Chef Piyarat Arreeratn, better known throughout Miami as Chef Bee, is opening a restaurant in South Beach. NaiYaRa will specialize in the Asian street food that captured his heart growing up along the Mekong river in Thailand. The restaurant, located in the Sunset Harbour neighborhood of South Beach, will not…
Norman Van Aken is one of the most celebrated chefs in Miami, but before he found his calling in the kitchen, he sold flowers in Hawaii, traveled the country as a carnival worker, and painted houses. His new book, No Experience Necessary, tells the type of tale that foodies gobble…
Of all the bartenders on South Beach, Angelo Vieira is by far the most serious. It’s a Friday night, and he’s sloshing and rattling steel shakers filled with gin, lemon juice, crème de violet, and maraschino liqueur. To prepare a drink, he wields jiggers, strainers, bar spoons, and funny-shaped ice…
Tomorrow afternoon, two rivals in the fast food world will get together for one day in a battle that pits greedy corporate giants against the workers of America. For one day only, Ronald McDonald and Burger King will team up in a rap battle against two of their own employees…
When is the best time to open an art museum in Miami? Basel, of course. So it makes perfect sense that today is the grand opening for the Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM). But it’s not all art and games — there’s food, too. Starr Restaurants and Events, the folks…
Chef Jeremiah Bullfrog thinks Miami needs good subs…and he’s doing something about it. The GastroPod owner has opened Subatomic Sandwiches, a “throwback” sub shop located inside the Wolfsonian-FIU museum’s gift shop space on the first floor. The shop is in a soft opening phase for Art Basel, serving sandwiches and…
Not long ago, I set foot in my first and last Smoothie King. At the time, I was a smoothie-making fiend in my own home, gulping down bags of expensive organic frozen berries like flappers guzzled bathtub gin. So I was psyched when I walked through the door of this…
Not all Miamians are in on the secret that is Sushi Deli at Japanese Market in North Bay Village, but those who do know about this hidden gem are loyal customers. Some say that Japanese Market makes the best sushi in town. Insiders also know it’s best to order off…
Blackbrick, Richard Hales’ new restaurant, brings Chinese cuisine to midtown this week — just in time for Art Basel. Chef/owner Richard Hales gave us a tour and a taste of things to come, telling Short Order that he hopes to open the restaurant this Thursday, December 5, with a limited…
Celebrity chef Bobby Flay will open his Bobby’s Burger Palace at Dadeland Mall this Friday, December 6, and one Short Order reader will have the opportunity to be the first person to walk through the doors when the restaurant opens — and will be personally greeted by the Food Network…
Even as 2013 winds down, Miami heats up with Art Basel taking over both the beach and the mainland as thousands of people swarm to our city for parties, food, and drinks — all in the name of art. With that, many restaurants are planning pop-ups, while others plan to…
Navigating Whole Foods’ salad bar isn’t always easy. You might overspend and make amateur mistakes, like choosing meat packed with heavy — and costly — bones. Thankfully, KC Healthy Cooking is only a block away from North Miami’s Whole Foods store. The casual restaurant resides on the bottom floor of…
John’s Tacos is popping up in Wynwood for Art Basel. John O’Connell, who takes over the Josh’s Deli space evenings from 6 p.m.-midnight, is bringing his tacos south for Art Basel. O’Connell said that he decided to open a temporary space during Basel because “pop-ups seem to be very fashionable…
Lure Fishbar, the latest New York restaurant to open a SoBe outpost, opens its doors at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel on Monday, December 2. The restaurant is a collaboration between restaurateurs John McDonald and Joshua Pickard, along with Lure Fishbar Chef/Partner Josh Capon. McDonald and Pickard’s New York restaurants…
At Toro Toro, the year-old, pan-Latin restaurant at the Intercontinental Hotel, guests can enjoy a lunch buffet during the week and a bottomless brunch during the weekend. But which option offers a better deal? To find out, Short Order recently visited Toro Toro for both meals. Pictures of the smack…
True Loaf opened in Sunset Harbour in early November, but owner Tomas Strulovic has been developing this bakery for the past three years. “It’s been a long journey,” he says. The Venezuela native lived in Miami before moving to San Francisco, where he studied bread-making at the San Francisco Baking…
We’ve all been there. You just got home from a lousy day at work and you’re still drunk from happy hour. You crash on the couch, switch on some mindless TV show, and then realize: You need cookies. Now. Enter Night Owl Cookie Co. — Miami’s first late-night munchies delivery…
Elvis Presley has his famous peanut butter and banana sandwich, and Elena Ruz has hers. Here’s how the story goes: In the 1930s, Ruz was a young socialite in Cuba. One day, she wandered into Havana’s El Carmelo restaurant and requested a very specific sandwich. She wanted turkey, cream cheese,…
Being an herbivore can be boring, particularly in a less-than-progressive city like Miami. The “vegetarian option” at many establishments is a salad sans chicken or pasta with vegetables. Gag me. But the Federal Food Drink & Provisions — often categorized as a meat-lover’s paradise — is shedding those stereotypes. The…
Since its opening in 2010, Lester’s in Wynwood has been a big part of Miami’s literary scene.
Chef and prolific restaurateur Gaston Acurio is launching La Mar at the Mandarin Oriental in December. The upscale restaurant will feature novo-Andean and Asian-Peruvian cuisines. Diego Oka, formerly of La Mar Cebicheria Peruana in San Francisco, will helm the kitchen. He has worked with Acurio for more than a decade…
Batch Gastropub is preparing for an early December opening, which is good news indeed for partners Kevin Danilo and Jerry Flynn, who have been working on bringing their vision of a true gastropub to Miami for years now. On a recent visit, Danilo and Flynn were putting the finishing touches…
