Eating Out

Food Network's CityEats Bringing Text Alerts to Restaurant Wait Times

In the age of instant everything, restaurant-reservation technology still hasn't caught up. Most of the time we're forced to wander aimlessly while carrying a blinking red brick or hover within 20 feet of the hostess stand so our table isn't given away. Seriously, it's like the Stone Age. But lucki ... More >>

Florida Cookery: Great Food, Poor Service

Azul, Naoe Land on Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star List

Forbes Travel Guide recently issued its list of the top restaurants, hotels, and spas in the world, and Miami scored big this year with the addition of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel and Spa and its Azul restaurant to the list. This makes the Miami hotel a triple threat in the hospitality industry ... More >>

Michael Shikany to Launch Restaurant and Cooking Classes in Wynwood

Michael Shikany's resumé lists a rare combination of experiences. The chef, who graduated from the French Culinary Institute in New York, completed stints at fine-dining restaurants such as Le Bernardin, Gramercy Tavern, and Babbo in Manhattan. In South Florida, he worked as a general manager at Su ... More >>

Florida Cookery: Great Food, Poor Service

Florida Cookery's manager, an unflappable and poker-faced woman dressed in an austere black-and-white uniform, set a heavy spiny lobster dish on our table. Around her, the dining room lit up with that unique razzle-dazzle that South Beach restaurants often possess Saturday nights. It had been 25 mi ... More >>

Conscious Bite Out's 100-Mile Dinner: Elegant, Locally Sourced Vegan Soiree

Yes, glamour-puss Beyoncé recently credited vegan food for helping her get back into red-carpet-ready form, and a slew of other celebrities have announced their vegan allegiance (Brad Pitt, Russell Brand, Jessica Chastain, and Woody Harrelson, to name a few), but the cruelty-free, earth-friendly cu ... More >>

Zak The Baker Plans Storefront; Bread Now Available at Books & Books and Oak Tavern

Zak Stern is an enigmatic man. He wears suspenders, raises baby Alpine goats, and bakes organic sourdough bread -- Miami's best sourdough bread, to be exact. He also enjoys listening to Taylor Swift, but more on that later. In February 2012, Zak the Baker installed an oven in his Hialeah garage a ... More >>

Today is National Margarita Day: Specials All Over Miami! Where to Find Em

In case you were wondering: yesterday was National Sticky Bun Day. Tomorrow is National Banana Bread Day. Most of these are ridiculous.This one ain't. Today is National Margarita Day. So here is a list of National Margarita Day specials after the jump.Read also:Top Ten Margaritas: Classic, Spicy, an ... More >>

SoBeWFF 2013 Events Everyone's Talking About

For more on the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, check out New Times' Taste guide, hitting newsstands Thursday, February 21. A look at the full events lineup of the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival can be dizzying. There are more celebrity chefs than you can shake a ladle at and more ... More >>

Yardbird, Michael's, Joe's Make The Daily Meal's List of 101 Best Restaurants in America

While Miami restaurants may get overlooked more often than we'd like, there are a few illustrious local outposts we can always count on to garner national attention. In the latest nod to Miami's culinary achievements, Yardbird, Michael's Genuine, and Joe's Stone Crab have all made the Daily M ... More >>

Bulla Gastrobar Takes Por Fin's Place

Bulla Gastrobar, in the space that Por Fin once occupied, opens this week just off Miracle Mile. Short Order was invited to a friends-and-family opening to taste some of the menu and see how the space was transformed from a white-linen restaurant to what owner Carlos Centurion hopes will become a bu ... More >>

Tongue and Cheek To Open in SoFi: We Chat With Chef/Partner Jamie DeRosa

Jamie DeRosa has finally announced the project he's been working on since leaving his position as executive chef at Tudor House in July 2012 with partner Michael Reginbogin.Tongue and Cheek, which will open in the former Kane Steakhouse spot in SoFi, will serve "approachable, ingredient-driven, Amer ... More >>

