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Van Aken Offers Nibbles of Norman's 180 Menu and Its New "Broadly American" Inspiration
Norman Van Aken Staying on his game in Orlando (here with "Cuba Libre" Pork Belly Biscuit for its Taste of the Nation,) things are looking mighty tasty.Norman Van Aken and his '180' team, including Chefs Philip Bryant and Justin Van Aken, are operating under a three-word mantra when it comes to their goals for the new restaurant slated to open in Coral Gables before the end of the year: "Desirability, Sustainability, Community." Poised to re-enter the South Florida restaurant sc
September 15, 2009
Critchley, Bodini Finalists for New Times' Iron Fork in October
Executive chef and Iron Fork finalist John Critchley of Area 31.Last night, New Times held the pre-chef challenge for its Iron Fork event at La Cuisine Gourmet in Coral Gables. Four chefs competed: executive chef Maria Manso of the Blue Door at the Delano, executive chef John Critchley of Area 31, executive chef Sean Brasel of Meat Market, and executive chef Giancarla Bodini of Escopazzo. In the end Critchley and Bodini came out on top. Both will face off at the actual Iron Fork on October 15
September 15, 2009
Charlotte Bistro's Enchanting Web
September 17, 2009
Sneak Review: Mr. Yum Asian Cuisine
A teeny sneak preview of the New Times restaurant review for next week -- Mr. Yum Asian Cuisine on Calle Ocho.Pad Thai, the dish that launched a million lovers of this cuisine, validates its' popularity via a flawlessly balanced tangle of flat rice noodles, tender chicken, scallions, sprouts, ground peanuts, and scrambled egg -- not too soupy, not too dry. Mellow Masaman curry featured slivers of beef in a golden sauce flecked with coconut milk sweetness and stocked with cashews and potatoes (th
September 18, 2009
Mr. Yum serves fresh Thai and Japanese on Calle Ocho
September 24, 2009
Solea at the W South Beach serves tasty but uneven fare
October 1, 2009
Friday Food Funnies: Waiters
Waiter: "Tea or coffee, gentlemen?"1st customer: "I'll have tea."2nd customer: "Me, too - and be sure the cup is clean!" (Waiter exits, returns)Waiter: "OK, I've got two teas. Which of you asked for the clean cup?"How many waitresses does it take to change a light bulb?Three. Two to stand around bitching about it and one to go get the manager.Sid and Sy were sitting in a Mexican restaurant. "Sid," ask
October 2, 2009
No More Raw Milk at Florida Whole Foods, the Company Explains Their Decision, Kind Of
via wikimediaCooked milk, get your cooked milk.Whole Foods Market has officially dropped raw milk from its shelves in Florida.Raw Milk is milk that has not been pasteurized or homogenized. Pasteurization is a heating process meant to kill bacteria, and homogenization is the process of making the milk one consistency throughout. The fat of non homogenized milk collects as cream like head on beer.Some people swear by the alleged health benefits of raw milk, a problematic sentiment for Floridian
October 2, 2009
A $30 Hamburger? If It Says Kobe, Don't Buy It
Jackie SayetWhere's the boeuf? Gordon Biersch's new "German Kobe Burger" is one tasty number, but it's neither from Germany nor Japan.Twenty-five dollar hot dogs? $30 hamburgers? That's what Prime 112 charges for what it calls Kobe beef.The problem is, the high buck meat isn't always what is advertised. It's not the product of cattle raised in the Hyogo Prefecture of Japan that in some cases drink beer and receive sake massages, but instead originates thousands of miles away, on an American
October 2, 2009
Ken Lyon To Open Cape Cod Room
The Bath Club on Miami Beach (59th St. and Collins Ave.) has long been a private, membership-only establishment with its' own intimate, members-only restaurant. But starting Sunday, November 1st, the fully restored 1920s Mediterranean-style clubhouse restaurant will be open to the public. It will be known as The Cape Cod Room, operated by Ken Lyon, longtime caterer now best known as owner of Fratelli Lyon.Lyon describes The Cape Cod Room as "a retro-classic restaurant featuring upscale East Coas
October 5, 2009
Make This Tonight: Orange Gazpacho with Crunchy Vegetables Salad and Grilled Garlic Ciabatta Bread
Inspired by the Late Summer Vegetable Salad dish recently devoured at Sra. Martinez, (soon to be named one of Esquire magazine's 20 best restaurants of 2009,) we whipped up this tasty take in about an hour. Suffice to say that mere minutes after that hour, a crumb and a puddle were about all that remained!The dish is comprised of three parts that come together in a bowl for service: an orange gazpacho made with yellow and red tomatoes, a crunchy salad of roughly-chopped radish and fenne
