Gift Guide: Ten Tech Gifts For Foodies

If you’re not sure what to get the chef who has everything, check out Short Order’s list of the latest and greatest tech gear. We compiled a thoughtful list of ten tech products designed to keep your favorite foodie on the cutting edge of culinary trends while streamlining their work…

Ten Restaurant and Gallery Pairings for Art Week

Art Week means countless guides, lists and must-sees for the weekend. The sheer amount of events and galleries can leave you overwhelmed and if you’re not careful, on the couch confused and defeated. To help foodies make some decisions this weekend, we came up with yet another list that pairs…

Miami Shores Dining: A Scene Is Evolving

Miami Shores — the land of the upper middle class, suburbans and a design savvy gay community is a coveted location for any house-hunter with a healthy bit of coin. The town boasts its own community center, golf course, Country Club, aquatics center, movie theater by O Cinema and a…

New Publix Satisfies North Beach’s Growing Hunger

Hear ye, hear ye! Good people of North Beach: your long awaited Publix is now open for business. It seems like decades ago when Publix closed its doors for the year-long makeover. The people of the neighborhood got by on the goods at corner store bodegas where bagels are stocked…

Blue Runner: Quality Seafood From His Door to Yours

We live in Miami, so you’d think it would be easy to get fresh seafood. No, that’s just not how this crazy world works. But for locals who love pescado, Paco Fernando’s Blue Runner Seafood truck — parked on the side of Biscayne Boulevard just north of Miami Shores –…

Takeaways From TEDxMIA (Part Two)

One of the best things about TEDxMIA is that along with the ideas, the TEDx concept is spreading across the city. Now there’s a TEDxFIU, TEDxCoconutGrove, even a TEDxYOUTH@MIAMI hosted by Cushman School geared towards spreading powerful ideas to Miami’s children. And while the blossoming of TEDx discussions across Miami…

Takeaways From TEDxMIA (Part One)

As us locals will boast proudly–this town is quickly becoming a hub of diverse creativity and leaders of innovative thinking, the total package of brains and beauty. Trouble is, our smarts sometimes go unnoticed because let’s admit it, we do look good.To help demonstrate the city’s wit, TEDxMIA (where x=…

Miami’s Top Ten Italian Desserts

Because there are as many traditional Italian desserts as there are towns in Italy, Miami New Times has begrudgingly taken it upon itself to round up the top ten Italian desserts in Miami (yes, that’s sarcasm, folks), because sometimes the best (and most affordable) way to get an authentic taste…

FroYo From Coco Limon: Birthday Month Just Got A Little Lighter

Birthday Month, every office has one. The term, named by the office birthday expert Pam Beesly, refers to ‘that’ month when there is a birthday in the office nearly every other day. This often translates into being crammed into the kitchen eating sheetcake under a fluorescent light followed by the…

Lou’s Beer Brunch: A Pool Party, No Pricey Day Pass Needed

If your girl is anything like me, she insists on having brunch outside — and couldn’t care less that it’s the middle of September in Miami. It’s hot, but if you want to keep her smiling, head to Lou’s Beer Brunch, where you can let your hair down, toss back…

O Cinema This Weekend: Sleepwalk Over to the Concession Stand

Since nothing says late-night treats like fresh, popcorn and homemade baked goods, O Cinema is the perfect spot to screen this weekend’s showing of “Sleepwalk with Me” ($10.50), by indie comic Mike Birbiglia, co-produced by This American Life’s Ira Glass. The independent cinema’s traditional-meets-alternative concessions counter has all the treats…

Overtown Music Project’s Supper Club: Feed Your Soul Friday

In an effort to bring to bring nightlife back to the historically black center of Miami, the Overtown Music Project has teamed up with Jackson’s Soul Food for the first installment of their Supper Club, It will include soul food, drinks and jazz (with a bit of blues). “There hasn’t…

Top Five Prepared-Dinner Spots for Back to School

It’s that time of the year again –backpacks, books, and traffic fill the days. With school now in session, many people mindlessly fall back into the old, familiar pattern of fast and frozen food. To help save you from gaining 15 pounds, a sugar-addicted 5-year-old, and boredom from your dinner…

Fratelli Lyon Finds a Temporary Home at Bass Museum of Art

If you’ve been missing the Italian fare from Fratelli Lyon, you’ll be happy to know Ken Lyon is working hard to quell your cravings. Ever since Fratelli Lyon left the Design District, Ken Lyon has been keeping busy preparing food at events for the likes of FENDI via his catering…

Miami’s Four Best Beaches for an Afternoon Barbecue

There’s no question about it — summer is here. But hey, it could be worse, like 110 degrees and no beach breeze. So while the rest of the country rides the heat wave, get outside for a beach barbecue before the inevitable afternoon storms roll in, and you’ll never wonder…

Ouzo’s Is Back… On the Little River

Look’s like our hunch about River Shack was right.”It was short, but not so sweet” said Liza Meoli who says the River Shack project was dropped and the location is no longer going to be sold. Instead, she has decided to bring back her old restaurant, Ouzo’s, who won the…