The South Beach Wine and Food Festival is taking a detour out of South Beach for one of 2012’s most unique dinners. The Diamond Dishes event on Saturday, February 25 allows a lucky few an advance peek at the new state-of-the-art Marlins’ ballpark long before the very first pitch.The sold-out…
Robert Irvine is the buff star of Food Network’s Restaurant: Impossible, taking miserably failing restaurants and turning them into success stories. He’s also the subject of many photographs at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, most memorably last year when he provided his back as transportation for fellow Food…
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival is best described as the Super Bowl crossed with an ancient Roman bacchanal. For four days, almost every luminary in the culinary world descends upon Miami Beach to conduct cooking demos, host dinners, and drink heavily. The heart of the festival lies in…
One of the hottest tickets at the 2012 South Beach Wine and Food Festival is Thursday evening’s Dining in the Dark at the Perry South Beach Hotel, part of The New York Times Dinner Series. The sold-out event, hosted by David Burke with Market 17, allows diners to experience food…
You probably know Andrew Zimmern as the guy who eats eyeballs and bats on the Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods. You might not know that Zimmern, a trained chef and journalist with a love of street food, is an annual participant in the South Beach Wine & Food Festival. This year…
The true heart of the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival, which starts tomorrow and continues through the weekend is the Whole Foods Market Grand Tasting Village. Encompassing several blocks on the beach along Ocean Drive, the GTV features wine and food tastings, celebrity appearances, and live entertainment…
The 2012 James Beard semifinalists have been announced and several Miami chefs and restaurants got a much-needed nod. Semifinalists can bask in the glory until March 19, when the finalists are announced in Las Vegas. The South Florida semifinalists are: Best New Restaurant Yardbird Southern Table and Bar, Miami Beach…
A rally, organized by the Florida AFL-CIO to oppose Florida Senate Bill 2106 is planned for this afternoon, February 21 at 3 p.m. in front of Outback Steakhouse in Miami Lakes. The Florida AFL-CIO is inviting all restaurant workers who work for tips and union members to show up in…
World of Beer is opening its first Miami-Dade location on Tuesday, March 6 at Downtown Dadeland shopping center in Kendall.What’s World of Beer? The name pretty much tells the story. It’s a small chain of bars in the south with headquarters in the Tampa area. Each World of Beer features…
Are you the guy or gal who has a “secret burger” that everyone raves about? Are you the king of the tailgate party? Do people travel from miles around to sample your tasty, hot meat?In other words — are you feeling meaty today, punk?If you believe your burgers are good…
The 49th annual Coconut Grove Arts Festival has taken over the streets of the grove, turning Bayshore Drive and Peacock Park into one of the country’s largest juried art festivals in the country.Art in all forms is displayed at the festival. From giant outdoor sculptures made from horseshoes to wearable…
After numerous permitting delays, Joel and Leticia Pollock opened Panther Coffee in the middle of Wynwood’s art district last June, . Though the couple is more interested in the art of the bean than in art by brush stroke, the outside of their building is decorated in a modern cubist…
The South Beach Wine and Food Festival starts this Thursday, February 23, with satellite parties starting as early as tomorrow. Hotels, restaurants, and shops are gearing up for the invasion of foodies, celebrities and beautiful people who arrive as early as today.Since Miami has a thriving restaurant scene, celebrities like…
Famous for cooking rich Southern cuisine, Paula Deen received mixed press after announcing she had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. “I’ve never recommended that people go into their kitchen and prepare these fattening meals every day,” she said. “But I’m feeling a little vulnerable.” Truth is, people gravitate to…
Ash Wednesday is February 22 this year. The first day of Lent in the 46 days preceding Easter in the Christian religion, it’s the start of fasting, sacrifice, and prayer for the faithful worldwide. So what do certain areas of the world that love a good party (but are also…
When Joe Allen closed its Miami Beach doors after more than a decade of serving New York ex-pats, patrons were devastated. Joe Allen, which served upscale versions of American comfort food — pizzas, burgers, stews, meatloaf, and decadent gigantic desserts, was more than a restaurant. It was a place where…
Elevation Burger, a fast casual burger chain that features 100 percent USDA-certified, organic burgers made from 100 percent grass-fed, free-range cows, has opened a restaurant in Kendall, across from Dadeland Mall.Elevation Burger is gaining cult status in the states it’s in, with Yelpers in particular singing the praises of the…
Bravo show Real Housewives of New York features a cast of loud, brash women lunching, arguing, and drinking heavily. We love every second of their antics, especially Ramona Singer, the eye-popping, hyper blonde who acts as if she’s had one too many Red Bulls at all times.Singer is best known…
We’re not sure if Michael Schwartz is having more fun as chef or host at Harry’s Pizzeria, but we say whatever makes him happy, makes us very happy (and hungry).As an early kick-off to the parties and festivities of the 2012 South Beach Wine & Food Festival, Harry’s Pizzeria is…
Miami is no stranger to meat in combat. From the annual South Beach Wine and Food Festival’s Burger Bash to blogger Burger Beast Burgie awards and competition, we’ve had our share of fights to hash out the claim to meaty superiority.Tony Albelo, executive director of The Grind, which will beheld…
Valentine’s Day is here and while other people say “I love you” with flowers, we think the ultimate expression of love is to say it in swine.Chow Miami blogger Weiyi Chen sent Short Order a picture of the most romantic and thoughtful present a food blogger could hope to get…
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.94. Spiked Frrrozen…
