WINNERS:P. Richard Brumm, executive sous chef at La Gorce Country Club in Miami Beach, won the American Culinary Federation’s Southeast Region Chef of the Year Award in Charlotte this past weekend. He will now represent the South at the ACF national competition in Orlando (July 11th to 14th).A team of…
The new Chick-N-Grill in Miami Lakes (15356 NW 79th Ct.) is the first restaurant in Miami to obtain a Green certification. The certifying oganization is the Green Restaurant Association, based in Boston, which advocates for environmental sustainability by promoting eco-friendly food service industry practices.The landmark will be celebrated on Earth…
Aging cover band? Check. Blue Collar Betties dancing to “Hit Me With Your Best Shot?” Check. Guys in Hawaiian Shirts chugging Bud Light? Check, check. Said guys in Hawaiian shirts hitting on Blue Collar Betties? Check again. Spicy chicken wings on a table somewhere? Check. Two for one drink specials?…
Klime Kovaceski is from Macedonia, not Miami, but during his years as owner of Crystal Cafe (which was on 41st Street in Miami Beach), the personable chef was adopted as a native son by a large and fiercely loyal local clientele. These former patrons will knowingly smile when they hear…
Barry Gump is a wine EXPERT. He spent 30 years as a chemistry and enology (basically wineology) professor at California State University but now teaches as the “Harvey R. Chaplin Eminent Scholar’s Chair in Beverage Management at Florida International University’s School of Hospitality and Tourism Management.” He’s curently teaching a…
Miami Beach’s Chesterfield Hotel is a great place to drink a free drink or five. Why? Because it’s free, dumbass. It would be a good place if it were a parking lot in Homestead. The deal is this: Every day from 7 to 8 p.m., the bar serves free vodka, rum,…
Hakkasan, a Michelin-starred Chinese restaurant with locations in London and Istanbul, held quite an opening bash Saturday night at the Fontainebleau. Three quick impressions:1. The decor, much like the Hakkasan in London, is exotic, romantic, stunning — long, creatively lighted bar and a series of small dining sections illuminated by…
Lime Fresh Mexican Grill is officially open for business in Midtown (on the corner of Buena Vista Avenue and NE 34th Street, in Miami, just south of the Target and one block east of North Miami Avenue). Last Thursday’s grand-opening festivities included a free taco bar, complimentary hors d’oeurves, free…
TONIGHT: And every Monday night, DeVito’s South Beach is offering 50 percent off all bottles of wine under $200. That’s a solid deal. 305-531-0911.Blue Door at Delano will host a Joseph Phelps wine dinner starting at 7 p.m. The five-course meal features entrees such as banana-roasted lobster and rack of…
Thoughts from all over: -Saturday is the 12th Annual New Times Original Beerfest, in case all the fanfare has eluded you. Show up at 7 p.m. with $25 in hand (or buy tix in advance now – highly recommended), and you’ll be rewarded with four hours of non-stop beer sampling,…
A smorgasbord is a Swedish buffet. Life is the same. Hit the table hard, eat like you mean it, then get up and do it again. We at Short Order are here to help you take advantage of as many culinary opportunities as we can. Whether you’re an opportunist, utilitarian,…
Tonight, from 7 to 9:30 p.m., Angelo & Maxie’s Steakhouse in Coconut Grove will offer a winetasting accompanied by artisanal cheeses and snacks — just $15 per person. A post-tasting menu is offered for $30. 305-445-8177. This coming Monday, April 20, Blue Door at Delano will host a Joseph…
Just catching up on my reading here, and boy is it depressing. An April 10 expose in Salon has embroiled the CDC in a cover-up scandal about lead-tainted water in Washington D.C. Our august Center for Disease Control published studies in 2004 that reassured worried parents and health officials about…
A couple of weeks ago we were musing about hot old chefs, and we wondered aloud where the hell Norman Van Aken had got to. I’m a bit late with this news, being way up here in Broward, but it turns out the Norman has returned at last to stage…
Not the Same As It Ever Was We once loved chic Maison Carlos for its nostalgic take on Italian and French “Continental” cuisine; the menu felt like a ’60s throwback plunked down in the middle of Clematis Street, from the oysters Rockefeller and vichyssoise to the soupe a l’ognion and…
Every day he has the blues, and a hundred and some-odd days from now he’ll be bringing them to CityPlace. “He” is Riley B. King, aka Beale Street Blues Boy, aka Blues Boy King, aka B.B. King, and the fourth of his B.B. King’s Blues Clubs is slated to occupy…
Although Short Order is the only food blog you really need to read daily, some people just can’t get enough. Here are some highlights of other local food blogs:Eating Around South Florida focuses a little more on fast food and big chains, but it’s a good place to check out…
On April 23rd more than 30 wineries from all of Portugal’s main wine regions will converge on Miami. You may not know that Portugal has about 500 native kinds of grapes, or that Lusitania, an ancient Roman province in present-day Portugal, may have been named for Luso, son/companion of Bacchus,…
Unrepentant beer drinkers, rejoice! Each week, Short Order will select one craft or import beer and give you the lowdown on it: How does it taste? What should you drink it with? Where can you find it? But mostly, it’s all about the love of the brew. If you have…
It’s Thursday folks, like to drink? It’s a good day to start. Here are some places to do it around the city: Ortanique on the Mile – 278 Miracle Mile – Coral Gables 305.446.7710 – website Thursday Ultra Hours with Free Champagne tasting 5:30 p.m. till the bubbles run dry.Daily…
Two Chefs is a South Miami culinary mecca. They’ve been plating their innovations in contemporary American cooking for 15 years and are known for having some of the best souffles in town. Sous Chef Jose Guerrero leads a cooking class of up to ten people once a week on Saturdays. Two…
Who said this? “I was the first one ever showed movies in a restaurant – we played The Godfather at my father’s restaurant, Anton’s, and this was back when you had to rent those big VCRs – I went and got the machine, I set it up in the bar,…
