Ethnic and Regional Cuisines

Bulla in Coral Gables: Instagram Beckons!

There was a time, not long ago, when boys in khaki swarmed Coral Gables. They sauntered down avenues while gossiping about the latest venture capitalist to move to New York. Ageless women, hair blow-dried and legs strangled by skin-tight white pants, muttered words like "supposebly." There were gold ... More >>

Wynwood Kitchen & Bar: Taste of the Americas Thursdays

Miami's all about Latin flavor. Haven't you seen Pain & Gain? If you haven't we recommend you go watch it. Like tonight, or maybe Thursday, so that afterward you can head over to Wynwood Kitchen & Bar, where you can admire some of the city's most popular murals and have a "Taste of the Americas." S ... More >>

Acropolis Greek Taverna to Host Grand OPA-ning Party: Free Food and Drink

Walk into Acropolis Greek Taverna and you might swear you've just become an extra in the comedy favorite "My Big Fat Greek Wedding. The small Tampa-based restaurant chain, which has locations in New Tampa; Ybor City; Riverview; and St. Petersburg, has just opened in Coconut Grove, serving a dose of ... More >>

Authentically EATalian Restaurants Weekend Features Twelve Popular Local Eateries

Authentically EATalian Restaurants Weekend takes place this weekend -- Friday, April 26, through Sunday, April 28 -- and features 12 popular Miami restaurants. The Italy-America Chamber of Commerce wants to introduce Americans to the true Mediterranean diet, considered by experts to be one of the m ... More >>

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John's Tacos: Nighttime Co-Op With Josh's Deli Brings Mexican Fare to Surfside

John O'Connell studied classic French cuisine at the Culinary Institute of America, but it's his zeal for Mexican fare that led to John's Tacos, a nighttime co-op with Joshua Marcus, owner of Josh's Deli in Surfside. O'Connell, who moved to Miami from New York three years ago, takes over the accla ... More >>

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

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 >>

Ramen Mania Sweeps Miami Restaurants

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

Great Finds at Brickell's Oriental Bakery & Grocery, but Don't Tell Them You're With New Times

The wafting smell of shawarma and freshly baked pita bread greets customers as they mosey into Oriental Bakery and Grocery. It's one of just a handful of Middle Eastern specialty markets in Greater Miami. In fact, it was the first of its kind in South Florida, having opened 41 years ago. It's ... More >>

Acropolis Greek Taverna to Bring Ouzo and Belly Dancing to Coconut Grove

Coconut Grove residents get ready for an influx of belly dancing, live Greek music, flowing rivers of ouzo, and fresh seafood. Acropolis Taverna, the Florida-based small chain of Greek tavernas is planning on opening in Coconut Grove sometime late winter.The restaurant will be located on Main Highwa ... More >>

Momi In Brickell: Good Noodles Out of the Gate

After more than a year of construction, Momi, the mysterious Brickell ramen shop, opened its doors about two weeks ago. You may have heard or read ramen enthusiasts wax about the endless lines stretching out of legendary Tokyo or Osaka shops. We found no such queue on a weekday afternoon, although t ... More >>

Safi Restaurant & Gourmet Market Attempts to Leave Mark Among Difficult Downtown Competition

When 50 Biscayne was completed on the corner of Flagler Street and US-1 as Miami's fourth tallest building, it was supposed to quickly fill ground level storefronts with bustling enterprises. Now as the city's 14th tallest building, the massive 554-foot structure may have finally reached that goal. ... More >>

Maoz Vegetarian Debuts in South Beach: Vegan, Gluten-Free, Kosher Falafel For Under $6 (Photos)

Last summer, while walking through Paris's trendy neighborhood, Sainte-Germaine-du-Prés, I came across a petite falafel shop named Maoz Vegetarian. Inside, there was a long line of Parisians, loading up falafel sandwiches with tabouli, tahini and greenery from an expansive salad bar. And it cost le ... More >>

Secret Curry Near Florida International University South Campus

Jai Mazumddar earned a master's degree in finance from the University of Florida in 2002. He spent more than half decade crunching numbers, mostly as a stockbroker for Continental Securities, which the Securities and Exchange Commission shut down, and later as a financial analyst for a real estate c ... More >>

Hiro's Yakko-San: From the Deep Fryer to the Sushi Bar

Photos: A Closer Look at Yakko-San

Thanksgiving 2012: Miami Restaurant Brunch, Lunch, and Dinner Guide

While the rest of Miami hurries to Publix and Fresh Market for last minute shopping lists, the smart people of this good city will stare good and hard at this list -- and with just a quick phone call (or click of the mouse), Thanksgiving dinner will be taken care of without so much as breaking a swe ... More >>

