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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 ... More >>

Weekend Blog Watch: Shrooms, The Cape, Bacon, Supper, and Peppers

Wow, look at all those blogs.​Is it really 52 degrees out right now? That's damn near freezing. What's next, snowballs on South Beach, ice chains on the Turnpike, county workers salting down US1, sledding down Mount Trashmore, ice skating in Kendale Lakes? Cold weather's for the birds, and our str ... More >>

Behind the Line at Cape Cod Room

Cape Cod Room (5937 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach) at the Bath Club is Ken Lyon's, the caterer and restaurateur, new northeast American seafood house specializing in what he calls comfortable, familiar food in a vintage room for a retro dining experience. Jacob KatelScallops​Lyon says, "A lot of peo ... More >>

Chef Cooks Lobster To Death, Feels No Mercy, Here's Why

Jacob KatelChef Jorge Cardenas.​If you've ever heard a lobster's scream as it's cooked alive in boiling water or recognize the sound of claws hammering at the plate glass and steel of an oven door then you may have worked in a restaurant kitchen. The last time Short Order saw it happen was at Ken ... More >>

The Cape Cod Room opens in Miami Beach

Jacob KatelChef Jorge Cardenas.​If you've ever heard a lobster's scream as it's cooked alive in boiling water or recognize the sound of claws hammering at the plate glass and steel of an oven door then you may have worked in a restaurant kitchen. The last time Short Order saw it happen was at Ken ... More >>

Cape Cod Room Makes Some Changes

​New deals, new meals, new squeals at The Cape Cod Room, all going into effect next Wednesday, February 10:A new bartendar, Kim Arkell, has come on board to lead Happy Hour from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday through Friday. Cocktails will go for $6 during this time, which you can match with 2-for-1 oyster ... More >>

Chef Michelle Bernstein Schools the Lunch Ladies of North Miami Senior High

John ZurChef Michelle Bernstein showing.​On Friday, local chefs Michelle Bernstein, Kris Wessel, and Ken Lyon simultaneously ran workshops in three high schools to introduce their partnership with Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Short Order followed Bernstein to North Miami Senior High, where sh ... More >>

Big Name Consulting Chefs Make Reputations Smaller

​It is neither unusual nor unseemly for chefs to provide their names and consulting expertise to restaurants when they ultimately won't play an integral role. Nobody, for instance, really expects to see Wolfgang Puck twirling pizza dough in the kitchen of one of his 50 Wolfgang Puck Express restau ... More >>

De Rodriguez Ocean misses the boat

​It is neither unusual nor unseemly for chefs to provide their names and consulting expertise to restaurants when they ultimately won't play an integral role. Nobody, for instance, really expects to see Wolfgang Puck twirling pizza dough in the kitchen of one of his 50 Wolfgang Puck Express restau ... More >>

SBWFF 2011: Food Porn from Wine Dine Design

Photo by Riki AltmanThe Blue Group started with this green dish. And that was the beginning of the confusion.Wine Dine Design was held last night in the ever-growing Design District, home to a handful of our city's most popular eateries. Here's how the event worked: Ticketholders gathered in fro ... More >>