In the ’90s, Robbin Haas was one of the top chefs of Miami. Haas and his fellow “Mango Gang” toques (Norman Van Aken, Allen Susser, Mark Militello and Douglas Rodriguez) created an innovative, sun-kissed cuisine, which became synonymous with Miami’s vibrant dining scene. For years, Haas did so from his…
Elvis loved it — though he never got to try this version. Where it at? Take an educated guess in the comments section below and we’ll let you know if you get it…
It all started with some kale salad at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival. Why I wanted a sample of the stuff when I had spent the last hour engorging on steak, Jelly Bellys, vodka samples, and brownies still remains a mystery. Perhaps my gluttony became blinding and my…
As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…
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.Call it Philippe’s “power hour” or the Raleigh’s “Seven at the Raleigh.” But whatever you call it, call it a good deal on swell drinks and bar bites…
Yesterday I described what might have been the largest cheese bust in history. Eighty-five tons of the stuff, most of it contaminated with staph, was sold to at least 30 people. Today I learned some of the cheese made it out of Miami to Texas, California, and New York. The…
If you’ve ever walked out of a bar drunk and hungry and bought a gas station sandwich then you probably appreciate a joint with a menu.Miami-Dade is full of them. From Kendall to the Grove, Allapattah to the river, even on the 57th badlands edging Coral Gables some of the…
Another day, another benefit — don’t the people who run these things have day jobs? Right, I forgot, pestering people for money is their job. Be that as it may, Share Our Strength pesters as well as anyone, and its annual Great American Bake Sale takes place this Sunday, May…
Sometimes mediocre restaurants want to seem fancy. Maybe they add mood lighting or start selling trendy dishes like, say, anything that involves an acai berry. If you’re Burger King executives, you just add brunch to the menu. Then you mix sprite with orange juice and call it “a BK Mimosa.” And…
French toast. It’s been a popular breakfast food for generations, and now it is also a dessert. How did that happen? Anyhooz, we’ve got photos of two renditions — one served at breakfast, one served as dessert. Two questions:Where it at? Each one, that is.Who do it betta? We could…
Two Hondurans were busted Monday for illegally selling diseased cheese to more than 30 people in Miami.The pair — Francisca Josefina Lopez, 40, and Jorge Alexis Ochoa Lopez, 34 — was nailed for importing $322,000 of the stuff from Nicaragua and then illegally reselling it. Most was contaminated with staph, according…
In New York City, Short Order visited Shake Shack on the Upper West Side to sample some of the burger joint’s famous food before it opens here this summer.We’ve been to Shake Shack many times; it’s our guilty pleasure in New York. Thankfully, the line wasn’t too bad last Friday…
Bourbon Steak, located in Aventura at the Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort & Club, is a restaurant created by celebrity chef Michael Mina. It’s situated just off the lobby of the clubhouse and offers a modern and sophisticated atmosphere. Yes, there are steaks, seafood, and a complete menu of burgers, but…
As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…
Can you smell what the rats are cooking, or do you just eat it without knowing? Here are five local restaurants nailed with emergency closures by the Florida DBPR. These verdicts halt a restaurant’s operations until violations are corrected. They include bad news for judges, cops, lawyers, and regular people. Here are…
If you haven’t been to Lifefood Gourmet, its food is all organic, raw, and vegan. You’ll find familiar staples such as burritos, burgers, lasagna, and tacos, but prepared with nuts, seeds, grains, and other nonprocessed ingredients that are good for you. The Mexican hard-shell tacos, for instance, are made with…
Japanese pub food is the big trend in Tokyo. Recently, this tapas-inspired way of eating has spread from Tokyo to New York and Los Angeles. On vacation in New York, I popped into Izakaya Ten in Chelsea. This atmospheric eatery features a small bar with an impressive list of sake…
As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…
It’s that time of year when our favorite group of gastronomic gals gets together for an annual fundraising brunch. We’re talking about the Miami Chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier International and the Tropical Brunch in the Redlands that takes place this Sunday, April 25, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at…
Coral Gables is bracing for a whirlwind of activity in coming months as new restaurants and businesses get set to move in. That’s according to Mari Gallet, executive director of Coral Gables Business Improvement. “There’s a lot of excitement in the air this spring,” she notes. “As of April 15,…
As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…
A nibble from next week’s Cafe review of Picnic:Deep fried Oreos, one of just two designated desserts, comprises the three iconic cookies coated in fluffily fried pancake batter and drizzled with chocolate syrup. Not bad if you like fried cookies. The other dessert, “jumbo cupcakes,” never seemed to be available,…
