Food Inspection Reportage for El Toro Taco in Homestead

This morning in “Death and Tacos” Natalie O’Neill exposed El Toro Taco’s fairly recent 53 food inspection critical violations smorgasbord, but where’s the link to the report, and how have their reports looked in the past?Here’s the link for the past six food inspection reports for routine food inspections conducted…

Festival Food at Fruit And Spice Park

Over the weekend, the Redland Summer Fruit Festival at Fruit & Spice Park offered visitors a bounty of options for edible fulfillment well beyond the usual. Vendors peddled ice cream, Thai food, arepas, and more in an atmosphere that included craft booths and a music tent. Check out some more pictures……

Rosa Mexicano Ice Cream Festival Only Days Away

God it’s hot outside. How hot? So hot the frigid, frostbite-inducing blasts of restaurant air conditioning actually feel good. Now is the perfect time for ice cream — oh no, wait. Sorry. The perfect time for ice cream actually begins next Wednesday, June 24th, which coincidentally coincides with the return…

Meatless in Miami: A Case of Chickenitis B

Once in a while being a vegetarian can be a royal letdown. You espy a lovely bean burrito on a menu, but upon inquiry it turns out that the beans are cooked con puerco and the rice was simmered in chicken stock. Or how about this sumptuous-looking roasted tomato soup? Ahh, the base…

Weekly Wrap Up: The Friday Swelter

Miami’s so hot that pigs sweat bacon grease, Biscayne Bay turns to fish soup, and palm trees hide under each other for shade. Perfect weather for a cold drink, a hot bbq, and some potato salad. Summer pulses through the county with the chaotic friction of all our molecules heating…

Food, Inc. Starts Today

“I gave up the thought of ‘reviewing’ the film and decided to exhort you: SEE IT. BRING YOUR KIDS IF YOU HAVE THEM. BRING SOMEONE ELSE’S IF YOU DON’T. THE SHEER SCALE OF THE MOVIE IS MIND-BLOWING. IT’S THE DOCUMENTARY EQUIVALENT OF ‘THE MATRIX'”–David Edelstein, New York MagazineStarts today at…

Kosher Sushi at Walgreens on Biscayne in Miami?

Walgreens on Biscayne and 31st stocks Kosher Sushi made locally by Sushi Mann Express. But what makes sushi kosher? Short Order set out to investigate.Sushi is famous for its raw fish. Jewish biblical law states that only certain fish are fit for consumption, but unlike meat, their blood is viewed…

Jamaican Me Crazy: Appleton Estate Rum

Jamaica’s orange and vanilla scented Appleton Rum is the taste of smooth sophistication. Coming in on a wave from our friendly neighbors to the south, this sweet brand has flooded Miami hot spots like the Fontainebleau while making frequent trips into the mouth of this thirty Booze Hound, who very…

Los Sabores Del Mercado Venza at Lincoln Road Farmers Market

With a name that roughly translates as “Oye hijodeputa gringo, learn Spanish already,” Los Sabores Del Mercado Venza is a free, bilingual event taking place Sunday, June 28 at the Lincoln Road Farmers Market at Lincoln Road and Euclid Ave.Local Latino/a chefs and chefs who specialize in Latin-style cuisine will…

Who’s Your Daddy? It’s A Foodie Father’s Day Round-Up!

Gentlemen, you may be tempted to beg or borrow, but paleeeease don’t steal children just to get these sa-weet Father’s Day deals.  Ladies who know these gentlemen, don’t say I didn’t warn you…If Daddy is an early riser… MixMyGranolaSupport local granolahead entrepreneurs Andreas, Matt and Raoul, and get your crunchy…

Mi Rinconcito Mexicano and Pepper’s Burrito Grill: Old Mex, New Mex

Among those who take their ethnic restaurants seriously, ambiance, service, and even taste of the food take back seats to how closely the meals hew to authenticity. This zeal for the real deal, however, manifests itself to different degrees according to genre of cuisine. Most foodies won’t fret that smoked…

Giveaway: Appleton Estate 12-Year-Old Jamaican Rum

As part of a whirlwind marketing tour, the excellent people of Appleton Estate stopped by Miami New Times to introduce/reacquaint the staff with their world-renowned Jamaican rum.Short Order was drunk at 11 a.m. It was awesome. To prove how much we value our readership, we are giving away a bottle of…

Key West Key Lime Shoppe Interview With Chef Kermit

Chef Kermit has been running the Key Lime Pie racket in Key West for 17 years. He is a master of self promotion and after he’s done baking pies, which he does every morning from about 6 to 9 am, he does a comedy schtick outside his shop for the…

Nachos and Beer at Tobacco Road for Miami Herald Tweetup

Last night, Miami New Times had a couple beers and ate some nachos at the Miami Herald tweetup at Tobacco Road. A tweetup is where virtual friends, acquaintances, enemies, and nemesi meet up in real life and take pictures of each other to share on the Internet.Short Order didn’t have…

Open Just One Week, It’s Bustling At Puntino Downtown

It could be a sign of desperation for fuss-free neighborhood eats, priced right in the financial district, or merely a coincidence.  Either way, Puntino Downtown was filling to the brim quickly by noon yesterday with a power lunch crowd hungry for a taste of its new “Fine Italian Cuisine.”  In…

Archive Diver – Irish House Pub Miami Beach Ad From 1988

This week Short Order’s Archive Diver brings you a June, 1988 ad for the Irish House Pub at 1430 Alton Road on Miami Beach.For a pub established in 1938 that operated at least 50 years much doesn’t exist in the way of google records. However, Sunpost June 8, 2006 archives…

Drink a Smoothie, Help a Sea Turtle at Jamba Juice Today

It’s a win win, folks.  Show up to Jamba Juice today, purchase a smoothie or other healthful snack, and the company will donate 20 percent of the sale to help ensure the survival of sea turtles.  It’s all in cooperation with the Florida-based Caribbean Conservation Corporation (CCC), the world’s oldest…