If you’re not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter, here’s a taste of what you’re missing. Click here to subscribe.For a taste of the garden, head for Miami Beach Botanical Garden.No, you won’t be munching on the orchids, bromeliads, and assorted tropical and subtropical plants that bloom all…
What it is: a rather unusual presentation of this popular Italian dessert.But where it at?Guess correctly and we’ll acknowledge below. If we stump y’all, which rarely happens, the answer will come later in the week…
Restaurateurs south of Fifth Street are joining forces to raise money for the tragic situation in Haiti. Held at Smith & Wollensky tomorrow, January 26, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., this gourmet gathering will feature area restaurants such as Joe’s Stone Crab, Tap Tap, Clarke’s, DeVito, Red, and China Grill.Hungry…
Funky cakes inspired by artists such as Dale Chihuly and Yayoi Kusama were on display this weekend at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden’s fourth annual International Chocolate Festival. Eight hopeful bakers entered the contest, which required they bake a cake or cupcake that: (1) used chocolate as the main ingredient, (2) included coffee…
Badrutt’s Place is reinventing itself as the more casual JB Kitchen + Bar. They are holding interviews and finishing remodeling the space.The restaurant, owned by Johannes Badrutt, will offer “American classics with a Peruvian flair.” A preview menu seems pretty run-of-the-mill. Appetizers include artichoke and spinach dip, JB’s honey-mustard wings,…
Yes, it’s Monday. But in honor of another workweek beginning, Short Order wants to brighten your day with Hot Plates, a look at the beautiful men and women who work at local restaurants and bars.Newcomer STK is teeming with pulchritudinous servers, bartenders, and hostesses. However, hostess Martine Cameau caught our…
Nikki Beach Miami (1 Ocean Dr., Miami Beach) is the flagship for a global enterprise that boasts outposts in exotic and far-flung locales such as Koh Samui, Qatar, Cannes, and Cyprus.The South Beach branch started it all in 1998, and the father-and-son Penrod team has kept it alive and made…
For someone weaned on truffle oil, eating a fresh truffle must elicit the same wow factor as that of someone weaned on George Lucas films viewing Avatar in 3-D. Meaning: Different world, baby, different world entirely. The Grill at the Setai reopened last month with a new look and a new…
As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…
Area 31, which has quickly established itself as one of Miami’s best seafood restaurants, will host a dinner called Fish + Wine on Thursday, February 25, during the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival. Executive chef John Critchley and master sommelier Emily Wines have put together a doozy of a four-course…
When Micah Edelstein landed in Miami late last year to become executive chef of one of the Design District’s more rooted eateries, Grass Restaurant and Lounge, people weren’t quite sure what to make of her. After all, it’s no secret she wasn’t necessarily a fan favorite from Top Chef’s third…
Michelle Bernstein’s Sra. Martinez exudes warmth and modernity. When you walk through the commanding front door of the former 1920s post office that houses the restaurant, you’re struck by bold red, black, and white accents in the dining room. Immediately, your eye is drawn to the second floor, where bright…
We couldn’t get anyone to confirm or deny that mixologists at the Whitelaw Hotel & Lounge are still concocting this scintillating cocktail (they offered it as a promotion in the past), but perhaps you can make a special request because Valentine’s Day is coming up. Just give the bartender your best…
Not just any garage sale, but the “Everything But the Kitchen Sink” Garage Sale, and it will take place the last Saturday of the month, January 30. Les Dames d’ Escoffier — which if you don’t know is an invitation-only organization of women leaders in the food, beverage, and hospitality…
The Capital Grille is offering a four-course $49 “Comfort Food With a Gourmet Twist” prix fixe dinner, now through February 28. This might mean a hot, homemade cup of tomato-fennel soup with miniature grilled mozzarella, prosciutto, and basil sandwiches. Next comes a Boston bibb salad followed by your choice of…
It worked in L.A. with Mexican/Korean food, so when is somebody down here gonna open a Caribbean taco shop? We’re talkin’ jerk pork with pickled cabbage and sweet plantain. Or how ’bout fried goat chunks and Honduran farm cheese. Here’s what you might have missed this week:…
Calling all chocolate addicts! You know who you are. Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden will host its fourth annual International Chocolate Festival beginning tomorrow, January 22, through Sunday, January 24. The fest will feature demos, lectures, tastings, and food vendors. Learn to make your own chocolate, meet chocolatiers and bakers, or…
A bite-size morsel of the New Times restaurant review for next week. Starters are too pricey (most go for $12 to $24); entrées are too prissy! Why go to all the trouble of decorating your restaurant Cape Cod-style and rack up the expense of flying distinctive fish from Massachusetts and…
It’s a rumor that’s been floating about for awhile now. But forget about it. Put it out of your mind. Ain’t gonna happen. That’s what Short Order has been told by a reliable source…
As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…
We might have to get a TV.Michelle Bernstein’s awesome, public television restaurant review show, Check, Please!, premiered January 18.They haven’t started streaming the episodes online yet, but you can catch the show Mondays and Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. on WPBT Channel 2…
Spuntino is the bakery and catering arm of a restaurant group that includes Spris on Lincoln Road, and Mai Tardi in the Design District.They also run a breakfast and lunch joint at 1112 North Miami Ave…
