Restaurants

As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…

A whole, fried yellowtail snapper, hooked from local waters, came posed on the plate as though battered and flash-fried while swimming, like something found at Mount Vesuvius. The white flakes of snapper sounded nothing but pristine, oceanic notes and were accompanied by three fluffy tostones. We also liked a thick,…

As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…

One of the stars of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, Katie Lee is heading to Miami in two weeks to start whipping up some of her signature Southern-flavored recipes. The gorgeous cookbook author (she has two tomes out) and former wife of crooner Billy Joel, Katie Lee is…

We get a lot of credit for being a Latin stronghold, but as most who’ve been here (and left South Beach) know, the MIA is truly a Caribbean gateway, and Jamaican food is all over Miami. Only eat jerk chicken once a year at the Bob Marley Festival? Bumbaclot foodie!Check…

D. Rodriguez Cuba opens at Hotel Astor

As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…

As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…

Bubbles ‘N Ice (3061 NE 163rd Street) in North Miami Beach is opening soon, and that means plenty of premium Bubble Tea, Philly style Italian ice, and more combinations thereof than you can shake a widemouth straw at.Bubble Tea first hit the streets of Taiwan in the 80’s, and it’s…

If you thought it was too late to score tickets to the delicious South Beach Wine & Food Festival, think again. Several marquee events still have room for all the foodies out there. Most exciting is the fact that there are general admission tickets for the Perrier-Jouet BubbleQ for sale…

This is wet-nap food. You know, the kind best consumed bent over so the juices don’t Jackson Pollock your pants. You eat it with your hands, because it tastes better that way, and you relish licking every last drop of sauce from your fingers.Midtown’s Sakaya Kitchen provides wet naps next to…

“Why use oil if you’re using Serrano ham?” asks chef Jonathan Wright. He’s referring to taking advantage of the natural fat of what many foodies consider the finest ham in the world, and that philosophy extends to all the dishes at the Grill, where the best ingredients are flown in for use…

Hello, evil tooth-rotting, sugar-bombing, heart-starving, blood-sludging, junkie-making, fat-promoting, cancer-juicing, world-dominating multinational corporation. Thanks for this excellent Simpsons Super Bowl advertisement. Just kidding, Coke. We love ya.We used to be billionaires too. Then, one day, the bank showed up and seized all of our assets. No more mansion. No more Learjet…

As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…

Ah, Marc Vidal. The very mention of his name makes us locals drool for his Spanish-style creations. If you became a member of the Vidal fan club after tasting his famous fried eggs with potato crisps and Serrano ham at Por Fin, fret no more–he’s been executive chef at Solea…

The ultimate Who Dat, Emeril Lagasse is in Miami Beach for Super Bowl weekend to cheer on his hometown Saints, whip up New Orleans-themed snacks at his eponymous restaurant and hang out with famous friends like Mario Batali and Archie Manning. His eatery, Emeril’s Miami Beach, has turned into the…

According to the PR rep, Badrutt’s wasn’t attracting enough of a moneymaking crowd in the wee hours so they gave it a new name — JB Kitchen & Bar — changed over the concept, gave it a facelift, and brought in two chefs. Yep, two: one Peruvian and one classic…

As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…

A taste of next week’s Cafe Review:Rodriguez’ ceviches were once seen as radical departures from the lime/onion/cilantro norm. Nowadays you’re as likely to encounter a creamed herring ceviche with bagel croutons as you are a traditional rendition, but D-Rod remains the master of marinated raw fish (and credit to executive…

As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…

Mandolin Aegean Bistro brings Greek to Miami

As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…