Sparky’s Roadside Barbecue opened a year ago in downtown Miami. Owners Hans Seitz (from Queens, New York), and Kevin Kehoe (from Woodbury, Long Island), had originally talked of doing a barbecue truck, “but Miami specifically says, in its code, ‘no barbecue trucks,'” explains Hans, AKA Sparky. “So I wasn’t going…
The midtown Miami outpost of Tapas y Tintos is scheduled to open today in the former Kafa Cafe location on NE 36th Street and Second Avenue, according to the Española Way flagship. Tapas y Tintos Midtown will serve the same menu as the original South Beach restaurant: more than three…
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. 39…
The University of Florida Emerging Pathogens Institute (EPI) has named the foods commonly responsible for food-related illness.Contrary to what most people think, those huge outbreaks of contaminated spinach or tomatoes aren’t the main problem. “Outbreaks are of course a concern, but most food-borne illnesses that occur are not associated with…
Authentic bagels will finally be available in South Beach starting tomorrow, when The Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. debuts at The Shops at Alton & Fifth in South Beach. The first 50 folks to show up at opening time — 6 a.m. — will receive six free bagels and six bottles…
Another New Yorker attempts to win our hearts and stomachs with the soon to open 5 Napkin Burger, just down the street from Shake Shack on Lincoln Road. With established beach burger faves like Burger & Beer Joint, 8 Oz. Burger Bar and Cheeseburger Baby all nearby, one wonders if…
This weekend, dozens gathered in the 115-year-old Greater Bethel AME Church to witness the talents of locally born and raised gospel musicians.Amy Rosenberg of the Overtown Music Project, organized this beautiful event to support a jazz and blues residency to support a talented young musician from Overtown or Liberty City…
A spicy starter preceding this week’s Cafe review:The thali encompasses a lot of different tastes at an attractive price, and as such provides a solid introductory sampling of menu items for those visiting the restaurant for the first time. That said, if one of the thali dishes really proves alluring,…
Haven Gastro-Lounge opens tonight on the very far west side of Lincoln Road. The 2,000-square-foot, 120-seat space has grey walls, where projectors will change the ambiance of the room from tropical rain forest to mountain terrain at the touch of a button. Guests will enjoy live DJs on state-of-the-art sound…
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. 40…
The Truckers Out West food truck rally is one of the largest, with the number of trucks usually topping out at a mind-boggling 30 or so. Patrons in the thousands arrive at Mother of Christ Church to get their weekly fill of street food and lines up to a dozen…
With a name like Cinco de Drinko at Tobacco Road, you pretty much know what to expect — mucha tequila y cerveza, along with quince food trucks to soak up the booze — just so you can drink some more! The party, which goes from 6 p.m. till midnight, is pulling…
Food trucks are a natural fit for TV — part restaurant and part carnival attraction. Each chef and rolling kitchen has a unique story. As host of Cooking Channel’s Eat Street, the new series that follows the street food craze around the country, James Cunninghan has his work cut out…
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. 41…
John Richards, Miami-Dade culinary chief, talks turkey
World Resource Cafe, the Asian fusion restaurant on Lincoln Road, is another of this week’s restaurant casualties. A call to the popular outdoor cafe, known as much for people watching as its reasonably-priced sushi boats and pad Thai, announced the Lincoln Road location was closed. The message asks people to…
I’m late to the game here because Yelp has already announced the closure, but I want to write a quick requiem for Sara’s, the kosher/vegetarian restaurant on NE 123rd Street in North Miami. I called today and the phone is disconnected and the website is gone. The place had the…
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. 42…
Coconut Grove’s newest addition, Central Beer Garden, will open to the public just in time for Cinco de Mayo celebrations. Along with its sister Sushi Central Lounge the venue is located on the fourth floor of CocoWalk. Boasting more than 60 beers on tap, they will also offer “hearty foods…
While Jim Heins of Latin Burger announced to the world the arrival of his new baby, LB2, Jeremiah Bullfrog was a little more stealthy with his second gastroPod, telling only a few people G2 was in the works. Chef Jeremiah says the G2 is a 1969 Airstream. “A bit smaller,…
The philosophy of the Primal Blueprint, currently one of the most popular semi-low-carb diets — er, sorry, lifestyles — around, makes more intuitive sense than did The Atkins Diet’s unabashed bacon-slinging.The premise? Man’s biological evolution has not caught up with the evolution of the world we live in, so to…
After more than a decade, Joe Allen has closed its Miami Beach doors.Managing partner Mario Rubeo confirmed the news by phone saying that the bottom line was that the restaurant wasn’t “financially feasible” anymore. The restaurant, which also has outposts in New York, Paris and London, opened on Miami Beach…
