Kobe Club Not Cooked After All

We just received word from Terry Zarikian, Director of Product Development for China Grill Management, that Kobe Club Miami’s closing is only temporary — the steak house will reopen at the beginning of August. Why the confusion? “The New York Times misreported the closing of Kobe Club Miami by omitting…

Tap Tap vs. Delano for Best Mojito

Not to say that New Times invented surveys, prizes, or calling stuff the best, but NBCmiami.com’s “Golden Local” awards are obviously a blatant rip off of our legally trademarked annual “Best Of Miami” awards.That being said, NBCmiami.com has done a nice job in taking their readers poll to web 2.0…

Norman Van Aken On Twitter

Norman Van Aken is a culinary legend. Check his stats in our archive.Including this blog post, his name has appeared 149 times in New Times since 1990, when the archives start. Ever heard of New World Cuisine, “The Mango Gang,” a Mano, or Norman’s? Van Aken is that dude. He left…

Dine Out; End Multinational Scourge

Postpone that TV dinner you had planned for this evening–it’s time to call and make reservations at your favorite upscale restaurant.Tonight is “Dine Out and Save Lives” night, sponsored by Care Resource, South Florida’s largest and oldest HIV/AIDS community health provider. Here’s how it works: go to their website, click…

Bobby Flay Says El Rey De Las Fritas Makes Best Burger In Florida

On May 5th, Food Network Magazine will hit newsstands with a feature declaring Miami’s own El Rey De Las Fritas as maker of the best hamburger in Florida; and that’s according to celebrity chef Bobby Flay (and food critics across the country).In a recent Short Order interview with Miami’s resident…

WANTED: Recipes From Local Families

If you have a cool family recipe — preferably South Florida-ethnic-centric — and a JPEG photo to go along with it, we would like to share it with the hungering world. It’s gotta be an original, passed-down recipe, not something you’ve scooped from a cookbook or website. And it should…

Michy’s Croquetas Recipe? You Ask, We Fetch

More and more folks are supposedly cooking at home these days, so the next best thing to starting dinner at Michy’s with blue cheese-and-Jamón Serrano croquetas is to start dinner at home with your own homemade version. Not that we’ve asked Michelle for the recipe yet, but you can ask…

WANTED:Recipes From Local Chefs

We mean a great recipe from a great chef (and you know who you are). We mean a recipe for a dish currently being served in a reputable (but not necessarily expensive) local restaurant. We mean a recipe accompanied by a JPEG photo of the completed course. These recipes will…

Mamma MIA! Another Gargantuan Dining/Entertainment Complex Coming Downtown

MIA at Biscayne, a 14,000-square-foot dining and entertainment venue, is slated to open at the corner of Flagler and the namesake boulevard this coming summer.  Executive Chef Gerdy Rodriguez, who you might remember from another gargantuan downtown dining and entertainment venue (Karu & Y), is in charge of producing “reinvented…

The Omni Area, Not Just For Crackheads Anymore

Ever ridden your bike north on Biscayne Boulevard at midnight and wondered what that place around 18th Street was doing that had all those people sitting outside eating, drinking, smiling and looking like they were having a good time? I have. I almost ran one of them over, so much…

Big Trouble In Little Midtown

Menu Pages South Florida is reporting that a new Mexican joint is slated to open in Midtown later this year. “Mercadito, a popular upscale Mexican restaurant in New York, is coming to Midtown Miami sometime this winter.”The report doesn’t make clear whether it means Midtown as a general geographical area,…

Kobe Club To Close

As just reported by Carolina Bolado on South Florida Menu Pages, Kobe Club is shutting its doors this coming Friday, May 1 — just one week after the New York branch did likewise. Will this turn out to be just the first pinprick in the South Beach steak house bubble?…

Smoke, Drink (For Free) and Chill (Tonight) at Area 31

Area 31 at the Epic Hotel makes you feel rich and powerful, like you’re at the top of the world, even if you’re only 16 floors up. Our beautiful skyline, infinity poolside chillin’, a cool breeze, ships chugging along the Miami River — it’s a scenic place, and perfect for a…

Hate Cancer? Winers Welcome, Free Drinks Tonight

Some people say as little as one glass of wine a day increases womens risk of getting cancer. Others still find that the same behavior actually reduces the risk. Alls I know is that thinking about phytochemicals and anti-oxidants is making me thirsty. Nothing like free drinks to kick start…

Miami Spice Is Getting Annoying

Miami Spice started as a discount deal that was meant to promote dining out during the traditionally sluggish month of August. Then it was officially lengthened through September, and the following year restaurateurs unofficially jumped the gun and started the program in July. This year there were winter Spice programs…

Cacao And Symphony…

…is the next best thing to tea and sympathy. This Friday, May 1st, The Miami Symphony will be performing at the Guzman Concert Hall at the University of Miami at 8:00 p.m. After the event, a Symphonic Celebration takes place at Cacao Restaurant from 10:30 p.m. to midnight. Miami Symphony…

Temple Beth Sholom Hosts Anti-Slavery Benefit on Cinco De Mayo

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers is an internationally recognized farmworker organization. Members fight the human rights violations commonplace in the fields where many of them work. They represent tomato pickers in the fields of Immokalee, where a vast amount of America’s tomatoes get picked. The CIW is raising money for the…

Free Chipotle Burritos: Just Read This Post and Leave a Comment

Rejoice! Chipotle Mexican Grill and its legendary gourmet burritos are coming to Miami Lakes. The chain is opening a new location at 8000 NW 154th St. and to celebrate they’re handing out FREE burritos from 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 29th.The company is dedicated to producing “food with…

Mothers Day Restaurant Roundup Part I

Mothers Day is on Sunday, May 10th, Are you ready? Do you care? Will you go out to eat? Short Order is here to give you the opportunity to plan ahead by surveying various restaurants around town.We recently dialed up some numbers out of our extensive restaurant database to divine Mothers Day…

Sunday Bloody Sunday at 8 oz. Burger Bar

A bloody good deal this is: From 11:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sundays, guests at 8 oz. Burger Bar can partake of unlimited Bloody Mary drinks for $20 per person. Best part:You customize it any bloody way you want. The base of the 8 oz. drink can be a…

The Forge Closes Temporarily – Thanks for the Memories

Legendary Miami Beach restaurant The Forge is closed for renovations and should be open again sometime between October and December.The Herald reports that owner Shareef Malnik didn’t bother to give most of his 100 employees any advance notice that he was ganking the job from under their feet. If true,…