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Miami Fourth Best Food Truck City in America

Miami's food truck scene is alive and well and, apparently, a destination choice for hungry travelers, according to two prominent online food-and-travel sites. Jetsetter, an online travel magazine that also books custom upscale trips such as tiger safaris and tours of California's wine country, has ... More >>

Miami Food Trucks Featured in Live With Kelly and Michael Contest

If there was any doubt that south Florida food trucks are the best in the country, check out how many of our own local munchmobiles are vying for the title of top food truck in the Live With Kelly and Michael Truckin' Amazing Food Truck Cook-Off contest! Three local food trucks (out of 20 in the en ... More >>

Magic City Casino Sets Guinness World Record For Food Truck Parade

People living in the area of Flagler Street and NW 37th Ave. hung out of their windows in disbelief as a parade of 62 colorful food trucks rolled through their neighborhood, flanked by a police escort. The trucks were part of caravan to set a Guinness World Record for "largest food truck parade." ... More >>

Ms. Cheezious Wins Trucks at SoBeWFF... Again

"You could put out sea urchin and conch ceviche and wine roasted short ribs that shit rainbows" and people will still pick comfort foods, Andrew Zimmern said just before announcing Ms. Cheezious as winner -- for the second year in a row -- of the People's Choice award at the South Beach Wine & F ... More >>

Andrew Zimmern's Truck and Many More on Midtown Tracks for SoBeWFF

For more on the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, check out New Times' Taste guide, hitting newsstands Thursday, February 21. By the time 2012 was upon us, more than 100 food trucks were rolling around Greater Miami. It seemed only natural some of them should feed the gastrophilic masses of the Sou ... More >>

One Burger to Rule Them All

Miami's Ultimate Food Truck Is The Health Nut on Wheels (Photos)

A new food truck was crowned supreme at Magic City Casino Saturday night, when The Health Nut on Wheels won the Ultimate Miami Food Truck Competition, beating out seven other food trucks to win the title and a cool $5,000 cash prize.Attendees were treated to an interactive evening, with each food tr ... More >>

Win Tickets To the Ultimate Food Truck Battle With Shaggy and Sean Kingston

Miami loves its food trucks. Whether we catch one on the side of the road for a lunchtime snack or head over to a roundup to eat out way through several dozen offerings, we're sweet on all the goodness coming from those mobile munch units.But which truck is the best in all of our fair city?

Miami Food Scene 2012: Top 12 Uppers and Downers

Art Basel in Wynwood: 30 Food Trucks Running Daily

In spite of past problems, little seems to be standing in the way of Miami food trucks serving the masses in Wynwood during the week of Art Basel. Sakaya Kitchen's Dim Ssam a Gogo will host more then 30 food trucks at the usual art walk location, 210 NW 22nd Lane from 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. from today (T ... More >>

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First-Ever Miami Beach Food Truck Roundups Scheduled

Read Also: Food Trucks To Roll on Miami BeachAfter getting approval back in May, the Miami Beach Food Truck and Music Fest will finally roll out to the North Shore Park Bandshell on Collins and 73rd Street. The monthly event will feature food trucks and live music with a Latin flavor, in keeping wit ... More >>

World-Renowned Chef Jose Andres Hires Miami Food Truck For Employee Party

The buzz is mounting for The Bazaar by Chef Jose Andres' Miami Beach opening in two weeks -- with much of that buzz being created by the uber-talented chef himself.

Food Trucks to Roll On Miami Beach

The City of Miami Beach will allow a limited number of food truck roundups, starting as early as June. The issue of having food trucks on Miami Beach was pushed back many times, as local restaurants felt it would take away business.On May 9, the Miami Beach City Commission moved forward with a long- ... More >>

Wynwood Food Truck Roundup Off, But There Will Be Trucks (Update)

Beached Miami reported yesterday that the Second Saturday Street Food and Music Festival in Wynwood, scheduled for this Saturday, May 12, was cancelled due to permitting issues.Sakaya Kitchen's manager, Szilvia sent out an email to food truck owners simply stating, "Hello Everyone, Unfortunately t ... More >>

Free Curried Goat Tacos: Dos Equis Taco Truck In Miami Wednesday

If you've been waiting for the day a Dos Equis taco truck drives into your city, stay thirsty my friend. It's coming soon. The "most interesting" food truck in the world is on a multi-city tour and coming here on Wednesday, partnering with Jefe's food truck and chef Jack Garabedian to throw a 10-day ... More >>

Wynwood Street Food and Music Festival is a Go!

