Free Red Stripe Lager Tonight at The Awarehouse in Wynwood

Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday, some people think of her as the little gothic girl from the Addams Family. Others call her “hump day.” But in the living heat of Summer in Miami, this Wednesday means free beer, er lager, Red Stripe to be exact.It also means you have to RSVP to…

Archive Diver: SKUM at Hi Volt Video Niteclub in the Grove Cinema 1988

This week’s Archive Diver brings you the billing for the Grove Cinema’s Hi-Volt Video Niteclub from June 22 – 28, 1988. Live musical acts featured that week included SKUM, currently undergoing a cinematic resurgence through a locally produced documentary by a former band member. The SKUM movie includes interviews with…

Weekend Blog Watch – Digital Foodism

Short Order sees the web-food-media-movement growing and is proud to be a part of it, we are living in a golden age of information, but keep in mind there are many copyright, privacy, piracy, and plagiarism implications to everything we do on the internet. Here’s some recent local content.- Chef…

Chef Fernando “Fern” Garcia Was A Navy Combat Cook

Chef Fernando “Fern” Garcia is a dude with a story. A born-n-raised in Dade product of Miami High, Garcia joined the Navy in 2000 and traveled the world as a culinary specialist. Fern documented some of his experiences for Short Order. The following is an example of the hardships endured…

Fruit and Spice Park’s Redland Summer Fruit Festival In Pictures

The Redland Summer Fruit Festival evidenced momma nature’s love for all us animals;sure she might throw us a Category 5 monster this year, but the mangos will be flying off the shelves regardless. Fresh and juicy, ripe and ready, hot and tempting, cool and refreshing, the harvest is on point,…

Food Inspection Reportage for El Toro Taco in Homestead

This morning in “Death and Tacos” Natalie O’Neill exposed El Toro Taco’s fairly recent 53 food inspection critical violations smorgasbord, but where’s the link to the report, and how have their reports looked in the past?Here’s the link for the past six food inspection reports for routine food inspections conducted…

Festival Food at Fruit And Spice Park

Over the weekend, the Redland Summer Fruit Festival at Fruit & Spice Park offered visitors a bounty of options for edible fulfillment well beyond the usual. Vendors peddled ice cream, Thai food, arepas, and more in an atmosphere that included craft booths and a music tent. Check out some more pictures……

Video: Miami’s Own Unsigned Zillion Dolla Man “Rap Hustle Flour”

Here’s a brand new video for Zillion Dolla Man’s “Rap, Hustle, Flour.” The video is produced by Ason Productions and appears on their Touchdown305 youtube channel. Can’t find any information on the artist, but think that’s Ramses from Chef Creole in the video. Here’s my favorite line from the song:…

Weekly Wrap Up: The Friday Swelter

Miami’s so hot that pigs sweat bacon grease, Biscayne Bay turns to fish soup, and palm trees hide under each other for shade. Perfect weather for a cold drink, a hot bbq, and some potato salad. Summer pulses through the county with the chaotic friction of all our molecules heating…

Kosher Sushi at Walgreens on Biscayne in Miami?

Walgreens on Biscayne and 31st stocks Kosher Sushi made locally by Sushi Mann Express. But what makes sushi kosher? Short Order set out to investigate.Sushi is famous for its raw fish. Jewish biblical law states that only certain fish are fit for consumption, but unlike meat, their blood is viewed…

Los Sabores Del Mercado Venza at Lincoln Road Farmers Market

With a name that roughly translates as “Oye hijodeputa gringo, learn Spanish already,” Los Sabores Del Mercado Venza is a free, bilingual event taking place Sunday, June 28 at the Lincoln Road Farmers Market at Lincoln Road and Euclid Ave.Local Latino/a chefs and chefs who specialize in Latin-style cuisine will…

Egalité, Fraternité, and Nudité

First the French gave us the Statue of Liberty, then our girls learned to grow armpit hair, and there’s the “auteur theory.” The concept holds that a true work of art bears the indelible stylistic imprint of the person who created it. Decide if that’s true at South Florida’s own…

Giveaway: Appleton Estate 12-Year-Old Jamaican Rum

As part of a whirlwind marketing tour, the excellent people of Appleton Estate stopped by Miami New Times to introduce/reacquaint the staff with their world-renowned Jamaican rum.Short Order was drunk at 11 a.m. It was awesome. To prove how much we value our readership, we are giving away a bottle of…

Key West Key Lime Shoppe Interview With Chef Kermit

Chef Kermit has been running the Key Lime Pie racket in Key West for 17 years. He is a master of self promotion and after he’s done baking pies, which he does every morning from about 6 to 9 am, he does a comedy schtick outside his shop for the…

Nachos and Beer at Tobacco Road for Miami Herald Tweetup

Last night, Miami New Times had a couple beers and ate some nachos at the Miami Herald tweetup at Tobacco Road. A tweetup is where virtual friends, acquaintances, enemies, and nemesi meet up in real life and take pictures of each other to share on the Internet.Short Order didn’t have…