Essensia Restaurant & Lounge at The Palms Hotel & Spa (3025 Collins Ave., South Beach) will be making its debut this Mother’s Day, May 10th, with a holiday brunch. The Palms’ executive chef Gerd Richter has created a menu of “nourishing gourmet cuisine” that according to Maria Bond, Director of…
If food really is the new sex, then sushi is the new foreplay. And Zushi Flirt is the new cathouse. The SoBe outpost of the suburban New Jersey original debuted in the airy, gauzy breezeway of the Z Ocean, née Regent, Hotel, a space previously the outdoors-ish area of Table…
Kendall may not be known as a culinary mecca, but we know a lot of Miami lives out there, and y’all have a passion for eating.So it is with great pleasure that we present you with the opportunity to get a free appetizer at Romano’s Macaroni Grill (12100 SW 88th…
Michael Gilligan has left his executive chef position at Atrio/Level 25 at the Conrad Hotel to become executive chef at the W Hotel in South Beach. Besides managing culinary affairs for the property in general, Gilligan will be overseeing Solea, the condo hotel restaurant described as “Mediterranean with strong Spanish…
Jaguar Ceviche Spoon Bar & LatAm Grill in Coconut Grove is a happening spot next to Coco Walk. Short Order went Behind The Line during last Thursday night’s Recession Decompression featuring a $20 food and drink deal. Customers were treated to 3 drinks (beer, wine or cocktail) and a new…
We here at Short Order are committed to giving you the fullest picture possible of all things Miami food. With that in mind here are some interesting food-related items floating round the blogosphere.- The Faux Foodie Girl falls in love with Il Gabbiano while on a dining divas eatscapade.- The…
You might have noticed the recent absence of our Broward-Palm Beach food writers. Or not. Point is, the staff of our sister paper has spun off into a captivating food blog of their own called Clean Cup Chuckie — or something clever like that. Check it out for the latest in…
Screwtop, space bag, jug, drum, or classic, however you drink your wine, the Magic City had it last week. It must be in season because there’s more where that came from. When the streets run red with vino will you run and hide or raise your glass and drink? Imbibe…
May first is the date set for the debut of Quattro Gastronomia Italiana’s Sosta Pizzeria (1025 Lincoln Road, Miami, 305-722-5454). Sosta means “a quick stop”, which is all it should take for a taste of pizza meister Carmine Leocata’s Neapolitan and Roman-style pies. The pizza toppings will be numerous and…
(Editors Note: Lauren “Lolo” Reskin, Sweat Records owner, promoter, and all-around cool lady, will occasionally contribnute columns to Riptide about veggie eating in the big city. For more detail, see her blog meatlessmiami.com.) Vegans and vegetarians are alive and well and living in Miami. It may be shocking to read…
The heat and rain are picking up. There are high pressure systems circulating, and cross currents in the waters. Enjoy this transition period before June 1st hits and hurricane season starts. Saturday, May 2, go to the Cinco De MiMo festival, featuring the Taste of MiMo, where 13 restaurants will…
…Saves Business. So reads the tag for a very short-story-pitch from Por Fin regarding its new $19.50 power lunch special. The promo for the Spanish restaurant in Coral Gables goes like this: Ad man about to lose account. Client sips fruity wine and bites into bikini ‘de luxe’ sandwich…
The Fontainebleau’s heralded Hakkasan opening perhaps overhadowed another of the hotel’s newly debuted eateries, La Côte. Inspired by the Côte d’Azur (as opposed to the Côte d’Jersey), this seaside beach club and restaurant (with open-air second level) offers guests “the flavorful cuisine of the French Riviera” — plus a DJ…
Asia de Cuba Wows in South Beach
“Wine education” sounds so much better than “wine guzzling,” don’t you agree? But whether you want to educate your taste buds or just give them a high-quality buzz, local wine maven Barry Albert can help with his weekly wine tastings at Angelo & Maxie’s Steakhouse in the Mayfair Hotel &…
Metro Bistro is the new and 13th addition to the MiMo District’s restaurant row on Biscayne Boulevard between about 50th and 77th streets. Bistro is a new restaurant at a familiar location, the Karma Car Wash compound, next door to Dogma. The menu is “all organic,” and the yelp response…
Deli Lane is a South Miami landmark with a couple of Best of Miami awards under its belt. They have a clean website (a lot of restaurant websites are flash heavy abominations) and are on twitter “Great weather for sitting outside and having a great meal with a Bloody Mary,…
Part of Short Order’s mission statement is to expose as many free culinary opportunities as possible. Sometimes we find out at the last minute, so tune in every day and see what deals we got for ya.This just in: Every Friday at Manny’s Steakhouse (300 S Biscayne Blvd.) in downtown…
As Gail Shepherd at Short Order’s Broward doppelganger blog, Clean Plate Charlie, points out, 4 of the top 8 restaurants in S. Pellegrino’s recent ranking of the top 100 restaurants in the world were from Spain.None were from Florida. Even fewer from Miami. But Coconut Grove’s Ideas Restaurant is bringing…
Kimberly Miller and Parisian-born Alain Pizzutti are the proud owners of the newly opened BOCCA Ristorante Italiano on Northeast 123rd Street, one block West of Biscayne Boulevard in North Miami (305-891-4899). The “classic Italian” cuisine includes pastas that range from $10 to $16, with most fish and meat entrees under…
The internet would have you believe print media’s already dead, but soon as the power goes out, all those nerds start reaching for the newspaper. I grabbed a copy of Coffee News while eating a Supremo sandwich at Lemoni Cafe, and found this news item that’s pretty cool and doesn’t…
Twitter intercept from ZeusOfOlympus – @Bacchus. Babylon is crumbling down. Report to Miami ASAP! Bring wine.It’s official. Miami may not grow grapes, but we like drinking em. Check out these upcoming winecentric events and give it up for that purple stuff…