A little over 24 hours before the Wynwood Street Food and Music Festival was set to start, organizer Richard Hales was waiting at the phone for word the event permit was granted. Hales told Short Order shortly after he heard that the City of Miami had put the seal of approval on the event that he fe ... More >>

Second Saturday Street Food Fest at Wynwood: Will It Happen?

The Second Saturday Wynwood Artwalk food truck roundup is still one of the most successful and well attended events in Miami.Each month, thousands of people gather for a little street food sustenance and shopping at local crafts vendors before of after heading out to peruse the galleries that stay o ... More >>

Wynwood Food Truck Roundup Cancelled, Brad Knoefler Tattled

​The Second Saturday Wynwood Artwalk food truck roundup has been cancelled for this month. Short Order learned about the cancellation from organizer/restaurateur Richard Hales, who said that the popular monthly food truck roundup was being shuttered due to a tip off to the City of Miami Zoning Dep ... More >>

Latin House Grill to Open Restaurant: Are Food Trucks Turning to Brick and Mortar?

​Is the new food truck trend to turn in the wheels for a traditional brick-and-mortar restaurant? We've already seen restaurants such as Sakaya Kitchen, La Camaronera, Red Koi, Sweetness Bake Shop, and Islas Canarias roll out mobile versions of their brick-and-mortar establishments.We're seei ... More >>

SoBeWFF: Andrew Zimmern Talks Street Food and Miami Bites

​You probably know Andrew Zimmern as the guy who eats eyeballs and bats on the Travel Channel's Bizarre Foods. You might not know that Zimmern, a trained chef and journalist with a love of street food, is an annual participant in the South Beach Wine & Food Festival. This year he'll host the o ... More >>

Second Saturday Street Food Fest at Wynwood: Bigger and Better

​Your second Saturday of the month just got bigger and better, thanks to Sakaya Kitchen and Dim Ssäm à gogo's Richard Hales.Hales, organizer of the monthly food truck roundup in Wynwood during the neighborhood's second Saturdays art walk, has decided to up the ante of the event, bringing live mu ... More >>

Food Trucks Compete in Tobacco Road Breakfast Cook-Off February 4

​Everyone knows food trucks meet at Tobacco Road every first Saturday of the month, but February 4 is different because the trucks will convene to celebrate National Hot Breakfast Month.It's good to see that some people are taking unofficial food holidays seriously.Twelve trucks will compete for t ... More >>

Bourdain to Eat Street to Emeril: Miami TV Tops in 2011

Travel ChannelAnthony Bourdain orders from Dim Ssam a Gogo.​Miami was a star in 2011. The past year saw many major national food-related shows film here in our fair city. Who could blame them? Between our thriving and ever-growing food scene and our seemingly endless miles of sandy beaches, p ... More >>

CheeseMe by Latin Burger: A First Peek And Weekend Truck Tracker

Jim HeinsCheeseMe, powered by Latin Burger.​A few days ago, we announced that CheeseMe was acquired by Latin Burger. According to owner Jim Heins, the CheeseMe truck was in the process of a makeover and that it would be back on the streets by the end of the week.The truck's logos and wrap were red ... More >>

Art Basel Food Guide: Food Trucks

​Art Basel is coming to town, turning the entire city into a roving band of art connoisseurs. Each year, we travel to pop-up art galleries and tents filled with shards of broken glass, painted bananas, interactive tunnels, and sometimes even the occasional paint-on-canvas.Pondering all this art ge ... More >>

Judging The Burgies: 22 Burgers in Two Hours (Photos)

