The Fourth of July celebrates two American passions — our independence and hot dogs. Between the morning beach outing and the evening fireworks, two of America’s finest cities held hot dog eating contests — Brooklyn and Coconut Grove. While the Coney Island contest gets nationally televised attention, the Coconut Grove…
In a world where plastic surgery is as easy as running to your nearest Whole Foods and picking up a quart of milk, we have one thing to say: America, girl, you are looking good for 237 years. And with virtually little work done! Really, she doesn’t look a day…
Fast-casual dining is all the rage, and why wouldn’t it be? Inexpensive, high quality food, unpretentious ambiance, and DIY table service is a lethal combination. That’s exactly what you’ll see at Vapiano in Brickell, the Italian-chain from Germany. Germans making pasta? Sounds ironic, we know. Oddly enough, it works for…
For broke foodies across the 305, the year’s best season is almost upon us: all hail Miami Spice! Starting August 1, our favorite annual event kicks off at hotspots across the city, which means we get our gourmet eats on sale. (Miami New Times, by the way, is sponsoring the…
In a city famous for overabundance, explicit consumerism, and crazies, food and drinks are anything but scarce. The prices, however, skyrocket. Most celebrity chefs have an outpost in Vegas — Jose Andres has Jaleo, Alain Ducasse has Mix, Wolfgang Puck has, well, Wolfgang Puck. And as if that weren’t enough,…
This is the third entry in a short series of posts called Inside Their Refrigerator, which takes you inside the refrigerators of Miami’s top chefs. Short Order recently spoke with chef Dena Marino of MC Kitchen. With a six-year-old son at home, she says she doesn’t keep her refrigerator stocked…
Fourth of July means firing up the grill out back and hanging with family, unless you’re more into the whole barbecue bash with interesting-people-in-fascinating-places thing, Short Order has put together a guide to restaurants and hotels that are serving up a plate of barbecue favorites — and others that are…
It’s dusk on a Saturday, and I’m asking Javier, the waiter, to add $8 artichokes to my $24 pizza. The Colombian 20-something with a Salvador Dalí mustache squats in front of my table, strokes his whiskers, and looks cool. “One calzone with shallots and portobello,” he parrots. “And a pie…
There’s a new big, bad lounge popping-up with the addition of Mister Wolfe to the South Beach scene. The lounge, housed in the former Bond Street space at the Townhouse Hotel, fuses bar, lounge, and small plates restaurant together in a sleek, sexy environment filled with multiple spaces to cuddle…
Umami Burger’s newest outpost, the convenient locale on Alton Road, is getting ready to whip out an old favorite to the menu — and it’s like music to our ears. Singer-songwriter Mayer Hawthorne, in partnership with the Umami family, is relaunching his fancified burger item, “The Hawthorne.” The Hawthorne comes…
Each year, we celebrate our country’s independence by sharing a meal with family and friends, then watching the skies light up as a cap to the festivities. And, in most cases, that meal happens to be from the grill. We’re not sure why burgers and hot dogs became the classic…
This has been the year of the suburbs, especially Kendall. The south got a ton of new culinary additions, from a boutique seafood and steakhouse to a cupcake shop and even New Orleans style fast-casual barbecue. In our annual Best of Miami 2013 — which hit stands a couple of…
Where the Chefs Eat is a series in which we ask Miami chefs to list their favorite local restaurants. In this installment, we spoke to Michael Pirolo — previously chef at Scarpetta, now chef and partner of Macchialina on Alton Road — about his preferred Magic City spots. By night,…
Gene Devaney did what any 21st Century Bro would do when one of his buddies, in this case David Boyce, needed help: He took to the Internet to tell his story and ask for support, not expecting much in return. Yet the Internet responded, putting up thousands of dollars to…
Oye Miami. There’s a new Cuban sandwich in town and it’s available just about any time you want it — with a large coffee, to boot! See also: Dunkin’ Donuts App Lets You Pay By Phone…
Remember El Rancho Grande? That quasi-stereotypical Mexican/Tex-Mex restaurant hidden just off Lincoln Road behind SushiSamba? About a year and a half ago, as the restaurant neared its 20th year in business, owner Jose Ortiz had to shutter it because “the rent went crazy.” Declining to give numbers, he adds, “There…
A rep for the Fontainebleau Miami Beach Hotel has confirmed that “Michael Mina will be opening a new restaurant in the Arkadia space.” We called the Mina Group in San Francisco, and were told that no further information was available at this time. See also: Michael Mina On Local Product…
It’s dusk on a Saturday, and I’m asking Javier, the waiter, to add $8 artichokes to my $24 pizza. The Colombian 20-something with a Salvador Dalí mustache squats in front of my table, strokes his whiskers, and looks cool. “One calzone with shallots and porcini,” he parrots. “And a pie…
When you name your rum after one of the most iconic authors in the world, you’d better be prepared to live up to that name. Papa’s Pilar, the first spirit licensed by the Hemingway family and named after Ernest Hemingway’s boat, Pilar, is going all out with the concept of…
Sometimes we eat at a new restaurant and find that we love the food so much, we need to buy a shirt as a sign of support. Other times we’re not even a fan of the food but think those T-shirts hanging on the wall are just too funny to…
Khalid and Islam Mohammed look almost identical wearing plaid button ups loosened at the top with striped ties. They almost don’t look like they should be making bread products, but rather driving the Hogwarts express. While the brothers opt for a different kind of magic, their bagel shop is still…
If you’re into la dolce vita, you might want to invest in that red Vespa you’ve always wanted, because you’ll have a primo parking spot when Bocce Bar opens in midtown Miami. Samba Brands Management will open Bocce Bar, in the former Sustain space, sometime in late 2013. See also:…