Jimmy'z Kitchen Opens in Pinecrest: Mofongo Daily

After dropping hints on Facebook and Twitter about his third restaurant, chef Jimmy Carey very quietly opened the third location of Jimmy'z Kitchen on Valentine's Day.Carey renovated the former Havana Spice space at 9050 S. Dixie Hwy. in Pinecrest, replacing the wood panelin ... More >>

Andrew Zimmern's Truck and Many More on Midtown Tracks for SoBeWFF

For more on the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, check out New Times' Taste guide, hitting newsstands Thursday, February 21. By the time 2012 was upon us, more than 100 food trucks were rolling around Greater Miami. It seemed only natural some of them should feed the gastrophilic masses of the Sou ... More >>

Dadeland Eats: Bobby Flay's Burger Palace, Balans, Others Coming

Bobby Flay is bringing his casual burger restaurant to Dadeland Mall this fall. The restaurant is part of the Kendall shopping center's expansion, which will also include four other restaurants, a series of shops (including a Microsoft store), and a parking lot expansion. Bobby's Burger Palace, lik ... More >>

MC Kitchen: Chef Dena Marino Is the Design District's New Queen

Mystery Diners Films at George's: "Did I Have to Take My Top Off for a Second Coca-Cola?"

Food Network puts out some pretty admirable content. So when we saw an ad on Craigslist calling food lovers as extras, we had to participate. The ad read something like this: CASTING IMMEDIATELY... ATTRACTIVE YOUNG LADIES We are shooting an episode for the FOOD NETWORK and need attractive young l ... More >>

Juvia Franco-Brazilian Brunch to Kick off Lee Brian Schrager's Culinary Cinema

With the Miami International Film Festival (MIFF) right around the corner, our collective mouths are officially watering for Lee Brian Schrager's inaugural Culinary Cinema, where we'll get to indulge in three flicks hand-picked for foodie film buffs. And to make sure the audience is happy and well ... More >>

MC Kitchen: Chef Dena Marino Is the Design District's New Queen

On a cool Saturday evening, Dena Marino, a petite toque with a dimpled smile and starched chef's coat, overlooks the humming dining room at MC Kitchen. She stands in the open kitchen, surrounded by its massive white marble counter. At the restaurant's entrance, a party of ten lingers over glasses of ... More >>

Bread Butter: Sino-Cuban Pan Con Lechon and a Secret Dining Room

After several months of planning what turned into two separate restaurants Alberto Cabrera, formerly of Karu & Y and The Local Craft Food and Drink, quietly opened Bread Butter Counter (Pan con Mantequilla) about two weeks ago toward the west end of Miracle Mile. The restaurant's décor and menu ... More >>

BSweet Bakery Opening in the Design District

There's a new game in town for Miamians on the hunt for baked goods. Welcome BSweet Bakery, a cozy little eatery tucked away in the Design District. This new spot, doors down from Egg & Dart, will be offering baked goods, sandwiches and soups - as far as we can tell from peeking in their window, a ... More >>

Best Tapas Restaurants in Miami

Although originally from Spain, tapas have taken on a whole new identity in the past couple of years, becoming a global phenomenon. The word tapa comes from the act of covering (tapar). Eateries long displayed delectable Spanish meats like chorizo, lomo, and jamon Serrano beside their cheesy sideki ... More >>

Paula DaSilva's 1500: From Rabbit Tacos to Black Grouper w/ Boniato

If middle America could manifest the Miami of their dreams - it would probably look a lot like the Eden Roc Renaissance. Glamorous, celeb-studded and sweeping, this resort mainstay is a destination unto itself, and their on-site restaurant, 1500, is known for their farm-to-table steakhouse-style eat ... More >>

Ramen Mania Sweeps Miami Restaurants

Top Five Places With Unconventional Brunch Menus in Miami

For those people who think that brunch can only be defined by eggs benedict, waffles, and mimosas, the joke's on them. In the past year and a half, the Magic City has erected a handful of new restaurants that offer Saturday and Sunday brunch -- without the Hollandaise and home fries. Serving up ... More >>

Seven Miami Restaurants, Including Three at Dadeland Mall, Closed Temporarily for Health Violations

