North-American Food and Cooking

Toro Toro Celebrates Cinco De Mayo All Weekend, Now Serving Brunch Saturday

Toro Toro charged into downtown at Miami's Intercontinental last fall. Soon after opening they began to offer brunch service on Sunday. Now, with summer charging in and Cinco De Mayo just around the corner, the restaurant is giving drinkers and eaters more reasons to celebrate. They have extended C ... More >>

South Street Closes

South Street Restaurant & Bar, the Motown-inspired restaurant in the Design District, has closed. The restaurant's Facebook page simply states, "South Street is closed... STAY TUNED FOR WHAT'S NEXT." The phone at the restaurant went unanswered at 7:15 last night, and a call to sister restaurant Gig ... More >>

The Federal's Crawdaddy Tuesday: Locals Come Out En Masse (Photos)

Last night, it seemed as if Tthe Federal, that trendy Biscayne strip-mall eatery, was feeding an actual army. Crawdaddy Tuesday may just be the worst thing that's ever happened to crawfish. The specials, crawfish 'n' grits ($12), crawfish fritters ($8), and the traditional crawfish boil ($20 per po ... More >>

The Federal Presents Crawdaddy Tuesday and Chicken Fry Wednesday

In many ways, Miami feels as if it has seceded from the South, but the Federal's new Crawdaddy Tuesday and Chicken Fry Wednesday might make us feel a bit down-home again. Crawdaddy Tuesday began last week, and Chicken Fry Wednesday premieres tomorrow, April 3. Both promotions will last through spri ... More >>

Miami's Best Fried Chicken: A Top Ten List

Eating fried chicken is no tidy affair. Golden brittle breading bursts after a gentle nibble. Bits of crust cascade beneath your chin. Juices flow. Fingers glisten. Lips gleam. (Call this gloss pollo frito; it sure as hell beats Chanel.) In Miami, a city brimming with restaurants of diverse ethnici ... More >>

Salsa Fiesta Opens New Location in Aventura

Miami's Mexican food fanatics have one more place to feed their cravings without hightailing it to Homestead. The fast casual Salsa Fiesta chain (and winner of our Best Taco 2012 award) opened an Aventura location earlier this month. The expanding enterprise launched locations in Miami and Pembroke ... More >>

Haven Gastro Lounge Previews Huahua's Tacos Every Tuesday

If you're intrigued about the upcoming Huahua's Taqueria, the soon-to-open fast-casual taco joint by chef Todd Erickson, you merely have to head over to Haven Gastro-Lounge tonight for Taco Tuesday, featuring a sneak preview of Huahua's tacos.Tonight and every Tuesday (except for Christmas and New Y ... More >>

Todd Erickson Talks New Haven Menu, Huahua's Taqueria

Haven Gastro-Lounge has launched a new fall menu, adding some items to take advantage of the Florida growing season and deleting some items that executive chef Todd Erickson felt didn't fit into his global small plates vision.Read Also: Best Gastropub 2012: Haven LoungeErickson explained to Short Or ... More >>

In South Street and Cooper Avenue, Miami's Hottest Restaurateur Embarks on His Most Ambitious Ventures

South Street's Amaris Jones Promises to Win You Over With Pork-Free Soul Food

The words pork-free seem to be the only thing people remember when Short Order broke the news of South Street's arrival at the former Sra. Martinez space. Not that we blame you. How can you make delicious soul food -- or in South Street's case neo soul food -- without it? Alas, Amaris Jones says you ... More >>

Bloom in Wynwood Needs Polishing

Viva La Raza: Places to Celebrate Mexican Independence Day This Sunday

Time to bust out the cervezas and margaritas! In honor of El Grito this Sunday (that's Mexican Independence Day, for those of you who didn't know), we gathered three places where you can slap on a pair of huaraches, throw on a poncho, and finally wear that sombrero you got on that cruise a few yea ... More >>

Whiskey Joe's: Biker Nights, Boater's Catch and Cops

Whiskey Joe's is a fun, new, outdoor place that is priming up for the 2012-2013 season. Open only two months, the place with tiki hut roof and fishy decor welcomes with an outdoor, casual setting and a friendly staff that is ready to cater to your culinary desires. "We get all kinds of clients here, ... More >>

Hugh Acheson on Southern Cooking, Bourbon, and His Harry's Pizzeria Pop-Up

Hugh Acheson joins the ever-growing list of guest chefs to take over Michael Schwartz's Harry's Pizzeria for a pop-up dinner.Acheson, who received two James Beard awards this year (for best chef southeast and for his cookbook, A New Turn in the South)  will bring his Atlanta-based Empire State ... More >>

