Lunchboxes: Erotic, Thematic, Enigmatic

Kids are going back to school this week and that means it’s time to whip out that lunch box. But even we older kids need to eat lunch, and what better way to save a buck than to bring your lunch to work. Like any accessory, a lunch box makes…

Top Chef Season 7: Covert Cuisine, Episode 10

With the departure of Kenny, I wasn’t looking forward to this episode of Top Chef. I thought it would be all about Angelo and his ego. And in a way it was; just not the usual bragging and posturing. Dude seemed off his game last night. What was consistent in…

Indomania Takes A Vacation

Pieter and Ineke Both, owners of Indomania Restaurant, are taking their annual “summer recess”, presumably to relax in their native Amsterdam. This treat of an Indonesian eatery will shutter up starting Sunday, August 29, and will reopen Thursday, September 30. Until then, if you crave a rijsttafel, you’ll just have…

Best Crêpe on the Beach?

After having shown some love towards Otentic Fresh Food Restaurant’s Nutella crêpe in a recent review, I returned the other day and tried a ham-and-cheese version for breakfast. As you can see in the photos, it is generously sized and plump with a thick cut of cooked ham (not the…

Miami 1-for-60 In Latest Restaurant Lists

Andrew Knowlton, Restaurant Editor and BA Foodist for Bon Appétit, has released his annual compilation of The Ten Best New Restaurants in America, and…drumroll, please…no Miami dining establishment made the cut. The ones that did are: Laurelhurst Market, Portland, Oregon; Miller Union, Atlanta; Menton, Boston; Marea, New York; Anchovies &…

Oriental Bakery Keeps It All in the Family

Here at New Times, we’ve always been big fans of Oriental Bakery & Grocery and its freshly baked pita, falafel, and other Middle Eastern specialties. So we decided it was time to find out who is behind these mouthwatering treats.We make our way along the sidewalk, shaded by fig trees, and…

Top Five Inexpensive Restaurants on South Beach

While South Beach is home to some of the fanciest, priciest, poshest, most celeb-driven eateries in the county, there are also many inexpensive spots where one can nosh without breaking the bank. In fact, there are nooks off Collins and Washington avenues (to say nothing of Española Way) where budget-minded…

Clay Conley to Leave Azul

EaterMiami reports Clay Conley will leave the Mandarin Oriental Hotel’s Azul at the end of September. Conley replaced Michelle Bernstein as the hotel restaurant’s executive chef five and a half years ago. Conley will open a restaurant in Palm Beach. Azul will look for a new chef…

Hurricane Grill & Wings Opens in the Shops at Midtown

The first Hurricane Grill & Wings premiered in Fort Pierce, Florida, in 1995. Now there are 33 — the most recent addition having opened yesterday in the Shops at Midtown Miami. The chain, known for five categories of wings and more than 30 dipping sauces, is celebrating the new outlet…

Mobimunch.com: An Online Haven For Food Truck Lovers

Food Trucks are making dining on your feet and eating with your hands, well, chic. The trend has just begun to populate local parking lots and back alleys. But the phenomenon has been going full-force throughout the country for years. The truck operators use social networking sites, mostly Twitter, to…

Turkey Bacon Taste Test

While everyone is rhapsodizing about the wonders of bacon and adding the porcine strips to everything imaginable (from ice cream to cocktails), there are some people left out of the bacon frenzy. For our non-pork-eating friends, there is still a way to have bacon in the morning — with turkey…

Sakaya Kitchen to Roll Out Dim Ssam Food Truck

“Munch and move on” will be Sakaya Kitchen’s new creed come September 12, when chef/owner Richard Hales plans to launch his Dim Ssam à Gogo food truck. Expect the same prepared-from-scratch Asian food that has made Sakaya a midtown Miami hit — natural beef, poultry, and pork; organic dairy; local…

Nemo Closed Until October

We tried getting word from Myles Chefetz’s corporate office about Nemo being closed till October, but apparently they all sleep in on Tuesdays. So we spoke with Robert, a manager at Big Pink, who assured Short Order that the closure is really for renovations. “Myles just wants to revamp it…

Cookbook: The Art of Grilling

I purchased The Art of Grilling: A Menu Cookbook, the followup to author Kelly McCune’s best-selling Grill Book, when it first came out in 1990. I can’t say exactly what prompted me to do so, but looking back at the recipes now, (after years of not having done so), they seem…

Miami Spice Alert: Ask About the Menu When Making Reservations!

Short Order received an email from a reader concerning a disappointing Spice dinner experience at Scarpetta. Seems as though he went expecting yellowtail and bone-in sirloin and instead the menu offered mackerel and tenderloin. He wasn’t crazy about the portions either. The suspicion seemed to be that Scarpetta might have…