Love Bites is a regular column on Short Order. Find other installments here.Walk down Miracle Mile and you’ll come to Lotus Garden, a little place near the west end of the street. You’ll pass dozens of bridal gown boutiques, as I did recently with my boyfriend, Matlock, and grandma, who…
Heather Greene isn’t just one of the worlds few female whiskey experts and official ambassador for Glenfiddich scotch, she’s also an accomplished singer-songwriter.She and her partner in music, Adam Williams, have put together cool, mellow, urban music to accompany a perfect glass of whiskey for the series “Music to Drink…
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens is one of those Miami gems that just gets better with age. Next month you’ll be able to enjoy it at the cafe, which is due to re-open next month. The place was closed in 2005 when Hurricane Wilma flooded the ground level cafe located in…
Jed Thompson isn’t playing around with his pizza mobile, Truckin’ Good Pizza. In order to make the most authentic pizza available on the road, he drove to New York to pick up a wood-fired pizza oven to place on his vehicle. The result? Pizza that’s perfectly crispy and charred. Truckin’…
If your morning commute involves driving along North Miami Avenue and 26th Street, there’s a window you can stop by for breakfast and a cafecito.Bon Appetit Walk-A-Way Café opened last week offering pastries, pastelitos and organic egg omelets for breakfast, and organic mixed green salads, a soup of the day…
Caffe Da Vinci’s chef/owner Eric Druckmann knows his stuff. He also loves food. You can tell when his eyes light up as he explains how he uses liquid nitrogen to freeze vodka so he can use the normally non-freezable alcohol in a dessert recipe. Caffe Da Vinci is a very…
Taxes are like fried calamari appetizers: Everyone says they’re tired of it, but nobody does anything about it. On the other hand, taxes don’t come with marinara sauce and a lemon wedge. The point I am trying to make is that the following three restaurants are also not doing anything…
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. 56…
Blue Door Fish: Renamed and refocused
Hungry little monsters heading to the American Airlines Arena tonight for the Lady Gaga concert will be in fast-food heaven. In a fit of marketing brilliance, the arena is “Gaga-izing” standard concession fare to make it more palatable to the throngs of fans desperate to shell out good money for…
We’re not sure exactly when Easter became the day to chomp the heads off innocent chocolate creatures of the forest, but that’s what this holiday has evolved into. A recent trip to a megastore’s candy aisle yielded a host of cringe-inducing products. Another Easter tradition is to hunt for treats,…
To commemorate Earth Day (April 22), Area 31’s chef, E. Michael Reidt, is offering a five-course tasting that showcases local produce. Since he took over the kitchen last December, Reidt has quietly worked to develop his new menu, which he launched in March. The seafood-focused menu has a nice variety…
”It sells pretty good,” Todd Webster says of the pig ears available on the menu at Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink. “They’re a pretty popular bar snack,” echoes Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill’s sous chef Travis Starwalt.Webster, the butcher and self-described “sous chef in training” at Michael’s, describes the process: “We braise them in…
Yesterday we stumbled upon a group of expertly arranged whitewashed tables and chairs, along with white sofas and country French furnishings, in the atrium of a building housing interior design showrooms. We discovered a little café was scheduled to open there today.A company rep wouldn’t share any — and we mean…
Melanie Garcia is a beautiful 14-year-old cheerleader who is battling leukemia. Though her prognosis is good, her prescribed treatment is a two- to three-year regimen of drugs and chemotherapy, costing thousands of dollars.Fortunately for Melanie and her family, friends and loved ones have rallied around this brave young lady and…
Last night, Conscious Bite Out’s monthly dinner took place at chef Frank Jeannetti’s Essensia at the Palms Hotel. The event was hosted by founders Marcela Andron and Veronica Menin. They stressed choosing restaurants that support vegan- and vegetarian-friendly diets, as well as using local products. The hourlong cocktail reception was…
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. 57…
If you prefer giving back while enjoying the finer things in life, you’re in luck. This week the United Way will host its 16th annual Miami Wine & Food Festival, featuring flowing wine and whiskey and tons of fantastic foods. To maximize your eating and drinking pleasure, organizers have added…
If you’re not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter, here’s a taste of what you’re missing. Click here to subscribe.You’re a person of food who thinks a slab of lush, buttery foie gras on fresh-baked brioche is one of mankind’s finest achievements. Your significant other is a…
Located in Coral Gables, Hawa Fusion is a potentially fascinating commingling of mostly Mediterranean and Japanese cuisine. Featuring glossy, unnecessary photos of the food, the menu doesn’t excite at first glance, but the dining room has hints of moderate elegance in brown linen napkins (unfortunately stuffed in the water glass),…
Chef Giovanni Arias promised us a delicious, healthful recipe, and he delivered. Wait — you don’t know who the guy is? Read the first part of his interview here and the second part here.You can get to know him even better if you take one of his cooking classes, one…
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. 58…