Provecho Bistro Latino, An El Rancho Grande Spin-Off

Provecho Bistro Latino opened its doors on 15th Street off of Alton Road a few months ago (in the space where Cha Cha Cha Cafe performed a rather short dance). It attracted little notice in the local food media, surprising because it comes from the same owners as El Rancho Grande, the long time Mexi ... More >>

Cinco de Mayo Events in Miami: Food Trucks, Markets, Fiestas

Cinco de Mayo is this Saturday, and that means it's time for margaritas and mariachis. True, the holiday has turned into a bigger party in the States than in Mexico, and it's really not a celebration of Mexico's Independence Day (which, by the way, is September 16). But who cares? It's a reason to c ... More >>

Kokoriko Natural Rotisserie Celebrates Opening With 50 Percent Off Deal

Kokoriko Natural Rotisserie, a fast-casual restaurant, has opened in Brickell, bringing Colombian-style chicken and sides to Miami. If the name sounds familiar, it's because Kokoriko Chicken has been open in South Miami for years. Both restaurants are owned by the same parent company, by the way. Th ... More >>

Marlins Park Scores Big With Unusual, Gourmet Twists on Ballpark Cuisine

Best Cheap Meals on South Beach: Ten Under $10

South Beach isn't cheap. yet there are places where you can have a decent meal for the money in your spare coin jar. We've scouted the 10 best items for under $10 on the island. Not only are the following items dirt cheap, they also taste like a million bucks. This top-ten compilation also doubles a ... More >>

88. Carnitas Torta at Mercadito's Taqueria

It's that time of year again 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.com.Lesley Elliott​88. Carnitas Torta at M ... More >>

Rosa Mexicano Debuts Jonathan Waxman's Take On Mexican

Lesley ElliottWaxman takes over Rosa Mexicano's kitchen. ​Jonathan Waxman's Mexican food roots lead us on a winding road from Chez Panisse to Rosa Mexicano. Growing up in El Cerrito, California, apparently influenced his choice in "go-to comfort food," Last night we got a first taste of what it me ... More >>

Lolita Cocina Seduces in SoBe: Taco Window Coming!

Lesley ElliottThe patio at Lolita, serving shots on the weekends until 5 a.m.​SoFi's latest addition, Lolita Cocina & Tequila Bar, recently surfaced in the old Nemo space. Aiming to bring sophisticated Mexican food with street cred to Miami, the CB5 Restaurant Group -- which operates two other ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain's The Layover: Stoned Seagulls, Strippers, and Chicken -- This is L.A. (A Recap)

The Travel ChannelTony Bourdain eats at In and Out Burger.​It's hard to believe that this is the season finale for The Layover. It seems like only yesterday that we first laid eyes on this hot mess of a show that follows Anthony Bourdain to the more pedestrian parts of the globe. So far this year, ... More >>

Lolita Cocina & Tequila Bar Opens Today in SoFi

​Lower Beach-dom welcomes the addition of Mexican food today with the opening of Lolita Cocina & Tequila Bar, in the space previously occupied by Nemo. It's a branch of the existing Lolitas in Boston and Greenwich, Connecticut, two fairly conservative areas we would not necessarily peg as fans ... More >>

The MexZican Gourmet Opens in South Miami Tonight

​Chef Ze Carlos Jimenez's The MexZican Gourmet has opened today in South Miami.The restaurant features an expanded menu of chef Jimenez's authentic Mexican cuisine, using flavors and dishes from his hometown just outside of Mexico City.Chef Jimenez's "simply authentic" menu will please his food tr ... More >>

Cinco Cantina & Tequila Bar: As Authentic As Cinco De Mayo

Photo by billwisserphoto.comCinco Cantina's jalapeño rellenos. View photos of Cinco Cantina & Tequila Bar here.​It seems fitting that Cinco Cantina & Tequila Bar opened in the Village of Merrick Park this past Cinco de Mayo. Not only are the two "Cincos" in sync, but the holiday is celebrated ... More >>

Mac'n Soul Food Wins Spot on Trucks on the Beach

Everyone loves Mac'n.​Last month, we gave four trucks the opportunity to compete to the sixteenth and final truck to be invited to park on the sands of Miami Beach for the South Beach Wine & Food Festival's Trucks on the Beach event hosted by Andrew Zimmern on February 26.Mac'n Soul Food, Miso ... More >>

