If you were to look back at the restaurants openings of 2012 in Miami, you might notice a bit of a trend. Our epicurean vista has evolved and diversified. We are now home to more mid-priced, chef-driven eateries: Surfside gained a deli; South Beach has a ceviche joint run by…
Christmas is only a week away, friends. That means if you haven’t shopped for the lovely lady in your life, you’d best get into high hustle mode.If you’re shopping for someone into food and drink there’s that slippery slope on what to get her. While an fire engine red Le…
2012 has been a wild ride. It was good, it was bad – it was horrific. And like every year, we were utterly enthralled by various celebrities (human and animal) and often absurd antics. How much work productivity this year was lost on Googling Grumpy Cat memes and watching Gangnam…
Umami Burger may not be a familiar name to us here in Miami, but the California chain has been named “Burger of the Year” by GQ magazine. It is also frequented by celebrities and has even been featured on a Saturday Night Live skit.Umami’s founder and CEO has been looking…
Sushi MiKasa opened at the Shelborne Hotel this past Saturday evening, after a few days of private events and tastings.The restaurant, in the lobby of the Shelborne Beach Resort hotel, is hidden from hotel guests by dark wood panels and a billowing linen curtain. In fact, even though we knew…
Bond Trisransi, the man behind Calle Ocho’s Mr. Yum and 2B Asian Bistro is at it again, opening his first Brickell restaurant. Last month he signed a lease on a space on South Miami Avenue with plans to turn it into Bonding. A pink sign bears the restaurant’s name and…
Cooper Avenue, the Amir Ben-Zion eatery/market that opened in September has closed temporarily.Yesterday evening, as tourists and locals jammed Lincoln Road to shop and dine in the days before Christmas, the “open” sign was lit outside the restaurant, but the lights inside were dim and chairs were stacked up inside…
The last batch of Twinkies has left the building. According to Fox News, the very last shipment of Twinkies was shipped to Chicago’s Jewel-Osco grocery chain this week. 20,000 boxes of Twinkies, and 5,000 boxes of Ding Dongs, Zingers, and Orange Cupcakes were flying out of the store, in what…
For foodies like us, the holiday season is all about eating, drinking and well, eating some more. Seriously, it’s why we wear stretch pants for the entire month of December. To carry the tradition past the table — there are all kinds of funky food and drink themed decorations to…
Dinner with Friends at Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill is an event that every foodie must experience at least once. Fortunately, this coming Monday, December 17, Sugarcane will once again delight a small group of diners to a gastronomic gala. Unfortunately, it will be the last DwF of the year.We attended…
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If you want to make latkes like Joshua Marcus of Josh’s Deli, then you must first make chicken soup. After you have made chicken soup, then you must cool it in the refrigerator. After a few hours, a white, pasty substance will rise to the brim of the surface. Skim…
Sushi lovers be warned. You’re favorite spot might be mobbed in the coming days by a horde of reporters, photographers and onlookers looking to get a glimpse and word from John McAfee, the eccentric software pioneers who’s been on the run in Central America for more than a month and…
This time of year brings lots of 2012 summations: what we wore, what we watched and most importantly for Short Order readers — what we ate. And who better to speak to the food trends of the masses than the almighty Google? The search giant’s Zeitgeist wrap up of the…
We know we keep telling you, but Christmas is, like, almost tomorrow. I mean, it’s 11 days away, but that might as well be tomorrow. Have you planned? Have you shopped? Have you stopped to smell the roses? STOP SMELLING THE ROSES AND HUSTLE. You don’t want to be caught…
Shopping for most men is similar to herding cats. While women will drop hints via magazine clippings, e-mails, and the oh-so-subtle just borrowing your credit card and placing a wrapped present under the tree with your best wishes on it, if you ask a man what he wants for Christmas,…
Did holiday shopping leave you with nothing but lint in your pockets? That’s OK, because the drinks and snacks are on us tonight.Come out to Brother Jimmy’s BBQ tonight from 7 to 10 p.m. for our Miami New Times Tweetup, where you’ll be “tweeted” to a three hour open bar…
Wheat gluten has been dogged on so much over the past few years, you would think it was a serial killer rather than a cereal protein. But jokes aside, there’s a reason that the weirdly named food component has become such a nutritional pariah. Incidence of celiac disease, an illness…
Okay, so maybe Miami is the only place on the planet not looking forward to a spring thaw (mainly because it’s in the mid-80s outside and even the plastic snowman on the lawn has melted from the intense sun).Read also:- Grovetoberfest: A Celebration of Beer in Peacock ParkBut that doesn’t…
It’s 4 a.m. You’ve just abandoned your spot in the VIP lounge at Cameo due to your increasingly vocal stomach. But other than Jerry’s Deli or diner eats – what’s a girl or guy to do for some good grub at this time of night morning? Read also: – Yardbird…
Round of applause, please! Yet again, Miami proves its culinary salt with not one but two local eateries making Urbanspoon’s list of America’s most popular new restaurants in 2012. The two names that earned a nod were the Blue Collar and The Federal Food, Drink & Provisions. A huge hometown…
The Setai Grill, which opened yesterday, should be off to a superb start. The new venture, billed as a New York style steakhouse featuring French gastronomy techniques, opened yesterday in Miami Beach’s swank Setai Hotel. Read also: – PM Fish and Steak House: Pricey Steaks in a Gorgeous, Bicultural Setting…
