Mardi Gras celebrates the day before the start of Lent, in which Catholics fast and repent for 40 days before Easter. In case you can’t make it to the Big Easy, we’ve found five places where you can celebrate Fat Tuesday right here in Miami…
Some food truck roundups have been switched around so much they feel like a floating poker game, but the Biscayne Triangle Truckers Roundup, or BTTR, keeps going strong. Located at NE 127th Street and Biscayne Boulevard (adjacent to Johnson & Wales University), this roundup features plenty of free parking, live…
As we count down to New Times’ Best of Miami 2011 in June, Short Order will serve up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305 in random order. If you have any nominations of your own, please send them to cafe@miaminewtimes.com. After the jump, find our other choices. 78…
Your girlfriend always tells you that your friends are animals, so prove her right and take her (and all of your buddies) to the second annual New Times & Zoo Miami Brew at the Zoo this April 30. Sample beer and spirits from around the world, eat great food, and…
There’s furious internet chatter about McDonald’s McLobster sandwich, the elusive menu item that, like the McRib, is available to only a few select lucky (or unlucky, depending on how you look at things) markets. The McLobster is McDonald’s version of the New England lobster roll, which usually means generous portions…
I love Google Recipes, the new search engine for cooks. Instead of Googling “pizza” and getting 300,000 places that deliver, the results will only include ways to actually make a pizza. Great idea! Hmmmm, I thought, If it works for “pizza,” would it work for “penis”? Sure enough, Google came back with nine penis…
The party is in the Gables this weekend as the annual Carnaval On The Mile kicks into gear. The event on Miracle Mile features paintings, sculptures, photography and crafts. Live musical groups, , including jazz bands direct from New Orleans, perform nonstop on three stages to help celebrate Carnaval, the…
Update: Jack Garabedian, owner of Jefe’s Original Taco, just announced the location of tonight’s Tamiami Trucker’s Food Court. The trucks will be set up at 136th Street and 145th Court, behind Lexus of West Kendall. All week long you’ve been holed up in your cubicle like some gopher, doing mind-numbing…
If you’ve secretly yearned for a California roll as you drive through Kendall or North Miami Beach. your prayers have been answered. The Red Koi Gourmet Food Truck will make its debut this weekend at Carnaval on the Mile.Food to be served by the Red Koi truck includes California rolls,…
If you’re thinking Rosa Mexicano is just about a killer margarita and a big bowl of guacamole custom-tailored to your liking, think again muchacha. Yes, Rosa Mexicano serves up a mean margarita, but does any hombre or señorita live on Margaritas alone? To celebrate the opening of the new restaurant…
Whatever you think about these food truckers — good, bad, or indifferent — you can’t call them lazy. I get tired just keeping track of them — which new ones are rolling down the streets, where they are, where they’re being thrown out of, and where they’re dusting themselves off…
If you like a little hog with your pork taco, head to Peterson’s Harley-Davidson South at 19825 S. Dixie Hwy. in Cutler Bay for the Thursday Food Truck Roundup. This southernmost rolling comestible bonanza was organized at the urging of Peterson’s customers, who noted that food trucks had taken over…
As we count down to New Times’ Best of Miami 2011 in June, Short Order will serve up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305 in random order. If you have any nominations of your own, please send them to cafe@miaminewtimes.com. After the jump, find our other choices. 81…
The Thursdays on the Bay Food Truck Roundup at the American Legion Post #29 will not return to business as usual tomorrow, according to Jack Garabedian, owner of Jefe’s Original Taco and organizer of the roundup. In a notice sent to the trucks that participate in the roundup, Garabedian stated…
The King, it appears, hates gay people. After what an advocate called “truly one of the worst cases of a hate crime to happen in the LGBT community,” a New Jersey court awarded $3.15 million to 46-year-old Noel Robichaux and 43-year-old Peter Casbar. The gay couple entered a Union City Burger King in…
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival is over for another year, and all across South Beach, workers are furiously tearing up the giant tents, chefs are soaking their feet, and people are guzzling Alka-Seltzer. The festival always great energy; for the celebrity chefs, it seems like the festival is one…
It’s time to pair a cocktail dress with a pith helmet and head to Zoo Miami for the 2011 Feast With the Beasts this Friday, March 4, from 8 p.m. to midnight. The annual fundraiser for the Zoological Society of Florida promises to be a fun night filled with food,…
As we count down to New Times’ Best of Miami 2011 in June, Short Order will serve up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305 in random order. If you have any nominations of your own, please send them to cafe@miaminewtimes.com. After the jump, find our other choices. 82…
If you didn’t make it to the South Beach Wine & Food Festival this past weekend but want to catch a glimpse of a celebrity chef, Emeril Lagasse is filming today at Tobacco Road. The reason: an episode of his new show, The Originals With Emeril Lagasse, set to premiere in May…
The BubbleQ is one of The South Beach Wine and Food Festival’s premiere events. It’s the one that people talk about – and who wouldn’t? To be honest, any event that offers free-flowing Perrier-Jouët and meat cooked by celebrity chefs should be worshiped like a minor demi-god. Without a doubt,…
Update: It’s been confirmed that The Tamiami Truckers Food Court has temporarily moved to their old spot at SW 127th Street and SW 137th Avenue (near Tamiami Airport), at least for this week. Code compliance issues forced the food trucks from their regular spot at Lexus of West Kendall and…
The Thursday’s On The Bay Food Truck Roundup at the American Legion Post # 29, which featured food trucks circling a wine and beer tent, was put on hold today after the city’s code department noted each truck had to register its business with the City of Miami and have…