October 5, 2009
2 Girls and a Cupcake: October Monday Free Cupcake Specials
via 2 girls and a cupcake facebookAzucar!2 Girls and a Cupcake bring gourmet cupcakery to Downtown Miami.Today is their official grand opening, and the first ten customers get a free Oye Como Va. That's a vanilla cupcake with guava filling and cream cheese frosting.Every Monday for the month of October, they'll be doing cupcake giveaways including a freebie for anybody who buys six cupcakes.The store opens at noon today and will be open until 8 p.m. Short Ordered dialed up the shop and spoke
October 5, 2009
Holy Moly! World Record-Breaking Guacamole Event this Sunday
Photo by Lina PabónChef Michael Schwartz working with John A. Ferguson Senior High School students to perfect their guacamole entry for Sunday's competition.It's fall in South Florida, This mean your neighbors with hundreds of ripe avocados have you under siege. "Take one." "Take one" "Take one." Just shut the heck up!!!! We got a way to finally use all that fruit. This Sunday, Schnebly Redland's Winery (30205 SW 217 Ave., Homestead) is inviting local celebrity chefs and high school students to
October 6, 2009
Oldies But Goodies: A Duo of Favorite European-Inspired Soup and Sandwich Spots
Jackie SayetOpen wide: The "Boiled Egg & Tomato" under construction at Pommes & Pane.Keep it simple, stupid. Words to live by when it comes to food, especially the classic lunch combo of a soup and sandwich. This pair of places answers the question "What should I have for lunch?", serving up bread with fix-ins and blends in bowls in their finest forms. Try one, or if you're hungry, scarf both.
October 6, 2009
Archive Diver: Luigis Cafe Bistro Free Beer Ad from 1988
Miami New Times archives week of October 5 - 11, 1988Click For Full SizeFree beer!That rallying cry is a valued, age-old method to draw a crowd. Like:"Dude, my little sister's hamster passed away and she's having a funeral and burial ceremony for it. Do you wanna go?""Uhhm, nah that sounds lame I'll pass""There's gonna be free beer.""Right. I'm in. And I'm telling everybody."So it is with an eye toward our current economic plight that I suggest restaurants engage their value cannons and fire
October 6, 2009
The Biltmore's Palme d'Or soars
October 8, 2009
Luna Returns, Shing Wang Retreats, Maitardi Opens, Bancroft Stumbles
Luna Rises Again"Back by Popular Demand" declares the banner across the re-rechristened Luna Cafe at 4770 Biscayne Boulevard. Short Order had reported in July that Luna had changed its name to L'artista Restaurant and tweaked the menu towards a more fine dining experience. We noted that it "Seems a curious move at this time," but expressed our faith in owner Tom Billante's business savvy. Sure enough, he was savvy enough to realize the mistake and bring back the moderately priced Luna Cafe. U
October 7, 2009
Area 31 Makes Esquire Best of 2009
adam larkeywas mariani bowled over by this bolognese?Area 31, in the Epic Hotel downtown, has been named as one of the Best New Restaurants of 2009 in the November issue of Esquire magazine. When food and travel critic John Mariani dined at Area 31 this summer, he asked executive chef John Critchley to send out his favorite dishes. Mariani's menu entailed Yellowfin Tuna Crudo, Grilled Red Drum, Salt-Crusted Dorade, and Ricotta Gnocchi with Tuna Bolognese (in photo -- and the recipe is here).
October 8, 2009
Florida Stone Crabs, Florida Vodka, BLT Brunch and Location, Location, Location
Stone Crab Season BeginsDolphins shmolphins -- the season we really care about kicks off at Joe's Stone Crabs next Thursday, October 15th. Stone crabs are always winners.11 Washington Ave., Miami Beach; 305-673-0365.Florida In A Bottle4 Orange Premium Vodka is the world's first and only vodka distilled from pure Florida oranges -- four varieties, in fact, culled from Florida's Peace River Basin. The 80-proof, super-premium vodka is being launched by Imperial Brands, Inc., which also produces
October 8, 2009
Sneak Review: Botequim Carioca Brazilian Bar & Grill
A teeny sneak preview of the New Times restaurant review for next week. Prices are as inviting as a Brazilian bikini. A bowl of black bean stew is $3; soup du jour, onion rings and croquettes are $5 to $6; and the rest of the appetizers mostly range from $8 to $14. The grilled meat starters, for two, run $13 to $25. Main courses are $16 to $28, the high number representing filet mignon and the feijoada for two. Portions are generous, the fare is bulky, the number of plates needed to sate is few.
