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March 19, 2009
BLT Heaven to Betsy
After a series of fits and starts that have characterized Miami restaurant openings for as long as there have been Miami restaurants, Chef Laurent Tourondel will finally debut his BLT Steak at the Betsy Hotel next Wednesday, March 25th. The original BLT premiered in Manhattan in 2004, its casual tak ... More >>
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June 12, 2009
Behind the Line: BLT Steak Miami Beach at the Betsy Hotel
Jacob KatelBLT Steak Miami Beach chef de cuisine Sam Gorenstein, 25, shows Off his meat's marbling. BLT Steak Miami Beach takes Chef Laurent Tourondel's formula for success and applies it to Dade County. Read Lee Klein's New Times review of the joint here and Victoria Pesce Elliot's Miami Herald rev ... More >>
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June 30, 2009
God Bless BLT Steak and Its Four Course Fourth of July Feast
Brustman Carrino PR This baby's on the menu and on the June 2009 cover of Food & Wine(To the tune of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America")God Bless BLT Steak,Inside The Betsy Hotel.Paying homage, to its patriot.A menu to delight one and all.Four special courses, it's a prix fixe, "Ocean Dr ... More >>
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September 17, 2009
Maggie Jimenéz from ¡Qué Sabor! and Sam Gorenstein from BLT Steak Visit Halperns' Meat Processing Plant
Jacob KatelMaggie Jimenez enjoys being outside after almost three hours in a meat freezer. Maggie Jimenéz is a rising culinary star with a popular lifestyle cooking show, ¡Qué Sabor!, an endorsement deal with Oscar Mayer, freelance writing gigs, and a cookbook in the works. She is a former ... More >>
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January 26, 2010
100 Favorite Dishes: Side of Bone Marrow With Your BLT Steak
Jacob KatelBone marrow.As a countdown to New Times' "Best of Miami" 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com
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February 18, 2010
James Beard Awards 2010 - Semifinalists Announced
And the local nominees are:Best Restaurateur - Myles Chefetz, Myles Restaurant Group, Miami Beach, FLRising Star Chef of the Year - Sam Gorenstein, BLT Steak at the Betsy Hotel, Miami Beach, FL
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February 18, 2010
Sam Gorenstein, Hedy Goldsmith and Eos James Beard 2010 Award Semifinalists
Photo by Jacob KatelBLT Steak's Sam Gorenstein is a semifinalist for Rising Star Chef of the Year.In anticipation of the nominees set to be announced March 22 in New Orleans, the James Beard Foundation has revealed the 2010 semifinalists for its Restaurant and Chef Awards -- and Miami is definite ... More >>
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February 23, 2010
Interview with Sam Gorenstein of BLT Steak at the Betsy Hotel, Part One
BLT Steak's Sam GorensteinIt's no surprise that Sam Gorenstein was nominated for a James Beard award. Not only is the young chef a budding talent on Miami's food scene, but his selection was accidentally leaked two weeks prior to the announcement. Nevertheless, the Colombian-born toque is produci ... More >>
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March 19, 2010
Handicapping the James Beard Awards
Consider it March Madness for gastronomic geeks: This Monday, March 22 the esteemed semifinalist nominees for the James Beard Awards 2010 will be whittled down to the even more esteemed finalists. In the combined spirit of great cooking and great bookies, we are offering the betting odds for who wil ... More >>
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March 22, 2010
Michael Schwartz, Zach Bell in James Beard Final Nominees List
Photo via jamesbeard.orgChefs Michael Schwartz of Michael's Genuine Food & Drink and Zach Bell of Café Boulud in Palm Beach were the only Florida chefs to move onto the James Beard Awards nominees short list.While 11 chefs from Florida -- four from South Florida -- were named among the semif ... More >>
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May 17, 2010
Let's Talk Chef Shoes, Part 2: What The Pros Wear
Friday's opening shoe post was mostly about my own experiences with kitchen footwear. Today we find out what Miami's real chefs wear when they're working -- and why.Michelle Bernstein, Michy's, Sra. Martinez: Clogs, as they not only help me from falling on my back side but they also give me those co ... More >>
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August 12, 2010
Best of Miami Spice 2010
Friday's opening shoe post was mostly about my own experiences with kitchen footwear. Today we find out what Miami's real chefs wear when they're working -- and why.Michelle Bernstein, Michy's, Sra. Martinez: Clogs, as they not only help me from falling on my back side but they also give me those co ... More >>
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October 11, 2010
Michelle Bernstein, Jeff McInnis, and Kris Wessel to Cook for Common Threads Benefit
Courtesy of Mimi Chacin/Common ThreadsMaking sushiCommon Threads co-founder Art Smith will chair the first Miami benefit for the organization. It's a lineup worthy of an All-Star team if cooking had a midsummer classic. Check the line-up: Michelle Bernstein, Jeff McInnis (Gigi), Sam Gorenst ... More >>
