I’m bout to let you Short Ordrians in on a secret. Jesus was a Mexican, and he has a drink named as such, and nobody’s ever heard of it because I made it up.This is an exclusive, as yet unreleased recipe. The only person who’s ever heard it was the…
In real life, at least according to wikipedia, Cinco De Mayo “commemorates the Mexican army’s unlikely defeat of French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.” In America it usually means tacos and tequila shots, and tourist versions of mariachi hats.The Cinco De Mayo festivities at Jaguar,…
Miami didn’t bring home any Beards this year. The award for best new restaurant went to Momofuku Ko in New York, not Miami’s Sra. Martinez, edged out by comic value points for the name Momofuku.Best Chef South went to John Currence from City Grocery in Oxford, Mississippi. One of the…
May is officially National Hamburger Month, official in the sense that it was enacted as a vast marketing scheme by either White Castle or Krystal depending on whom you ask. We here at Short Order support fast food America, capitalism, and fake holidays, but let’s face it, corporate chain burgers…
Got money? Drink wine? Support the Make-A-Wish foundation? Prove it this May 13 at Morton’s The Steakhouse in North Miami Beach (17399 Biscayne Blvd) when Duckhorn Wine President Alex Ryan hosts an exploration of his company’s vineyards with wines from the Goldeneye and Paraduxx collections paired with a five course…
Sam & Dave are the legendary soul men behind songs such as, well, “Soul Man,” and “Hold On, I’m Coming.” If you’ve ever watched TV, seen a movie, or listened to the radio, then you’ve heard em. But did you know these guys cut their teeth on the Overtown and…
Congratulations to Kristen Hinman from our sister paper in St. Louis, The Riverfront Times, for her James Beard award for best Newspaper Feature Writing Without Recipes, for her article “The Pope of Pork.”The James Beard Awards are like The Oscars for the culinary world. Kristen’s article about the pork farming…
Sometimes I sit around for hours on end scooping sardines out the can with sour cream and onion pork rinds and drinking one tall can after the next of Arizona fruit punch. That’s my reality. It’s refreshing to see what other bloggers are up to. Some of the following posts…
This post is dedicated to the time I got arrested on Mother’s Day when I was 15. Do not — I repeat — do not, get high with your friends on the roof of a parking garage in Coral Gables and throw rocks at the Metrobus, even if it’s parked…
Jorge Marquez a.k.a. Pluck from Ink Music Group is in the middle of brokering the deal between Diddy and Xplicit for his role in the song Diddy Bop, produced by Isaac Opus. I asked him some questions about what he and his company do.This interview is an excellent resource for…
Hey, you feel that? Stop whatever you’re doin for a second and tell me, you smell somethin? Is it hot in here? Hey what’s goin on? We’re cookin dammit, that’s what. The melting pot is heating up and Miami’s food scene is burblin’ with the certainty of it. It’s as…
Yesterday, Lee Klein called Miami Spice annoying. Today, we’re giving the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau an opportunity to respond. I asked Rolando Aedo, Senior VP of marketing and tourism what makes Miami Spice special if it happens every season. I also asked him whether prices are going to…
Not to say that New Times invented surveys, prizes, or calling stuff the best, but NBCmiami.com’s “Golden Local” awards are obviously a blatant rip off of our legally trademarked annual “Best Of Miami” awards.That being said, NBCmiami.com has done a nice job in taking their readers poll to web 2.0…
I found this video of Lina Marquez playing the streets of South Beach. She performs there every Friday and Saturday at 13th and Ocean at 4 p.m. She hails originally from Barranquilla, Colombia. Her dad used to be embarassed to play his guitar in public, she took that as a…
Norman Van Aken is a culinary legend. Check his stats in our archive.Including this blog post, his name has appeared 149 times in New Times since 1990, when the archives start. Ever heard of New World Cuisine, “The Mango Gang,” a Mano, or Norman’s? Van Aken is that dude. He left…
On May 5th, Food Network Magazine will hit newsstands with a feature declaring Miami’s own El Rey De Las Fritas as maker of the best hamburger in Florida; and that’s according to celebrity chef Bobby Flay (and food critics across the country).In a recent Short Order interview with Miami’s resident…
“Rappers playin’ checkers, while poets scream checkmate. Our brain so heavy, if we took and put it in their head, their necks will break.” That’s official, new, unreleased material from Miami’s own Will Da Real One, and yes, it will sound better live than it looks on paper. That’s because…
Original keyboard player for The Roots, former Davie school kid, and still-a-super-producer Scott Storch is back in the studio. He got caught up in the bullshit Hollywood rock star lifestyle, blew through millions of dollars and hit rock bottom before he woke up in rehab. Give thanks, Storch is a…
Ever ridden your bike north on Biscayne Boulevard at midnight and wondered what that place around 18th Street was doing that had all those people sitting outside eating, drinking, smiling and looking like they were having a good time? I have. I almost ran one of them over, so much…
Menu Pages South Florida is reporting that a new Mexican joint is slated to open in Midtown later this year. “Mercadito, a popular upscale Mexican restaurant in New York, is coming to Midtown Miami sometime this winter.”The report doesn’t make clear whether it means Midtown as a general geographical area,…
Area 31 at the Epic Hotel makes you feel rich and powerful, like you’re at the top of the world, even if you’re only 16 floors up. Our beautiful skyline, infinity poolside chillin’, a cool breeze, ships chugging along the Miami River — it’s a scenic place, and perfect for a…
Some people say as little as one glass of wine a day increases womens risk of getting cancer. Others still find that the same behavior actually reduces the risk. Alls I know is that thinking about phytochemicals and anti-oxidants is making me thirsty. Nothing like free drinks to kick start…