"Hola Y'all," Sandra Gutierrez Brings Southern-Latino Cooking to Miami Book Fair

Photo by Matt Hulsman​Her family motto was "hola, y'all," and for an American girl growing up in Guatemala, Sandra Gutierrez had the best of both worlds; hamburgers for dinner and arroz con leche for dessert. The New Southern-Latino Table (The University of North Carolina Press, $30) reveals her s ... More >>

Top Chef Texas Recap: Motherf**king Snakes and a Quinceañera

Photo by Virginia Sherwood/BravoUnfortunately, Padma wasn't the quinceañera.​The dust of more than a dozen would-be cheftestants hauling it back to where they came from has finally cleared, and now it's time to really start the new season of Top Chef: Texas. The show promises to move around the s ... More >>

Nemo Space Gives Way To Lolita Cocina & Tequila Bar

Lee Klein​The guessing game -- looking for Nemo's replacement -- is over: Lolita Cocina & Tequila Bar has posted it's sign in the window. Lolita has branches in Boston and Greenwich, Connecticut, seems to have a rep for good tacos and an extensive inventory of tequilas.The Greenwich menu start ... More >>

Iron Fork Features Fighting Food Truck Taco Tangle

Jefe's Original Fish Taco will compete at Iron Fork​New Times' Fourth Annual Iron Fork at Ice Palace Film Studios in downtown Miami is October 20 from 7 to 10 p.m., which gives you a little more than a week to prepare to eat from more than 50 Miami-area restaurants and drink from an everlasting su ... More >>

El Toro Taco Invites You To BYOB & Dine Rustic - Final

By Anais AlexandrePerfect amount of cilantro scattering. A lot.​"Let me tell you something about Mexican food, " the hilarious and likable owner Hector Hernandez starts. "Mexican food, is peasant food. I grew up on your basics -- lime, cilantro, tomatoes, and corn. Just give me some tortillas and ... More >>

Margaritas and Mariachi: Mexico's Independence Means Deals

Talavera Cocina MexicanaChiles en Nogada, a classic dish that mimics the colors of Mexico's flag. ​Today we commemorate Mexico's Independence Day, also known as the day those pesky Spanish colonialists were finally forced to notice that not everyone was living like a "Don." The war for freedom act ... More >>

Guacamole Ice Cream? Oh Yes, Rosa Mexicano Can Do That

Rosa MexicanoThe guacamole de postre, dessert in disguise. ​Rosa Mexicano is celebrating the dog days of summer with a festival dedicated to everyone's favorite melty treat, now through September 4. They've even reincarnated the famous guacamole in ice cream form. Strawberries replace peppers, cho ... More >>

Pass the Babakoo

Chapultepec: Authentic Mexican Is Worth the Drive

Lesley Elliott​Destination eating is a serious matter. Since it now costs about $4 a gallon to fill up the tank, we figure the meal better be worth the drive. On that note, we present Chapultepec, a neighborhood dive just north of the Gulfstream commercial monstrosity. This restaurant delivers the ... More >>

Rosa Mexicano, Mercadito, Talavera: Cinco de Mayo for Foodies

Lesley ElliottRosa Mexicano wants you to eat, drink, and be de mayo'd, all day long this Thursday. ​Cinco de Mayo, coming this Thursday, is actually an American tradition that predates the college-drinking whoop-de-doo. A holdover from the good old days when pillaging was considered the equivalent ... More >>

Sucking Head

Sucking Head

Route 9: Great service but inconsistent food

Why I Pay $14 For Rosa Mexicano's Guacamole

Laine Doss Green and beautiful.​When I was a student at New York University, my boyfriend and I used to eat cheap Mexican food practically every day. At Panchito's on MacDougal Street you could get a giant platter of nachos and guacamole for about $6. Plus, they served alcohol to minors wit ... More >>

Mardi Gras Madness: Five Places to Find "Girls Willing to Show Their Goods for Beads"

Laine Doss Get your Mardi Gras on! ​Mardi Gras celebrates the day before the start of Lent, in which Catholics fast and repent for 40 days before Easter. In case you can't make it to The Big Easy, we've found five places where you can celebrate Fat Tuesday right here in Miami.   ... More >>

Eden doesn't tempt

89. Garnachos at Taquerias El Mexicano

As we count down to New Times' Best of Miami 2011 in June, Short Order will serve up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305 in random order. If you have any nominations of your own, please send them to cafe@miaminewtimes.com. After the jump, find our other choices. 89. Garnachos at Taquerias El Mexic ... More >>

Food trucks a go go

Full Metal Skillet

Honduran Hideaway

Adelita's Café is a hole-in-the-wall worth finding

Nothing Wild About This Cat

Mucho Gusto

Each meal serves a family of four -- and it's pretty friendly too

Square Peg in an Oval Room