Stone crab season ended last week, but it’s never too early to start dreaming of its return. To mark the anticipated occasion, the Hess Select South Beach Seafood Event is already planning a big celebration. After hosting more than 6,000 people for last year’s inaugural event, the organizers are gearing…
Unwrapping a designer box of imported macarons at Lincoln Road’s Laduree is an experience in and of itself. The Paris-based pastry company recently launched a South Beach offshoot of its century-old operation. Not to be confused with the coconut macaroons your grandmother passes out during Passover, these french cookies come…
New Times’ Best of Miami 2014 issue arrives June 19. To celebrate, Short Order is paying tribute to Miami’s culinary all-stars. These people forged our city’s food scene into what it is today — a thriving amalgam of tastes and cultures. Through their insight and talent, they’ve given the city…
Between Yelp, Four Square, Trip Advisor, and whatever else, we’re all critics these days. Really, all it takes is a keyboard and some Internet access and you have an audience. Unfortunately, not many people get rewarded for their foodie opinions — aside from maybe a complimentary meal every now and…
John “the Sake Guy” Gauntner hosted a special sake pairing dinner last night at Makoto. The five-course meal paired sake handpicked by Gauntner with dishes by chef Makoto Okuwa. Reps from the breweries of the featured sake were on site and roaming the dining room to pour and educate attendees…
Miami’s best chefs gathered at Tongue & Cheek last night for a “taste” of Taste of the Nation, the mega fundraising gala that benefits Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign. Led by Taste of the Nation’s founding chairman, Allen Susser, a cadre of South Florida culinary powerhouses like Jamie…
We’ve got meatballs on the mind. These rolled wonders vary in size, composition, texture, price, and quantity, but when you break into a good ball, you just know. With a dollop of cheese on top or a bed of spaghetti below, substantial meatballs can hold up and pass the sneeze…
New Times’ Best of Miami 2014 issue arrives June 19. To celebrate, Short Order is paying tribute to Miami’s Culinary All-Stars. These people forged our city’s food scene into what it is today — a thriving amalgam of tastes and cultures. Through their insight and talent, they’ve given the city…
Rocco Carulli frantically darts among large canvases smeared with thick blobs of richly-hued oil paint. His smile is infectious, like that of a born entertainer, but there’s also the nervous quiver of a new restaurateur. He sports a shaved head, a meticulously trimmed salt-and-pepper beard, and a spotless white chef’s…
America’s food system sucks and people are totally over it. In fact, they’re Fed Up, an attitude epitomized by the new documentary of the same name. The heralded documentary premieres at O Cinema Miami Shores this Friday, presented by Seed Food & Wine Festival, and will feature a post-flick Skype…
Bobby Flay. Giada De Laurentiis. Guy Fieri. They’re just a few of the chefs and hosts who have worked their way into the kitchens of America through their entertaining shows on Food Network. A coveted hosting gig is the aspiration of many young chefs and cooks who dream of being…
Friday night we skipped dinner and saved our appetite for Yardbird’s Midnight Chef’s Table Series, which featured Chef Michael Laukert of Hundred Acre Wine Group. The series invites chefs to collaborate with 50 Eggs culinary director Clayton Millier to create a four-course meal. Short Order was invited to attend and…
North Florida is pretty awesome. People who dismiss anywhere above Boca as a no-man’s-land are missing out on some of the Sunshine State’s best assets, from gorgeous green forests to super-friendly folks, to totally unique eateries. Our state’s capital, for example, has lots of amazing vegan options — probably thanks…
New Times’ Best of Miami 2014 issue arrives June 19. To celebrate, Short Order is paying tribute to Miami’s culinary all-stars. These people forged our city’s food scene into what it is today — a thriving amalgam of tastes and cultures. Through their insight and talent, they’ve given the city…
Most people agree that Mondays are evil. They’re the dependable buzzkill to our weekend-long party. Fortunately, living in the Magic City means fun events aren’t reserved just for Fridays. To welcome this week, Makoto, along with world-renowned sake master John Gauntner, will host a five-course sake dinner tonight. If that’s…
Though there’s no signage yet, it’s easy to find the place. Just follow your nose to the scent of freshly baked bread wafting though the neighborhood. Zak the Baker’s Wynwood Bakery & Caf� is a perfect addition to Wynwood. Once an industrial part of the city, this bakery with a…
Brunch — it’s the most wonderful meal of the week. What’s not to love about the combination of breakfast and lunch that’s not only an excuse to eat anything and everything bad for you, but happens to be accompanied by copious amounts of alcohol? Nothing. We love everything about brunch…
New Times’ Best of Miami 2014 issue arrives June 19. To celebrate, Short Order is paying tribute to Miami’s culinary all-stars. These people forged our city’s food scene into what it is today — a thriving amalgam of tastes and cultures. Through their insight and talent, they’ve given the city…
Weekend’s here, guys, and this time it’s all about beer, brunch, boobs…and being a nice person. Let us explain. Of course, we’re still in the midst of that wonderful celebration known as American Craft Beer Week, so if you’re into hoppy IPA’s, a good chocolaty porter, or a refreshing lager,…
Power couple Gloria and Emilio Estefan’s restaurant Larios on the Beach reopens to the public today. Last night members of the press were invited to a grand reopening party to take a look at the new digs. “Tonight brings back memories from when we first opened Larios on the Beach…
On the outside, La Palapa Hondure�a (formerly known as Adelita’s Caf�) is anything but memorable. Surrounded by louder venues such as a vapor shop and a Papa John’s, the restaurant has floor-to-ceiling windows that are plastered with karaoke posters and the emblematic palapa, an open-sided dwelling with a thatched roof…
Chef Roy Choi is a rare breed. Part food celebrity, part everyman, he’s celebrated for churning out seriously good, unpretentious food. We largely have him to thank for bringing food trucks to the masses. His Kogi BBQ trucks specialize in tacos, the most famous of which is filled with Korean…
