There’s a verse in the Babylonian Talmud that goes something like this: When friends take leave of each other, it’s best that they teach each other something, so that when they see each other next time, they remember what they’ve learned, and when they remember what they’ve learned, they will…
Go to an expensive steakhouse in Miami and you’re bound to find the words “dry-aged” on the menu. But half of the patrons shelling out big bucks for that expensive, tender meat probably don’t know what it means. Short Order wants you to know why you’re eating. We spoke to…
Bâoli Miami recently launched Tempting Tuesdays, a way to get the full Bâoli experience for less. Now through October 29, the entire menu — abounding with new Asian-inspired dishes courtesy of a July revamp — is half-off on Tuesdays. Short Order was invited to try out the menu with some…
Baking is great and all, but we’re not all cut out for the exact science that it requires. Some of us were born to eat. So Short Order is here to tell you how to get 25 cupcakes in a flavor that only you’d dream up, without lifting a finger…
So you haven’t followed through on that “Next year in Jerusalem” promise you made at the last Passover seder, and you never had the chance to live it up in the Holy Land through Birthright. But you can still spend A Night in Jerusalem this weekend, thanks to the Saffron…
Short Order was recently invited to De Rodriguez Cuba on Ocean to check out updates to the menu. It had been awhile since our last visit to the luxury Cuban restaurant helmed by the “Godfather of Nuevo Latino Cuisine,” chef Doug Rodriguez, so we were excited to taste the changes…
When Curbed and exMiami.org reported last week that Pasha’s on Lincoln Road would be closing soon, lovers of healthful, affordable, quick, and easy food — a rarity on South Beach — cried out with concern. But Short Order is here to set the record straight and calm your falafel-induced fears…
Miami Food Tours, the company that runs SoBe Tour des Forks through the art deco district, launched its Swooped With Forks food tour last week. Wait. Don’t move on with your life just yet. Before you think, Thanks for the update, Short Order, but I live and breathe Miami. I…
Inside Blocks Pizza Deli, managing partner Richard Collins chatters in Italian with Eugenio Vittoni, a fair-haired, slim European gentleman imported straight from Verona. And though the restaurant’s concept is as Italian as most of the employees — selling pizza by the slice and offering a take-and-bake option — none of…
Breakfast-style barbecue eats — who would dream such a thing? Brother Jimmy’s BBQ in Mary Brickell Village has pulled it off. Their new Keg & Eggs brunch every Saturday and Sunday from noon to 3 p.m. launched earlier this summer and will continue into the fall with DJ Vertigo spinning…
It might seem like there’s a music festival in South Florida every other weekend, and that’s probably true, but we foodies want to have our fun too. Filling the void between our own Iron Fork August 1 and South Beach Wine and Food Festival in February, is the James Beard…
Dinner and a show doesn’t always have to mean one of those cheesy murder mystery dinners, or that Arabian Nights thing up in Orlando where you can eat dinner while costumed men prance around on horses right in front of you. Luckily, a more low-key (and arguably, classier) form of…
The Social Club at Kimpton’s Surfcomber Hotel has a new look, new chef, and new menu. It might as well have a new name… if the name weren’t such a perfect description for this gastro-lounge. Formerly a front-of-hotel bar that played sidekick to the Asian-inspired Lantao Kitchen, which has since…
The smell of butternut squash brings back one of Naylet LaRochelle’s fondest memories. It was during early autumn about 13 years ago that she moved into her first home with her husband. “I remember watching my husband and my dad do repairs, and the anticipation of that time. In addition…
You’re scanning a menu, and a word jumps out at you. One specific food item in one specific dish that you now can’t help but order. It’s like a trigger. The thought of that ingredient has turned on a switch in your brain. The phrase “Pick me” plays over and…
This is the third entry in a short series of posts called Inside Their Refrigerator, which takes you inside the refrigerators of Miami’s top chefs. Short Order recently spoke with chef Dena Marino of MC Kitchen. With a six-year-old son at home, she says she doesn’t keep her refrigerator stocked…
Fourth of July means firing up the grill out back and hanging with family, unless you’re more into the whole barbecue bash with interesting-people-in-fascinating-places thing, Short Order has put together a guide to restaurants and hotels that are serving up a plate of barbecue favorites — and others that are…
Sometimes we eat at a new restaurant and find that we love the food so much, we need to buy a shirt as a sign of support. Other times we’re not even a fan of the food but think those T-shirts hanging on the wall are just too funny to…
No dessert says Fourth of July more than a berry flag cake. But we’re getting a little tired of seeing the same old thing at the barbecue every year. That’s where the Best Pastry Chef in Miami comes in. The St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort’s executive pastry chef, Antonio Bachour,…
South Florida singles met up at Whole Foods Market Monday and Tuesday night to find more than organic produce. At the Express Lane Love events, like-minded Whole Foods shoppers were looking to check out of the specialty grocery store with a wholesome partner in addition to the usual large brown…
Last week, Short Order introduced the Inside Their Refrigerator series, taking you inside the refrigerators of Miami’s top chefs. This week we spoke with chef Giorgio Rapicavoli of Eating House. Read more to find out about the foods he keeps in his fridge for late-night snacks after returning from the…
Ashley Maddox, 28, is a waitress at Deco Sandwiches on South Beach. Before her shift began last week, she stood outside the Capital Grille with a few dozen others to speak out against the recently signed HB655 bill, which preemptively bans local governments from creating laws requiring paid sick time…
