Eat Street profiles food trucks and the bloggers who love them.The food channel show filmed a half dozen segments in Miami for its 2011-2012 season, showcasing Dim Ssäm à Gogo, Mr. Good Stuff, Latin Burger and Taco, Sugar Rush, Ms. Cheezious, and Latin House Grill…
There’re roughly 100 calories in a glass of champagne, but it’s the carbs that kill because, basically, champagne is just like drinking sugar. Let’s say each of us consumed at least the equivalent of a bottle this past holiday weekend, so perhaps a post New Year’s Eve detox is in…
Last evening, I glued myself to the television in hot anticipation of Anthony Bourdain’s newest episode of The Layover: Amsterdam. As Tony lands at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, I picture an hour of pot-smoking, hash brownie-eating, hooker-laden indulgence before Tony wakes up in a pool of his own vomit in some…
There are a lot of ways to eat organic including shopping at Whole Foods, farmers’ markets or rubbing elbows with a friendly farmer. But the best is Dylan Terry’s Ready-to-Grow garden, which produces a fresh supply of vegetables, fruits and herbs in your backyard. And it just got a heck…
Lokal, a new burger joint in Coconut Grove, opened Christmas Eve after much renovation to the space on Commodore Plaza.When Short Order spoke with owner Matthew Kuscher in September, he spun a tale of a small neighborhood restaurant featuring locally sourced food and drink. Kuscher described a mural made of…
December proved to be an active final month of the year. There was the re-opening of the splashy, remodeled Rusty Pelican; the re-opening of Pearl Restaurant & Champagne Lounge; the re-opening Philippe by Philippe Chow in a new SoFi location; the second Sakaya Kitchen venue downtown, and the second 100…
When you come to think about it, a Saturday afternoon in Miami consists of the same few choices. But how many times can you either meet your friends for lunch or worship the sun by beach or pool?If you’re looking for something a little different, might we suggest heading down…
Rum is the official drink of the Caribbean. Sure, you can get beer (in fact, every island seems to have its own brewery), Ting, mauby, and sorrell..but the sugar cane distillate is everywhere on the islands, which seem to be scattered with small bars in shacks about every quarter mile…
The King turned 27 Friday and celebrated with a monstrous, five-tiered confection from Divine Delicacies Custom Cakes.The fondant-covered vanilla rum cake with edible gold lion heads and a monogrammed “LJ” (created by Miami Cake Monogram) was delivered to the Shelborne on Miami Beach for a New Year’s Eve fete. The…
After the party winds down and clubs close, you still need a place to finish off the night before passing out with a half-eaten gas-station egg-salad sandwich in your hand. Thank God for dive bars. It’s hard to pin down exactly what a dive bar is — you just know…
One of Miami’s top chefs is leaving one of the town’s best restaurants.The higherups at the Biltmore had no choice but to bid farewell to chef de cuisine Philippe Ruiz — a Chevalier de l’Ordre Du Mérite Agricole, two-time James Beard nominee for best chef in the South, and arguably…
People are weird. Whether gobbling sofa cushions or creating demonic cheese sculptures, people have done some crazy stuff this year when it comes to eating and food.Companies are just as guilty (run by people coincidentally) and have also provided some wonderful food blog fodder throughout 2011.Even jailhouse inmates got in…
Miami was a star in 2011. The past year saw many major national food-related shows film here in our fair city. Who could blame them? Between our thriving and ever-growing food scene and our seemingly endless miles of sandy beaches, palm trees, and ice-cream-colored art deco buildings, Miami is a producer’s…
It’s no stretch to guess that 85 to 90 percent of people tomorrow night will make a resolution to diet. But it’s also no stretch to guess that around that same percentage of resolution diets will quickly be ditched.We’ve developed five ways to extend those two months to maybe six months or…
Walk through the doors of High Steaks BBQ, which opened just a few months ago near the Magic City Casino, and you’ll find a new kitschy-cute restaurant with wood rafters and copper-topped tables. A server greets you with a big, welcoming smile, and next thing you know, you’re sitting at…
This holiday season has been doing its damnedest to destroy your waistline. Luckily for you, we know a place serving some skinny cocktails, so you can drink away your holiday stress without adding to the carnage.RA Sushi in South Miami has a sexy lineup of slimmed-down under-200-calorie drinks made with…
So you went away for the holidays. And now it’s time to hit the long road home. Or maybe your home is a wintry wonderland and you’re driving down for some fun in the Magic City sun.Either way, we know how it is. The race to get here can be…
It’s time for Coconut Grove’s annual, end-of-year street party and parade, the King Mango Strut, with the 30th Anniversary Strut kicking off this Saturday, December 31st at 2 p.m. The satirical parade takes humorous shots at the year’s biggest stories, with organizers this year promising to “keep you laughing longer…
Of all of the Latin American-Asian fusion dishes on Asia de Cuba’s diversely unique menu, why would you order slabs of brown tofu? Because they’re damn good and you don’t have to be vegetarian to enjoy them. Dining with a vegetarian – when you are a natural carnivore who seeks…
Earlier this week, we shared a list of restaurants that offer reasonably-priced ways to bid farewell to 2011.But what about if you’re a Maybach-driving playa for whom money is no object? You’re going to want to start your evening with a nice (i.e. expensive) New Year’s Eve extravaganza. We’ve got…
We first told you about then month-old Oh! Sushi in early November — and since then, we’ve been on the hunt for someone with a good eye (and a good palate) to check the place out (and to spice things up,) and dish their details to Short Order.Enter Fatgirl Hedonist…
Technically, on January 1 your resolutions to live healthier, better and wiser in 2012 should kick in. But the truth is, most of the world wakes up on New Year’s Day with a hangover (which, usually comes paired with a tinge of regret) and a craving for comfort food. So…
