In the first part of our interview with Johnny Schuler, we learned of the romantic nature and delicate flavors of pisco, the Peruvian spirit that is his passion. Porton pisco is Schuler’s newest endeavor, which in its first production has received about ten gold metals in tasting competitions.Porton means gate,…
As we count down to New Times’ Best of Miami 2011 June 16, Short Order will serve up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305 in random order. If you have any nominations of your own, please send them to cafe@miaminewtimes.com. After the jump, find our other choices. 19…
As we count down to New Times’ Best of Miami 2011 on June 16, Short Order will serve up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305 in random order. If you have any nominations of your own, please send them to cafe@miaminewtimes.com. After the jump, find our other choices…
DeVito South Beach, the upscale collaboration between actor Danny DeVito and restaurateur David Manero is closing for good but, like a phoenix rising from its own ashes, it will reemerge as Vic & Angelo’s.Manero already owns two Vic & Angelo’s enotecas, one on Delray Beach’s Atlantic Avenue (across from Manero’s…
Rice House of Kabob extends its Persian empire with the opening of a new Brickell location Monday (50 S.W. 10th St., Miami). Operating since 2003, existing outposts in SoBe, Doral, Kendall, and North Miami are apparently doing well mass-marketing the Middle-Eastern fast-food concept. With the proliferation of local restaurants spreading…
Food Network’s The Great Food Truck Race is filming a big finale this weekend all over the streets of Miami and we all get to participate!…
Hidden in the back corner of Brickell’s Rik Rak Salon, Boutique, and Bar is, well, a bar. The fact that the salon has been at this location for eight years and the bar isn’t yet hopping is a mystery. The menu might not blow you away, but what was started…
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens has finally opened a new cafe that’s been six years in the making. Last week, the food truck that served as a makeshift home to concessionaire Joy Wallace Catering was finally gone and a smiling manager, John McPhee, proudly opened the refurbished glass doors that lead…
Yes, it’s another made up holiday but as long as free food is involved we are ready to break out the party hats and take the day off! Today is National Donut day and everyone gets to celebrate with free baked treats! Dunkin’ Donuts and Krispy Kreme are giving away…
UPDATE: City of Ate, our sister food blog over at the Dallas Observer, respectfully disagrees.Tonight’s second Finals face-off between the Miami Heat and the Dallas Mavericks at the American Airlines Arena (ours not theirs, dummy) is the hottest ticket in town. Millions more watching the game at bars, restaurants and…
Master Distiller and restaurateur Johnny Schuler is the preacher of pisco.He’s dedicated to bringing the fragrant Peruvian spirit to the states. Working hard on a marketing campaign to make his this dream a reality, he’s learning how to navigate the different state laws regulating alcohol, about dry and wet states…
Catharsis means to purge or release one’s emotions or tensions, which makes it easy to understand why Leo Hidalgo, Hernan Sturvet, Marcelo Malvicino, and Dr. Vivian Gonzalez-Diaz decided to apply that moniker to their restaurant on Calle Ocho.Once you step inside Catharsis, near SW 17th Avenue, it seems as if…
As we count down to New Times’ Best of Miami 2011 in June, Short Order will serve up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305 in random order. If you have any nominations of your own, please send them to cafe@miaminewtimes.com. After the jump, find our other choices.21. Oyster…
Game two of the NBA finals is tonight and chances are you don’t have a ticket. But you can still buy some from various resellers (courtside seats were going for around $14,000 on StubHub), or you can save your hard earned cash and watch the game at one of the…
The new lounge at Gotham Steak is celebrating its recent opening with a wine deal lasting until the end of June. Sommelier David Mokha (named Sommelier of the Year for 2010 by Food & Wine magazine), has selected 50 wines from the extensive list to be discounted by fifty percent…
Buried among the discount shoe stores, liquor stores and Chinese restaurants on NE 163rd Street is Mary Ann Bakery, a tiny shop with odd cakes on display and one tiny table with two seats next to the large display counter. But get past the appearance and you’ll be thrilled.The family-owned…
Thanks to the kind people at Paramount, Short Order readers can win one of the best giveaways ever. Prize includes a Blu-ray copy of No Strings Attached, the romantic comedy starring Oscar-winner Natalie Portman and Charlie Sheen-replacement Ashton Kutcher. But in order to make this a complete date night and the…
Rosa Mexicano: refined fare on Lincoln Road
Our New Times Best of Miami edition will once again name more than 350 of the finest restaurants, hottest clubs, most delightful diversions, and top places to shop till you drop dead as a zombie.”The Rising” is almost upon us, so if you have not voted for your favorites in…
We’re not sure if this holiday was originally meant to celebrate cheap rubber footwear or politicians who waver on the issues, but National Flip Flop Day is Friday June 17, and you get to celebrate with a free smoothie! Tropical Smoothie Cafe in Broward and Dade is offering a free…
If you made $15 million a year, where would you eat? If you asked the top stars on the Championship-bound Miami Heat, and you’ll get some surprising answers. Miami Heat players, who can often be found chowing down at Prime 112, are as likely to order a $4 Big Mac…
If a NYC steakhouse and a Miami ultra-club had an elicit affair, Kane Steakhouse might just be their love child. Set to take over the old Tuscan Steak locale at Fourth Street and Washington Avenue in only a few weeks, Kane Steakhouse is the collaboration of restaurateur Matthew Glazier and…