October 9, 2009
Organic Wine at Pied, LoSasso at The Forge, Bleeding Eardrums at SeaRock, and, um, Jessica Simpson
Columbus Day Brunch, Kamen Wine DinnerBrunch is this morning at 10:00 a.m. and runs to 4:00 p.m. at Au Pied de Cochon. And on Wednesday, October 14 at 7:00 p.m., the French brasserie presents a five course dinner featuring the wines of Kamen Winery, a Sonoma County vineyard owned by Hollywood screenwriter Robert Kamen. Pioneers in organic farming, the winery produces a very limited quantity of highly rated reds, with an emphasis on top quality Cabernet Sauvignon. Chef de cuisine Didier Lailhe
October 12, 2009
Tonight at Urbanite Bistro - Wine, Dine, and Gator Meat
via urbanitebistro.com Fourteenth street between Overtown and the Arsht is full of wild game: zombified crackheads, worse for wear working-girls, artists, musicians, promoters, creatives, thugs, drugs, and po nine.Now, with Urbanite Bistro in the mix, we can add the literal interpretation: animals hunted for food, not domestication, according to Wikipedia.Urbanite Bistro (62 NE 14 St) is a new restaurant in the heart of Downtown Miami's late night district, blocks from Space and a stone's thr
October 12, 2009
Botequim Carioca brings gutsy, affordable Brazilian fare to downtown Miami
October 15, 2009
If Van Damme Could Cook
October 15, 2009
Viva VIA - Starbucks Redefines Instant Coffee
We all know instant coffee sucks, which is why Starbucks refers to its' new line of VIA coffee powder as "Ready Brew". Whatever you call it, both the extra bold Italian Roast (which I sampled in the store), and the mellower-but-still-potent Colombian (prepared at home) turned out to be startlingly Starbucksy in taste. Each packet gets mixed with 8-ounces of hot water and voilá: a rich, strong cup of coffee. Works just as well with cold water for a quick ice coffee. It's $2.95 for a 3-pack, $
October 14, 2009
Tonight: Tuscan Wine Tasting at Fratelli Lyon for $45
The wines of Tuscany, from Chianti to Brunello to Vino Nobile "and everything in between" will be poured at the sixth installment of Fratelli Lyon's "Passport to Italy" wine tasting series tonight at 7:30 p.m. Chef Alex Pinero will prepare snacks to pair with the 6 to 8 wines that will be sipped. This guide for "newbie winos" is $45, and includes everything but the tip. Fratelli Lyon 4141 Ne 2nd Ave., Miami; 305-572-1271.
October 14, 2009
Make This Tonight: Lemon-Lime Scallops with Buttered Sweet Corn
Jackie SayetEasy elegance at the table with scallops and sweet cornA great dinner at Red Light (7700 Biscayne Blvd., Miami; 305-757-7773) the other night of "crushed pepper seared sea scallops, roasted corn spoon bread and spicy orange drip" inspired this home-cooked riff. Zesty lemon and lime-marinated sea scallops, giant and plump, meet rich, nutty sweet corn. It comes together fast and wows on the plate. A side of sauteed shallots with mixed wild mushrooms, like trumpet with their hearty,
October 14, 2009
Talula & Rigatoni, Oceanaire & Caymus, Gonzalo & Olé, the FTC & Me
Talula turns ItalianTalula restaurant recently launched Buon Appetito!, also known as Wednesday pasta night. "We wanted to give our diners a special taste of the type of food we love cooking at home for our families," says Andrea Curto-Randazzo, the Italian chef/co-owner who opened Talula in 2003 with her Italian chef/co-owner/husband Frank Randazzo. The deal is this:$29 per person (excluding tax and gratuity) for a bottomless bowl of rigatoni dressed with Andrea's "Sunday Sauce", plus
October 15, 2009
Stone Crab Season Is Open - Top 10 Stone Crab Trivia Facts
via wikimedia commonsJoe'sToday, October 15, 2009 stone crab season officially opens and runs through May 15, 2010. We have assembled some trivia you may find useful around the dinner table, at a bar with friends, or if you ever end up on a quiz show. Enjoy.10. Stone crabs are found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts but are commercially harvested almost entirely in Florida. [FoodReference]9. Stone crabs are a good, low-fat source of protein, vitamin 6, selenium and magnesium. [NOOA]
October 15, 2009
Michelle Bernstein News of the Day
Yesterday we wrote of Food & Wine magazine naming her cookbook Cuisine a Latina as one of the top 25 of the year. Earlier in the week we noted that her Sra. Martinez restaurant made Esquire's list of 20 Best New Restaurants in America. Today's Michelle news concerns an upcoming "California Girls" dinner that will celebrate the food and wines of top female chefs from the west coast -- including two greats, Traci des Jardin and Nancy Silverton. Takes place at Michy's restaurant Wednes
October 16, 2009
Surprise! New Favorite Takeout Salad Resides at Wok Town
Jackie SayetThe "Stir Fry Miso Beef Salad" ($8.95) is a fresh and crisp unexpected find at an Asian takeout placeForget everything you expect from and dislike about Chinese takeout. If you're having trouble, let us shed some light... Greasy, saucy, gloopy, wilted, and one-note flavor. Now imagine a menu with light options like crisp salads, low oil stir fries, noodle soups, finger-licking edamame tossed in a creative selection of light sauces, and house-made -- I repeat -- house-made du
October 20, 2009
Barton G. Warehouse Fire: A Bad Time for Everybody (Updated)
The state fire marshal and Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms officers were in Miami this morning investigating a fire last night at the Barton G. warehouse at 400 NE 67th St. on the Upper Eastside. The blaze destroyed thousands of dollars' worth of linens and tables after the roof caved in. It was "one of the largest fires that we have had this year," says Miami Fire Rescue Lt. Ignatius Carroll. No one was hurt in the blaze, but it might have done serious damage to one of the area's best restaurat
October 20, 2009
Casale in Miami Beach is a pizzeria with hearth!
