Antonio Bachour is one of the best pastry chefs in Miami. At the St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort, he creates stunning desserts layered with tropical fruits, sorbets, crémeux, and mousse. Here, in his own words, are his favorite restaurants in town. 1. Makoto: “Every time I go, chef Makoto Okuwa…
Latin Burger and Taco, the hot pink-and-black roving burger joint, has finally found a permanent parking space after four years of driving around town. Oh, but don’t worry..the original truck will still be out and about. Latin Burger opening a brick and mortar space right on Miracle Mile in Coral…
You could use some more pisco in your life. And this weekend, you can get your fix at the Sabor Peru Gastronomic Festival in Doral. In addition to cooking classes, music shows, and culinary tours, the fair will offer a pisco cocktail competition. Located at the Miami Airport Convention Center,…
15 Steps, a farm-to-fork restaurant will officially open at the Eden Roc Miami Beach on December 1, replacing the lauded 1500 Degrees that also featured locavore cuisine. The restaurant, which is named after the “15 steps necessary to grow a vegetable, catch a fish, or cook the perfect steak”, will…
Via Verde Cucina Rustica, a new restaurant by the twins behind Quattro Gastronomia Italiana, is set to open on Miami’s Upper Eastside. The place is a partnership between brothers Nicola and Fabrizio Carro and mixologist Cristiano Vezzoli. It is slated to open at the end of this month at the…
Since OTC opened in Brickell last year, it has become one of Miami’s most popular gastropubs, known for its craft beers and eclectic food selections. There’s no question that owner Michael Sullivan has a hit on his hands. In November, Sullivan brought in a new chef to helm the kitchen…
Vega’s, the North Miami restaurant formerly known as Flip Burger Bar, offers plenty of burgers and beers. But it’s their starters that really get us revved up — particularly the chili and mac and cheese…
OK, so the event was held at the Broken Shaker and Virginia King had the home court advantage. The truth is King won the competition by making the best tasting cocktail. Her rendition of the classic Manhattan cocktail, the “Looking at me Like You Don’t Want me to Go”, ranked…
Lorenzo, chef Tony Mantuano’s casual-classic Italian restaurant opens for dinner today at the soon-to-open Redbury hotel on South Beach. Mantuano is the chef/partner of Chicago’s Michelin-starred Spiaggia restaurant, along with restaurateur Larry Levy. The team has partnered again with Lorenzo. The restaurant is located in the lobby of the Redbury…
Brickell Key is home to Naoe, one of the city’s most elusive eateries. And although the Japanese restaurant serves delicious food, it doesn’t exactly scream neighborhood joint. The Island Bistro is hoping to fill that gap. The restaurant opened in September, offering Panther Coffee and freshly-baked goods. But now it…
Ice cream trucks are so 1983. Today’s kids need interactive entertainment, especially if you want to hold their attention for more than 30 seconds. Enter Kona Ice, a tropical, tiki-themed shaved ice truck that’s now rolling around the streets of Miami. Shaved ice, for the sadly uninformed, is like a…
It was a longer trip than most Yardbirds ever make, but the Miami Beach restaurant’s chef Clayton Miller flew to New York City recently to compete in the New York City Wine and Food Festival’s Chicken Coupe. The “coupe” was hosted at Chelsea Piers by comedian/television host Whoopi Goldberg and…
Soup isn’t the obvious choice in Miami, a city that runs on sunshine year-round. But every now and then, the temperature dips below the seventies and we get the urge to put on a scarf and slurp a delicious bowl of soup. That’s why we’ve listed the top soups in…
Mina’s Mediterraneo opened a few months ago but feels like it’s been around for years. You could credit the food, which features cozy dishes like mac ‘n’ cheese, coq au vin, and spaghetti Bolognese. Or perhaps it’s the setting — a refurbished Haitian church on the Upper Eastside’s NE 79th…
It’s the start of the holiday season, which in Miami means decorating the palm tree with red twinkle lights and hoping it gets cool enough to wear your reindeer sweater for just one night. While the rest of the year is basking in the chill of an early snowstorm, we’re…
Every dinner we eat in Miami is arguably a dinner in paradise. Seriously, how lucky are we? But if you really want to make the most of the tropical wonderland we live in, Paradise Farms’ Dinner in Paradise series is an edible introduction to our own backyard. The seasonal supper…
If your idea of a good way to spend a rainy south Florida afternoon was sampling dozens of small batch spirits and some really fine beers, then you weren’t disappointed by the tasting gallery, held this past Saturday at Soho Studios in Wynwood. Distillers from all over the country came…
This past weekend, President Barack Obama came to Miami to attend several fundraisers and mingle with South Florida’s movers and shakers. The President was in for a brief 24-hour period, flying in to Miami International Airport at 3:45 p.m. on Friday — just in time to play hell with weekend…
Antonio Bachour is one of the best pastry chefs in Miami. At the St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort, he creates stunning desserts layered with tropical fruits, sorbets, cr�meux, and mousse. Here, in his own words, are his favorite restaurants in town…
Two Miami residents have filed a lawsuit against Anheuser-Busch claiming false advertisement. Lady J. Suarez and Gustavo E. Oliva say that the mega-brewery has violated the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act. The lawsuit, filed last month, claims A-B’s Kirin beer is deceptively advertised as being imported from Japan…
Box Park, the Brickell restaurant serving adventurous dishes, is closing its doors as of Sunday, November 10. An anonymous source tells Short Order the reason behind the abrupt shuttering is a disagreement between partners. Apparently, staff was given a week’s notice regarding this turn of events. Box Park opened this…
A trip to Dublin absolutely cannot exist without a visit to the Guinness Storehouse. In a city rich with history including Trinity College, the homes of James Joyce and Bram Stoker, Dublin castle, and Viking remnants, the number one tourist attraction is a visit to the Arthur Guinness’s vision of…
