The last time I was part of SantaCon, it was a complete accident. On the way home from a two-week safari in Kenya, I had an overnight layover in New York City. When the taxi dropped me off in Greenwich Village, I noticed something amiss. Instead of the usual streets…
Bocce Bar, the much-anticipated Italian concept from Samba Brands Management, opened this past Friday, and Short Order was invited for a taste. The restaurant d�cor, in the former Sustain space in midtown, captures Italy’s duality of clean, modern drama and classic, rustic style. A giant lit Bocce Bar sign welcomes…
Celebrity chef Ralph Pagano has just announced he’ll open a restaurant in South Beach. Pagano is also chef/owner of Alba Seaside Italian at the Sole on the Ocean resort in Sunny Isles Beach. The restaurant will open at the Dream South Beach Hotel, replacing Serafina, which will close shortly after…
Michael Mina’s new restaurant, Michael Mina 74 at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach, opened in time for the crush of people flocking to Art Basel. The new restaurant, bar, ultra-lounge is a departure from his classic and reserved Bourbon Steak at Turnberry Isle Resort & Club. But, as the chef and…
The holidays are in full swing! All over Miami, palm trees are covered in lights and Santas are sipping mojitos in the warm sun. We know there are just two shopping weekends left before the big day — but there are so many other things to do. So reserve some…
He doesn’t always throw a masquerade ball. But when he does, he throws it in Coconut Grove. At least, that’s what happened last evening when the Most Interesting Man in the World hosted a fete at the Cruz Building in Coconut Grove. The Dos Equis spokesman’s party was most interesting,…
Scott Conant has a lot of celebrating to do. The celebrity chef has just released The Scarpetta Cookbook ($22.71 on Amazon.com), which features 125 recipes from his award-winning Italian restaurant. Scarpetta’s Miami outpost is also celebrating its fifth anniversary with a series of special dinners prepared by chef de cuisine…
Miami’s best culinary talent and two football greats got together yesterday to cook some winning game-day foods. Alba Seaside Italian’s Ralph Pagano welcomed Food Network’s Ingrid Hoffmann, former Miami Dolphins great (and restaurateur) John Offerdahl, and Indiana Colts player Ahmad Bradshaw to film a special “Big Game” episode of Designing…
Giorgio Rapicavoli and his Eating House team have just released their 2013 holiday greeting via Instagram. In the pic, they’re dressed like Santa — if Santa spent his days working as a male stripper in the North Pole. Rapicavoli and company Instagrammed the photo, featuring the male (ahem) members of…
Game of Thrones is much more than a cable television show. The series has turned into an international phenomenon, with rabid fans, critical acclaim… and beer. Ommegang Brewery in Cooperstown, New York, released its first Game of Thrones-inspired beer last year in collaboration with HBO, with Iron Throne Blonde Ale…
Last week’s inaugural Grove Green Market, which pops up every Thursday from 2 to 8 p.m. in the Coconut Grove Playhouse parking lot, attracted an eclectic group of local vendors and farmers offering everything from homemade ice cream from Roc Kat to Hani Khouri’s fresh goat cheese. See also: Grove…
Gordon Ramsay is a potty-mouthed chef known for having a bad temper. Which means he’s the perfect foil for another volatile kitchen master: the Swedish Chef. We’re not sure whether the Swedish Chef is cursing while he cooks (when we tried to translate “bork bork bork,” we got “bork bork…
Chef Carla Pellegrino has just announced the February opening of Touche Rooftop Restaurant and Lounge, atop the E11even Miami, a mega-nightclub that’s being billed as both a nightclub and cabaret. See also: E11even Miami Owner Dennis DeGori: “There Will Be Topless and Nude Entertainment”…
You’ve picked out your tree and set it up, but there are a few bare spots that need something. Instead of the usual elves and reindeer, decorate your tree with what you love best: food and booze. We were recently at Target and found the most awesome selection of food-…
Here’s the scenario. You’ve got this great friend (or maybe it’s you) who loves to host cocktail parties. Only problem is that his idea of a classic cocktail is adding booze to some crayon-colored mix in a bottle. If your buddy’s idea of a “specialty cocktail” is Kool-Aid and vodka”…
La Gamba opened quietly a week ago in Coconut Grove. It serves Spanish tapas and entr�es. While we were dining, owner Maria Elena Otero Calvo introduced herself and made a refreshing request. “We’ve only been open a week,” she confided. “Please let us know if you have any suggestions.” She…
Last Friday at 10:30 a.m., dozens of people were already lined up outside Bobby’s Burger Palace in Dadeland Mall’s new wing in anticipation of being one of the first to experience the celebrity chef’s burgers, fries, and shakes. Flay was inside his new restaurant to host a media preview of…
Yesterday afternoon, the Burger King and Ronald McDonald got together in a show of solidarity in an old-school rap battle against their employees. Why would the clown and the king team up? Well, they’ve got a lot in common. They’re both the faces of mega fast-food corporations. And they both…
Chef Piyarat Arreeratn, better known throughout Miami as Chef Bee, is opening a restaurant in South Beach. NaiYaRa will specialize in the Asian street food that captured his heart growing up along the Mekong river in Thailand. The restaurant, located in the Sunset Harbour neighborhood of South Beach, will not…
It’s Art Basel weekend and everyone from Kimye to Martha Stewart is in town to eat, drink, and peruse the galleries. Of course there are about a grillion different fabulous parties where you can wait on line for about an hour to grab some Chardonnay in a plastic cup. But…
Wynwood Brewing Company held its tasting room grand opening yesterday for a lively crowd thirsty for fresh, local beer. The tasting room’s chalkboard proudly proclaims there’s “a work of art in every glass”, a fitting statement for a brewery located in the Wynwood Arts District to make during their Art…
The Miami Police Department is saying the armed robbery that occurred over the weekend at Ni.Do. Caffe might be linked to a similar incident that happened at the District Miami a few weeks ago. According to police, on November 19 around midnight, two men wearing hooded sweatshirts and balaclavas accosted…
