Last night, as many of our loyal readers watched NBC’s The Voice, ABC’s Dancing With the Stars, and Travel Channel’s No Reservations, a bit of a virtual battle was taking place on Twitter. Perhaps a few folks (likely from the culinary industry) tuned in to the live webcast of the…
To celebrate Burger Month, Joe’s Take Away, the casual “to-go” sibling of Joe’s Stone Crab, is partnering with food truck Latin Burger and Taco for one day only.Today from 11 a.m to 9 p.m., Latin Burger is taking over Joe’s Take Away kitchen, where the food truck chefs will prepare…
Beached Miami reported yesterday that the Second Saturday Street Food and Music Festival in Wynwood, scheduled for this Saturday, May 12, was cancelled due to permitting issues.Sakaya Kitchen’s manager, Szilvia sent out an email to food truck owners simply stating, “Hello Everyone, Unfortunately the Wynwood event is not going to…
Charlotte Bistro added something extraordinary to Coral Gables when it appeared on Miracle Mile in 2009. Chef Elida Villaroel, a graduate of Institut Paul Bocuse in Lyon, France, employed a light touch and a delicate vision to create refined Venezuelan and French-inspired cuisine. And the mostly organic, locally sourced food…
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.38. Flan Cheesecake at…
D-Doghouse has taken the iPad to another level. The Brickell hot-dog palace, which just opened Saturday, May 5, allows guests to peruse the menu and order on iPads attached to every table. The tablets also serve as entertainment systems while patrons wait for their dogs and beers.Though we’ve seen iPads…
In chef-swapping news, Daniel Ganem, who headed the kitchen at Kane Steakhouse (which shuttered last October), has taken the chef de cuisine position left open by Sam Gorenstein at the Raleigh. Gorenstein, who exited to concentrate solely on his new venture, My Ceviche, brought Ganem on board. He has been working…
Jeff McInnis grew up in a family of farmers. As the chef and partner at Yardbird Southern Table & Bar, he strongly advocates a farm-to-table ethic.”People should know where the food they are eating is coming from,” he says. “It’s the responsibility of all chefs to know as well, and…
Sustain Restaurant + Bar has closed its doors. The restaurant, which opened in December 2010, was known for using sustainable ingredients sourced as locally as possible.Executive chef Alejandro Piñero, a Miami native whose culinary resumé includes the Strand, Casa Tua, Talula, and Fratelli Lyon, was a driving force at the…
“Local” Haitian beer Prestige won a gold medal yesterday for Best American-Style Cream or Ale. It took category #42 at the winners’ banquet during the World Beer Cup competition in San Diego.Miami is not considered part of the Caribbean, but Prestige was as close as Florida got to receiving any…
This story has been corrected. When published, it erroneously stated that Revales Ristorante was closed. This is far from correct. Revales is alive and well, located on Biscayne Boulevard and NE 86th Street, and operated by the same family that operated The Village Café in Miami Shores. It opens daily…
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.39. Pescado Jarocho at…
When most people travel, they take double-decker bus tours, buy cheesy souvenirs, snap corny photos, and attempt to immerse themselves in the culture.I recently visited my best friend in Argentina. I didn’t take double-decker bus tours around Buenos Aires, (though, much to my best friend’s horror, I wanted to). I…
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.40. Devil Dog Cake…
Hold the phone.Pollo Tropical has finally answered our prayers: It’s giving away free TropiChops!OK, we admit we weren’t initially excited about this promotion, but then our sad, rude, and pathetic selves took into account that good ol’ Pollo Tropical is giving away food to teachers, students, and schools…
The 138th running of the Kentucky Derby is this Saturday and while it’s been called the most exciting two minutes in sports — it can also be said to be the shortest sporting event in the world.So how do you stretch two minutes into a day-long event? Wear silly hats…
Tony restaurant chain Cipriani and Mexican chain La Cantina No. 20 have leased space at Icon Brickell.According to the South Florida Business Journal, the restaurants struck a deal with the building’s owners after being on the market for nearly four years. The leased space encompasses three stories of the 50-story…
If you live in Overtown, there’s nowhere nearby to purchase groceries.There’s a site at 1490 NW Third Avenue where stores were located in the distant past. But it has been empty for years.Now authorities are offering big incentives to anybody who will open the site. The Southeast Overtown/Park West Community…
Deep in the bowels of the liquor closet of the Dutch lie some old bourbon barrels, just sitting around..or so it seems. Those barrels actually contain the Dutch’s limited edition series of libations aged in small batches.First a cocktail is invented and crafted by the Dutch’s bar team. Then the…
There is often confusion concerning the boundaries between Mexican food, Tex-Mex, other-American-Mex, and all variations thereof. Do people in Mexico eat tacos in fried, U-shaped corn tortillas? Is chimichanga a silly American word for an Americanized Mex concoction, or a silly Mexican word for an actual dish from that country?…
Publix seafood practices score a failing grade of 2.7 out of 10, according to the environmental group Greenpeace. A study by the organization’s Carting Away the Oceans project (CATO) analyzed major grocers such as Target, Safeway, Whole Foods, and Winn-Dixie. Publix landed at 19 among the 20 supermarkets analyzed.The study…
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.41. Chicken Parm Sliders at…