Italian Gelato is Full of Artificial Ingredients

A five-foot fluorescent sign depicts an ice cream cone topped with pink, green and ivory gelato. Across many of Rome's narrow cobble-stone streets, gelato shops announce their presence with illuminated signs that also list words like artisanal and natural. Inside the shops, displays feature overflow ... More >>

Yuga: My Favorite Miami Restaurant

"What's your favorite restaurant?" That question got us all thinking. If we had to choose one top dog at gunpoint, what would it be and why? Each week, a different Short Order blogger will celebrate his or her favorite eatery -- be it celebrity-chef-driven or a neighborhood hole-in-the-wall. For a ... More >>

Buddha Sushi Bar: Now Floating Fish Your Way

Buddha Sushi Bar soft-opened a few weeks ago, quietly launching on the Upper Eastside amid the September restaurant craze. After throwing a grand-opening party this past weekend, the restaurant is officially ready and willing to serve you fresh fish (but you'll have to catch it yourself). Decide wha ... More >>

Jeff McInnis Melds Farming, Cooking, and Southern Cuisine, Part One

Jeff McInnis was raised in Niceville, a small town in the Florida Panhandle. He spent his childhood on fishing boats and, in the summertime, on his family's working farms. "Southern food was introduced to me at a young age at my grandparents' farm in Tunnel Springs, Alabama," he explains. His gastr ... More >>

Sushi Sake Opens New Location in the Hammocks

Miami likes its sushi like its women - sleek and sexy. Hence the popularity of Sushi Sake, a rapidly expanding South Florida sushi empire that just opened its seventh location.This chic local chain is known for late-night hours, an expansive menu and a dramatic, lounge-inspired atmosphere.The newest ... More >>

Pho Thang: A Solid Hole In the Wall With the Finest of Pho

It's become standard to judge any ethnic restaurant by the number of people from a specific ethnicity sitting at its tables. However it was the sound of people sucking air through runny noses that assured me Pho Thang, the unassuming Vietnamese restaurant only a few miles from ZooMiami, was the rea ... More >>

Miss Saigon's Vegan Pho

Miss Saigon's location shifted north a few blocks from its former spot on Fifth Street and Washington Avenue about a year ago, but the element that gave the Vietnamese restaurant its character has remained. That's the owner, Hali Nguien. The garrulous and diplomatic lady of the house can still be fo ... More >>

Giancarla Bodoni of Escopazzo: How to Master Risotto

All photos by Emily CodikIf making perfect risotto were a race, it would be a marathon, not a sprint. The cooking process is all about maintaining a watchful hand, and a careful dedication to teasing the starch out of each rice grain. In fact, if a restaurant serves a risotto less than fifteen minut ... More >>

Julia Child Turns 100: Larger Than Life and Full of Joy

Read also: "Juila Child Birthday Events in Miami: Pascal's, Copperbox, and the Federal"Julia Child would have been 100 today. Child, who's name is synonymous with French cuisine and uber-long cookbooks, wasn't even into food until she and her husband, Paul Child, moved to France when Child was in he ... More >>

Top Chef Elizabeth Falkner Hosts Pop-Up at Miami Culinary Institute

Top Chef Elizabeth Falkner is bringing her talents across the United States for a special three-day, pop-up event at the Miami Culinary Institute on August 23 to 25.Falkner has appeared on Top Chef Masters and The Next Iron Chef. The west cost resident is currently planning on moving her talents to ... More >>

Toscana Divino in Brickell: Regional Italian Fare on a Fashionable Stage

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Miami Spice 2012: The Good, The Great and The Grudging, Part One

Over the next three days, in the run-up to the August 1 roll-out of Miami Spice, I will rate the deals of some 50-plus menus as being good, great, or grudging.There has been a split in price categories this year, meaning there is now a "fine dining" grouping as well as a "luxury" grouping. The fine ... More >>

Miami's Ten Best Tacos

​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® 2012 online at bestof.voiceplaces.com.The taco is one of the few traditional Mexican dishes re ... More >>

My Ceviche's Fresh Take on Seafood in South Beach

Le Pine Floats Mediterranean Food on Bay Harbor Islands

Like most Bay Harbor Islands restaurants, Le Pine opened with little fanfare. That was about four months ago. People in the area know about it likely because it's a sizable space that's located on Kane Concourse, so it's hard to miss while driving by. The interior décor won't win any design awards, ... More >>

