The Oreo Cookie is possibly one of the world’s most loved items. No matter how savory a freshly baked gourmet cookie is, it can’t match one of these babies dunked in a cold glass of milk.Oreo turns 100 today, March 6, and Nabisco, makers of the creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookie,…
It’s never been known as a dress-up place. This is not the bar to take a girl on a date (unless your love is a drunk sorority girl), but Coconut Grove’s Sandbar Sports Grill is one of the most popular places for everyone from sailors to college kids to grab…
It was bound to happen. Food Blogging For Dummies by Kelly Senyei is available for pre-order on Amazon. This 320-page book will, no doubt, speak to the 75 remaining people in the world who still do not have a food blog.If you can’t wait for the book to come out…
Is the new food truck trend to turn in the wheels for a traditional brick-and-mortar restaurant? We’ve already seen restaurants such as Sakaya Kitchen, La Camaronera, Red Koi, Sweetness Bake Shop, and Islas Canarias roll out mobile versions of their brick-and-mortar establishments.We’re seeing the same trend — backward. In December 2011,…
The Grind, Miami’s home grown burger competition is a month away and the competition is heating up. On March 31 at 7 p.m., 30 local restaurants will serve up their best burgers for your eating pleasure at Wynwood’s Miami Entertainment Complex.Restaurants battling for the coveted golden grinder awards will be…
Hogzilla’s Inspired Barbeque, the restaurant named after a mythical giant pig/beast has closed. The South Beach restaurant, which opened the first week of November, 2011, was confirmed closed — at least for now.During a visit to the restaurant back in November our critic, Lee Klein, called Hogzilla, “a fun place…
It happens every once in a while. A mystery box arrives from a PR firm, usually introducing a new product or book. We’ve gotten coffee, coconut water, red wine vinegar, and cupcakes, to name a few. But even I was surprised when the UPS guy arrived recently with two mason…
Last season on Real Housewives of New Jersey, Caroline Manzo’s sons, Albie and Christopher were seen plugging some sort of black water. The boys are known for hare-brained ideas (anyone want to finance a combination strip club/car wash in Jersey?), plus it’s reality television, so I just thought it was…
Want access to our entire Best Of picks from your smartphone? Download our free Best Of app for the iPhone or Android phone from the App Store or Google Play.To those of you who think a Margarita is that lime flavored slushy stuff that comes in a really big plastic…
Yesterday evening, over 60 restaurant workers and Restaurant Opportunities Centers United supporters from several union and labor groups walked into the Capital Grille in Miami during the restaurant’s dinner service, interrupting the bankers and power brokers who dine there to read a letter to management, citing allegations of discrimination and…
Calling all burger chefs in Miami!; You know who you are — you’re the guy or gal that prides yourself on your burgers.You probably own several aprons with funny sayings on them and one of those custom branding irons so you can put your initials on your creation.If you have…
It’s that time of year again when we count down to New Times’ Best of Miami 2012 issue in June. Until then, Short Order will serve up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. If you have any nominations of your own, please send them to cafe@miaminewtimes.com.84. The Lokal…
Top Chef heartthrob Fabio Viviani doesn’t know why anyone on the planet would possibly buy pasta.In a recent cooking demo at Casa Tua, sponsored by Bertolli Olive Oil, the sexy Italian chef asked a group of mostly female food writers and bloggers who makes their own pasta from scratch. When…
The hottest ticket in town this weekend may not have been in the Grand Tasting Village or some of the official parties. It seems that the celebs in town for the event were dining and drinking at various small gatherings and uber-private receptions at different venues scattered around Miami and…
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival wrapped up yesterday after a four-day whirlwind of dinners, brunches, parties, cocktails, and events.Each year we’re delighted by the food, impressed by the cocktails, and amazed by the sheer number of celebrities that come to Miami to party and mingle.During such a week,…
The Loews Miami Beach Hotel’s ballroom was filled with the good smells of Southern home cookin’ yesterday at the annual Paula Deen Sunday Brunch. The room’s crystal chandelier glistened as guests took their seats (most welcome after a weekend spent trying to juggle a plate and wine glass while standing…
View photos from Trucks on the Beach here.The South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s Trucks on the Beach closing party proved once and for all that people will wait on line for 45 minutes for food.Lines were the name of the game at this event, as trucks turned out food…
It’s a fact. Most nights spent dancing and partying wind down in the local diner or coffee shop. Over some soggy fries and a tepid greaseburger, you wish that there was some place open where you could get some stone crab claws … or Peking duck … or wood-oven pizza…
The Miami Marlins new ballpark was the venue for what had to have been the most striking (pun intended) event of the 2012 South Beach Wine & Food Festival.The moment guests stepped out of the elevator onto the field level Diamond Club area for cocktails and appetizers, cameras flashed and…
It seems that whenever the South Beach Wine & Food Festival has a party at the Herzog & de Meuron parking garage at 1111 Lincoln Road, there’s someone hanging by their feet.Last year’s Let Them Eat Cake event hosted by Emeril Lagasse and Martha Stewart featured lovely ladies pouring champagne…
Gail Simmons has a lot on her plate, so to speak. She’s just added author to her already insane resume as Top Chef judge, Top Chef:Just Desserts host, and special projects director for Food & Wine magazine.Gail’s memoir, Talking With My Mouth Full: My Life As a Professional Eater was…
Bethenny Frankel won our hearts as the struggling single girl in a sea of diamond-clad wives in Bravo’s Real Housewives of New York. Fans watched as she grew her Skinnygirl empire, found love, and had a daughter, Bryn. Bethenny Ever After follows Frankel, husband Jason Hoppy and baby on their…
