Last year, Michelle Duncan and boyfriend David Shipman applied for a Pepsi Refresh Grant to make their Oil Spill Kitchen — a truck that would roll through the South feeding those affected by the BP oil spill — a reality. They didn’t get the money, but they didn’t give up…
British soccer stadium Forest Green Rovers Football Club recently instituted a ban on burgers and sausages. Its vegan owner first barred the team’s players from partaking in red meat for “health and performance reasons,” and then extended the policy to patrons as well, reasoning that if the food wasn’t good…
You read right: more mobile Sakaya Kitchen is coming Miami’s way. With the popularity of Dim Ssam a Go Go, Sakaya Kitchen chef/owner Richard Hales already had plans of doing a second food truck. And the opportunity arrived recently when he was approached by Food Cart USA about buying the…
If your sweet tooth is aching again, it’s because you’re sensing the debut of a new food truck, one that will do just the trick to ease the pain. This week, Sugar Yummy Mama enters the blossoming Miami food truck scene, offering high quality cake balls, cupcakes, and shooters to…
Need a last minute box of superb chocolates to complete the trifecta of gifts (roses, chocolate, and jewelry) for Valentine’s Day? Try Schakolad on 41st Street in Miami Beach. Its charming exterior is the work of co-owner Raquel Schachter, who runs the place with her son Eli.Schakolad specializes in European-style…
Until yesterday, there was no single place to go to satisfy food truck cravings on Sunday afternoon. Tobacco Road welcomed three of the most popular mobile meal units to its parking lot and gave Miami a place to recover from Saturday night.Guests wandered inside and out, drinking mojitos and beer…
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. 90…
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. 91…
While everyone’s sucking down greasy maple syrup covered bacon at Sunday brunch a group of people more conscious of the fact that meat is murder gather at Sweat Records for the Waffle Party. This isn’t just your run of the mill waffle party (if there is such a thing), rather,…
The theme at yesterday’s Street Food Fridays at the Arsht Center was Flamenco Friday in honor of the performing art center’s upcoming Flamenco Festival. There was music, flamenco dancers and tables set up as local business people, tourists and locals all enjoyed the food and atmosphere.Eighteen food trucks participated in…
Dinnertime food truck round-ups are awesome for the indecisive among us — especially as they continue to swell in size. Still, the only thing missing from the city’s local food-truck scene is a regular circuit of late-night party munchies. The Electric Pickle-loving Montaco aside, it’s hard to find mobile snacks…
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. 92…
We continue our interview with owner and chef of The Rolling Stove food truck, Troy Thomas. Read part one of the interview here. New Times: How do you choose your locations? Troy Thomas: I wouldn’t even know where to go on my own. I’m like the little brother asking other…
Today is the last day of the contest so you’ll have to be the first to name these two chefs if you want to win a family four-pack of tickets to the South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s Kohl’s Fun and Fit as a Family featuring Kellogg’s Kidz Kitchen. Previous…
What do you get when you cross Miami’s oldest bar with Miami’s newest food trend? A food truck roundup at Tobacco Road this Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m., of course.. The Road, the Magic City’s oldest gin joint, will host its first weekly food truck roundup in the back…
It was a beautiful evening for the Biscayne Triangle Food Truck Roundup, held in the parking lot of American Legion Post #29 off Biscayne and 64th. Food truck lovers spread blankets or dined on small picnic tables, enjoying the bay breeze. 12 Trucks were at the roundup yesterday, including Caza…
Tim Doolittle has recently been announced as the new chef de cuisine at Emeril’s Miami Beach — although he’s been working there since early December. Doolittle started out cooking at some of the finer restaurants of his native Kansas City, including the Beard-winning The American Restaurant. I asked Tim if…
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. 93…
Food truck meet-ups in Miami leave you with a staggering number of choices. Each one is colored in bright hues and has a catchy name or cute mascot. Walk through the line of trucks and you’ll likely pass a standout wrapped in flames, invoking a meal that’s flavorful, meaty and…
The second iteration of Street Food Fridays returns tomorrow to a new, larger location in front of the Arsht Center.Seventeen trucks including the Burger Beast truck — with Shake Shack on board — will participate in the gathering, which The Burger Beast, The Miami Herald and LaLey Enterprises launched in…
Yesterday’s challenge was a tough one, but Cakeartbycolleen guessed it. Congrats! It was Melissa d’Arabian, host of Ten Dollar Dinners with Melissa d’Arabian and champion to cheapskates everywhere. Now you get the Hamilton reference? As in, the guy on a $10 bill? Riiiigggghtt.Okay, now be the first to figure out…
The sandwich cubano is a Miami treasure, gulped down by countless customers every day. Over the years (since 1974), Latin American Cafeteria has been associated with the biggest, baddest rendition in town. But the question has often been: Which is the real Latin American Cafeteria? The answer would be Raul…
