything she makes calls for many pounds of butter, cartons of heavy whipping cream, half and half, bacon fat, salt, and variations on the theme of sugar (tur ... More >>

Saturday Night: Joel McHale at South Beach Comedy Festival

Joel McHale loves pussy. And not just the kind that sits in front of a plate of sauce-free spaghetti, but also the kind that belongs to his wife. That way, when it gets stung by a bee in the park while she's pregnant, he can totally use the story as material for his stand-up.Just like he did last Sa ... More >>

Drinking Our Way Through the Miami International Wine Fair

News Roundup

Cuban Ballet in Exile

Some of the world's best dancers hang out at Costco, then perform Swan Lake.

Donkey Punch

Boxing Match

Record companies get greedy with repackaging excess.

It’s Official: Sushi as American as the Pre-Wrapped Bologna Sandwich

It’s Official: Sushi as American as the Pre-Wrapped Bologna Sandwich

Green Means Go

Forget rush hour, head to Soya y Pomodoro

I Hate the Jets

Breakaway

Against long odds and even longer distances, a group of Miami-Dade teens competes for a shot at hockey glory

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Employee of the Month

Pay Fray

“Are they going to fire us all?”

One Dead Groove

TV stars and literary, um, luminaries try to entertain a distant dog

Get Basted

Relish in a Thanksgiving cornucopia

Don’t Get Holidazed!

Holiday Gift Guide 2001

Don't Believe the HYPE!

HYPE

Dish

Hot Dogs Here! Lobster-Watercress Salads!

News of the Weird

Really Bad to the Bone

Publix Maximus

Crabby oldsters, cranky youngsters, exotic erotic pussycats, hormone-buzzed buff boys, and chitter-chattering checkers mix it up in the cultural Cuisinart that is the Publix supermarket on South Beach