29. Taco Loco at T-Mex Tacos

It’s that time of year when we count down to New Times’ Best of Miami 2012 issue in June. Until then, Short Order will serve up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. If you have any nominations of your own, please send them to cafe@miaminewtimes.com.29. Taco Loco at…

SLS Hotel, The Bazaar, Katsuya Announce June Opening

The signs outside the 12-story property at 17th Street and Collins Avenue have been announcing the arrival of SLS Hotel to South Beach for years (literally). From either Collins or the beach, we’ve been teased with the promise of dining at Katsuya or The Bazaar or sunning at a rooftop…

Whiskey Dick: Bourbon-Flavored Lube In Time For Exxxotica (Video)

The brains behind Epic Meal Time have taken a page from their YouTube videos and figured out the only thing missing in our consumer-addled-slightly-alcoholic society was bourbon flavored lube.Whiskey Dick Old No. 69 is totally real and totally available for $11.99 a bottle. It is a water-based, booze-flavored massage oil…

Jean Paul’s House Welcomes Diners Home

Jean Paul’s House is a home. To be more precise, it’s a 1930s coral-and-wood cottage located on the outskirts of Wynwood at the address formerly occupied by Out of the Blue Café. Jean Paul Desmaison, its namesake, is a chef. And a damn good one too, as he proved with…

30. Ceviche Trio at La Cofradia

It’s that time of year when we count down to New Times’ Best of Miami 2012 issue in June. Until then, Short Order will serve up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. If you have any nominations of your own, please send them to cafe@miaminewtimes.com.30. Ceviche Trio at…

CerveTech’s Nick Armada Talks About the Art of Brewing Beer (Video)

Craft alcohologist Nick Armada went to beer college at FIU before starting CerveTech in the Bird Road Arts district.He can tell you all about how yeast are living micro-organisms, why fungi eat sugar and excrete alcohol, and how enzymes make it all possible.Read this week’s feature on Nick’s company to…

Buenos Aires Bakery & Cafe: Better Than Argentina

Buenos Aires Bakery & Cafe is one of those places that you can never really turn down. But you rarely make it. Blame your busy schedules, Blame its location at 71st Street and Collins Avenue. Blame the fact  it’s packed on weekday mornings and between 8 and 10 a.m. on…

MC Kitchen, Dena Marino’s Modern Italian, To Replace Fratelli Lyon Soon

Okay, “soon” may be an overstatement, but MC Kitchen is “hopefully opening in early August,” in the former Fratelli Lyon space, says executive chef Dena Marino. This leaves us happily anticipating the modern Italian cuisine of Marino and partner, Brandy Coletta. Their design takeover will replace the current modern aesthetic…

Best Fats for Baking Pies: Butter, Shortening & Coconut Oil Battle It Out

After inquiring about trans fats at supermarket and restaurant bakeries and receiving unsatisfactory response, I devised a blind fat taste test. I baked identical pies, with the same filling (fresh strawberries), but with different fats.I tested the following 100 percent artificial trans fat-free fats: cultured unsalted butter, palm oil shortening,…

31. Macarons at Villa Azur

It’s that time of year when we count down to New Times’ Best of Miami 2012 issue in June. Until then, Short Order will serve up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. If you have any nominations of your own, please send them to cafe@miaminewtimes.com.31. Macarons at Villa…