100 Favorite Dishes: Pan Con Minuta at La Camaronera
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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Artist Ross Ford Leaving Miami, ArtOfficial Sending Him Off
Talk about a come-up. Ross Ford started his Miami art career in 2006 by selling his paintings on Lincoln Road and in front of Bayside Marketplace. From there, he moved into alternative spaces and live-painting in nightclubs, then representation from a gallery, and finally his own studio in an artist’s…
Closed Restaurants Roundup of Doom
Almost two quarters into 2010 and restaurants are dropping like so many flies at a swatter factory.Did your favorite neighborhood joint close? Yes. So did some big-money startups, middling little guys, and corporate behemoths’ touristic appendages.Our records indicate the loss of 28 29 restaurants so far this year. But will…
Tiny Dude, Monster Jokes
He’s so short that when Kool and the Gang sing “Get down, get down,” he’s already there. His swimming pool is a rain puddle in your driveway, and a napkin’s big enough to be his towel. He hijacks his fitted caps from bobblehead dolls. He could even wax a stripper’s…
The Don Invades Dade
Beer muscles play tricks on your mind. They make the stupidest acts of bravery, skill, and coordination seem not only feasible but also easy to accomplish. And if you’ve ever trespassed on nursing home property after dark to attempt a drunken two-story skateboard trick over a 50-foot gap into the…
Video: Southern Bred from Groundhoggz at Headz Up Barbershop
Here’s a video of Southern Bred live from Headz Up Barbershop in Miami Lakes. He’s a founding member of Groundhoggz. If you’ve never heard of Groundhoggz, they are a local rap group that has been putting in work on the streets of Dade for about the past 12 years. They’re…
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Pastelitos 101: Cuban “Capuchino” From La Gran Via Bakery
Welcome to Pastelitos 101, a noob’s eye view on Latin American pastries.This morning we visited La Gran Via Bakery, a 24-hour joint on Calle Ocho in Little Havana.Inside the bakery display shelf, among various frosted, drizzled, and flaky crusted items, some burnt-end yellow cones caught our eye.They are called “Capuchinos,”…
Garcia Talks Bangbros Exxotica Party
Porno sucks, but by now you’ve already heard that Bangbros, the Miami based porno company, is hosting their pre-Exxotica party at Shake at The Vagabond.What you might not know is that local rapper Garcia is their head of booking. He says, “Last year we did this same party at The…
Granny Feelgood’s: Serving Downtown Miami Since 1971
The original Granny Feelgood’s has stood at 25 West Flagler Street, in Downtown Miami’s legal district since 1971.The restaurant serves a variety of breakfasts, salads, sandwiches, and home cooked style meals as well as healthy fare like smoothies and wheatgrass.Granny’s caters mostly to the cop, judge, lawyer, secretary crowd that…
Exposé’s Laurie Miller Releases New “Point Of No Return” Minidoc
Exposé is a Miami born freestyle group from the 80’s with a contentious history full of label problems, legal disputes, and a revolving cast of members. But before all that drama, they were on top of the world with a hit record called “Point Of No Return,” a classic that…
Video: Pitbull “How Low Can You Go” Live In Stockholm
Pitbull has the crowd going crazy to his version of “How Low Can You Go” live in this performance footage from a May 4 show at Fryshuset in Stockholm, Sweden.Maybe it’s not until you see this that you realize how big Miami culture is on a global scale. Keep in…
Luna Star Cafe is a Good Beer and Live Music Mecca
Luna Star Cafe’s menu opens with “We do not sell Budweiser, Coors, Heineken or Amstel Light. Instead, allow us to guide you through the intriguing world of beer as we know it.” But where other places with massive beer selections lay out a tiny-print list with price and country of…
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Kick It Kreyol
Haitian Proverbs 101: Sak vide pa kanpe. Translation: An empty sack does not stand. Meaning: You can’t work without food. Now, do your part to help fill Haiti’s sak by ending the 12th annual Haitian Compas Festival weekend with Sunday’s annual soccer blowout, the Madame Gougousse Cup Final at FIU…
Kreyol Carnival
Haitian Proverbs 101: Sak vide pa kanpe. Translation: An empty sack does not stand. Meaning: You can’t work without food. Now, do your part to help fill Haiti’s sak by kicking off the 12th annual Haitian Compas Festival weekend with the 10 p.m. All White Affair, featuring music by Nu…
Kreyol Carnival
Haitian Proverbs 101: Sak vide pa kanpe. Translation: An empty sack does not stand. Meaning: You can’t work without food. Now, do your part to help fill Haiti’s sak by attending the 12th annual Haitian Compas Festival concert as Wyclef Jean, Black Dada, Harmonik, and 16 other acts overrun Bayfront…
Help Fill Haiti’s Sack
Haitian Proverbs 101: Sak vide pa kanpe. Translation: An empty sack does not stand. Meaning: You can’t work without food. Now, do your part to help fill Haiti’s sak by kicking off the 12th annual Haitian Compas Festival weekend with Friday’s fundraising drive at Wal-Mart. Donate nonperishable food and supplies…
Kreyol Carnival
Haitian Proverbs 101: Sak vide pa kanpe. Translation: An empty sack does not stand. Meaning: You can’t work without food. Now, do your part to help fill Haiti’s sak by kicking off the 12th annual Haitian Compas Festival weekend with compas kings Carimi and T-Vice as they bring that Kreyol…
Christian Rap vs. Devil-Core Live From Miami on YouTube
If Jesus and the Devil are arm wrestling, then Miami is the table their elbows are on. Let’s face it, this place is pretty fucked up. Us humans have done a swell job of transforming a river of grass into a den of iniquity. But despite all the evil that…
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Cubo Kills A Record Exec In New Video
Watch out, Cubo’s comin’! You may have heard of the Pitbull affiliate in years past, but apparently he’s making a run for it now with a couple of new videos on the web and talk of a forthcoming album. The video above for his song “I made it” shows a…
Top 10 TV Moms Who Cook For Mother’s Day
Your mom can’t cook. Or that’s what you always said. You watched those ladies on the tube, and thought it looked so damn easy. Hell. some of ’em were even hot. Well, that was all made up, you jerk. So before you nail mom (editor’s paragraph) again for another year…
10 Steps To Great Food Pics With Your Point and Shoot
Anybody can take great food pics!Most people don’t have expensive cameras with detachable lenses, filters, reflectors, and light kits.You don’t need any of that stuff to take great photos.With food photography booming as it is on the internet these days and cooking culture being so popular, we thought we’d share…
Spam Allstars at Hoy Como Ayer, Bardot, and Sound Theory Live
Fuacata! Spam Allstars are getting it in tonight at their weekly residency at Hoy Como Ayer in the heart of Little Havana alongside Rumberos De La 8, a bangin’ Miami percussion group with members from Cuba and Puerto Rico produced by DJ Le Spam. Doors open at 9 p.m. and…