It’s that time of year again 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.94. Spiked Frrrozen…
Here’s a dilemma for the ages: How do you celebrate Valentine’s Day on a budget without seeming cheap? The only answer is a romantic picnic. For some reason, putting food in a basket makes everything seem all classy and loving.The Biscayne Triangle Truck Roundup, or BTTR, on Biscayne at 127th…
Let’s assume the worst: Your Valentine’s Day won’t quite pan out the way you’d hoped it would. Maybe you will be curtly informed that the “champagne” you had so thoughtfully put on ice was really “only sparkling wine,” and that “any idiot knows real champagne can’t be produced in the…
Every year we say we’re not going to celebrate Valentine’s Day. After all, it makes singles feel bad for being single and couples feel worse for not being over-the-top romantics. Then we break down and buy candy hearts and make reservations for overpriced champagne dinners.Since you’re probably like us, you’re…
There’s been a bit of speculation about whether or not Halle Berry’s genetically gifted plus one, actor Olivier Martinez, is simply peddling a pet-project with his celebrity status, or creating a restaurant that will have more than a pretty face in front of it. Villa Azur (309 23rd Street, Miami…
There was a time in Miami when good ceviche was hard to find. Fortunately, nowadays you can’t walk two blocks without discovering the fresh raw fish marinated in lime and/or lemon and spiced with chili peppers, onion, salt, and cilantro, among other things.In Peru, which is most often associated with…
Haven’t thought of a Valentine’s Day gift yet? Here’s an idea for a present that your lover will surely remember the rest of her life: The “Dinner Box Proposal Package” from Pizza Hut.Granted, what your mate will forever recall is how crazy, tacky, just plain stupid, and desperate you were…
There are only 66 American chefs certified by the American Culinary Federation (ACF), and now Miami-Dade finally has one with the appointment of chef Derin Moore at Turnberry Isle in Aventura. In the wide world of culinary talent and style, why are there so few chefs who can really say they…
Sustain Restaurant + Bar is known for its fresh foods, obtained from local farms and purveyors. Sustain’s managing partners, Brian Goldberg and Jonathan Lazar, believe in this concept so much they change the restaurant’s menu to serve that goal, working with produce and products as they are seasonally available.We figure…
It’s that time of year again 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.95. Egg Custard Tart…
The commercials were easily mistaken for Saturday Night Live skits, with their exaggerated enthusiasm, catchy jingle, and seemingly arbitrary products. Believe it or not, Chia Pets still exist, and the line has been expanded to include donkey, puppy, Shrek, and even President Obama planters.Who knew that while waiting for our…
Lions, and tigers, and bears…all raise a glass to toast the third annual New Times Brew at the Zoo at Zoo Miami on Saturday, April 28 from 7 to 11 p.m. Dozens of beers, ales, and spirits will be there for the drinking including old favorites, imports, and craft brews…
Single-serve pod coffee machines are all the rage in America these days. Single-serve coffee is now the second most popular means of making a cup (after drip brewers). Last year, 7 percent of coffee consumed in the U.S. was made with a single-serve brewer; in 2010 it was 4 percent.The…
It’s that time of year again 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.96. Soft Pretzels at…
We’re squealing with glee! The Federal Food Drink & Provisions graced us with the news that they’re opening for lunch starting February 20 (buffalo pig wings for lunch and dinner, yes please!) and adding midnight happy hour!We’re talking specialty vermouth, sherry, and low-alc spirits for the Fed’s late night happy…
“The tomatoes are here,” the call said. When you’re invited to see what about 10,000 pounds of tomatoes look like (25,000 of the ripe red fruit), you get in the car and go.There, in the parking lot of Tobacco Road they were. A mound of tomatoes, awaiting their fate of…
We at Short Order take great pleasure in offering you the top options for Valentine’s Day and the most affordable ones, too. But what we really get a kick out of is giving you the worst options – because those are often the most insane, hilarious, and outright brilliant.We don’t…
Valentine’s Day is rearing its capitalistic head up, yet again. What to do? Where to celebrate? How much is dinner, drinks, flowers and chocolates going to cost? And frankly, will your main squeeze appreciate your efforts? Here’s some fun stuff that will make you fork up a few bucks but…
Mast Brothers Chocolate is a small boutique factory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, that makes artisan chocolate.The chocolate is made in small numbered batches from beans specially selected by the brothers who own the company, Rick and Michael Mast.Beans from New Guinea, the Dominican Republic and other exotic locales are brought to…
Nothing says spending Valentine’s Day unattached like flying solo for the whole day (week, month, year…). Forget the sappy crap that’s happening around you, though.Don’t you dare hide in your apartment that night. Spread those chainless wings and get out there!Options?Singles CruiseScrew work, and leave behind the troubles of your…
Asia de Cuba at the Mondrian Hotel in South Beach takes its fusion cuisine seriously. A new menu expresses the provocative flavors of both parts of its name. Cuban cuisine prepared with Asian techniques is the forte here, and a ceviche and raw bar has been added.The night started off…
Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon was maybe the best American novel of the past half-century. The daughter of a shipyard builder, Morrison won the Nobel Prize for Literature a few years ago based largely upon the amazing quality of that one book, her best.So I was kinda surprised to see…
