Panchero’s Mexican Grill is marking its first anniversary this coming Tuesday, February 8, by offering hefty beef, pork, chicken, or vegetable burritos for $2 all day long (a usual $5.95 offer). Pachero’s claim to fame — or at least claim to being superior to some other Mex chains — are…
Born in Miami to Cuban parents, Chef Andrea Sans Araiza left the city years ago to study pastry at the French Culinary Institute. The Fates must’ve been pacified, for right out of school she got a job working for Bobby Flay in both of his New York restaurants. Then she…
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. 98…
Yesterday we introduced you to the co-owners of the new Route 9 restaurant in Coral Gables, Jeremy and Paola Goldberg. The place promises a new, more casual and independent spirit in a neighborhood that has lately been dominated by chains and big bills. You can click read more about the…
Doug Rodriguez is Miami’s local boy who made good. During his heyday, he pioneered nuevo Latino cuisine at YUCA in Coral Gables (1989); operated the hugely successful Patria along with other hit venues in New York (1994); and won all sorts of recognition. He was even named one of Newsweek’s…
Coral Gables residents with chain restaurant fatigue will be heartened by a new establishment on the block (though off the Mile): Route 9, set to open February 20. Located just down Ponce de Leon Boulevard, near Coral Gables Elementary, the 50ish-seat spot is a cozy labor of love (literally) that…
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. 99…
”It’s the first one in America,” says Alexander Hiller, Director of 100 Montaditos, which just opened this past Friday in midtown Miami (just across from Hurricane Grill & Wings). There are some 200 locations worldwide (in France, Mexico, Portugal, and, mostly, in hometown Spain), so these are no rookie operators…
We’ve been on the Sweetness Bakeshop trail for the past couple of weeks, since we discovered their awesome custom cakes and took a look at the rest of their store offerings. Cupcakes remain the most popular item at the shop — especially because owner Stephanie Perez-Diaz and her partners keep…
As further proof that 2012 may indeed bring an apocalypse, the current crop of reality TV offerings not only offers warring shows about pawn hockers, hoarders, and trash-sifters, but now, also, abandoned storage container bidders. If you work at home or stay up too late, you may already be familiar…
photo by billwisserphoto.com Remember the street food court that was supposed to launch on Biscayne Boulevard and 81st Street a few weeks ago? Yeah, well it didn’t happen then. The trucks ended up relocating for that day and we didn’t hear much more about it. Until now. The gathering…
There’s good news today for those in Miami drooling over moving munchies. The Biscayne Triangle Truck Round-up is back on this week with a new location at the parking lot of American Legion Post #29 (6445 NE 7th Avenue, Miami). After moving from the former NE 109th and Biscayne Boulevard location…
More food truck mania on the web! (Don’t expect it to stop any time soon.) So, what to do if, even though you’re following all your favorite trucks on Twitter, you don’t get to stay logged in all day for the scoop? How about a website that conveniently lists the…
It seems like the notable restaurant openings in Miami slowed down a bit after Art Basel passed. But there were still quite a few places to start off the year. Below are the restaurant openings and closings for January 2011 (or earlier and not included in our December round-up).OpeningsBacklot Wine…
This is the first dish in a countdown to New Times’ Best of Miami 2011. From now until June, Short Order will be serving 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.100. Dumplings…
What portion of the planet makes better breakfasts than the American South? None. And how many American Southern restaurants are there in Miami? At least one that we know of: The First & First Southern Baking Company. And does Ray Hicks, owner of First & First do Southern breakfasts proud?…
Friday we chatted with Vino e Olio’s executive chef Andrea Menichetti and his two-Michelin Star-rated chef/mama. If you missed it, click here. We’ll be awaiting your return. Promise.So who’s the most famous celebrity you’ve ever cooked for?Andrea Bocelli. He’s the one most internationally known. A lot [of celebrities] in Italy.What…
Over 20,000 runners will take to Miami’s streets this Sunday for the ING Miami Marathon and Half Marathon. Running a marathon is no easy feat – it requires months of training, mental and physical endurance and a lot of energy. Since the human body really wasn’t meant to run 26.2…
While food trucks get all the shine on the local affordable-dining scene, it’s easy to forget that some of them are offshoots of actual brick-and-mortar establishments! Case in point: Sugar Rush Miami, the city’s first baked-goods truck. The truck wows with so-bad-for-you-they’re-good concoctions like deep-fried cupcakes and super-thick milkshakes. But…
Looking for somewhere to go on Chinese New Year? Ring in the Year of the Rabbit at one of these Miami restaurants. Celebrations begin on February 2. Café Sambal at the Mandarin Oriental Lion dance performances and Asian art in the café’s outdoor terrace are part of this celebration. The restaurant…
When we heard Vino e Olio’s executive chef Andrea Menichetti would be cooking with his two-Michelin Star-rated chef mama this past week, we couldn’t resist heading in for an interview. While it’s true the restaurant has been getting some tough press recently, his mother, two-Michelin Star-rated chef Valeria Piccini, wasn’t…
The 1st Avenue Bistro & Bakery has been around since 2008 downtown near the courthouse. It is owned and operated by a French couple who opened their first restaurant, Les Trois Petits Bergers, in Izeaux, France, in 1989. They also had a second establishment in Nice called Le Capitole. Their…