One of our most important duties here at Short Order is to ensure our readers are made aware when restaurants are not maintaining healthy standards. Unfortunately for restaurant owners, it often takes just a little negligence for violations to occur. Fortunately for patrons, the Florida Department o ... More >>

Batch Promises Brickell a Real-Deal Gastropub

Kevin Danilo says there's no true gastropub, or any real service-based restaurants, in the booming Brickell neighborhood. So the 26-year-old, who got his start washing dishes at age 13, teamed up with Jerry Flynn, a manager at Lantao at the Surfcomber hotel, and signed a lease for 5,300 square feet ... More >>

Doré South Beach Serves French-Inspired Eats and Mixology Treats

Looking for a bit more of the European aesthetic in your life? Doré South Beach, the newest addition to the Ritz-Carlton, is serving French-inspired, high-end eats with a mixology twist. Diners can sip pear-infused pisco and watermelon purée while nibbling on hamachi tartare and homemade tor ... More >>

Miami's Ten Best Spots for Free Food

Want access to our Best Of picks from your smartphone? Download our free Best Of app for the iPhone or Android phone from the App Store or Google Play. Don't forget to check out the full Best of Miami® online at bestof.voiceplaces.com.We don't know who first said, "Nothing is free except my love," ... More >>

Miami Valentine's Day Dinner Guide

Sometimes, dinners are meant to splurge on. It's a once-a-year thing when you can dine to your heart's content without a worry greater than getting spinach in your teeth. (Don't fret, there's not much spinach on these menus.) Here's Short Order's guide to dining out on Valentine's Day. Prices rang ... More >>

Valentine's Day Dinner for Two Under $100 in Miami

One of two things happened when you read the headline. You either a) let out a loud groan and thought "ugh, it's not Valentine's Day again, is it? Screw love," or b) thought "ugh, I'm too broke for a dinner." We can't really help if love has screwed you over (though we do offer our sincerest condo ... More >>

Devon Seafood & Steak: New Finest Kendall Eats!

Because metropolitan Miami is so awesome, we often neglect traveling to the suburbs, especially when we're hungry and impatient. But with the recent opening of Devon, we just had to make the trip. Situated in The Palms at Town & Country Mall in Kendall, Devon is neighbors to Cadillac Ranch, Blue ... More >>

Japanese Chopstick Etiquette: Stop Rubbing Your Waribashi Together!

Waribashi are wooden, disposable chopsticks -- the kind available in just about every Japanese restaurant in Miami. The tapered eating utensils are packaged in white paper, which is typically printed with instructions for use. But most patrons skip these instructions. They already know where to plac ... More >>

January 2013 Restaurant Openings and Closings

Happy New Year!  2013 looks like it's going to be a great year for Miami food lovers. It seems that since the first of the year, either a new restaurant has opened -- or announces plans to join the scene.Some trends we've been noticing -- New York restaurateurs continue to open southernmost out ... More >>

Miami's Top Ten Cuban Restaurants

​Want access to our Best Of picks from your smartphone? Download our free Best Of app for the iPhone or Android phone from the App Store or Google Play. Don't forget to check out the full Best of Miami® online at bestof.voiceplaces.com. Miami is a city of exceptional things. It's where early mo ... More >>

Ni.Do. Caffe Charms With Laid-Back Italian on the Upper Eastside

Super Bowl Watch Parties in Miami

The big game is this Sunday in New Orleans and the Big Easy is filled with fans lining the streets to celebrate Super Bowl XLVII Mardi Gras style.Sure, fans lucky enough to have scored a ticket to the game get to see the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers go head-to-head in person, but the ... More >>

Five Places to Get Brunch in Miami for $30 or Less

Plenty of restaurants in Miami serve a fantastic brunch spread -- but most of them are expensive. And let's face it: Not all of us are doctors and lawyers who can afford a $65 Sunday brunch at Edge or even a $45 brunch at La Gloutonnerie. Racking up a bill of 85 bucks a person isn't exactly pleasan ... More >>