October 22, 2009
Interview With David Sax, Author of Save The Deli
Photo by Lee KleinPastrami at Ben'sDavid Sax has been called "The M.F.K. Fisher of pickled meats" (A.J. Jacobs), and his just-published book, Save The Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) was referred to as "a voluptuous mitzvah for schmaltzophiles" (Jane and Michael Stern, authors of Roadfood).David ate his way across America (and other countries, too), sampling the fare at hundreds of Jewish delicatessens in order
October 22, 2009
Sneak Review: Grateful Bread
Photo by Lee KleinSancocho at Grateful BreadFirst, the answer: The sancocho pictured above and in last weeks' Where It At? is taken from the specials menu at Grateful Bread.And now, the abbreviated sneak preview of the New Times restaurant review for next week:Our strongest recommendation from Grateful Bread's regular menu is chicken Veracuzano, the tender breast meat bathed in a sauté of tomatoes, peppers, onions, olives, capers, and parsley -- accompanied by rice, beans, and steamy corn to
October 23, 2009
Worst Dining Trends Of The Past Decade (According to Chicago Tribune, Michael Schwartz, and Short Order)
Courtesy of SoBe Wine & FoodDon't invite this man to your commune.The Chicago Tribune website last week printed a list of the ten worst dining trends of the past decade, as decided by various movers and shakers in the American food world. Miami's own Michael Schwartz weighed in, his pet peeve being the communal table, which "assumes people who don't know each other want to sit together." (Gee Michael, didn't know you were so cynical; it will serve you well in your new blogging
October 26, 2009
Dean Max New "Concept Chef" at Renovated Cheeca Lodge
Dean James Max will bring bite to the EdgeWhen Cheeca Lodge & Spa reopens in Islamorada this December 15th, its landmark Atlantic's Edge restaurant will be under the creative direction of newly hired "Concept Chef" Dean James Max -- who is known closer to home for his 3030 Ocean at the Marriott Harbor Beach in Ft. Lauderdale.The Edge menu will remain focused on "modern American seafood" and prime steaks, but the renovated restaurant will feature a new glassed-in wine cellar with over 150
October 26, 2009
Dirty Dining at Miami Police Café
Breakfast at Timoney's? No thanks.City of Miami cops want you to think they're clean. Clean arrests. Clean records. Clean city. But if you believe the State of Florida, the place where they eat is dirty, dirty, dirty.This past June, state inspectors cited a tiny café in police headquarters on NW Second Avenue with 23 "critical" violations. Among them: "encrusted" and "soiled" material on a slicer, no soap in the men's room, and reuse of dirty gloves.That's not the only problem at the homey c
October 27, 2009
Miami Cops Eat Dirty Meals Done Dirt Cheap, So Says Inspector
Order up. Pork Chops, Side of Bacon.City of Miami cops want you to think they're clean. Clean arrests. Clean records. Clean city. But if you believe the State of Florida, the place where they eat is dirty, dirty, dirty. This past June, state inspectors cited a tiny café in police headquarters on NW Second Avenue with 23 "critical" violations. Among them: "encrusted" and "soiled" material on a slicer, no soap in the men's room, and reuse of dirty gloves. That's not the only problem a
October 27, 2009
Breakfast at Timoney's: This Miami Police eatery breaks the law
October 29, 2009
Grateful Bread and Moises Bakery: One serves hearty fare, the other tasty empanadas
October 29, 2009
Deals & Squeals: Salsa Fiesta, Sushi Maki, Coral Gables Thursdays
Salsa Fiesta Debuts TodayOwners Cesar Olivo and Adriana Pérez Benatar are hosting the grand opening of their Salsa Fiesta Urban Mexican Grill today. The fast casual eatery is located on 29th Street and Biscayne Boulevard, just a block north of the New Times offices. The modern industrial-style restaurant has indoor and outdoor seating and "a mostly muted color scheme differentiating this innovative eatery from the traditional Mexican greasy spoon". Other differentiating factors might include
October 28, 2009
