So many rums, so little time!If you attend today’s wrap-up of 2012 Rum Renaissance at the Deauville Beach Resort, (starting at noon for VIP, 1 p.m. for regular admission). Short Order has you covered. Yesterday we squirmed our way through the many vendors and tasted the finest of the bunch…
In the spirit of 4/20, Coral Gables’ newest pop-up, Eating House, assembled a stoner-friendly menu of munchies that had crowds lining up around the restaurant. Small bites were offered at only $4.20, including Funyum dip and chips, slow-roasted short ribs with nachos, mac n’ cheese that sold out in 30…
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.51. Minuta at La…
Salad of salt roasted beets and heirloom tomatoes with green goddess Paradise Farms flower vinaigretteEarth Day is this coming Sunday, but today chefs at the seafood restaurant Area 31 at the Epic Hotel funnel their inner chi to a dedicated, limited-time only Earth Day menu with local ingredients. The menu…
The official grand opening of Midtown’s Wine Vault, a sexy 2-floor tapas and wine lounge, pairs up this evening with New Times’s monthly Tweet Up. Celebrate the end of your work week and give your hurtin’ wallet a break with free L’Chaim Kosher Vodka, Palm beer, and complimentary bites. Located at…
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.As one of South…
Sorry Miami, there are no cannabis bars here, but you can still “get stoned” in a Miami bar. The Stone Brewery tap takeover happy hour will be held at Cervezas.Starting a 7 p.m. and rolling all night, four of the taps at Cervezas will be commandeered by Stone Brewing Company…
If you have a huge stash and a taste for some wicked snacks, then look no further than this list of Miami-inspired pot recipes. All of them are, of course, Caribbean recipes, but hey, Miami is part of the culture too. See Also: Pothead Gummy Candy and Ring Pops: Pot-Shaped…
Happy 4/20! This holiday, once underground, has gone mainstream. MTV lists quite a few celebrations and legalization demonstrations in San Francisco, Seattle, and even Topeka, Kansas. (Willie Nelson is performing.)At 4:20 p.m., thousands of people are expected to “light up” in solidarity. Since we at Short Order can’t condone the…
Every year, bartenders, rum enthusiasts, and fans of a little fun-in-the-sun converge on Miami Beach for the annual Miami Rum Renaissance Festival held at the Deauville Resort. Though events have been going on all week, the real action lies in the two-day grand tasting this Saturday and Sunday from 1…
As part of our 4/20 holiday celebration, Short Order decided to cook up something special. Then we got lazy, for some reason, and decided to make pot brownies instead.There are hundreds of recipes on the Internet and in cook books at your neighborhood head shop. It could be a lot…
Today, 4/20, is the only day of the year when more Americans write and comment about pot than actually smoke it. What no doubt started as a story reported in desperation on a slow news day, has grown into something resembling a mainstream holiday — all that’s missing is a…
Miami New Times and Zoo Miami are teaming together once more to bring you beer and music in close proximity to apes, tigers, and birds of prey — at the third annual New Times Brew at the Zoo. On Saturday, April 28 from 7 to 10 p.m (gates open at…
When can a good thing be too much? Apparently when you supersize your Whopper with extra bacon — 1,050 strips of bacon!Rocketnews 24’s YouTube channel shows a man in Japan taking advantage of a Burger King promotion that offered 15 strips of bacon on a Whopper for about $1.25. This guy chose to…
To enter Bianca, the Delano Hotel restaurant that arrived at January’s end, is to step back in time to South Beach during the heady ’90s. In those days, fine-dining establishments could charge what they wanted for whatever fussed-up fusion cuisine they felt like serving. They could provide negligent service and…
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.com53. Salted Lime Pie…
Filleting fish has become borderline passé among home cooks. The practice is commonly viewed as a forgotten technique that is reserved solely for restaurant kitchens, guided by master chefs and expert fishmongers.But there is definitely a general curiosity about the subject. During the time that I photographed Sam Gorenstein at…
In an attempt to claw its way back into the number two spot for U.S. fast-food sales, Miami-based Burger King is trying a hell of a lot of stale innovative campaigns.For instance, a new campaign has stellar celebs Jay Leno, David Beckham, Salma Hayek, and the overused Sofia Vergara in…
When I first read about Victoria Moran’s Main Street Vegan, I thought the book was beneath me. After all, it’s primarily a guidebook for aspiring vegans, and I’ve been on the vegan wagon for a few years now.In reading it, though, I learned some powerful new things about the ethics…
Technically speaking, Kone Temaki Sake Lounge does not serve fat sushi rolls/ But as the name suggests, it specializes in temaki, or sushi cones. Temaki looks like an ice cream cone, but is a little smaller — the nori serves as the “cone” and raw fish, rice, and whatever else…
Tomorrow is April 20, also known as 4/20, when millions of people come out in support of the legalization of marijuana, pot, weed, Mary Jane, ganja, herb, joy stick.Some say the origin involves a group of teens in San Rafael, California, who would meet after school at 4:20 p.m. Others…
