A restaurant menu is the blueprint for a chef’s imagination, a compilation of creations assembled with the hope that ingredients and descriptions will prove popular with diners. Regardless of the type of restaurant — from hot dogs to haute digs — some menu items sell better than others. Great chefs…
You might drive past it a few times, swear at your GPS and pray to St. Anthony, but once you step into the month-old Oh! Sushi, you’ll find a hip retro place of funky fusion. The colors are intense pink, white and black and most tables are filled with what…
In the last few days, Short Order has published several posts excoriating Miami Dade College’s new Tuyo restaurant for not hiring college students. I stand behind those articles.I want to make clear, though, the place is just getting started. We will review it after it’s a little more established. And…
Terence Gerchberg is fit to be tied. Literally, fit to be tied. In June, he and four friends tied themselves together and ran the God’s Country Marathon in Coudersport, Pennsylvania, breaking the Guinness world record for “fastest marathon completed by a linked team,” with a time of 3:26:15.He will likely…
Yardbird Southern Table & Bar might be onto something. The restaurant, which features home style Southern cuisine, a lively bar filled with bourbon and beer selections, and hot your chef Jeff McInnis, might just have become the new industry hot spot. We’ve been there only three times since the restaurant…
Sean Grimburg’s Wellington burger is topped with bleu cheese and a foie gras-truffle-onion sauce. At BGR, his place in the Gables, they also serve a crisp pint of nutty-coffee flavored Maduro Cigar City Oatmeal Brown Ale. Try ’em this evening for BGR The Burger Joint’s first ever Artisanal Beer Tasting…
For months we’ve been watching a mystery restaurant on Florida Avenue in Coconut Grove. The butcher paper on the window gave no indication of what was to be — restaurant or club? Locally owned or another Cheesecake Factory?Yesterday, the paper was gone from the windows and, as if by magic,…
View photos from our visit to Knaus Berry Farm last season.Just yesterday, Knaus Berry Farm opened up. In a few weeks, lines will be seen winding down the street on the slowest of days. And the people will be here for the delectable shakes, baked goods and farm fresh produce.We…
Gourmet Diner and La Cigale: French food two ways
Just as the rest of the country gets ready for a deep freeze, Florida starts its growing season. To celebrate the fact that while our friends up north are breaking out the down coats while we’re breaking out the vegetables, 1500 Degrees executive chef Paula DaSilva is hosting a five…
We all know that Sam Gorenstein recently left his position at BLT Steak at The Betsy Hotel, to join forces with Michael Schwartz at The Raleigh, but the question remained until recently: who would take over the kitchen after his departure? After all, it can be a little tricky to…
Coral Gables is getting to the meat of the matter tomorrow at its inaugural Burgerlicious Festival. The event, held at Fred B. Harnett/Ponce Circle Park, will showcase burgers from over 20 different Gables restaurants including Por Fin, the Local Craft Food & Drink, the Biltmore Hotel, Route 9, Seasons 52,…
’Tis once again the season for many local farmers’ markets to re-open their al fresco fruit peddling tables. If you want to sink your teeth into some fresh Florida flora, you’ve gotta know where and when to scoop up the bounty. Here’s the lowdown on Miami-Dade County farmers’ market openings…
Teena’s Pride, a local community supported agriculture (CSA) program, offers fresh-from-the-earth packs of vegetables and herbs, delivered weekly to a drop-off point near you, for reasonable prices. The farm is located in the Redland.The company offers different size options, depending on how many mouths you have to feed. The biggest…
Beer. It’s what’s for dinner. And every other time of the day. It’s one of the oldest and most universally loved beverages in the world. Plus, it gives you a buzz.On November 12, come out to the 14th Annual New Times Original Beerfest at Fort Lauderdale’s Esplanade Park and celebrate…
Short Order is on a barbecue rampage. A couple days ago, we gave you Shiver’s in Homestead. Today it’s Shorty’s BBQ where they recently showed us smoked meaty delights including the thickest ribs we’ve ever tasted. These ain’t baby backs, they’re Shorty’s own hickory smoked spare ribs ($11.50). These guys…
Michael Schwartz’s new 150 Central Park restaurant on Royal Caribbean’s mega-ship Oasis of the Seas opened for dinner this past Saturday. The only catch is that in order to dine at the restaurant, which features fresh produce from Swank Farms, you must buy a week-long voyage with rack rate cabin…
Leave it to Richard Hales to present Miami’s first food truck online deal. Google Deals is offering $10 worth of food from Dim Ssäm à Gogo for only $5. The deal, available on the Google Deals website, can be purchased through tomorrow and the offer is good from November 3,…
What it is? A local chef dressed as a foodie’s favorite Muppet.Where it at? Hint: Many don’t consider his kitchen to reside inside a restaurant proper, but this place can certainly be called “a place of shelter and safety; refuge; asylum.”Make a guess in the comments section below as to…
The Miami Culinary Institute cultivates culinary talent but doesn’t put it to good use, at least not at its new, high-end restaurant, Tuyo, which opened a few days ago on its top floor. With 40 students inducted last spring into Miami Dade College’s newest addition and 90 more this fall,…
In September’s countdown, we reported just five restaurant openings and a few closings. The latter number is holding firm this month, but October saw quite a few more debuts — including much anticipated SoBe eateries Yardbird Southern Table & Bar, Pubbelly Sushi, and Barceloneta. Ricochet Lounge is also a notable…
Hibachi Grill & Noodle Bar opened in downtown Miami about one month ago (it is located in the back of 50 Biscayne Blvd. at NE Third Avenue and NE First Street). The bright little mostly white space has a place where you can order, and some other counter space to…
