Win Tickets To The Stella Artois 2011 Draught Master Regionals

You’ve seen the commercials for Stella Artois. A bartender pours a perfect glass of beer, measures the head, then takes a knife and slices away the excess foam to create an object of beauty. This is beer porn at its finest.Turns out, pouring the perfect pint is both art form…

Talk, Play and Lose Weight (With Ladies Lingerie Football Video)

ABC Science reported today that social sports “result in better weight loss.” During a recent study, scientists found that mice involved in physical activity with a social component responded better to the exercise.How? Their bodies’ composition and metabolism improved.The scientists divided the mice into groups – some were kept in…

OYE Cuban Grill Wants To Name A Sandwich After You

If you’ve perused sandwich shop menus that name their towers of meat and cheese after celebrities and wondered why no one has ever named a dish after you, OYE Cuban Grill has an answer. They want to make your wish come true by naming a sandwich after you.Starting September 19,…

Kane’s Young Executive Chef Takes His Steak Seriously (Part 2)

Yesterday, Short Order spoke with Executive Chef Daniel Ganem of SoFi’s newest meat market, Kane Steakhouse. If you missed Part 1, just click here. What we really wanted to know is how those onion rings manage to be so crispy every time, and the secret behind Kane’s steakhouse sauce. Keep…

Serendipity 3 Slated to Open in South Beach

Iconic Manhattan ice-cream restaurant and celebrity hot spot Serendipity 3 is scheduled to open in South Beach, bringing Frrrozen Hot Chocolate and sundaes priced like mortgage payments to the rich and beautiful of South Florida.Serendipity 3 has launched into a licensing program with Alloy Entertainment. The company plans to expand into…

Fried Lobster and a Lap Dance: Miami’s Best Strip Club Food

Pop quiz: What are strip clubs good for, other than watching hard-working girls dance for their college tuition? In Miami, they’re also a hidden spot to find some good eats.No lukewarm, all-you-can-eat buffets here — just good, honest cuisine served with a smile and a lap dance. OK, so these…

Ernesto’s Taco Shop: An L.A. Food Spot in the M.I.A.

The crunch of freshly made tacos mix with the sounds of a Spanish telenovela as you take in the scents of charred meat and sweet onions. But my friends, we’re not in Mexico, we’re dining at Ernesto’s Taco Shop.Ernesto’s has always held close to its Mexican roots. In fact, the…

Top Three Celebrity Food Products

Celebrity food products are all over the shelves of supermarkets these days. Some bear labels with Hollywood names such as Paul Newman and Paul Sorvino; others derive from TV chefs like Lidia Bastianich, Emeril Lagasse, and Giada de Laurentiis. Certain restaurants with national allure sell signature items, like Original Bookbinder’s…

New York’s The Dutch To Open At W South Beach Hotel

New York restaurateurs chef Andrew Carmellini, Josh Pickard and Luke Ostrom are bringing SoHo’s The Dutch to the W South Beach Hotel and Residences.The trio is partnering with Karim Masri and Nicola Siervo, who own and operate The Wall, Wet and W Living Room Bar…

Phucing Around the Kitchen With Phuc Yea! Vietnamese Popup

Short Order was invited to take a look at how Phuc Yea! was coming along this weekend. It opens September 8. When we arrived, however, the gates were closed and downtown Miami looked pretty empty on a Labor Day weekend. We then heard a psssst coming from the Ingraham Building…

Bar-B-Que Beach Closes, Hogzilla Barbecue to Take Its Place

The windows of Bar-B-Que Beach, the popular South Beach emporium of wood-smoked meats, are covered in somber brown paper. (Bar-B-Que Beach Two in North Miami folded a couple of years ago.) A posted sign thanks customers for their support through the years and announces that Hogzilla’s Inspired Barbecue will move…

Kane’s Young Executive Chef Takes His Steak Seriously

The addition of recently opened Kane Steakhouse to the SoFi restaurant landscape presented an opportunity for executive chef Daniel Ganem. When execs at the Glazier Group (Strip House in NYC, Michael Jordan’s the Steak House) began searching for a head toque, they found the 28-year-old Miami native, ready and raring…

Magnum’s Fried Chicken Is All About the Bird

Last night’s episode of Crave on the Food Network was “Fried Chicken: Deep Fried Love in a Bucket,” during which the food-critic host, Troy Johnson, gnawed his way through several states looking for “the most crave-worthy fried chicken.” There was no Miami stop, but fear not, because here at Short…

Top Five Steak Houses: Beyond Best of Miami 2011

​Beautifully grilled steaks and equally exquisite vegetable dishes were our top two reasons for tapping 1500 Degrees at Eden Roc Miami New Times’ Best Steak House this year. But if there is one thing the Miami dining scene doesn’t lack, it is stellar steak houses. Here are our other five favorites:…

Southern Cocktail With a Twist: Lemongrass Mint Julep

According to Merriam-Webster, a julep is a nectarous syrup, sometimes mixed with alcohol or medicine. (And who wouldn’t be cured by that?)You have to admit there is a certain romantic appeal to pre-prohibition cocktails. A mint julep, the Kentucky Derby classic, would be on the top of that exceptional list…

Easy Vegan Barbecue: A Labor (Day) of Love

Labor Day, the holiday with the name that never fails to confuse scads of recent immigrants, is upon us yet again. So kick off your shoes, enjoy not working, and celebrate.If you’re a human, that is. For cows, chickens and pigs everywhere, Labor Day is a murderous nightmare. Livestock all…