It wasn’t that long ago that serious diners in these parts pointed to Coral Gables as the go-to spot for eating out. Palme d’Or, Pascals, Ortanique, Christy’s, Caffe Abracci, Francesco’s, Norman’s, Mundo, Chispa, Restaurant Brana, Max’s Grille, The Palm Steakhouse…quite a roster. Mundo, Norman’s, Chispa, Restaurant Brana, Max’s Grille and…
(sturgeon: It’s what’s for dinner)The Slow Foods Glades to Coast Chapter, which covers roughly the Palm Beach and Broward areas, is hosting a 5-course Growers’ Discovery gourmet dinner at Cafe Boulud in Palm Beach this Thursday, December 11, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. The dinner, overseen by chef Zach Bell, is pricey at…
I’ll put up my vegetarian chili against any meat-based recipe — this one is insanely flavor- and color-full, and it’s so spicy it’ll make you weep. It’s ideal post-Thanksgiving eats, since it’s cheap, criminally healthy from all the folic acid, B vitamins and lycopene, and loaded with fiber if you’re…
Art Basel brings so much cool stuff to Miami each year, but also throngs of people and a whole lot of hype. Tonight, however, far from the madding crowd, Two Chefs in South Miami will be offering a single malt sampling that is eminently reasonable in price: Twenty dollars will…
This coming Monday, December 8th, Asia de Cuba will debut in the Mondrian South Beach (1100 West Avenue). This China Grill Management concept first appeared eleven years ago in New York CIty’s Morgans Hotel, and has since branched out to The Mondrian in Los Angeles and Scottsdale, The Clift in…
Joe Allen, the restaurateur, once remarked, “Life is a cruel joke, but less cruel and more of a joke when you’re in a good bar.” Joe Allen, the restaurant, has a good bar. It is also one of very few casual, unassuming restaurants on South Beach that offers affordable American…
I’ve used and abuse my poor Weber (Thermos make) grill over the years — slow cooking pork for hours on end, roasting peppers for bold salsas, and grilling hundreds of steaks, chops, and burgers has taken its toll on the big hunk of metal. So when I set out to…
We’ve confirmed with executive chef Mark Liberman this morning that Stephen di Asprinio has in fact left the restaurant he gave his name to, Forte di Asprinio, in West Palm Beach, “to pursue other opportunities.” Liberman wouldn’t, or couldn’t tell us much more, except that Asprinio left sometime last week,…
Balans restaurant, which has been an anchor on the west side of Lincoln Road Mall since 1997, five weeks ago opened its’ second South Florida location in Mary Brickell Village (there are five London branches as well). The interior is modern and minimalist, with outdoor tables spread upon the VIllage…
On November 14th, 2008, the Lakes Sports Bar and Grill, located at 6125 Miami Lakes Drive, underwent a routine “Food Licensing Inspection” conducted by the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation. What they found was shit, from rats, and lots of it. The rat-shit code violation is one of…
I recently came into possession of a half-dozen back issues of Esquire, a magazine somewhat obsessed with naming the best of this and the best of that. The food section is no exception — three of the issues I thumbed through featured such listings. I took a tally to see…
I was just reading the latest installment of the Fresh Beer Times newsletter, put out bi-monthly by Fort Lauderdale’s own distributor of fine, hopped products Fresh Beer, Inc, and I have to say that it kicks ass. It comes out on the second and fourth Fridays of each month, and…
During this week of welcoming Art Basel Miami, let us take a moment to say goodbye to The Art Of Food. The raw food/vegan counter cafe was located in a cooperative vintage clothing and jewelry shop across the street from Midtown Miami’s Circuit City (which has problems of its own)…
Until I saw Milk yesterday, the biopic starring Sean Penn as gay activist and San Francisco city supervisor Harvey Milk, I’d forgotten all about the Twinkie Defense. Fellow supervisor Dan White shot and killed Milk and Mayor George Moscone in their offices at San Francisco City Hall in 1978 and…
Michelle Bernstein’s Sra. Martinez will be debuting this Monday in the Design District. On Tuesday the Wynwood hood, which has been quiet as an empty canvas concerning food, will finally have a restaurant: Joey’s, a contemporary Italian café at 2506 N.W. 2nd Avenue. Developer Joey Goldman and well-known father/partner Tony…
Every so often, Robbin Slocum, wife of our Managing Editor Ed Newton, treats the editorial department to one of her delicious rum cakes. These things are no joke. First off, they’re doused in enough tasty, fermented cane that if you had a post gustatory smoke after eating a slice you’d…
It used to be that the best fish in Peru went to the chickens. The coastal location ensured there was never a shortage of seafood, but because Peruvians preferred meat, much of their ocean bounty was fed to the birds — which unfortunately permeated the poultry with a fishy taste…
Here’s hoping that this classic poem by E.V. Wright helps put you into the proper frame of mind for your family get-together. When Father Carves The Duck We all look on with anxious eyes When father carves the duck, And mother almost always sighs When father…
I don’t have a whole lot of sympathy for you schmucks who haven’t given one second’s thought to what you’re doing for MY FAVORITE HOLIDAY — since personally my 2008 Thanksgiving has been in planning and development since last May. I’ve ordered (and received) my absurdly expensive Heritage turkey, I’ve…
Corey JamesBy now the Frankenstein monster of Thanksgiving dishes, the turducken, is old news: Stuffing a chicken inside a duck inside a turkey is just sooo Thanksgiving 2007. I mean, three animals? Is that all you got? Well, Corey James over at Bacon Today has you beat, my friend. This,…
Every dog must have his truffle, and tis the season for the famous fungi, which fruits most prolifically in autumn in Piedmont. Thus, tickets are going fast for the next Slow Food Miami Dinner, which features Terra Madre and the cuisine of Piedmont, famous for its white truffles and mushrooms…
In yesterday’s Short Order I suggested that a major unnamed chef would be shortly leaving a major unnamed restaurant. I was alluding to Clay Conley of Azul, in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. When I contacted the chef to see if the rumor was true, he started off by stating “I’m…
