What possessed my date to recommend we dine at La Vie en Raw is totally beyond me. After all, he would eat cheeseburgers and fries three times a day if he could, so why did he want to gnaw on veggies at a raw food restaurant? The thought of a…
Food sure can be funny, but you can’t just smack someone with a pie in the face every time you need a good laugh. Here are our Top 10 strange and funny food gag gifts…
“Chicken again?” That was my uncle’s line to my grandmother each time she served him lunch regardless of whether it was chicken or steak. Not very funny perhaps, especially not to my grandmother, who just rolled her eyes and walked away. Chicken is so easy as a dinner staple because,…
Snickers Bars are great for a little afternoon pick-me-up because they are filled with all the best things in life – chocolate, caramel, peanuts and nougat. Some genius, who most likely worked at a country fair, discovered a way to make this fantastic treat even unhealthier by frying it. The…
Richard Kirshen, a Miami Beach business owner who does a blues show on Talk City, was having breakfast with his eight-year-old granddaughter, Shelby, at the GreenStreet Cafe in Coconut Grove recently.”Somebody left a New Times on the table,” Kirshen recalls. “She picked it up, started paging through, and then said:…
Jersey Shore guidos and guidettes can only survive so long when taken out of their environment. MTV recently experimented on the species by sending the cast to South Beach and filming their reactions. As it turns out, when faced with the long-term deprivation of their native foods and habitat, los…
Guacamole dates back to the Aztecs. These days, it can be found in variations with fruit — like at Mercadito in Midtown — bacon as at El Scorpion (bacon) — and at Talavera (pork rinds). Short Order took the guacamole at Talavera and at New York-based chain Rosa Mexicano -…
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…
Food & Wine Editor Dana Cowin responded to my post from last week about the magazine’s lack of top new chefs who are either Hispanic or from Miami. She — and spokeswoman Lori Lefevre — make some good points. For instance, they note the mag is a top sponsor of…
It’s pretty obvious that Mooie’s was created with children in mind. Outside the Miami Shores ice creamery, buckets of chalk allow the artistically inclined express themselves on the sidewalk. Small stools in front of the counter let little ones peer into the ice cream cooler. In the backyard, beanbags and…
Nicole Hirtle is the striking blond bartender at LIV nightclub at the Fontainebleau Hotel on Miami Beach. The 27-year-old Boston native pours a strong vodka and cranberry from the mezzanine level bar, where she is surrounded by celebrities, socialites and DJ devotees. Not only does she do high volume business,…
Thanks to the Panda folks, we have been made aware that today is National Licorice Day. For us licorice and anise-adorers, this is just cause to stuff our faces with the chewy stuff. But for those of you out there who nearly dry-heaved when you found a black jellybean in…
Chinese food alá fresh-and-local on it’s way to Surfside. [PowerRankings]Novecento Sam Adams beer dinner coming on April 14th. [SoFloBeerBlog]Genuine Cart video recap from art walk, [GenuineKitchen], and a user review, [MiamiBro]Miami goes Alabama, eats ribs, fried green tomatoes, oyster po boy, and more. [BlindTastes]A Riesling paired three course dinner at…
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 sweet little nibble from this week’s Cafe review:Sugarcane’s success all but screams at diners as they enter the voluminous space. It isn’t just that the room is packed to the gills and very loud (although this does always seem to be the case), but it exudes the big city…
Set on Lincoln Road, Meat Market is sexy and sophisticated. Dominated by earth tones and neutrals, the room draws you in from the moment you set foot inside.Studio A design, the design firm in Manhattan responsible for Meat Market’s décor, describes it as a melding of masculine elements with feminine…
When the earthquake in Haiti shocked the world with the widespread death and destruction, a group of people from South Beach pulled together to raise over $10 million in aid through a community group that was later named 1st & Alton. They’ll hold an event named Rehabili-Haitian at 6 p.m…
Sexy, modern, and sleek are all words that would appropriately describe the lounge inside Tempo Miami, the hotel located within the Marquis building in downtown Miami. If you haven’t heard about it, don’t worry, you aren’t alone. While Tempo is technically open, they are still putting some finishing touches, so…
This year’s winners for Food & Wine magazine’s best new chefs are out and the choices are an outrage. Not only did Miami get screwed again, but the absence of Hispanics in this respected mag’s list is apparent and ugly.The issue names ten new chefs from across the country as…
We were invited to dinner last night at Mercadito, the new Mexican restaurant at Midtown Miami. This much-hyped eatery is located next to another newcomer to Miami’s restaurant scene, Sugarcane. Both are gorgeously decorated, high-concept spaces with multiple locations behind them. While Sugarcane was a hit from its first day,…
Last year, somebody killed and ate Ivonne Rodriguez’s quarter horse, Geronimo. If that somebody tries the same thing next year, he will likely spend at least a year in jail and pay a $3,500 fine. The Florida House of Representatives is poised to pass a bill making it a felony…
Alright, so earlier this week we showed you the Pork Parfait, but that’s really just meat and potatoes in a cup. When it comes to culinary advancement in the genre of “fair food” the over the top double Krispy Kreme bacon cheeseburger is a great innovation.You can find the donut…
