Kevin Danilo does a good job keeping his chin up as work continues inside the 5,300-square-foot space in Brickell that will in a few months open as Batch Gastropub. See also: Batch Promises Brickell a Real-Deal Gastropub…
Patpong Road, the intimate lounge atop Khong River House is designed to recreate the famous Bangkok night market and red light district of the same name. TripAdvisor reviewers make it sound like Lincoln Road with go-go bars, food stalls, sexy women, and ladyboys — which is awesome in our book…
The Cafe at Books & Books has long been a Lincoln Road fixture. In a sea of cafes with colorful umbrellas offering overpriced and underwhelming food for unaware tourists, Books & Books served up honest, delicious meals at reasonable prices. Plus, if you forgot reading material, a good story (and…
Danilo Gonzalez opened the Art Place Wynwood five years ago, a time when the neighborhood boasted more drab warehouses than posh galleries and specialty cafés. But things have changed a lot since then. Now the arts district is home to trendy restaurants, bars, and shops. “The transformation of Wynwood is…
We knew you thought this weekend was all about laying low. After all, school just started and the big “last unofficial party of the summer”, Labor Day is next week. But this is Miami, where the sun shines and there’s always something to do — like drinking exotic sriracha-infused cocktails…
Dining in the dark while wearing a blindfold means you can’t see your food or even utensils. It’s been happening at Chef Adrianne’s Vineyard Restaurant and Wine Bar since 2009. Other Short Order bloggers have called the experience “enlightening”. So it’s about time that Chef Adrianne Calvo took her special…
Donuts are cool. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. If you agree with this statement, then you should show everyone you mean it by snagging a free one at Mojo Donuts when they come to Miami this morning. Starting at 8 a.m. they will start their promotion. But before you…
Sweetness is cupcakes, creative sandwiches, homemade red velvet twinkies, and a grand opening party with Quiky, the Nesquick bunny, giving away free chocolate milk. We have previously covered the opening of Sweetness Bakeshop and Cafe in Hialeah but we finally got to check it out and sink our teeth into…
Leave it to PETA to turn a large wiener into a limp noodle. The animal rights group has just sent a letter to Carlos Danger Weiners’ president, Randall Richards, calling for him to offer a veggie dog in addition to his beefy product. See also: Carlos Danger Weiners: Hot Political…
If you’re bored with the usual suspects for your morning sustenance, a few more interesting options are on the way, courtesy of the Daily Melt. The midtown outpost of the local grilled-cheese chain is about to launch a breakfast menu, and it’s celebrating by giving away 100 free morning melts…
Many of us are guilty of posting Instagram pictures of our food, trips, and parties. But sometimes it’s better to just put the damn iPhone down. That’s the lesson Jonathan Cheban — partner at Sushi Mikasa at the Shelborne Beach Resort and Kim Kardashian’s bestie — learned the hard way…
Miami Spice is one of the best dining deals this city has to offer. With nearly 200 restaurants offering three-course meals at great prices, what could possibly sweeten the pot? Well, how about free (or discounted) wine, beer, or cocktails? Done and done. Here are our ten favorite boozy Spice…
Overachiever Anthony Bourdain has a lot planned for fall. The television host/book producer/chef is looking forward to two of his television projects premiering their second seasons. Parts Unknown on CNN is gearing up for a second season of travel, food, and political chow chow…
If you’re anything like the rest of us in the First World, you’ve spent many panicked minutes scanning the shelves of a liquor store before heading to a party. Choosing the right booze is one of those etiquette skills most of us never learn, leaving us the loser who always…
Vegan Chefs, Dreaming of Success, Emerge in Miami
Peruse the menu at many of Miami’s fine-dining establishments and you’ll see proclamations of farm-fresh produce complete with the names of the farms where your tomato or mango was lovingly grown. That’s all well and good, but have you ever stopped to think where cheaper, lesser-known restaurants get their vegetables?…
If there’s one thing Miami needs, it’s another CVS, right? ‘Cuz there aren’t already drugstores on every single adjacent corner, side street and strip mall in the entire 305 area code. We need more. More prescription meds, more cheap shampoo, more cigarettes. More crap to consume. More customer service fails…
Miami Spice is a big deal, but you already know that. As important as the food are the drinks, and Toro Toro recently held an internal competition including its top bartenders in the hunt for what would become the official cocktail of Miami Spice for the restaurant. For three weeks…
Patpong Road, 50 Eggs’ newest concept, opens this Friday, August 23, above Khong River House. The intimate lounge, which is open only Friday and Saturday evenings from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m., is designed to invoke Bankok’s infamous Patpong Road. In addition to food stalls, another form of flesh is…
Moments after taking your seat inside Etzel Itzik Deli a barrage of food in small white plastic bowls clacks down on your table. There are hot, fluffy pitas, a beet salad, pasta salad, tart shredded cabbage, and shucked corn in a cream sauce. A green chalkboard sign above the kitchen…
Pork skin and pork fat aren’t exactly standard fare for a vegan diet. So chicharrónes are an unlikely find on an all-herbivorous menu. But find them, we did. At Bird Road’s Beehive Juice Bar, Brazilian owner Carlos Schichi cooks up this signature snack for reformed meat eaters, heart attack sufferers,…
When New York mayoral candidate and corn-dog horn-dog, Anthony Weiner was busted yet again for sexting under the completely ridiculous porn-star-meets-lousy-superhero name, Carlos Danger, you know the whole food-loving world was thinking of how awesome it would be to name a line of sausages after the whole debacle. Hey, all…