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November 2, 2010
Festival of Chefs Takes Over Nikki Beach November 10
Culinary arts students with Chef Michael Gilligan (right) and artist MANO.If you're not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter, here's a taste of what you're missing. Click here to subscribe.Who needs a Festival of Lights when you can have a Festival of Chefs? Disney's smarmy li ... More >>
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February 16, 2011
Chef Michael Schwartz Launches Cookbook With A Talk and A Potluck
As we wrote yesterday, chef Michael Schwartz's cookbook -- Michael's Genuine Food -- is finally out. And Schwartz will make his first Miami appearance at Books & Books Coral Gables on Saturday, February 19 at 7 p.m. This isn't your average book signing, though. After a Q&A with the ch ... More >>
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February 21, 2011
Michael Schwartz's Genuine Potluck at Books and Books
Trina SargalskiView photos from Michael Schwartz's book signing at Books & Books here.Michael Schwartz made his first Miami appearance to promote his new cookbook, Michael's Genuine Food, on Saturday. Schwartz conversed with Sun-Sentinel food writer John Tanasychuk before a packed house at Bo ... More >>
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March 21, 2011
Zach Bell Makes The 2011 James Beard Awards Finalist List
Zach Bell of Café Bouloud in Palm Beach is the sole Florida chef nominated for a 2011 James Beard Award. Finalists for this highest honor in the culinary world were announced today in Portland, Oregon and on Twitter by the James Beard Foundation.Bell is a finalist in the Best Chef: South categor ... More >>
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March 25, 2011
Sony Ericsson Open: $1,200 for First-Class Chow
Sony Ericcson Open But where are the peanuts and Cracker Jacks?At most sporting events you can satisfy your hunger with a few hot dogs, some peanuts and a beer.But tennis is not like most sporting events. First of all, the spectators dress and resemble the players so much that sometimes it ... More >>
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July 14, 2011
Portale, McInnis, Gorenstein, and More: Is The Classical Chef Dead?
C. Stiles Jeff McInnisIt was while watching the PBS show Point of View about the Un des Meilleurs Ouvriers de France pastry competition (Kings of Pastry) -- in which classically-trained pastry chefs undergo intense training and pressure to vie for the honor of being one of France's finest ... More >>
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September 6, 2011
Kane's Young Executive Chef Takes His Steak Seriously
Photo by Andres AravenaThe addition of recently opened Kane Steakhouse to the SoFi restaurant landscape presented an opportunity for executive chef Daniel Ganem. When execs at the Glazier Group (Strip House in NYC, Michael Jordan's the Steak House) began searching for a head toque, they found th ... More >>
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October 18, 2011
Sam Gorenstein Leaving BLT Steak To Join Forces With Michael Schwartz
Is there more to this story than meats the eye?Is there a chef-leaving-South-Beach-steakhouse epidemic going on or what? First Ralph Pagano announced that he was leaving STK Miami, then days later we learn that Daniel Ganem is on his way from Kane Steakhouse, and now Sam Gorenstein has informed S ... More >>
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November 2, 2011
Mario Tolentino Takes Over BLT Steak, Says He Moved South For the Sunshine
Evan SungMario Tolentino picks up where Sam Gorenstein left off at BLT Steak at The Betsy. We all know that Sam Gorenstein recently left his position at BLT Steak at The Betsy Hotel, to join forces with Michael Schwartz at The Raleigh, but the question remained until recently: who would take over ... More >>
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December 16, 2011
Gorenstein Set To Open My Ceviche "Very Soon" (And Ignite Stone Crab War?)
Gorenstein will soon be looking at lots of fish.The rumor mill was spinning yesterday that Sam Gorenstein, Beard-nominated chef formerly of BLT Steak, was set to open his new venture called My Ceviche at 235 Washington Avenue in South Beach. Miami's Restaurant Power Rankings reported this back in ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
Miami food scene 2011: food trucks, great chefs, and real coffee continue the culinary ascent
Gorenstein will soon be looking at lots of fish.The rumor mill was spinning yesterday that Sam Gorenstein, Beard-nominated chef formerly of BLT Steak, was set to open his new venture called My Ceviche at 235 Washington Avenue in South Beach. Miami's Restaurant Power Rankings reported this back in ... More >>
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February 7, 2012
Coconut Grove Over South Beach? 50 Reasons That's Just Dumb
As you may or may not know, Short Order is having a little Snackdown! Over the next few weeks, we will be pairing eight Miami-Dade neighborhoods and pitting one against the other in an NCAA-bracket sort of tournament. The first entry, last Thursday, was Coconut Grove versus South Beach.Admittedly ... More >>

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