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…
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…
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…
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…
The Miami Cat Killer sliced, diced, chopped, skinned, and gutted his way to infamy, but the outpouring of pet sympathy it sparked proves one thing, people love animals.The Pet Postcard Project gives you the opportunity to prove it. For every postcard you make and send in using a picture of…
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…
Malka Espinel started working with pastries at Grove Isle, back in the day when Mark Militello was running the restaurant there. The Colombian-born chef went on to work at a couple of other notable spots (such as 1220 at The Tides) and then teamed with Johnny Vinczencz at his original…
EVOS has signed an agreement with Foodies Miami Inc.(headed up by Roland Rafuls and Rosana Emanuelli) for three franchise locations to be opened in South Florida “by early 2011”. Which begs the question: What is EVOS? According to the release:EVOS offers a full menu of burgers, fries, and shakes that…
An evening at Morton’s Steakhouse means that you’ll be plied with luxe cuts of meats begging to be dipped in a creamy bernaise, tangy A-1, or served up plain and simple, showcasing the cow in its purest form. But if an evening at Morton’s Steakhouse means that you can’t pay…
Like free booze? Wanna learn how to make a Bacardi Mojito? Guess what Miami? Bacardi has teamed up with South Florida’s own Borrow A Bartender to provide your next party of 40 or more people with 2 hours of free interactive bar service including free Bacardi Superior, Limon, and Raz,…
Robert Is Here fruit stand has stood at the same location since 1960 and is a South Dade landmark. The place got its name from the sign a 6 year old Robert used to get folk’s attention back when he started with a box of his dad’s cucumbers and a…
It starts with one innocent dunk. You select a tasty victim from the basket of assorted toasted pita chips, fried green plantains and blue corn chips on the table and go in for the kill. Scooping up just enough salsa to coat half of the delivery vehicle, you’re like a…
Before the advent of the internet ocean creatures played cards shell to shell. Now they battle it out online. This weekend blog watch brought to you courtesy of superconnectivity. Be sure to inlude hand crank web access in your hurricane preparedness kit. Here’s some weekend data that flowed across the…
Mr. Chow Miami will be opening at the W Hotel South Beach this August. Mr. Chow is of course Mr. Michael Chow, famed restaurateur/actor/interior designer — not to be confused with Philippe Chow, famed chef/restaurateur who used to be famed chef at Mr. Chow and then split off to do…
Move over Les Halles, brasserie Au Pied de Cochon is now serving up a taste of the old world, south of 5th Street. The restaurant dates back 60 years to its original location in the Les Halles district of Paris, unlike that area’s eponymous, Bourdain-adorned chain which you may be…
Kourtney Kardashian is “discovering Miami,” so it was only a matter of time before she stumbled upon La Sandwicherie, one of our long time SoBe sandwich-peddling faves.”I always get the same thing… proscuitto and fresh mozzarella on a french baguette with lettuce, french pickles, mayo and their special dressing… it…
This week marks the release of the Miami New Times Best Of Miami 2009. Thanks to the powers of the global information super highway you can actually leave your opinion in the form of a comment on each and every entry. Short Order encourages any and all feedback, humor a…
BLT Steak Miami Beach takes Chef Laurent Tourondel’s formula for success and applies it to Dade County. Read Lee Klein’s New Times review of the joint here and Victoria Pesce Elliot’s Miami Herald review here.BLT Steak Miami Beach’s Chef De Cuisine Sam Gorenstein says “I was born in Colombia and…
Don Slesnick from Miami New Times on Vimeo Don Slesnick, The Slesmeister, El Slesarino, The Slesinator, Slesny Snipes, Slesley Nielsen, whatever way you chop it up, Mayor Don Slesnick of Coral Gables is an alright dude. In the following video he tells Short Order he cannot legalize marijuana, talks Zinfandel,…
Ask and you shall receive. Norman Van Aken is up in Orlando hanging with his Ritz Carlton crew, and hit up the Twitter about some insane twist on Banh Mi causing a stir with guests… I fell in love at first bite when I was introduced to these french baguette…
“When comparing Yard House with all of the more than 7,500 entities with active business licenses in Coral Gables, Yard House has the 14th largest employee count,” says Jessica Wotherspoon, business development specialist for the City of Coral Gables. “When comparing Yard House within the restaurant category alone, it ranks…
They’re taking over Miami, one lime-cured corvina morsel at a time. You know what I’m referring to… The dish of the moment is ceviche! We are a town obsessed with piles of lipsmacking, citrus-cured seafood goodness. Even if a restaurant isn’t traditional Peruvian, they’ve got at least one ceviche on…
