While mentions of food around New Year’s are often limited to diatribes about holiday overindulgence and plans to forego various edibles in the coming year – food also plays a pivotal role in the cultural introduction of a dawning year. Various countries and cultures around the world have specific food…
Harry’s Pizzeria, the casual pizza joint owned by James Beard award-winning chef Michael Schwartz, will be launching a new brunch service starting Sunday, January 6. The brunch menu, spearheaded by chef de cuisine Manny Sulbaran, is short but sweet. It features only six dishes, in addition to weekly changing breakfast…
With 2013 looming closer and New Year’s resolutions dominating your drunken conversations, you’re bound to start hearing blasphemous phrases like, “I’m going to stop drinking.” Can someone get this guy a shot? He seems to have lost his mind. About a quarter of American adults formed New Year’s resolutions at…
The king of the antibiotic and hormone-free, all-natural Angus beef burger patty, Shake Shack, recently launched its first-ever dark chocolate bar. For $9 a pop you get fancy wrapping with a New York backdrop, paying homage to the first Shake Shack location in Madison Square Park and the scenery that…
Come January, each and every one of us will be boasting about some ridiculous, noble new years resolution. Think juice cleanses, gym memberships, or renouncing all things pork. We’ve all been there. But, come February, after much whimpering and complaining, we’ll be back to our bacon-eating and milkshake-drinking ways. Too…
After the usual anticipation and rushing around, Christmas 2012 has come and gone. Santa is relaxing with an eggnog and the reindeer and elves have the day off after a job well done.It looks like our favorite celebrity chefs celebrated the holidays in style as well, and Tweeted about their…
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Southwest Eighth Street, which runs from the edge of Brickell near Biscayne Bay straight west into the Everglades, is for many reasons considered the heart of Miami. In the latter half of the 20th century Little Havana grew up around it as hundreds of thousands of Cubans fled Cuban dictator…
Machiya Ramen Noodle House is no longer serving ramen. See also: – Machiya Ramen Noodle House: Pricey Eats in Midtown – Machiya Ramen Noodle House to Open in Midtown The good-looking Midtown eatery opened this past October to mixed reviews. Prices were high, noodles were soggy, and broths needed some…
Christmas is over, but if you went to mom’s for dinner, you probably were sent home with a Tupperware full of uneaten food. Depending on who’s cooking, there could be anything from ham to lasagna in that container and let’s face it — chances are you took the leftovers home…
Miami’s Mexican food fanatics have one more place to feed their cravings without hightailing it to Homestead. The fast casual Salsa Fiesta chain (and winner of our Best Taco 2012 award) opened an Aventura location earlier this month. The expanding enterprise launched locations in Miami and Pembroke Pines in 2009…
It was nearly 6 p.m. on a brisk Saturday, and only three tables at Key Biscayne’s Exit 1 were occupied. A mural of a lighthouse scene filled a white stone wall, which was framed by dark molding and vintage photographs of old Key scenes. Smooth jazz played in the background…
Arguably, 2012 was the year that flavored vodka jumped the shark. Once limited to simple, (semi) natural flavors like cherry, vanilla and citrus, this year the industry made inroads into liquid flavors we never thought possible. From salted caramel and chocolate covered cherry to Fruit Loops and PB&J – some…
Kwanzaa begins December 26 this year. This celebration of family, community, and culture was founded by Dr. Maulana Karenga, in 1966, as a celebration of world African heritage. Today, people around the world celebrate Kwanzaa with fruit, traditional Kente clothing, art, stories, and…Kwanzaa cake. Well, actually one person in the…
In America, going to the movies on Christmas day is a tradition right up there with hanging stockings, drunken family fights and tryptophan comas. After all, what else is there to do when the inevitable post-presents boredom sets in? This year, the pickings are particularly alluring, with Les Miserables, Django…
Christmas carols are awful. They’re cheery, and wintery, and boast the same effects as Ambien does for insomnia. The 12 Days of Christmas is your Christmas playlist’s biggest offender. But when things go awry at the Christmas table tonight, Short Order has a way of one-upping the hot mess that…
As a general rule, we’re big fans of the holidays. Why? Because they involve eating gut-busting quantities of homemade food, scoring paid time off from work and drinking what would generally be unacceptable amounts of booze. But let’s be honest – there are certain things about the holiday season that…
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It’s officially winter. Sure, we’re wearing shorts and flip flops here in South Florida, but honestly, that doesn’t mean that locals should stick to the frozen piña coladas and mojitos.Now is the time to pretend like it’s freezing outside and have a delicious winter cocktail. These libations, made with spicy…
Khong River House may have opened just days ago, but on a Thursday evening, the place was already as lively as its sister establishment Yardbird Southern Table & Bar. Like Yardbird, Khong’s colors are warm. Repurposed Thai shipping crates serve as wood wall decor. Edison bulbs cast a warm copper…
We just got word that The Flat will open at the end of January in the South of Fifth neighborhood on Miami Beach. Owners say it won’t be a bar, a lounge, a restaurant, or a club. So what the hell will it be then? The Flat is a new…
The Christmas countdown is reaching its grand finale. With mere hours left to shop, you better make with the hustle to avoid being empty-handed on the big day. And if you’re looking for something to satisfy a fellow foodie, Short Order has partnered with the South Beach Wine and Food…