Miami's Ten Best Cafe Con Leche

​Want access to our Best Of picks from your smartphone? Download our free Best Of app for the iPhone or Android phone from the App Store or Google Play. Don't forget to check out the full Best of Miami® online at bestof.voiceplaces.com.In addition to croquetas and cigars, Cubans know their way ar ... More >>

MC Kitchen Brunch: Breakfast Pizza and Tommy Pickles

No, Tommy Pickles is not some extra that gets whacked in a Sopranos episode. Tommy Pickles is one of MC Kitchen's beer cocktails ($12), served at brunch (and thankfully any time you're jonesing for it).On Saturday afternoon, I decided to try out MC Kitchen's new brunch, served weekends from 11:30 a. ... More >>

Big Pink: South Beach Late-Night Dining Spot Refreshes Interior, Expands Booze and Breakfast Menu

It was past dusk in early November and the windows at Big Pink -- South Beach's staple for late-night fare -- were covered with butcher paper. When we peaked through the open doors, we saw significant remodeling being done. Floors were gutted; the ceiling was in different stages of disarray; and dus ... More >>

Capriccio On The River Coming In Two Weeks, We Hope!

Capriccio, Brickell's new Italian venture on the river, was supposed to open last week. That was a couple of weeks ago. Didn't happen.We finally caught up with owner Mauro Valentini as he finished staining some of the restaurant's columns. At the back, a flat fountain added a soothing and delicate t ... More >>

"Don't Shoot!" New York Restaurants Don't Want You "Foodstagramming" Their Eats

When you consider the food-related restrictions in New York, you should cry fat, giant tears of joy that you live in Miami -- a city that considers rules and regulations mere trivialities of no concern to locals. Restaurants in the Big Apple have instituted an "unofficial" ban on food photography, f ... More >>

Doma Polo Bistro: Great Argentine Near the AA Arena

Michael Schwartz Grabs Former Barbuto Cook To Run Cypress Room

Michael Schwartz has tapped Roel Alcudia (pronounced Roh-ELLE), most recently chef de cuisine at Jonathan Waxman's New York City restaurant Barbuto, to run the kitchen at the forthcoming Cypress Room, only a few blocks from his flagship restaurant in the Design District. Schwartz broke the news at ... More >>

Toro Toro Joins the Brunch Club in Downtown Miami

Should we find ourselves in Downtown Miami and in need of [a few] mimosas and some serious eats, Toro Toro's new brunch service will swiftly cater to the hungry. The Pan-Latin steakhouse that New Times called "bullish" for its ambitious fare and moderate prices, is now offering brunch on Sundays fr ... More >>

Sugarcane's Dinner With Friends Series Ends With Share Our Strength Fundraiser

Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill's Dinner With Friends series is about to come to a close with one last blow-out dinner party to benefit Share Our Strength.The series, which pairs Sugarcane's Timon Balloo with a visiting guest chef, will host its final dinner at the restaurant's new private dining space, the ... More >>

Doma Polo Bistro: Great Argentine Near the AA Arena

Buenos Aires' Recoleta neighborhood is studded with ritzy hotels, luxury leather accessory shops, and frantic dog-walkers who trudge along its many sloped cobblestone streets. Across the tony area in Argentina's capital are many restaurants that peddle the country's meat-centric epicurean fare. Ther ... More >>

Devon Seafood & Steak: From Downtown Chicago To Kendall

Miami's culinary scene has rocketed in the past couple of years with the rise of Midtown, the Design District, and the Upper Eastside. But what about Kendall, Pinecrest, Doral, and Hialeah?Well, there's a place that opened its first Magic City outpost at the Palms at Town & Country that hopes to ... More >>

Unique Eats: Cooking Channel Films at My Ceviche, Yardbird, Pubbelly

Unique Eats, which showcases America's most exciting restaurants from high-end dining rooms to casual neighborhood treasures, and sometimes even visits eateries with no permanent address, wrapped up filming in the Magic City this past week.The 30-minute show packages segments of unique dishes chosen ... More >>