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Miami's Ten Best Bartenders

Anyone can get behind a bar and mix a drink. For that matter, anyone can walk into a kitchen and prepare a meal. After all, we've all cooked for ourselves at home, haven't we?But, bartenders, like chefs, have many different levels of expertise. While the person who pops your Budweiser can at a beach ... More >>

Burger Land Features Latin Burger and Taco on Travel Channel April 22

When burger aficionado George Motz ate at Miami's Latin Burger and Taco about three years ago, the owner of the popular pink-and-black food truck, Jim Heins immediately recognized him. Motz, after all, is the man behind the documentary film Hamburger America and author of a book and blog of the sam ... More >>

Winter Crocktails Chase Away the Cold

Tonight's forecast for Miami is a frigid 64 degrees. Sure, it sounds like nirvana to those of you practically anywhere else on the planet, but if you've lived in Miami all your life -- that's cold for denizens of the sub-tropics.Add in a record outbreak of the flu, and that means tonight is a great ... More >>

The Broken Shaker Opens

The Miami cocktail scene has just gotten a little more interesting with the opening of the permanent edition of the Broken Shaker. Read also:- Best Pop-Up Bar: Broken Shaker- Best Bartender: Gabriel OrtaBar Lab's Gabriel Orta and Elad Zvi opened Miami's first pop-up cocktail lounge last January. It ... More >>

Edward Archibold News: Ten Ways To Eat Insects Safely

The internet is abuzz with the story of Edward Archibold, a 32 year-old West Palm Beach man who died last Friday after winning a roach eating contest at Ben Siegel Reptile Store in Deerfield Beach.Read Also:- Cockroach Death: Five Other Foods That Can Kill You- West Palm Beach Man Dies After Eating ... More >>

Tales of the Cocktail: New Indie Spirits You Should Try

There was a time when spirits were distilled by family-run companies. Small batches of rye, bourbon, or rum were made and distributed. In time, large corporations started buying out these small companies until it seemed like most every item in your local liquor store could be traced back to a few la ... More >>

"La Bestia: Photography by Isabel Munoz" at CCE Miami Through August 30

Biscayne Blvd Photos Show Immigrants and Freedom Fighters

SoBeWFF is Too Expensive: Here's What $225 Will Buy Outside of the Festival

​It's Friday... and that means the chaos of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival is officially underway. Foodies and winos from all over the world have flocked to our sandy beaches to take part in one of the biggest festivals in the country. You, however, are tired of hearing about it.You're s ... More >>

Latin Burger Acquires CheeseMe Mobile, Partners With Tobacco Road

Latin Macho Burgers will now be available at Tobacco Road​Latin Burger and Taco's Jim Heins has been busy this week. Fresh from a killer Art Basel weekend, Heins has announced two significant changes to his Latin Burger business. Latin Burger will allow Miami icon Tobacco Road to serve the food tr ... More >>

Best of Miami Teaser: Best Food Truck; Trucks at BTTR, Tropical Park Tonight

Purple People Eatery is one of our picks for best food truck runner up.On Thursday, Miami New Times Best of Miami edition "The Rising" will be released upon the world. There can only be one winner per category, but there are so many yummy food trucks out there, we decided to share some of our ... More >>

Food trucks a go go

Dude, Where's My Food Truck?

Orale Taqueria Mexicana Food Truck Serves the Most Authentic Tacos in Miami

Gabriela Garcia Carnitas taco topped with pico de gallo garnish.​My father is Mexican and I grew up traveling extensively throughout the country, so I'm pretty demanding when it comes to that cuisine. I've eaten it from the furthest corners of Homestead to the most gleaming tables of South ... More >>

Diana Kennedy Wants You to Examine Your Chiles

Courtesy University of Texas Press​Diana Kennedy, cookbook author and authority on Mexican cuisine, spoke to a packed room at Books & Books Coral Gables last night.  She is on book tour promoting the comprehensive Oaxaca al Gusto: An Infinite Gastronomy.  Kennedy explained some of th ... More >>

Mercadito Has Mezcal on the Brain

​Thursday, mezcal master Ron Cooper, of Del Maguey Mezcal, and mixologist Tad Carducci, Tippling Bros., will do it Oaxaca-style with Chef Patricio Sandoval, executive chef at Mercadito. The master mixologists will pair mezcal libations with Chef Sandoval's modern spin on Southern Mexican classics ... More >>

Diana Kennedy Presents the Gastronomy of Oaxaca at Books & Books on Wednesday

Courtesy University of Texas Press​Diana Kennedy, cookbook author and leading authority on Mexican regional cooking, will present her latest work at Books & Books Coral Gables on Wednesday night at 8 p.m.Oaxaca al Gusto: An Infinite Gastronomy may indeed seem never-ending -- it's a comprehensi ... More >>

