In Miami, art and beer are becoming inseparable. It’s not difficult to spot this fact in Wynwood, which is seeing the birth of two more breweries and now the opening of Kush, a restaurant from the people behind Miami Brew Bus andLokal Burgers & Beer in Coconut Grove. The new…
The last time I was part of SantaCon, it was a complete accident. On the way home from a two-week safari in Kenya, I had an overnight layover in New York City. When the taxi dropped me off in Greenwich Village, I noticed something amiss. Instead of the usual streets…
Bocce Bar, the much-anticipated Italian concept from Samba Brands Management, opened this past Friday, and Short Order was invited for a taste. The restaurant d�cor, in the former Sustain space in midtown, captures Italy’s duality of clean, modern drama and classic, rustic style. A giant lit Bocce Bar sign welcomes…
Stanzione 87 quietly opened in Brickell back in April. Operated by 23-year old Franco Stanzione and his longtime girlfriend Ashley Lopez, the pair attests to the challenges involved in opening a restaurant. Never one to cook, Lopez rose to the occasion: “You know when a baby is stuck under a…
Celebrity chef Ralph Pagano has just announced he’ll open a restaurant in South Beach. Pagano is also chef/owner of Alba Seaside Italian at the Sole on the Ocean resort in Sunny Isles Beach. The restaurant will open at the Dream South Beach Hotel, replacing Serafina, which will close shortly after…
We’re almost to the point when shopping for presents becomes a mad, desperate scramble to find something for the people left on your list. But there’s nothing lamer than giving (or getting) a pointless gift you’ll never use. Remember the fruitcake gag? Gag us. So to make your life a…
At P�rez Art Museum Miami’s Verde Restaurant and Bar, the menu is all about keeping it green. The Stephen Starr restaurant upholds the museum’s organic and sustainable motif. Short Order was recently invited to sample executive chef Nicolay Adinaguev’s eco-friendly offerings. Check out the pictures after the jump. See also:…
What do you get when you cross a celebrity-chef-driven restaurant with a Miami-style nightlife joint? The answer: Michael Mina 74 at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach. Located in the space once home to Arkadia below LIV, Michael Mina 74 opened quietly two weeks ago. Short Order was recently invited to sniff…
It’s Saturday. Whatcha got planned? Why not visit the coolest new reinvention of one of Dade’s classiest institutions, Epicure Gourmet Market? The new place, on Le Jeune Road in the Gables, is enormous, with 24,000 square feet of retail space and 240 seats in the caf�. It will have much…
Michael Mina’s new restaurant, Michael Mina 74 at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach, opened in time for the crush of people flocking to Art Basel. The new restaurant, bar, ultra-lounge is a departure from his classic and reserved Bourbon Steak at Turnberry Isle Resort & Club. But, as the chef and…
The holidays are in full swing! All over Miami, palm trees are covered in lights and Santas are sipping mojitos in the warm sun. We know there are just two shopping weekends left before the big day — but there are so many other things to do. So reserve some…
The holidays revolve around eating, which is why it makes perfect sense for your gift-giving to revolve around eating too. And with Christmas less than two weeks away, it’s officially shopping crunch time. To help get your gift list squared away, we’ve rounded up a selection of food-themed presents for…
We all have a hand-knitted Christmas sweater from grandma, but you probably wouldn’t be caught dead wearing it in public. But that’ll change tonight. This evening, you can turn that Christmas sweater into a party favor at the Ugly Sweater Party at Democratic Republic of Beer. See also: Democratic Republic…
Sometimes one street can hold a bounty of good restaurants, and lately Short Order has been doing a lot of good eating on North Miami’s NE 123rd Street. Now we have another delicious spot to add to the list: Ricky Thai Bistro. Its owners have a love story that’s eerily…
He doesn’t always throw a masquerade ball. But when he does, he throws it in Coconut Grove. At least, that’s what happened last evening when the Most Interesting Man in the World hosted a fete at the Cruz Building in Coconut Grove. The Dos Equis spokesman’s party was most interesting,…
Scott Conant has a lot of celebrating to do. The celebrity chef has just released The Scarpetta Cookbook ($22.71 on Amazon.com), which features 125 recipes from his award-winning Italian restaurant. Scarpetta’s Miami outpost is also celebrating its fifth anniversary with a series of special dinners prepared by chef de cuisine…
The fried chicken at Pack Super Market in Little Haiti isn’t something you’d find easily on the island. Kernizan Philias, who with his family opened the bare-bones market and counter-only eatery on NW 2nd Avenue 16 years ago, said the recipe is based on griot — fried chunks of pork…
Miami’s best culinary talent and two football greats got together yesterday to cook some winning game-day foods. Alba Seaside Italian’s Ralph Pagano welcomed Food Network’s Ingrid Hoffmann, former Miami Dolphins great (and restaurateur) John Offerdahl, and Indiana Colts player Ahmad Bradshaw to film a special “Big Game” episode of Designing…
The P�rez Art Museum Miami made its debut last week, and so did Verde Restaurant and Bar, the museum’s culinary destination. The restaurant is the brainchild of namesake Jorge P�rez and restaurateur Stephen Starr. Short Order chatted with Verde’s executive chef, Nicolay Adinaguev, about the restaurant’s Art Basel debut, his…
If there’s one duty we’re bound to in December, it’s celebrating. Thirty-one days of toasts to good cheer, good friends, and good food. It’s the best month of the year. Really, any excuse to celebrate is a good one, and tonight you can celebrate the upcoming Taste of Brickell Food…
At Lippi, you should really eat your vegetables. The handsome Brickell restaurant, perched amid shimmering Christmas trees, offers a Mediterranean-inspired menu that features $75 Dover sole and $30-per-ounce Kobe beef. But perhaps more interesting, it also proffers roasted baby carrots and turnips flecked with coarse sea salt that share a…
Sizzling pig’s face — that would be the best way to describe the Filipino dish called sizzling sisig. It’s a sour, pungent recipe, one that employs minced hog’s ears, snout, tongue, and brains. At Lutong Pinoy in North Miami Beach, you can try it with just ears and snout. The…
