Benihana Inc., the Miami-based chain of interactive Japanese restaurants that also owns the RA Sushi and Haru brands, has just announced a new corporate head. Industry veteran Steve Schlemon was named the company’s new president and chief executive officer by Benihana’s board of directors. Shlemon, who succeeds Richard Stockinger, will…
Here we go again. While the rest of the country continues surviving this new Ice Age, we’re making plans to go paddleboarding and golfing. With the weather so warm, we might as well be in Sochi (where there are palm trees at the Winter Olympics, y’all). We say it’s time…
It’s all so hush, hush and top secret that we can’t share the name, but a new Food Network show about food trucks is filming in Miami tomorrow and next week — and they’re looking for people to be on camera. The competition-type show is looking for people to act…
From the beginning of competition during this season of Top Chef, Nina Compton had been the one to beat. Strong from the start, Compton wowed the judges with bold flavors derived from her Caribbean roots, formal training, and tenure in the kitchen at Miami Beach’s Scarpetta. Now, after a long…
Sprung!, the beer-centric celebration of Spring returns to Coconut Grove’s Peacock Park on Saturday, March 8, promising more beer, more games, and more fun than even last year. (Anyone recall the human bowling?) Organizer Tony Albelo (who also brings Grovetoberfest to Miami each year), tells Short Order that the fact…
Maybe it’s fitting that Valentine’s Day’s beginnings were filled with tales of saints and martyrs. If you feel forced to celebrate the day with poems, hearts, and flowers, blame it on 18th-century England, where the day evolved into what we now recognize as the opportunity for confectioners and florists (and…
Fans of Miami beer will have more reason to celebrate as Wynwood Brewing Company gears up for an expansion of its nearly brand-new facilities. The expansion of Miami’s first production microbrewery should be completed by April 2014, effectively tripling its production capabilities to nearly 7,000 gallons of beer at a…
Night owls who felt a very late-night craving for a burger on South Beach early this morning were rewarded with a different kind of beefcake. The sight of David Beckham rolling into to Cheeseburger Baby around 3:40 a.m. See also: David Beckham Eyes Soccer Stadium at Port of Miami…
This past weekend, Jason and Diana Starkman opened their Bay Harbor home to 60 guests for a dinner party. Jason Starkman is owner of Epicure Gourmet Markets and Jerry’s Famous Deli. But it wasn’t just any dinner party. The $1,000-a-plate fundraiser for United Cerebral Palsy of South Florida — titled…
The world is divided into two kinds of people: those who think the fro-yo craze is over, and the rest of us, who crave guilt-free, cold, creamy goodness. Miami Beach is the perfect place for frozen yogurt places to thrive. After all, it’s a town obsessed with body culture. And…
We have good news for those who like to fight for marriage equality in Florida in the sweetest way possible. The Big Gay Ice Cream Social will return to Miami Beach during the South Beach Wine & Food Festival. Join celebrity chef Art Smith poolside for an afternoon of fun…
The first month of the new year included the opening of many anticipated restaurants including Cavalli Restaurant and Lounge, the chic Italian bistro by famed designer Roberto Cavalli, and Batch Gastropub, which features upscale takes on pub grub, like chili-glazed chicken wings with blue cheese espuma. Other openings include new…
Chef Norman Van Aken has stepped down from both his post as director of restaurants at Miami Dade College’s Miami Culinary Institute and executive chef at Tuyo restaurant. Van Aken, who recently released his memoir, No Experience Necessary, is busy promoting the book. The chef recently appeared on Jimmy Kimmel…
There’s another little chef-to-be in Miami. Daniel Serfer and his wife Shoshana welcomed a baby boy late last week. Henry Max Serfer was born January 29 at 2:59 p.m. The boy, weighing 7 pounds 8 ounces and measuring 21 inches long, already has a food-related nickname — “Steak.” Probably because…
Super Bowl Sunday is just a few days away and Miamians have one large advantage over just about any place in the country for the big game — It’s one of the few places warm enough to fire up the grill without your beer freezing inside the can! With grilling…
On Sunday, February 2, a projected 181 million Americans will be glued to televisions in homes and sports bars throughout the country to watch Super Bowl XLVIII. Trying to turn those 360 million eyes into dollar signs, major corporations will spend about $4 million for 30 seconds of air time…
This weekend is all about sports, and it’s your choice. You can be an athlete by running the Miami Marathon or Half Marathon this Sunday, February 2, which takes runners on a 26.2- or 13.1-mile journey from downtown Miami, through South Beach, and then to Coconut Grove before finishing near…
The last few moments of last night’s Top Chef was tense, to say the least. Two cheftestants stood holding hands before the judges’ table. One would end his or her journey; the other would advance to the Top Chef finale and one step closer to winning the title and $125,000…
Two of Miami’s best bartenders will represent our city in the United States Bartenders’ Guild National Showcase, after winning the Miami USBG’s LEgacy Cocktail Showcase. Twelve local bartenders competed at Cipriani Miami for the opportunity to participate in the nationals, and possibly advance to the global showcase in May. Each…
The Eden Roc Miami Beach is one of the most iconic hotels in South Florida, if not the world. Designed by famed architect Morris Lapidus, the cruise ship-shaped hotel has been an ocean side jewel for over 50 years. In her heyday in the glamorous ’50s and ’60s, the Eden…
In an episode of Bewitched, the television show about witches and admen that predates Mad Men by a few decades, Samantha once again saves her husband Darrin Stephens’ hide by inventing “tooth paints”, toothpaste in different colors and wacky fruit flavors. The idea was a hit on the show but,…
With all the glitz and glamor of celebrity chefs embracing Miami Beach for a weekend during the South Beach Wine and Food Festival, some people might forget that the event is an annual blowout fundraiser for Florida International University’s Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism. In fact, over a decade…
