Screwtop, space bag, jug, drum, or classic, however you drink your wine, the Magic City had it last week. It must be in season because there’s more where that came from. When the streets run red with vino will you run and hide or raise your glass and drink? Imbibe…
May first is the date set for the debut of Quattro Gastronomia Italiana’s Sosta Pizzeria (1025 Lincoln Road, Miami, 305-722-5454). Sosta means “a quick stop”, which is all it should take for a taste of pizza meister Carmine Leocata’s Neapolitan and Roman-style pies. The pizza toppings will be numerous and…
(Editors Note: Lauren “Lolo” Reskin, Sweat Records owner, promoter, and all-around cool lady, will occasionally contribnute columns to Riptide about veggie eating in the big city. For more detail, see her blog meatlessmiami.com.) Vegans and vegetarians are alive and well and living in Miami. It may be shocking to read…
The heat and rain are picking up. There are high pressure systems circulating, and cross currents in the waters. Enjoy this transition period before June 1st hits and hurricane season starts. Saturday, May 2, go to the Cinco De MiMo festival, featuring the Taste of MiMo, where 13 restaurants will…
…Saves Business. So reads the tag for a very short-story-pitch from Por Fin regarding its new $19.50 power lunch special. The promo for the Spanish restaurant in Coral Gables goes like this: Ad man about to lose account. Client sips fruity wine and bites into bikini ‘de luxe’ sandwich…
The Fontainebleau’s heralded Hakkasan opening perhaps overhadowed another of the hotel’s newly debuted eateries, La Côte. Inspired by the Côte d’Azur (as opposed to the Côte d’Jersey), this seaside beach club and restaurant (with open-air second level) offers guests “the flavorful cuisine of the French Riviera” — plus a DJ…
Asia de Cuba Wows in South Beach
“Wine education” sounds so much better than “wine guzzling,” don’t you agree? But whether you want to educate your taste buds or just give them a high-quality buzz, local wine maven Barry Albert can help with his weekly wine tastings at Angelo & Maxie’s Steakhouse in the Mayfair Hotel &…
Metro Bistro is the new and 13th addition to the MiMo District’s restaurant row on Biscayne Boulevard between about 50th and 77th streets. Bistro is a new restaurant at a familiar location, the Karma Car Wash compound, next door to Dogma. The menu is “all organic,” and the yelp response…
Deli Lane is a South Miami landmark with a couple of Best of Miami awards under its belt. They have a clean website (a lot of restaurant websites are flash heavy abominations) and are on twitter “Great weather for sitting outside and having a great meal with a Bloody Mary,…
Part of Short Order’s mission statement is to expose as many free culinary opportunities as possible. Sometimes we find out at the last minute, so tune in every day and see what deals we got for ya.This just in: Every Friday at Manny’s Steakhouse (300 S Biscayne Blvd.) in downtown…
As Gail Shepherd at Short Order’s Broward doppelganger blog, Clean Plate Charlie, points out, 4 of the top 8 restaurants in S. Pellegrino’s recent ranking of the top 100 restaurants in the world were from Spain.None were from Florida. Even fewer from Miami. But Coconut Grove’s Ideas Restaurant is bringing…
Kimberly Miller and Parisian-born Alain Pizzutti are the proud owners of the newly opened BOCCA Ristorante Italiano on Northeast 123rd Street, one block West of Biscayne Boulevard in North Miami (305-891-4899). The “classic Italian” cuisine includes pastas that range from $10 to $16, with most fish and meat entrees under…
The internet would have you believe print media’s already dead, but soon as the power goes out, all those nerds start reaching for the newspaper. I grabbed a copy of Coffee News while eating a Supremo sandwich at Lemoni Cafe, and found this news item that’s pretty cool and doesn’t…
Twitter intercept from ZeusOfOlympus – @Bacchus. Babylon is crumbling down. Report to Miami ASAP! Bring wine.It’s official. Miami may not grow grapes, but we like drinking em. Check out these upcoming winecentric events and give it up for that purple stuff…
Titanic Brewing Company in Coral Gables is celebrating its 10th Anniversary and offering great specials til April 30th. The food and beer at Titanic are excellent. I used to be a dishwasher there so I had a lot of both. Here’re the deals. $10 Surf And Turf. Lunch or dinner…
WINNERS:P. Richard Brumm, executive sous chef at La Gorce Country Club in Miami Beach, won the American Culinary Federation’s Southeast Region Chef of the Year Award in Charlotte this past weekend. He will now represent the South at the ACF national competition in Orlando (July 11th to 14th).A team of…
The new Chick-N-Grill in Miami Lakes (15356 NW 79th Ct.) is the first restaurant in Miami to obtain a Green certification. The certifying oganization is the Green Restaurant Association, based in Boston, which advocates for environmental sustainability by promoting eco-friendly food service industry practices.The landmark will be celebrated on Earth…
Aging cover band? Check. Blue Collar Betties dancing to “Hit Me With Your Best Shot?” Check. Guys in Hawaiian Shirts chugging Bud Light? Check, check. Said guys in Hawaiian shirts hitting on Blue Collar Betties? Check again. Spicy chicken wings on a table somewhere? Check. Two for one drink specials?…
Klime Kovaceski is from Macedonia, not Miami, but during his years as owner of Crystal Cafe (which was on 41st Street in Miami Beach), the personable chef was adopted as a native son by a large and fiercely loyal local clientele. These former patrons will knowingly smile when they hear…
Barry Gump is a wine EXPERT. He spent 30 years as a chemistry and enology (basically wineology) professor at California State University but now teaches as the “Harvey R. Chaplin Eminent Scholar’s Chair in Beverage Management at Florida International University’s School of Hospitality and Tourism Management.” He’s curently teaching a…
Miami Beach’s Chesterfield Hotel is a great place to drink a free drink or five. Why? Because it’s free, dumbass. It would be a good place if it were a parking lot in Homestead. The deal is this: Every day from 7 to 8 p.m., the bar serves free vodka, rum,…
