It’s amazing what summertime brings. Restaurants pick up their hula hoops and spin in circles trying to attract patrons. We get great happy hour deals, new menu offerings, and a sampling of summer seasonal produce. At happy hours, high-end restaurants put their chefs to work early, turning out amazing little…
Are you over the piña colada? Well next Tuesday, Coconut Grove bartenders will share their favorite concoctions with you at the first annual Drinks of the Grove Competition at the Burgundy Room. Ten local bartenders will mix their hearts out to see who makes the best summer cocktail.But, get ready…
Break out the greeting cards and fly the flag because June 18th is International Sushi Day. Ok, so it’s another made-up holiday. In fact, RA Sushi, the 25-restaurant sushi chain, declared the holiday in the 2011 Chase’s Calendar of Events (Hey! The Avon Duct Tape Festival is today!) just so…
After working at Azul for six years, Andrew Balick got the opportunity to head the kitchen at Pied a Terre, a small restaurant inside the Cadet Hotel in South Beach. In the first part of the interview, he spoke about why he wants people to try his tasting menu. In…
To celebrate their amazing wins, the Best of Miami food trucks are holding a rally Saturday, June 18 in Wynwood. The invitation-only roster features all the food trucks that won a category in our Miami New Times Best of Miami 2011: The Rising edition and a special guest from our…
Radio Talker and blowhard Rush Limbaugh just announced his brand new line of Paul Revere-inspired iced teas, “Two If By Tea.” It’s available in four varieties – regular, diet, raspberry, and diet raspberry. All of them feature all natural ingredients and a picture of Rush on a horse, dressed and…
Bal Harbour offers a measly array of restaurants for the walking wallets who live there. For years, La Goulue and Caffe Da Vinci fueled pre-shopping lunches and family dinners, but now it seems restaurateurs are finally catching on. The recent opening of Makoto provided a glimpse of a higher end spectrum,…
Tucked away in the historic Cadet Hotel is Pied a Terre, a charming 30-seat restaurant that quietly opened in March as part of a series of improvements to the hotel, which takes its name from the Air Force cadets that were briefly stationed there in the 1940s. Heading its kitchen…
As we count down to New Times’ Best of Miami 2011 in June, Short Order will serve up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305 in random order. If you have any nominations of your own, please send them to cafe@miaminewtimes.com. After the jump, find our other choices. 4…
For the past month or so, Miami food trucks have been rolling out in relative peace without incident — until now. Ray Delgado, owner of Grill Master Cafe and organizer of T.O.W. (Truckers Out West) at Mother of Christ Church, told Short Order that the weekly roundup is cancelled until…
Miss Saigon Bistro has a dessert menu shrouded in secrecy. The little Vietnamese restaurant located in Coral Gables (there’s also a location in Pinecrest) offers sweet treats that are sure to please.The place’s look is a bit hokey and the service staff didn’t know the dessert menu offerings and pricing…
There are so many places in Miami that go undiscovered when you stick to the same tired old spots — namely the Beach and Coconut Grove. (Can I include the Design District yet?)One area worth exploring is the Dirty South. And one place you must visit is the Pasadita Restaurant…
Gibraltar, at Grove Isle Hotel and Spa, in Coconut Grove, is an oasis within a tropical paradise. Spectacular views of Biscayne Bay from both indoor and outdoor dining areas make it a worthy destination. On Sundays, executive chef Rafael Melendez rolls out a brunch buffet between 11 a.m. and 3…
The much awaited release of Adam Mansbach’s R-rated lullaby Go The F**k To Sleep, is set for sometime this week (in plenty of time for Sunday’s Father’s Day). Because Mansbach is both a great author and dad, Esquire Magazine asked him to write a very special poem on another joy…
As we count down to New Times’ Best of Miami 2011 this week, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305 in random order. After the jump, find our other choices. 5. French Field Greens Salad at The Cheese CourseSalads can be a tricky thing. Are…
Who would’ve thought zombies don’t eat just brains? No, judging by the picks for Finest Foods, it seems their tastes are rather refined. Taking out family on a budget? American Noodle Bar is Best Restaurant When You Pay. But if you’re in the mood for greasy, check out Best Hamburger…
Best of Miami: Finest Foods Readers’ Poll Winners
This is the last post in writer Riki Altman’s three-part series about her visit to Bangkok. If you missed parts one and two, you can either click the links or just hop a plane and check it out for yourself.Located about an hour outside of Bangkok are two fascinating outdoor…
As we count down to New Times’ Best of Miami 2011 in June, Short Order will serve up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305 in random order. If you have any nominations of your own, please send them to cafe@miaminewtimes.com. After the jump, find our other choices. 6…
Dad will thank you for this.Father’s Day is Sunday and with it comes the usual array of stunningly bad gifts. We only assume that dad receives such terrible item as ties, cheap cologne and Izod polos because he never complains about them. Men like to eat and sometimes that means fending…
Could the Original 5 Napkin burger really live up to its name? Short Order had to know. So we stopped by the restaurant on Lincoln Road, named for the aforementioned entree and slated to open Thursday, demanding a bite of the star selection… along with some onion rings, sushi, a…
New Times’ Best of Miami 2011: The Rising is out, naming 345 of the best places, people and things to dig up in Miami. We’d like to congratulate the food truck (and food truck related) winners: Best Food Truck: Dim Ssam a GogoBest Cheesy Food Truck: Ms. CheeziousBest Fish Sandwich:…
