Last week, Short Order reported that T.O.W., one of the largest food truck roundups, had been cancelled due to Miami-Dade permitting issues. T.O.W. organizers quickly found a new location for the Friday evening event. Then, at 4:45 p.m. on Friday, just 45 minutes before scheduled food service was to begin,…
After years of driving miles in a hazy, breakfastless rage to get a fix of Dunkin’ Donuts (how can this be the only place that sells hash browns all day?), there’s finally a new store in South Miami to cure us of our hunger-induced troubles.Located on 8099 South Dixie Highway,…
Food truck favorites will gather tonight at the Miami Science Museum to raise funds for the Florida Heart Research Institute. Ten percent of all proceeds from tonight’s rally will benefit the FHRI. The event is part of the Miami Science Museum’s monthly Young Patron Society’s Happy Hour With Substance, which…
Richard Hales is the owner of the popular Sakaya Kitchen, one of the few independently owned joints that make Midtown cool. He took over our palates with intoxicating brussels sprouts, and then helmed the growing food truck movement in Miami.At age 21, after being laid off, the Tampa native knew…
Miami’s best restaurant dishes
Pop some corn, program the DVR, and round up your family because two Miami food trucks are being featured on two back-to-back episodes of Cooking Channel’s Eat Street this week. Tomorrow, June 23, tune in at 10 p.m. for Episode 109, which features Miami’s Yellow Submarine. Other trucks highlighted include Veraci…
New Times’ Best of Miami 2011 is out and, with this item, Short Order is officially done serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305 in random order. After the jump, find our other choices. 1. Corn Masa Quesadillas at MercaditoThey look more like empanadas, but the corn masa…
For the second year in a row, Emerge Miami is taking sweet-toothed cyclists on a saccharine joy ride. On Saturday, July 9th, the 2nd Sweet Treats Ride will take off from the Omni Metro-Mover Station at 10 a.m., stopping at several sweet shops between the Design District and South Beach…
If you’ve been kvetching about the same-old same-old night after night, we hear you. Everyone lapses into food boredom now and then. If eating the same stuff all the time has gotten you down, visit Manila Rice at BTTR tonight for some authentic Filipino cuisine. Truck co-owner Cecile Pangan is…
We told you it was coming, but it took a bit longer than expected. Muscle Maker Grill has officially thrown open the doors at its new Shops at Midtown Miami location. They deliver, they cater, they’ll wrap it to go. This place aims to be the healthiest version of fast-casual…
New Times’ Best of Miami 2011 is out and Short Order is just about done serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305 in random order. After the jump, find our other choices. 2. Torta de Queso de Manchego at SoleaCheesecake made of Manchego? We can barely swallow…
Tudor House, Goffrey Zakarian’s return to South Beach, has opened in the Dream Hotel to much anticipation. The space is open and airy, with a masculine take on Miami Art Deco decor. The gray and brown color palate is accented with chrome, teak, and pictures of Miami circa 1930s. The…
For the second time this week, T.O.W. has been cancelled due to concerns over zoning issues. Therefore, there will be no trucks at Good Shepherd tonight.Short Order got word at 4:45 p.m. that the Palmetto Bay Village Center and St. Brendan High School roundups are still on.A few trucks from…
Mac’n, Miami’s first all-vegan food truck is finally set to roll out tonight. You may recall the Miami New Times reporting back in February that truck hopefuls Francesca Lacuesta and Mark Jennings were trying to raise capital to refurbish their truck through Kickstarter, a way for small businesses to raise…
New Times’ Best of Miami 2011 is out and Short Order is just about done serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305 in random order. After the jump, find our other choices. 3.Black & Blue Burger at Damn Good Burger Miami’s been hit with a rash of…
After working at Azul for six years, Andrew Balick got the opportunity to head the kitchen at Pied a Terre, a small restaurant inside the Cadet Hotel in South Beach. In the first part of the interview, he spoke about why he wants people to try his tasting menu. In…
To celebrate their amazing wins, the Best of Miami food trucks are holding a rally Saturday, June 18 in Wynwood. The invitation-only roster features all the food trucks that won a category in our Miami New Times Best of Miami 2011: The Rising edition and a special guest from our…
Tucked away in the historic Cadet Hotel is Pied a Terre, a charming 30-seat restaurant that quietly opened in March as part of a series of improvements to the hotel, which takes its name from the Air Force cadets that were briefly stationed there in the 1940s. Heading its kitchen…
As we count down to New Times’ Best of Miami 2011 in June, Short Order will serve up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305 in random order. If you have any nominations of your own, please send them to cafe@miaminewtimes.com. After the jump, find our other choices. 4…
For the past month or so, Miami food trucks have been rolling out in relative peace without incident — until now. Ray Delgado, owner of Grill Master Cafe and organizer of T.O.W. (Truckers Out West) at Mother of Christ Church, told Short Order that the weekly roundup is cancelled until…
Miss Saigon Bistro has a dessert menu shrouded in secrecy. The little Vietnamese restaurant located in Coral Gables (there’s also a location in Pinecrest) offers sweet treats that are sure to please.The place’s look is a bit hokey and the service staff didn’t know the dessert menu offerings and pricing…
There are so many places in Miami that go undiscovered when you stick to the same tired old spots — namely the Beach and Coconut Grove. (Can I include the Design District yet?)One area worth exploring is the Dirty South. And one place you must visit is the Pasadita Restaurant…
