Christian Sanders, bartender at The Living Room Bar in the W Hotel South Beach, took home top prize at Bombay Sapphire’s “Inspired Bartender Search” last week at the Palms in Las Vegas. Here is our own local, inspired mixologist’s winning recipe:The Garden Sour Hour1 1â„2 parts Bombay Sapphire Gin1/3 part…
Sazon Goya is to everyday cooking in Miami as water is to the ocean. Give thanks and Rest In Peace to Jose Antonio Ortega Bonet for teaming up with the Unanues family, founders of the Goya food company, for bringing the world a line of products that find daily use…
Every year, for the past 8 years, members of the Miami Dade Finance Department get together and sell coffee and snacks to the politicos at the Public Budget Meeting to raise money for the United Way. Graciela Cespedes, the Deputy Finance Director, says, “We wait til the coffee shop downstairs…
Sorry we’re late, we stayed at the budget hearing til 5 in the morning and then accidentally crashed out til’ just now. Our first foray into the political sphere has so far taught us that the food at Government Center is pretty good, try the Guava and Cheese triangles at…
A teeny sneak preview of the New Times restaurant review for next week — Mr. Yum Asian Cuisine on Calle Ocho.Pad Thai, the dish that launched a million lovers of this cuisine, validates its’ popularity via a flawlessly balanced tangle of flat rice noodles, tender chicken, scallions, sprouts, ground peanuts,…
10 years ago, an abandoned avocado grove and lettuce crop was all that comprised Paradise Farms (19801 SW 320th Street, Homestead; 305-248-4181,) hardly what one would consider Eden. But Gabriele Marewski had bigger plans, and today her farm has grown into one of South Florida’s agricultural success stories yielding more…
Old people like to talk about “way back when,” and how everything was different, and better. Like “Back when I was a kid a candy bar cost a nickel, and that’s when a nickel meant something.”Check out the ad to the left. We can’t figure out why, if a nickel…
Maggie Jimenez is a rising culinary star with a popular lifestyle cooking show, ¡Qué Sabor!, an endorsement deal with Oscar Mayer, freelance writing gigs, and a cookbook in the works. She is a former fashion model who secured her show off the strength of a casting call for an anchor…
When the largest candy in the store in the world — NYC sweeterie Dylan’s Candy Bar — does confections, you better believe it’s gonna be good. So the next time you’re at Neiman Marcus Bal Harbour’s Zodiac Cafe and your server asks if you’d like dessert after you’ve scarfed down…
Went to renew my drivers license at the Coral Gables DMV the other day. The office is located right by Village of Merrick Park, and so is a branch of La Estancia Argentina. The lunch menu looked tempting, with some decent deals on hand — grilled skirt or flank steak…
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Four words: Breaking news, free pizza!That’s right, and we’re not just talking a slice of a slice. We’re talking free pie, a 14 inch Grande Pepperoni to be exact.You can thank Vocelli Pizza for it, but if you wanna be in on the deal you gotta be one of the…
Ever felt like whoever owned those offsite airport parking lots was making a killing? Well, it’s good to know that at least one company is giving back. Airport Fast Park, a company with 12 locations around the U.S. that provides parking and transportation services has enacted a nationwide campaign where…
Ever stood at a urinal, looked to your left and said, “Damn. That’s one hell of view?” We’re talking about looking out the window you sicko. And if you wanna catch a Biscayne vista that may be unparalleled in all of Miami Dade’s club restroom facilities then step to Brickell…
The Oceanaire Seafood Room is a classy joint in Brickell with a partytime atmosphere. It’s not at all stuck up, lame, pretentious, or boring. At high velocity the kitchen operates like a well oiled machine. At least that was the case when Short Order stepped in last Thursday night for…
I don’t know that every single American feels compelled to consume food while sitting in a movie theater — only that every one that ends up seated next to me does. It is apparently too much to expect a person be capable of watching a film for two hours without…
Last night, New Times held the pre-chef challenge for its Iron Fork event at La Cuisine Gourmet in Coral Gables. Four chefs competed: executive chef Maria Manso of the Blue Door at the Delano, executive chef John Critchley of Area 31, executive chef Sean Brasel of Meat Market, and executive…
Alright Short Ordrians, this week’s Archive Diver needs your help. We like repping for South Dade, but damned if we can find anything anywhere on the internet about this place. Matter fact, we can’t even figure out if US1 and Wayne Avenue is in Perrine, Cutler Ridge, Cutler Bay, Palmetto…
Middle East Best Food (1711 Coral Way) is an ethnic food shop, a bakery, and tribute to owner Ali Aziz’s iron clad work ethic. He has run three stores in Miami over almost 40 years and quips “I could be a millionaire, but I don’t want to. I love my…
El Mago de las Fritas is NOT El Rey de las Fritas’ offbrand cousin, sidewalk knockoff, or bootleg copy. As a matter of fact, at last night’s Burgie Awards, El Mago took home the prize for Best Frita in Miami. El Mago has spent the last 25 years in business at…
Starting this evening at 7:00 p.m., with nightly performances at the same time running through Sunday, Tap Tap Haitian Restaurant will be showing The Harder They Come as the feature in the Film at Tap Tap series. Screenings are free to the public, and start promptly — those who come…
Norman Van Aken and his ‘180’ team, including Chefs Philip Bryant and Justin Van Aken, are operating under a three-word mantra when it comes to their goals for the new restaurant slated to open in Coral Gables before the end of the year: “Desirability, Sustainability, Community.” Poised to re-enter the…