Party Like a Salsa: Venezuelan Import, Salsa Fiesta, Opens on Biscayne Corridor
Jackie SayetService with a sonrisaAmerican mall food court fare leaves some -- er, many -- things to be desired. But venture across the border or overseas, and as cultures change, so does the fast food game, usually for the better.So when we first heard that young entrepreneurs and husband-wife pair Cesar Olivo and Adriana Perez Benatar were taking Benatar's family business stateside from its Venezuelan courtesan roots, we were mostly curious. We were also somewhat hopeful that Sa
October 29, 2009
Brickell's Blu Pizza e Cucina Closed For Good
Mary Brickell Village's Blu Pizza e Cucina is closed "for renovation." Yeah, we know what that typically means in restaurant speak.Calls to the restaurant's listed phone number yielded a 'temporarily out of service' message. So we dialed Blu Restaurant Group's offices, where office manager Maggie Nabut confirmed that the Brickell restaurant is permanently closed due to lower than expected sales.So there. Never trust those "closed for renovation" signs. Oh, yes, the group's two other resta
October 29, 2009
Hell's Kitchen Alum Joshua Wahler Now Executive Chef of Kung Fu Kitchen at Catalina
David LisznaThe new executive, without donkey, at the Catalina on Halloween. A clever nod to Ramsay's favorite curse word?Being shown the door by Gordon Ramsay is like facing the martial arts whoopass of Jackie Chan in Brett Ratner's Rush Hour series, only a bit more brutal.Josh Wahler, a former contestant of Hell's Kitchen 3 (quite possibly its best season on record,) survived one such exit rather elegantly, and has now samboed his way from Doral's 5300 Chop House into the role of executiv
November 3, 2009
Mark Militello Leaves 1 Bleu for The Office
Photo by Jacob KatelChef Mark MilitelloChef Mark Militello has left 1 Bleu at the One Resort and Spa (formerly The Regent Bal Harbour) to join The Office, a gastropub in Delray said to be opening in late November. Last December Militello took the reigns as executive chef of culinary operations at The Regent Bal Harbour. That was only six months after the last of his four namesake restaurants, Mark's in Boca Raton's Mizner Park, closed. The Regent Bal Harbour was sold in June. The Office is
November 3, 2009
Balans has good food, cocktails, and ambiance but lacks character
November 5, 2009
Chef Douglas Rodriguez Speaks: Will Return to His Roots with New Upscale Cuban Restaurant at the Hotel Astor
Marsha TalianoffBack in the day is coming back. That's Rodriguez on the far left.Although he calls Miami his home, we don't often hear much about what Chef Douglas Rodriguez is up to locally. Sure, he still owns and operates OLA in the Sanctuary Hotel (among other restaurants in Philadelphia and New York City,) but you probably saw him most recently on the boob tube, during his brief and unsuccessful stint on Bravo's chef competition reality show spin-off, Top Chef Masters. So, l
November 4, 2009
Jacques Pépin Gets The 10...Questions, That Is....
Jacques PépinDid you know Emmy-winner, author, and celebrated French chef Jacques Pépin will be here in our very own city November 13 to take on Mr. Michelin 3-star Eric Ripert in a cook-off? Damn, it's going to get really hot in the Arsht Center that night, especially since our favorite kitchen pirate, Anthony Bourdain, will be hosting. (Keep those spatulas crossed in the hopes we'll hear The 10 from those two gents soon.)In the meantime, let's learn a little bit about Pépin. You probably
November 6, 2009
Miami Gets Its Very Own Eater
Good news Miami! Food site Eater has deemed us worthy enough of our very own section on its site. Helmed by Miami Herald gossip columnist Lesley Abravanel, the Miami section of Eater is sure to keep us in the loop of the Magic City's foodie scene. Plenty of local blogs have also gotten some link love including Food For Thought, Mango & Lime and, of course, Short Order. In fact, critic Lee Klein is even has his own tag. But what does Eater mean for Miami? Who better to answer that question
November 6, 2009

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