Gigi opened in Midtown last Friday and Short Order finally made its way there to give it a try. Described as serving “cutting-edge, high-performance, communal comfort food,” we weren’t sure what to expect, but we enjoyed every bit of our visit.Gigi is the work of Amir Ben-Zion, co-creator of Townhouse…
It’s been awhile since we brought you the best of the blogosphere. You forgive us, right? Here’s what you missed last week around the interwebs. Yet another food truck hits the streets: Mamita Linda [Burger Beast] Miami blogger will soon part ways with our city [Occasional Omnivore] Making shu-mai [Chadzilla]…
You thought we were joking when we wrote that People’s Bar-B-Que served a few corrections officers chicken with maggots, but health inspectors backed us up when they shut down the restaurant the very next day. Here’s what else you missed this week on Short Order…
Last night, Short Order attended the Miami debut of Wine Down, an event founded in New York by Andrew Levine and former Gourmet wine and spirits consultant, Michael Green. Greek was the theme of the night that welcomed about 200 people to Club 50 at the Viceroy to taste pours…
When I tell Teena Borek that one of the challenges I faced when I participated in Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) was preparing all the food in each weekly share before it perished, she enthusiastically tells me about her latest discovery. “Every CSA member should have a juicer,” she says. Borek…
This past weekend, a friend invited me to watch Eat, Pray, Love, the movie based on Elizabeth Gilbert’s book chronicling her self-discovery after a divorce. Said quest for self-awareness was achieved by traveling to Italy to carb-load (eat), India to live at an ashram (pray) and Bali where she meets…
When the Santamarina family came up with the idea of opening Tinta y Café, they had zero experience in the restaurant industry. They just decided to open one to see what happened, according to Carlos Santamarina, whose aunt and father thought of the concept. Experienced or not, they did something…
Ladies — and gents — will love to lunch in the sunny room that now houses Liberty Caffe at the Coral Gables Country Club. Located in what once was a members-only space, the airy cafe surrounded by large arched windows is a great spot for a casual lunch in an…
After years of working in high-end restaurants, former Wish chef and South Florida Rising Star, Michael Bloise, is turning to something more casual at his soon-to-open restaurant, American Noodle Bar.”I’ve done upscale food for a while now and I kinda found that the food that I was cooking was special…
Michelle Duncan and boyfriend David Shipman have been talking about owning a food truck for a while. When not working in the kitchen at the Morgans Restaurant, the two Le Cordon Bleu grads spend time at a friend’s truck serving some of the dishes they create and refine in their tiny…
Think you know your spices? Starting on Monday, Red The Steakhouse will test the knowledge of its Twitter followers with daily questions about spices used in chef Peter Vauthy’s dishes. Those who answer correctly will be entered into a weekly drawing to win a free Miami Spice dinner for two…
A salary survey of 1,400 culinary professionals by StarChefs.com shows that Miami and New York executive chefs were paid more in 2009 than their counterparts in other U.S. cities. The average salary for an executive chef here was reported at $101,400 — not far from New York’s $101,500 and about…
Chow Down Grill has been serving Asian-inspired fare in Surfside for a little over a month but the restaurant has already created quite a bit of buzz. The small, cozy restaurant is the creation of Joshua Marcus, who formerly worked in the kitchens of BLT Steak and China Grill. The…
The weather stinks today. Almost a hurricane. Who said just because the power is out you need to scrimp? In the event of a hurricane-caused power outage, one can only eat so much tuna or canned beans. And we don’t even want to bother trying cheeseburgers, sandwiches, (AKA candwiches), or…
“Done with love” is how Jonathan Lazar and Brian Goldberg describe Sustain, the restaurant the pair will bring to Midtown Miami hopefully in time for Art Basel. Lazar and Goldberg — transplants from New York and Philadelphia, respectively — met in Miami through a family friend.”There’s a real passion,” said…
It seems like the Burger Beast never stops. If he’s not eating his way through the best burger joints in town, he’s working on his Burgies awards or putting high-profile food people through the Grinder. Now he’s organizing a fest within a fest. The Beast is selecting the best of…
First, choose from seven types of noodles. Then, choose from 15 sauces. And finally choose an add-on if you’d like one. Sound gimmicky? Perhaps, but despite the concept this North Miami restaurant serves tasty bowls of pasta. Yes Pasta! is located in a shopping plaza on Biscayne Boulevard, nestled between…
Don’t let the scale of the two-story lavender house with the striped black-and-white awnings and large wrap-around terrace fool you. Inside Morgans, you’ll find only a small dining room that makes a statement with concrete floors, light wood tables and white Eames-style chairs…
Last night, Short Order restaurant hopped at the Fontainebleau sampling dishes from the Miami Spice menus that three of its restaurants will offer starting August 1. Having dined at Scarpetta and Hakkasan during Miami Spice last year, I noticed some welcome additions during our media tour.Our first stop was Scarpetta…
Ice cream socials mostly invoke thoughts of church gatherings and neighborhood get-togethers, but not when you’re eating your ice cream overlooking Biscayne Bay at Area 31. The restaurant will celebrate National Ice Cream Month by hosting Scoops for Success tomorrow from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Choose from one of…
For Indian actress and cookbook author Madhur Jaffrey, the best thing to do with a mango is simply eat it. Her favorite way to enjoy them doesn’t involve a knife or perfectly cut dice. Instead, she pierces the top of a soft, ripe mango with her nail, puts the fruit…
It wouldn’t be too much of a stretch to say that Dr. Richard Campbell lives and breathes mangoes. The senior tropical fruit curator for Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden can tell exactly when a mango is ready to pick, assess its quality and tell you where it’s from and what it’s…