​When Burger Beast Sef Gonzalez asked me to be a judge at the third annual Burgie Awards, I said sure. I've judged a few competitions. They're usually fun, you get a badge, and you meet some new people. When you're asked to oversee a burger competition, you naturally assume you'll be tasting burge ... More >>

Richard Hales On Round-Ups: "A Crutch for Crappy Food Trucks"

Banana cream pie from Baketress​Richard Hales' Sakaya Kitchen was a pioneer in both locale (Midtown, then a ghost town in terms of eateries) and concept -- affordable, chef-driven, Asian-inspired small plates (pre Gigi, Wok Town, Pubbelly, etc.). Hales was also right at the intersection of the ori ... More >>

Foodstock is Tomorrow: Weekend Truck Tracker

​Foodstock: One Night of Peas and Music is tomorrow, so break our the love beads, your suede fringe jacket and get ready for an evening of great street food from 30 of your favorite trucks. In addition, Foodstock will feature vintage wearables, crafts, and art for sale, a DJ spinning tunes and liv ... More >>

Homestead Al Gusto Challenges Food Trucks To Use Local Produce

At Homestead Al Gusto, food trucks will cook with local produce​Though no one's going to accuse all food trucks of serving seriously health-conscious eats, many owners make an effort to use fresh and local ingredients.Jefe's Original Fish Taco and Burger owner Jack Garabedian, for instance, goes d ... More >>

Dim Ssäm à Gogo's Half-Off, Google Deals Offer

Dim Ssäm à Gogo present's Miami's first food truck meal deal.​Leave it to Richard Hales to present Miami's first food truck online deal. Google Deals is offering $10 worth of food from Dim Ssäm à Gogo for only $5. The deal, available on the Google Deals website, can be purchased through tomorr ... More >>

Coolhaus Ice Cream Sandwich Truck Comes to Miami

​Olive oil, rosemary, and basalmic-glazed fig with mascarpone cheese. They sound like dinner, but they're actually ice cream flavors made by Coolhaus, the architecturally-inspired ice cream sandwich food truck with unorthodox flavors, which debuts November 17. "The spirit of the food truck is ca ... More >>

Short Order Presents Foodstock, One Night of Peas and Music

​Break out your love beads and appetite because Short Order is bringing you Foodstock: One Night of Peas and Music in the Wynwood Arts District on November 12.Be prepared to rock out to live bands and DJs, shop for vintage clothing and arts and crafts and eat from 30 food trucks. Foodstock also co ... More >>

Overload Extreme Street Food: Consume Mass Quantities at Tropical Park

Overload Extreme Street Food via FacebookOverload Extreme Street Food -- wear stretchy pants.​There are two schools of thought in the eating game.On the one hand, there are the people who want to eat clean and healthfully. Thinking of their bodies as temples, they look for buzzwords like organic, ... More >>

B.C. Tacos Beats Jefe's Original Fish Taco and Burger at Iron Fork

All photos by Laine DossChefs from Jefe's Original Fish Taco and B.C. Tacos pose with moderator Allen Susser​B.C. Tacos beat out Jefe's Original Fish Taco and Burger in last night's Fighting Food Truck's Taco Tangle at the Miami New Times' Fourth Annual Iron Fork at Ice Palace Film Studios in Miam ... More >>

Harold and Kumar Munchies Truck Coming to Miami; Food Trucks Tonight UPDATED

Harold and Kumar via FacebookHarold and Kumar's Munchies truck is coming to Miami​White Castle obsessed Harold and Kumar are celebrating the pre-release of their new movie, A Very Harold & Kumar 3-D Christmas by rolling out to college campuses in their very own munchie truck.The truck is set t ... More >>

Full Moon Party at Tobacco Road Tonight, Sabor Hispano at Jungle Island Tomorrow

Fire dancing, drumming and food trucks at Tobacco Road's Full Moon celebration tonight​Howl at the moon tonight, salsa till you drop tomorrow as food trucks roll out to some interesting and exotic parties and festivals this weekend. Here's the deal:Friday, October 14Tobacco Road is hosting the Dow ... More >>

