Man wants tacos so bad he’s willing to kill for them…..maybe he’ll like the ones in prison…if they find him. [Herald]Mayor Daley from Chicago says “I’m moving to Miami, where there are no taxes on food and no state income tax.” [ChicagoTribune]Lee Schrager talks about getting asked to unclog toilets…
B.O. and Gunline Entertainment rep Richmond Heights, Peerrine, South Dade, goon muzik, and tearin’ ya ass. Here’s what Big O had to say about his song “Tear My Ass,” after the jump…
This remix of Black Dada’s “Imma Zoe” comes courtesy of UB the Underboss from the THC crew. The song is called “Imma Chico,” and it calls for Latinos all over Miami-Dade County, South Florida, and the world to stand up.Here’s UB’s message that we received by e-mail with the track: “Get ready…
Ever wished your cake was shaped like a dog’s face? Thanks to the original 5-in-1 Tasty Baker your dreams can come true.Created by the ingenious minds behind the Pop Art Toaster (the toaster that branded the New York Times logo into a piece of bread), the 5-in-1 Tasty Baker allows…
Azucar!2 Girls and a Cupcake bring gourmet cupcakery to Downtown Miami.Today is their official grand opening, and the first ten customers get a free Oye Como Va. That’s a vanilla cupcake with guava filling and cream cheese frosting.Every Monday for the month of October, they’ll be doing cupcake giveaways including…
Sometimes, everything you’ve ever feared about the drive- thru is true. Careful what you say into that fast food speaker. Short Order recently met Trew Money, his rap name, in a local bar and grill kitchen where he was working as a dishwasher. We asked if he had any funny…
Short Order knows we’re not the only game in town. That’s why we take this opportunity to highlight some other local voices in the community. Here are some recent posts from folks around the way.South Beach Restaurant Authority isn’t….they’re Chapter 11 after doing nothing. [FoodForThought]Taverna Opa celebrates a year in…
Cooked milk, get your cooked milk.Whole Foods Market has officially dropped raw milk from its shelves in Florida.Raw Milk is milk that has not been pasteurized or homogenized. Pasteurization is a heating process meant to kill bacteria, and homogenization is the process of making the milk one consistency throughout. The…
Some broke American alcoholics drink “pink ladies,” canned sterno filtered through a piece of bread or an old sock. It can get you drunk, and it can kill you. Cuba’s version is called “chispa de tren,” so named for the hallucinations it causes that resemble the sparks made between a…
Lotus House Thrift (203 NW 36th St., Miami) is a Wynwood extension of Overtown’s Lotus House Women’s Shelter. It is a thrift shop that specializes in selling clothes, furniture, electronics, and household goods to help fund shelter meals, housing, health services, job training, and more. I bought a Sony amp…
Roaches!On September 8, 2009 a Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulations routine food inspection saw them running around the kitchen of Ola at Sanctuary (1745 James Ave., Miami Beach). Click here for the report.The disposition of the report was “Emergency Order Recommended: Conditions have been found that endanger the…
If you’ve ever stepped in dog shit as you walked into a restaurant you might not like this list. Same goes for if you’re allergic to K9s.Food & Wine magazine has named Miami one of the top five dog friendliest cities in the United States, based on dining and lodging…
What do Wolverine, Wale, and Hillary Clinton have in common? Nigeria, and not because they fell victim to email fraud. Whether it’s getting visited by ex-first ladies, appearing in Hollywood films, or producing up-and-coming rappers, the African nation is hot right now. This year marks the country’s 49th year of…
You could say fat runs in my family. Like, genetically. That’s my great grandpa to the right. They called him Chins Mulliggan.He was an Irish gangster. A hard drinking killer that carried tripe in his overcoat pockets, and taught my father to do the same.So I don’t entirely blame the…
Cindy Hutson started her professional cooking career in 1994 when she and her partner Delius Shirley opened Norma’s On The Beach. They named the place after his mother, Norma Shirley, a famous chef who Food & Wine once called the “Julia Child of the Caribbean.”Cindy says “Our first restaurant, Norma’s,…
Adrian “Drop” Santalla, and Phenom are the production team behind Drop Dead Beats and the force behind “Triumph,” the opening track on Pitbull’s new album Rebelution.ESPN recently licensed the song for one month of universal usage. Drop says “I got people calling me up telling me, oh I just heard…
They call it food with integrity. We knocked em’ for not having it when they were buying what could have been slave tomatoes.But Chipotle recently struck a deal with Florida company East Coast Growers and Packers to pay fair wages and ensure humane labor practices for Sunshine State tomato workers…
Archive Diver found this ad for the South Side Bar & Grill (8099 S. Dixie Highway) in a 1988 issue of the Miami New Times.According to ad copy they were open from 10 p.m. – 6 a.m. every night and they wanted you to “Make us your late night place.”This…
Sound Theory Live is the Friday night (7 – 8 pm) WDNA 88.9 FM show that takes local bands, puts them in the studio to play live on the air, and interviews them too. The show recently featured Miami-Dade County’s own ’80s tribute band Eruption. They reformed out of the…
It was the breast of times, but not the wurst of times, because Pollo Tropical has got chicken on lock, but they’re not slanging sausage.Cash in your gut check with Pollo Tropical’s new Tropical Trios, any combination of 3 wings, a quarter rack of ribs, a quarter grilled chicken, or…
A kid eats octopus in Miami, his mom writes a book. Foodie parents. [DailyNewsOnline]Miami based Burger King corp running one dollar hollers in the burger war of 09′. [BaltimoreSun]AP report say Miami is one of the U.S. cities with largest income gaps, and nationwide foodstamp usage jumped 13 percent last…
Last Monday, South Florida’s Chefs Club, a network of culinary professionals who meet regularly to eat, talk shop, and crack jokes, got together over a tailgate style feast at the bar of BLT Steak Miami during the Dolphin’s opener against the Colts.Executive Chef Sam Gorenstein says of hosting Chefs Club,…