Horchata Recipe From Authentic Mexican Cookbook

Lee KleinHorchata: aerial view​Yesterday we praised the 1987 cookbook Authentic Mexican: Regional Cooking from the Heart of Mexico by Rick Bayless and Deann Groen Bayless. At the end of the exciting column, we promised a recipe for horchata from its pages. It follows this preface about the beverag ... More >>

Three art shows in Wynwood explore manliness, devastation, and the passage of time

Start a Diet

Behind the Line: Imlee Indian Bistro

All photos by Jacob KatelMumbai native Chef Shreyas Jagtap behind the line. Yeah, that's fire.​Imlee Indian Bistro's commitment to traditional, authentic North Indian cuisine is proven daily on the palates of all who eat there. Brothers Manoj and Paresh Bhatti have owned the place since 2003. Mano ... More >>

Mercadito in midtown Miami: Good for drinks

Beware La Migra

Chef Oscar Del Rivero, Jaguar Ceviche and Talavera, Gets the 10

Chef Oscar del Rivero​Certainly Chef Oscar del Rivero is not responsible for bringing ceviche to Coconut Grove, nor authentic Mexican eats to the Gables. But many will attest that his seafood creations at Jaguar Ceviche Spoon Bar and Latam Grill and flavorful plates at the new Talavera Cocina Mexi ... More >>

Latin Burger and Taco Wheels its Way Through Miami

​If stalking were legal, my target would be Latin Burger and Taco. Actually, it already is, and I am hoping my constant 'where-are-they-today' search doesn't lead to legal intervention. The trucks sport an un-missable pink and black exterior and move from location to location on a daily basis. T ... More >>

Ingrid Hoffmann Shares Latin Burger and Taco Truck Menu Preview, Serves the Streets in More Ways than One

Latin Burger and Taco Truck's FacebookBienvenidos a Miami, food trucks.You'd have to be a Smurf living under a Hen of the Woods mushroom to not know that our country's culinary epicenters are consumed by street food mania. Dessert Truck in New York City and Kogi Korean BBQ in Los Angeles were among ... More >>

A Frontera Grill of Our Own? Talavera Channels the Corazon of Mexico in the Heart of Coral Gables

Jackie SayetA sea-salty, tangy punch of solid libation: Here's looking at you, Classic Margarita.​Short of Rick Bayless opening up shop in Miami, Talavera enters the local restaurant scene to fill a much needed void, authentic Mexican cuisine.  In the capable hands of Mexican-born Executive C ... More >>

Rosa Mexicano Ice Cream Festival Only Days Away

Guacamole de postreGod it's hot outside. How hot? So hot the frigid, frostbite-inducing blasts of restaurant air conditioning actually feel good. Now is the perfect time for ice cream -- oh no, wait. Sorry. The perfect time for ice cream actually begins next Wednesday, June 24th, which coincid ... More >>

Silumtaneous Cool + Heat

Mothers Day Restaurant Roundup Part I

image via KevinDooley's flickr Mothers Day is on Sunday, May 10th, Are you ready? Do you care? Will you go out to eat? Short Order is here to give you the opportunity to plan ahead by surveying various restaurants around town.We recently dialed up some numbers out of our extensive restaur ... More >>

Salvia Sucks

A newly illegal drug takes us on a short, bumpy trip.

Macho Tacos

A van-turned-restaurant offers the real deal in Florida City.

Twirling Around Diversity

The Miami Beach Dance Festival’s got steps to every rhythm.

Eats Worth Finding

This trio of restaurants has unexpected brio

The Ballad of Octavio and Rixi

Tepid Pepper

Despite the flash, Poblano Cocina isn’t so hot

Borderline

If practice makes perfect, Mexico Mio has some work to do

Spacious International

When it comes to good alternative fusion, funk and Latin go hand in hand

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Selected events for the week of December 8, 2005

This Week's Day by Day Picks

Top of the World

Down-to-earth vocalist Lila Downs is a rising star on the world music scene

Think Different

Could it be that this year's crop of summer movies actually requires a brain cell or two?

Cheesecake Survivor

La Valentina takes on the Big Cheese in the Aventura Mall -- and holds its own

Mixtec Medium

Oh, that bluesy, jazzy, Oaxacan sound of Lila Downs

Big Boast, Small Roast

Ernie's Amazing Burgers

Mexican to Dine For

El Autentico

Letters

Going Global in the Gables

The Song Remains the Same