Win Tickets to Jay-Z, Kanye at Eat With the Heat Today; Trucks at Hard Rock Tonight

Win tickets to see Jay-Z and Kanye at Eat with the Heat​Almost a dozen food trucks will be out at the monthly Eat With the Heat food truck roundup today at the American Airlines Arena. From 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., food truck and Heat fans will be able to grab lunch and snag goodies and merchandise ... 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 >>

SBWFF Trucks on the Beach List Announced; Food Trucks Tonight

Stocked and LoadedStocked and Loaded is one of the trucks chosen for the 2012 SBWFF closing party.​Trucks on the Beach, the 2012 South Beach Wine & Food Festival's new closing party, has announced its food truck roster. Though the Miami food truck scene has close to 100 trucks serving street f ... More >>

Miss Cheesious and Ms. Cheesy: Trademark Theft or Cheesy Coincidence?

Ms. CheeziousMs. Cheezious: more popular that we thought.​If you looked at the headline and thought that Short Order was in serious need of a spell checker, think again.According to the website Buffalo.com, there's a food truck about to serve grilled cheese and soups in the football-obsessed city ... More >>

Eat St. Filming Food Trucks in Miami This Week

Laine Doss Eat Street is back in Miami to film season three​Eat St., the Cooking Channel show that features food trucks and the bloggers that love them, is filming season three in Miami this week. Three trucks will be featured for three different segments of the show, and Miami New Times bl ... More >>

Bay, Beer, Trains and Freaks: Food Trucks This Weekend

​Name your poison this weekend, because food trucks are out to serve you a side of entertainment with your street food.This weekend's food truck roundups offer high entertainment value with little out of pocket expense. Choose from viewing a beautiful sunset on the bay, hanging out in an antique r ... More >>

Bite GastroTruck Serves Award-Winning Burgers at Seminole Hard Rock Tonight

​There's no dearth of food trucks on the Miami scene selling burgers, true, but there's always room for one that sells award-winning burgers.That's the thinking behind chef Ron Kerr's foray into the food truck business. The chef at Georgie's Alibi, the Wilton Manors pub/lounge, is debuting his bra ... More >>

Palate Party Resumes Service at Tropical Park Tonight

Palate PartyChef Robyn Almodovar resumes service at Palate Party.​Last week, Short Order reported that chef Robyn Almodovar, owner of Palate Party, was airlifted to the hospital after being burned in a propane accident on her food truck. Almodovar assured us that although she suffered facial burns ... More >>

The Great Food Truck Race Finale: Outtakes From The Cutting Room Floor

Tyler Florence hosts The Great Food Truck Race​Food Network's The Great Food Truck Race Season Two finale aired last night, pitting Hodge Podge Truck against The Lime Truck for a briefcase full of cash ($100,000 to be exact) and bragging rights as the greatest food truck.Though the trucks were fil ... More >>

Palate Party Food Truck Owner in Accident; Weekend Truck Tracker

Palate PartyPalate Party owner and chef Robyn Almodovar was airlifted to Broward General Hospital, then Jackson Memorial Hospital after an accident on her Palate Party truck left her with burns to her face.​We spoke with chef Almodovar, who was released from the hospital yesterday evening. " ... More >>

The Great Food Truck Race Miami Finale Airs Sunday

Laine Doss Lime vs. Hodge Podge. Who won?​We know who wins The Great Food Truck Race, hosted by Tyler Florence. We were there during the final moments when finalists Lime Truck, from Irvine, California, and Hodge Podge, from Cleveland, Ohio, were in a heated, neck-and-neck race to the finis ... More >>

Food Trucks Benefit Angels & Warriors Tonight

Sugar Yummy Mama will sell cake pops tonight.There's another food truck benefit tonight, so if you're hankering to get out of the house, why not help children with cancer in the process?A food truck fundraiser to benefit Angels & Warriors will be held tonight at the Holiday Inn Express &am ... More >>