It’s not unusual to see people playing volleyball on South Beach’s shoreline. But come next week, don’t do a double take when the person spiking the ball happens to actually be Spike… as in Mendelsohn.The Top Chef alum (and owner of some of the Presidential family’s favorite Washington D.C. restaurants)…
Short Order loves its readers and we’re willing to prove our love by giving away a pair of tickets to the South Beach Wine & Food Festival Grand Tasting Village. That’s a $450 value — if you could actually get tickets to this completely sold-out event!On Saturday, February 23, one…
Here’s an update on Swine Southern Table & Bar. Though there’s no “official” opening date yet, expect the pork-centrentic restaurant to open very soon.Eddie Acevedo, chief operating officer for 50 Eggs, the parent company of Swine, told Short Order that the restaurant is “very close” to opening. When pushed for…
Jamie DeRosa has finally announced the project he’s been working on since leaving his position as executive chef at Tudor House in July 2012 with partner Michael Reginbogin.Tongue and Cheek, which will open in the former Kane Steakhouse spot in SoFi, will serve “approachable, ingredient-driven, American fare with just the…
Last year, celebrity chef Michael Symon shocked the throngs of meat lovers at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s Burger Bash by winning the coveted People’s Choice award three years in a row. Symon’s “Porky Burger”, a pigfest made from pork and bacon, crowned with a hunk of pulled…
The Perry Hotel is about to transform into the modern and eco-friendly 1 Hotel. The $100 million renovation, which will begin in the spring, is a “full gut of nearly everything in the property,” according to the property owner, Starwood Capital chairman and CEO Barry Sternlicht. In an interview with…
The James Beard Foundation has just announced its semifinalists in the restaurant and chef categories for 2013, and South Florida has seven reasons to be very proud.This is actually the beginning of the long road to winning a coveted James Beard Award. The semifinalist list will be whittled down March…
After dropping hints on Facebook and Twitter about his third restaurant, chef Jimmy Carey very quietly opened the third location of Jimmy’z Kitchen on Valentine’s Day.Carey renovated the former Havana Spice space at 9050 S. Dixie Hwy. in Pinecrest, replacing the wood paneling and updating the kitchen to match his Wynwood location’s bright citrus color…
For more on the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, check out New Times’ Taste guide, hitting newsstands Thursday, February 21. Martha Stewart is the woman who does it all. Just reading her list of accomplishments — author of 77 books, host of an Emmy-winning television show, and founder of…
For more on the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, check out New Times’ Taste guide, hitting newsstands Thursday, February 21. Unlike the Wizard of Oz, people who know the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival pay attention to the man behind the curtain — Lee Brian Schrager…
Holy Burger Wars! Short Order just learned that Burger King’s Twitter Account has been hacked. Instead of extolling the virtues of Whoppers and Chicken Philly sandwiches, the @BurgerKing account is now all about the love of Mickey D’s!We’re actually about 100 percent certain that even though Ronald is a clown,…
Looks like the Middle East is going to have to get used to saying “Dale” because Miami Subs, renamed the New Miami Subs Grill, is planning on a mega expansion into the part of the Middle East known as the Gulf Coast Countries.The south Florida fast food chain has inked…
One of Miami’s most enduring events is the annual Coconut Grove Arts Festival, now celebrating its 50th year.Each President’s Day weekend, tens of thousands of people attend this world-famous art festival to purchase and ponder art in every medium and price point — from eight-foot tall kinetic sculptures to the…
Anne Burrell sure gets around. The Food Network celebrity is finishing up filming a new season of Chef Wanted, which has the chef flying all over the states to visit restaurants in need of a new head of the kitchen.The final stop for filming was Miami Beach, where Burrell filmed…
Karlie Tomica, the self-proclaimed “party princess” that allegedly killed Terrazza executive chef Stefano Riccioletti on January 29 in a hit-and-run, is scheduled to appear in court this morning. Tomica is expected to be charged with DUI manslaughter; leaving the scene of an accident involving a death; resisting arrest without violence;…
Look, ya gotta hand it to Marco Rubio. The young, conservative senator from Florida choked — literally and figuratively — while on national live television during the Republican response to the State of the Union address.The senator appeared sweaty and flustered before reaching for a bottle of water placed too…
Bobby Flay is bringing his casual burger restaurant to Dadeland Mall this fall. The restaurant is part of the Kendall shopping center’s expansion, which will also include four other restaurants, a series of shops (including a Microsoft store), and a parking lot expansion. Bobby’s Burger Palace, like the name implies,…
A few weeks back, Short Order asked readers to vote for Miami’s sweetest restaurant couple.We were looking for a couple that worked together in the same restaurant — sharing the heat and the workload to make beautiful food together.We tabulated our Facebook votes, and Miami’s sweetest couple is Dena Marino…
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival has just announced a new way to eat and drink at the Grand Tasting Village for less money with the all new Sunday Afternoon Fix ticket.The ticket allows entrance into Sunday’s Grand Tasting Village from 3 to 6 p.m. — which is perfect…
Miami Beach Police have confirmed that toxicology report findings show that Karlie Tomica was, indeed, drunk when she allegedly struck and killed Terrazza executive chef Stefano Riccioletti on January 29. MBPD Detective Vivian Hernandez confirmed the findings to Short Order. “Yes. She was three times above the legal limit.” Hernandez…
As a Maker’s Mark ambassador (an important-sounding name for someone on the company’s mailing list), I get some pretty cool perks — calling cards, an annual holiday trinket, and my name on a barrel that’s aging somewhere in Loretto, Kentucky. I also get email blasts updating me on Maker’s Mark…
Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, Carnival, Shrove Tuesday — there are a lot of different names for today, February 12.The holiday, with deep roots in the Catholic religion, marks the last day of revelry before Lent begins on Ash Wednesday. Some say the holiday is even older, with ancient Romans celebrating…
