Tapas y Tintos Midtown Set to Open Today

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…

39. Local Farmer’s Delight at 1500 Degrees

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…

Fifty Million a Year Become Ill from Eating

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…

The Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. Opens Tomorrow

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…

New 5 Napkin Burger: Design the Miami Burger and Win $1,000

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…

Overtown Gospel Brunch: Platters, KC & the Sunshine Band, and Red Velvet Cake

​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…

Sneak Review: Thali Indian & Thai Cuisine

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,…

Executive Chef Todd Erickson Talks Haven Gastro-Lounge, Opening Tonight

​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…

40. Baked Alaska at Michy’s

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…

Cinco de Drinko With Food Trucks at Tobacco Road Tonight

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…

41. Lifefood Gourmet’s Raw and Vegan Vegetable Pizza

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…

World Resource Cafe Closes Its Doors

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…

Sara’s in North Miami Closed

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…

42. Pulled Pork Sandwich at Sparky’s Roadside Barbecue

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…

Central Beer Garden Opens Today

​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…

gastroPod 2 and Latin Burger 2 Are Out and About

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,…

More Primal Blueprint Lunacy: Weight Loss

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…

Joe Allen in Miami Beach Closes UPDATED

​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…

43. Peacock Garden Cafe’s Fetuccini & Garden Mushrooms

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. 43…