The United States Bartenders’ Guild (USBG) has been busy recruiting the top mixologists in the United States in order to enter their most inventive and elegant elixirs into The 6th Annual Cocktail World Cup competition (hosted by 42BELOW Vodka). Next step is for the ten winning cocktail entries to compete…
Rums from Puerto Rico. Food from China Grill. B there or B square — but don’t bother clicking the poster below where it says “Click here for tickets!” Click here instead — $15 in advance, $20 at the door…
D. Rodriguez Cuba opens at Hotel Astor
Tonight, from 7 to 9, What’s Hip Wednesday at the Biltmore Bar brings, among other things, half-price drinks, including glasses of wine and champagne for $5 to $9. Other things: complimentary Atlantico Rum love potions will be poured, live jazz will be played, and the Valentine’s theme is red –…
One of the things I liked about a media dinner attended last Friday at Bourbon Steak Miami is that nothing in particular was being plugged. Nothing, that is, other than delectable cuisine prepared by chef Michael Mina (in town for the Super Bowl) and executive chef Gabriel Fenton. The food was…
You might not have been aware that February is National Soup Month or that the Original SoupMan soups are now available in frozen form at your favorite Publix — assuming your favorite Publix isn’t the brand-new, fancy-shmancy one on the corner of Alton Road and Sixth Street in South Beach…
What it is: Shrimp dumplings flavored with shittake, asparagus, scallion, grated ginger, sesame oil, soy, white pepper, and sea salt. Ponzu-style sauce has citrus juice, soy, sesame, and a little chili. These suckers are homemade and delectable.But… where it at?We haven’t stumped anyone in a long time, but there are a…
As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…
As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…
From Miami New Times Editor Chuck Strouse:I hate Girl Scout cookies. They started just as the first World War ended in Muskogee Oklahoma. That’s right, the year of the Russian Revolution, they were peddled in a high school cafeteria. That was just five years after the Girl Scouts themselves got…
Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence. ~Erma BombeckNot all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer.~Dave BarryMTV…
A taste of next week’s Cafe Review:Rodriguez’ ceviches were once seen as radical departures from the lime/onion/cilantro norm. Nowadays you’re as likely to encounter a creamed herring ceviche with bagel croutons as you are a traditional rendition, but D-Rod remains the master of marinated raw fish (and credit to executive…
Nothing helps a restaurant (or food festival) more than having a good motto. Except maybe having good food. Or service, or a few other things. Yet while we at Short Order aren’t about to cook or wait tables for you, we’re only too happy to provide a few clever slogans…
Mandolin Aegean Bistro brings Greek to Miami
The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) is providing Super Bowl fans some tools to help choose food products that are better for animals. The message is that your favorite snacks and recipes are fine — only the brands need to change. Sharanya Prasad, U.S. Programs Manager for…
It’s A Crazy, Mixed-Up WorldOff the EaterWire: “Now open in the Hotel Victor, Victor Café is a Mediterranean bistro belonging to the Bice family of restaurants. Executive chef Julian Baker has opened Bice restaurants around the world and brings to South Beach a menu of classic pasta dishes, salads and…
From The Neilsen Co.: During the two weeks leading up to Super Bowl Sunday last year, Americans purchased 49.2 million cases of beer. More cases of beer were sold in the two week period prior to July 4th, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Father’s Day, Cinco de Mayo, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Halloween,…
$1 Oatmeal TomorrowJamba Juice has been offering steel-cut oats for just one buck each Wednesday this past month, so we’re a bit late to the ball on this one. Still, there’s always tomorrow, the final $1 Oatmeal Wednesday, and that includes flavors such as apple-cinnamon, fresh banana, and the new…
BLT Steak, Laurent Tourondel’s steakhouse in The Betsy South Beach, has launched a new BLT Express lunch offering: $18, exclusive of tax and gratuity, for any two items from among soups, salads, and half-sandwiches — served simultaneously to insure speedy service. So you might choose tomato gazpacho with goat cheese…
We’ve added the What dat? because what it is seems as tricky as where it at.That said, Where it at?We’ll give the answer below only after your futile guesses peter out…
New deals, new meals, new squeals at the Cape Cod Room, all going into effect next Wednesday, February 10:A new bartendar, Kim Arkell, has come onboard to lead happy hour from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday through Friday. During this time, there will be $6 cocktails, which you can match with two-for-one…
As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…
