At 7 p.m. Sunday, Short Order pulled up to the quiet block near Brickell where Om Garden used to be. It was a little dreary outside, but we followed some smiling, healthy looking people carrying Tupperware dishes to an open door at 379 SW 15th Road. It led to a…
Sakaya Kitchen’s Richard Hales gave us frank answers to questions about wine and food trucks, though not about wine on food trucks. During the first part of our interview with the restaurateur, we talked a bit about eating Asian and business school.Hales is living his childhood dream, even though it’s…
Owner and Executive Chef Michael Schwartz and his hard-working sommelier Eric Larkee (who has been with Design District pioneer Michael’s Genuine since 2009), are hosting a wine pairing dinner built completely around what they term “summer’s most versatile grape” – Riesling. A varietal originating in the Rhine region of Germany…
This is part one of writer Riki Altman’s visit to Atlantic Canada. Unlike her trip to Bangkok, this excursion did not involve ping pong balls, broccoli pies, nor drinks with bosoms.I recently traveled to Prince Edward Island (PEI) and New Brunswick with E. Michael Reidt, the much beloved chef at…
Harry Potter is everywhere this summer. An announcement came from J.K. Rowling yesterday about Pottermore, an interactive site, and the final film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, is just three weeks away. With the end of the Potter-era fast approaching, we decided to cave into the nostalgia…
Maybe the most interesting thing about White Chocolate Wonderful — labeled as “peanut butter blended with sweet white chocolate” — is that it contains no white chocolate. Actually, it contains no chocolate at all. The ingredients: Peanuts, evaporated cane juice, vanilla, cocoa butter, palm fruit oil, lecithin, and salt. The…
Last week, Short Order reported that T.O.W., one of the largest food truck roundups, had been cancelled due to Miami-Dade permitting issues. T.O.W. organizers quickly found a new location for the Friday evening event. Then, at 4:45 p.m. on Friday, just 45 minutes before scheduled food service was to begin,…
You know the scenario: You stumble out of the bar at 2 a.m, piss drunk and starving, in search of the nearest IHOP serving gigantic breakfast platters. But you reach into your pocket and find nothing but a crumpled receipt for 15 Jager bombs and the phone number of some…
After years of driving miles in a hazy, breakfastless rage to get a fix of Dunkin’ Donuts (how can this be the only place that sells hash browns all day?), there’s finally a new store in South Miami to cure us of our hunger-induced troubles.Located on 8099 South Dixie Highway,…
We hit Barton G. last week for a birthday celebration and, of course, were wowed by the kitsch that comes gratis with every meal: oversize statues of Fijians grunting at our dish, dry ice causing our ponzu to smoke, fried chicken served in a tin piece of poultry, and the…
Our sister publication, OC Weekly, broke the news that Lime Fresh Mexican Grill, the Miami-based chain that’s slowly taking over South Florida with nine locations and more to come, has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Irvine California’s Lime Truck. It all started when The Lime Truck was in Miami…
Eden, the bistro that opened in the former Talula space on 23rd Street in South Beach, has been the target of a lot of rumor mongering lately. Back in May, we got word of possible trouble. Police and an angry vendor were spotted there. At the time, Chef Christopher Lee…
What better way to help people out than a neighborhood bar crawl with 500 do-gooders?This Saturday, the 13th annual Alfest will take hundreds of thirsty philanthropists to eight bars in Coconut Grove. The event will benefit Camp Boggy Creek, a year-round place for seriously ill children in South Florida, and…
Food truck favorites will gather tonight at the Miami Science Museum to raise funds for the Florida Heart Research Institute. Ten percent of all proceeds from tonight’s rally will benefit the FHRI. The event is part of the Miami Science Museum’s monthly Young Patron Society’s Happy Hour With Substance, which…
Yeah, yeah…we know the drill. Since vodka is a clear grain, it can be infused with almost any flavor. Now that can be a good thing and we admit to being thrilled when we tried pepper and pear vodka for the first time. Just because you can infuse a vodka…
Coffee has become more serious lately. We know this because now we have coffee “tastings” which involve the art of “cupping” — I like to refer to this process as “sniff and slurp,” as that is what it basically is.It isn’t enough just to enjoy our beverages anymore — nowadays…
Richard Hales is the owner of the popular Sakaya Kitchen, one of the few independently owned joints that make Midtown cool. He took over our palates with intoxicating brussels sprouts, and then helmed the growing food truck movement in Miami.At age 21, after being laid off, the Tampa native knew…
Since it opened in December 2008, the food at über-popular Joey’s in Wynwood has been so good that people have forgiven the fact that you couldn’t get a cocktail with your world-class pizza. Now that one shortcoming has been fixed. Joey’s has been graced with a full liquor license and…
Lately, it seems Miami Beach restaurants are venturing into new territory on the other side causeway. Lime Fresh Mexican Grill, Primo Pizza, La Sandwicherie, Half Moon Empanadas, Miss Yip, and Jimmy’z Kitchen are just a few of those who have migrated west.Joining the group is Española Way mainstay, Tapas y Tintos…
Miami’s best restaurant dishes
Pop some corn, program the DVR, and round up your family because two Miami food trucks are being featured on two back-to-back episodes of Cooking Channel’s Eat Street this week. Tomorrow, June 23, tune in at 10 p.m. for Episode 109, which features Miami’s Yellow Submarine. Other trucks highlighted include Veraci…
New Times’ Best of Miami 2011 is out and, with this item, Short Order is officially done serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305 in random order. After the jump, find our other choices. 1. Corn Masa Quesadillas at MercaditoThey look more like empanadas, but the corn masa…