LouLou Le Petit Bistro All-You-Can-Eat Mussels, 50 Percent Off Wine, and Brunch

LouLou in Brickell is debuting an easier spring menu and daily specials starting this week. Jacques Ardisson, owner, says he wanted to refresh the menu."Every day we'll have a different special," Ardisson said. "Monday, boeuf bourguignon; Tuesday, all-you-can-eat mussels ($19); 'Winesday'; 50 percen ... More >>

Cinco de Mayo Tomorrow: Tell Your Friends Tacos No Son De Los Gringos

There is often confusion concerning the boundaries between Mexican food, Tex-Mex, other-American-Mex, and all variations thereof. Do people in Mexico eat tacos in fried, U-shaped corn tortillas? Is chimichanga a silly American word for an Americanized Mex concoction, or a silly Mexican word for an a ... More >>

Bianca at the Delano: High Prices and Snobbery Stir Memories of a Meaner South Beach

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Kone Temaki Sake Lounge Serves Fat Sushi Rolls In South Beach

Technically speaking, Kone Temaki Sake Lounge does not serve fat sushi rolls/ But as the name suggests, it specializes in temaki, or sushi cones. Temaki looks like an ice cream cone, but is a little smaller -- the nori serves as the "cone" and raw fish, rice, and whatever else you decide to add beco ... More >>

Miami's Ten Best Sushi Bars: Hunting for Fresh Fish

​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. Sushi seems so easy -- raw fish, rice, wasabi. So it would seem that really good sushi bars should be on every corner, sorta like Starbucks. OK, ... More >>

Miami's Top Five Falafel Sandwiches

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. I have a dream in which I travel to the Middle East, gather all of the troubled tribes together, calmly ascend a modest soap box, and say unto the p ... More >>

Barrel Wine Cantine Opens Today In Midtown

Barrel Wine Cantine is not the latest pop-up restaurant, although it did seemingly pop up overnight in the former W Wine Bistro space at 3622 NE Second Avenue (right on the cusp between midtown and the Design District). Yet while it is true that Victor Passalacqua has not been involved with the spac ... More >>

Greco Boys Grill Brings Great Greek Gyro to South Beach

Greco Boys Grill is a new and shiny Greek gyro/souvlaki place on Alton Road and 17th Street in South Beach -- something that area was in sore need or. Obligatory blue-hued murals of the Greek islands line the walls above beige wainscot, the floors are set in cobblestoned brick for extra effect, and ... More >>

61. Spicy Scallop Roll at Toni's Sushi Bar

It's that time of year when we count down to New Times' Best of Miami 2012 issue in June. Until then, Short Order will serve up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. If you have any nominations of your own, please send them to cafe@miaminewtimes.com61. Spicy Scallop Roll at Toni's Sushi BarIt's ... More >>

Lolita Cocina & Tequila Bar: South Beach cantina is all about fun, but food is more than an afterthought

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Barceloneta is the Pubbelly team's latest hip bistro

Where To Grab a Bite During the Miami International Film Fest

​The Miami International Film Festival returned this past Friday, March 2 and continues through next weekend. For 10 days, Miami is treated to some of today's brightest stars in the world of film. In an industry that revolves around the dollar, art trumps box office sales for a brief moment. All t ... More >>

Bar Tanaka Brings Sushi to the New and Improved Shelborne

​The classic Shelborne Resort in Miami Beach has a modern vibe now. It's a whole new show. In addition to glam brasserie Vesper and Lucy's taco shack out back, Bar Tanaka brings sushi to the lineup. Modern American, Mexican, and Japanese -- all restaurant bases are covered. The menu comes cou ... More >>

Tapas & Tintos in midtown: Shaky service undermines some tasty plates at this outpost of a SoBe favorite

Miami Food Blogger Fatgirl Hedonist Talks Food Writing, Rates Oh! Sushi

Fatgirl Hedonist​We first told you about then month-old Oh! Sushi in early November -- and since then, we've been on the hunt for someone with a good eye (and a good palate) to check the place out (and to spice things up,) and dish their details to Short Order.Enter Fatgirl Hedonist. Born and rais ... More >>

Cinco Cantina & Tequila Bar: Only the tequila and beers are authentically Mexican

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Salumeria 104: Midtown's Candy Store For Meatheads

Lesley Elliott​Salumeria 104, Midtown's newest restaurant contender, is really a candy store for meatheads, offering a little taste of Italy courtesy of Chef Angelo Masarin. The native of Treviso who has spent the last few years making the rounds of Miami's best Italian kitchens, including Casa Tu ... More >>