Her name is Morgans. She is a big purple house on 29th Street between North Miami and NE Second Avenues — actual address: 28 NE 29th Street. She has been around since the 1930s. Her specialty, home cooked food.Get it while it’s hot.The Morgans Restaurant in Wynwood is now open…
In some ways, it’s all about the new when it comes to homeboy and Chef Norman Van Aken. The guy who spawned New World Cuisine is back on the scene again, this time with a new restaurant on the way and a new hosting gig.But his restaurant — now pay…
If ushering in the year were a sport, champagne* would be the beverage of champions and we’d dump a huge cooler full of it onto Father Time’s head at the stroke of midnight. It’s bubbly, makes a wonderful, pee-on-yourself-scary sound when you open it, and is the hands-down only answer…
James Beard Award-nominated Chef Michael Schwartz of Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink brings his and his team’s knowledge to your home cooking with The Genuine Kitchen column. A guest blogger for this installment, Michael’s Genuine bar manager Ryan Goodspeed shares a recipe suitable for the recent dip in temperature. You…
Sometimes it seems like a world meat conspiracy is afoot. Are evil, global agrifarm executives fighting a secret war against the vegetarian and vegan elements to keep them on the fringe if in existence at all?Yes.For those who support the meatless revolution, and wanna throw a party too, there’s Nature…
There were no kicks fast as lightning, it wasn’t frightening, and the staff showed expert timing when the Catalina Hotel’s Kung Fu Kitchen and Sushi recently hosted South Florida’s Chef’s Club on their South Beach rooftop lounge.Chef Josh Wahler, of Hell’s Kitchen fame, and Nobu South Beach and Los Angeles…
Kim Kardashian is an American sex symbol.Dr. Sanford Siegal is the Miami doctor who invented his own “cookie diet.”The two are at war. Dirty, paper, legal war. And they’re fighting over things like what Kardashian has said via Twitter and a misleading link on the doctor’s website.Kim Kardashian currently represents…
We’re no judge or jury, but we’re guessing Charlie Sheen is headed for the slammer. All the celebrities are doing it. Serving a year is the new having a college degree. Did you know that back in 1990 Charlie Sheen shot his then-fiancee in the arm, accidentally?If his newest arrest…
ReopeningsRemodeling is finished, and the iconic News Cafe on Ocean Drive has returned to serving informal fare 24/7. The water supply at downtown Miami’s Epic Hotel has been cleared and Area 31 is back in biz — with seatings left for New Year’s Eve: Cocktail reception, five-course meal, champagne toast,…
Here are some recent posts from the local food web.Jewish family goes Tropical Chinese for Christmas dim sum. [FoodForThoughtMiami]Rock N Roll Ribs, Iron Maiden’s drummer’s restaurant, opens in Coral Springs. [CleanPlateCharlie]Checking out a mercado de las pulgas (flea market) in Bogotá, Colombia, and eating from the food stalls. [BrickellLife]Video: How…
New Year’s Eve is not only a full moon but also a blue moon. A blue moon is an extra-full moon. We had one December 2, and that occurs only once every few years from the accumulation of the calendar year’s excess days against the lunar cycle.The Ritz-Carlton South Beach will host a…
What it is: As we say, some sorta shrimp dish.But where it at? Seafood shack? Tourist trap? Italian place in Kendall? If you guess it right, we’ll let you know in the comments section. If not, the answer will come at the end of the week…
All right, Mr. and Ms. Restaurant Owner, repeat after me:This coming year, I resolve to…1. Train the hosts greeting guests at my establishment to exhibit fewer teeth and more intelligence.2. Read at least one national food magazine per month in order to keep abreast of what’s going on in the…
One time, we spent an excruciating 45 minutes at a family dinner thinking a tapeworm was chewing up our insides. Turns out we just had a mean case of heartburn.Maybe Urban Meyer has the same problem.Saturday, the University of Florida’s Gators football team’s head coach resigned from the football program…
Happy Holidays from Miami-Dade County. Check out our Christmas tree. Down south in the Redland, fields of papaya trees are bearing fruit. We shot this picture yesterday on the side of Quail Roost Drive.Papaya, or la fruta bomba, as it is sometimes known, is a fruit grown in tropical climates…
It’s noche buena. Many of us are getting ready for lechon, family and good times. And what best than a good brew to go along with it as an alternative to the customary wine? Here are six winter beers you can enjoy tonight. We found these at Sunset Corners (8701…
An exceedingly short clip from next weeks’ Cafe review, which will be an overview of Miami dining, 2009:Michelle Bernstein added the Omphoy in Palm Beach, Doug Rodriguez doubled his pleasure with D. Rodriguez Cuba at the Hotel Astor, and Jonathan Eismann quadrupled his on the western fringe of the Design…
There are a lot of stupid niche markets that get exploited by crafty entrepreneurs come holiday season, but maybe the stupidest one we’ve seen yet is for foodie Christmas ornaments. They’re not cute, or funny, and we don’t know what kind of inbred, backwater, shit hole town you grew up…
“Tonight, tonight, tonight, oh oh.”That’s right ladies and gents, but we’re not talking about a crappy Genesis song. We’re talking about Noche Buena, and it’s tonight.So, what is Noche Buena?Well it is a type of Mexican beer, it means good night in Spanish, and in Spain, the Philippines, Cuba, and…
Talavera Cocina Mexicana in Coral Gables keeps it real
From a press release sent at 10:13:Casual and fine dining styles used to be mutually exclusive. That’s changed with the opening of Il Grissino, the charming new 70-seat Italian restaurant at 127 Giralda Avenue, in Coral Gables . The restaurant features simple good cooking, using the freshest whole foods available,…
We here at Short Order would like to thank the marketing geniuses over at Carl’s Jr. for bringing us video of Kim Kardashian getting in a bath naked after a tossed salad.She really seemed to like it. The juice was practically running down her chin. This may be the best…
