Among those who take their ethnic restaurants seriously, ambiance, service, and even taste of the food take back seats to how closely the meals hew to authenticity. This zeal for the real deal, however, manifests itself to different degrees according to genre of cuisine. Most foodies won’t fret that smoked…
It could be a sign of desperation for fuss-free neighborhood eats, priced right in the financial district, or merely a coincidence. Either way, Puntino Downtown was filling to the brim quickly by noon yesterday with a power lunch crowd hungry for a taste of its new “Fine Italian Cuisine.” In…
EVOS has signed an agreement with Foodies Miami Inc.(headed up by Roland Rafuls and Rosana Emanuelli) for three franchise locations to be opened in South Florida “by early 2011”. Which begs the question: What is EVOS? According to the release:EVOS offers a full menu of burgers, fries, and shakes that…
BLT Steak Miami Beach takes Chef Laurent Tourondel’s formula for success and applies it to Dade County. Read Lee Klein’s New Times review of the joint here and Victoria Pesce Elliot’s Miami Herald review here.BLT Steak Miami Beach’s Chef De Cuisine Sam Gorenstein says “I was born in Colombia and…
What a tease. Ever since Sushi Siam shuttered at its former home in the Four Ambassadors Hotel last year, Brickell has had a serious shortage of good quality, upscale casual Asian eats. So when the Coming Soon sign hiding on that open door first appeared at 951 Brickell Ave. earlier…
“The New Times never calls me,” Mayor Don Slesnick grumbled to a certain food writer one evening not long ago. And if can I recall correctly, that same food writer quickly replied, “That probably means you’re doing something right!”Well in case you didn’t get the memo, it’s Coral Gables Restaurant…
Patrick Bachelier sells fresh, high quality seafood and specialty products to some of the finest, quality minded chefs in South Florida, like Michelle Bernstein. He is the tri-county and Caribbean salesman for Gary’s Seafood, an Orlando company that has been privately owned and operated since 1990 and whose motto is…
The legendary Chef Allen Susser, a James Beard Award recipient, South Florida culinary pioneer, originator of “New World Cuisine,” author of more cookbooks than you can shake a fish at, and longtime Aventura Restaurateur is cooking up a special event series built for hard times.This and every Friday until July…
Lifefood Gourmet, which moved a while ago to an airy new location on Coral Way, promises to be a mecca for healthy eaters, vegans and raw-foodists alike. Advertised as “the most sustainable cuisine on the planet,” Lifefood makes guilt-free dining easy with no dairy, wheat/gluten, soy, corn, chemicals, “strange proteins”…
The Bewitching Is in the Details at BLT Steak
Ever wondered why there aren’t more social events for homeless people? You know, like places where they can congregate, have a good meal, get some dental care, a new i.d. card, an AIDS test, and just hang out as an invited guest?Rev. Pedro A. Martinez, the founder and president of…
Last week, Sunbox Eleven Winery held a dinner event at 5300 Chop House at The Blue in Doral. They graciously comped two meals (valued at $125 each) to a Short Order reader as part of a blog-dinner-giveaway. I went too, camera in hand.The event featured cooking from chef/winemaker Chef Superdave…
Raise a white flag in trying times? Nonesense. After 17 years in business, Christine Gouveia flipped a big white bird at all the naysayers, the pouters and the wallowers, and instead chose to open her Roti Shop four hours earlier than usual yesterday to launch a breakfast service…
Recent, informal, New Times web research showed a poor return of official government websites providing information on how to apply for and receive food stamp benefits in Miami-Dade county.A google search for Miami-Dade food stamps returned mostly pages about a hurricane relief program from 2005. As it turns out, food…
It’s a fun fact that Oreos have long been so fake that they are in fact completely free of egg and dairy. A lot of meal ideas are either likewise vegan or easily made so with the slightest tweak. Some surreptitiously vegan everyday items include guacamole, salsa, portobello burgers, pasta…
When Martha Stewart tweets, we best listen up. She recently mentioned a screening she arranged for employees of a documentary that we just had to see. The film is called Food, Inc. and reveals what we eat, how it’s produced and how it’s consumed. It’s hitting the silver screen nationwide…
ZuperBistro ReztoCafe is a small breakfast and lunch joint located in a non-descript “executive plaza” (office building) on Biscayne and 31st. It’s a spinoff of the well regarded ZuperPollo, a Coral Way institution since 1986 and a Best Uruguayan Restauruant award winner. I went to the ZuperBistro for lunch and…
It’s in between tropical downpours in the Design District as I wade through the humidity to Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink. Summer’s making its usual graceful entrance, and I’m curious about what happens to a restaurant with a menu that celebrates local foods, when the local growing season ends. What’s…
One thing we have learned from the economic downturn, culinarily speaking, is that hamburgers are more popular than ever. It makes sense when you think about it. But let’s not — and instead dive into the meat of the matter: The ubiquitous burger is barging onto all sorts of menus…
I had lunch yesterday at Pizza Volante in the Design District and the place was buzzing hard with life and energy. Owner Chef Jonathan Eismann was there and he offered me a pizza pie. It was fired in a wood burning grill and cooked to crispy perfection. See how those…
Rise and shine, Upper Eastside! To mark its 10th anniversary, Soyka will be up at dawn from now on with the launch of a permanent breakfast service beginning June 1. We hear Chef Luis Lopez will be serving up diner-esque breakfast fare with commuter-friendly names like “The Early Riser” (three…
North One 10 is holding its’ Special Edition Memorial Day Beer & BBQ this Friday, Saturday and Sunday (May 22nd, 23rd and 24th) — and like those years when Easter and Passover coincidentally occur on the same week, Dewey and Dale LoSasso’s shindig falls precisely on the same weekend as…
