‘Tis the season to have celebrity chefs on morning television cooking their favorite dishes and making merry with the likes of Kelly Ripa, Kathy Lee, and Robin Roberts. This week, two of our favorite chefs made it to ABC morning studios.Anthony Bourdain visited Good Morning America to plug his No…
Right after we finished writing the announcement for Sakaya Kitchen Downtown’s opening, we got a call from chef/owner Richard Hales.”Just wanted you to know that Vanessa isn’t with The Baketress anymore,” he told Short Order. Hales then informed us that he and Paz had actually parted ways right before Thanksgiving.Paz…
Fox’s Sherron Inn took the best martini spot in our annual listing of everything good in our fair city for their well-priced martinis in a classic 1950s setting.Miami has no alcohol shortage (in fact it’s safe to say that there are more places to get a cocktail than there are…
Sakaya Kitchen’s second location, in downtown Miami, is set to open Monday, December 12.Chef/owner Richard Hales has been carefully monitoring downtown, looking for the right place and time to expand Sakaya Kitchen. He told Short Order he’s bullish on the new venture. “I feel like we are moving into downtown…
Walking into the Lucky Clover in Brickell is a little like visiting an Ireland section of Disney’s Epcot. It’s an Irish pub on steroids. Old signs for beer, spirits, and cheese hang on green wooden walls that look well-worn by decades of use. Stools festooned with the bar’s name in…
Anthony Bourdain filmed The Layover in Miami over the summer, and we’ve been dying to find out exactly what he did in the Magic City. He definitely went to some food trucks, stayed at the Raleigh Hotel, cruised on a boat, visited Blue Piano, and ate Colombianos, but everything was…
Episode three of The Layover and I’m slightly warming up to it, maybe because the cities are getting better. It’s hard to keep a frantic pace up in Rome – after all, it’s a city where a quick cup of espresso can take an hour and about 2,000 hand gestures.Two…
Latin Burger and Taco’s Jim Heins has been busy this week. Fresh from a killer Art Basel weekend, Heins has announced two significant changes to his Latin Burger business. Latin Burger will allow Miami icon Tobacco Road to serve the food truck’s signature Latin Macho Burger starting today. Taste and…
Everyone loves to get into the act for Christmas. For some reason, snowmen and brightly lit trees make everyone want to record a song. Adam Sandler, Paul McCartney, and David Bowie among those who have felt the need to share the holiday spirit. Now, Bitchin’ Kitchen’s Nadia G. gives us…
In last week’s episode of The Layover, Anthony Bourdain showed us what to do in New York City with only 24 hours in the Big Apple (read our recap here). We wanted to do something similar, but with a twist.We landed in New York yesterday with only three hours in…
1500 Degrees sous chef Adrienne Grenier will compete on Food Network’s Chopped, hosted by Ted Allen.Short Order was told that chef Grenier would be on the December 6th episode, entitled Can’t Catch Me I’m The Gingerbread Lobster, a special holiday edition of the show, which includes gingerbread houses, lobsters, and…
Philippe by Philippe Chow opened their SoFi location on Friday, just in time to reap the benefits of the hungry Art Basel crowd.The free-standing Philippe is more intimate than the former Gansevoort location. The signature black, white and red decor remains, but added touches at this location include a retractable…
The location at Tenth Street and North Miami Avenue was just screaming for a neighborhood bar, thought building owner Chris MacLeod. The building, which houses an artist residency program, the offices of LegalArt, and NeMesis, had an empty corner space, so MacLeod and partner Manoles Papageorgiou got to work.The Corner…
In 1979 Tim and Nina Zagat started asking friends to rate restaurants for fun. 33 years later, Zagat covers about two dozen restaurant-relevant cities worldwide including New York, London, San Francisco, and Miami/South Florida.The Miami/South Florida guide is based on input from 6,671 local consumers who answered Zagat’s annual survey…
The 10th edition of Art Basel Miami Beach runs through December 4. With more than 260 leading galleries from North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa coming to showcase works by more than 2,000 artists, it’s a pretty big deal. In fact, Art Basel itself says it’s “the most…
Burger King recently announced its new Chef’s Choice burger to much hype. The official press release describes the meat sandwich in flowery and loving terminology. “Superior from every angle, this 5.5 ounce flame-grilled burger is made with seasoned ground chuck and is topped with thick-cut bacon, American cheese, crisp red…
There’s been recent buzz over a buffet restaurant in the UK that tacked on a three pound fee because a woman’s baby stroller was taking up space. According to the London Evening Standard, another woman at the same restaurant was also charged a fee for her six month old. Media…
There’s less than one month of shopping days to go. The malls are horrible this time of year — you’ll wait an hour to find a parking spot two miles away only to push your way through crowds in order to buy some lousy gift like an acrylic sweater or…
When we spoke to Philippe by Philippe Chow’s CEO Stratis Morfogen last week, he was waiting for the final Certificate of Occupancy on his South Beach location.”The restaurant is ready. We’re ready to put tablecloths on the tables”, Morfogen told Short Order on the phone. The inspectors finally came through…
Last week, The Layover premiered to audible groans of pain…by me. Anthony Bourdain’s new travel show had an interesting premise — what would Tony do if stuck in a city for 24 hours? Unfortunately, the show had a frenetic overly produced feel about it. I disliked the clock counting down…
Art Basel is about to capture the minds and imagination of Miami. The self-billed “most prestigious art show in the Americas” showcases work by more than 2,000 artists. Crazy stuff is literally everywhere — on the sides of buildings, in parks, in tents and galleries, and at the Miami Beach…
The Fresh Market is a lot like Santa Claus and Disney World. Sure you’re a jaded non-believer, but then the automatic doors part. You get a simultaneous hit of classical music and the co-mingled scents of cinnamon, cheese, and coffee, and you gladly fork over your rent money for Manchego…
