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. 79…
Everyday a new truck, it seems. The latest restaurant to hop onto the food truck bandwagon is the popular El Rey de las Fritas, best known for its Cuban hamburgers — or fritas.”We’ve see how it’s been crazy with everyone doing a food truck,” co-owner Mercedes Gonzalez told Short Order…
A couple weeks back, we introduced you to Francesca Lacuesta and and Mark Jennings, proprietors of the upcoming Mac’n Vegetarian Soul Food Truck. It’ll be the first totally meatless truck to hit the local mobile food scene. And with most menu items also available in vegan, and even vegan gluten-free,…
The party is in the Gables this weekend as the annual Carnaval On The Mile kicks into gear. The event on Miracle Mile features paintings, sculptures, photography and crafts. Live musical groups, , including jazz bands direct from New Orleans, perform nonstop on three stages to help celebrate Carnaval, the…
Update: Jack Garabedian, owner of Jefe’s Original Taco, just announced the location of tonight’s Tamiami Trucker’s Food Court. The trucks will be set up at 136th Street and 145th Court, behind Lexus of West Kendall. All week long you’ve been holed up in your cubicle like some gopher, doing mind-numbing…
If you’ve secretly yearned for a California roll as you drive through Kendall or North Miami Beach. your prayers have been answered. The Red Koi Gourmet Food Truck will make its debut this weekend at Carnaval on the Mile.Food to be served by the Red Koi truck includes California rolls,…
An amuse bouche to precede next week’s Cafe review:Vichyssoise de lettue wowed by way of a chilled potato base greened and lightened with pureed romaine lettuce and créme fraîche. The velvety velouté contained bits of tomato confit and green olives, and a floating crouton capped with smoked paprika cream 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. 80…
Our earlier post about the Redland flea market was devoted to its outdoor food court — but the second big centerpiece of the place is its massive farmers market. No, this isn’t the kind of pristine, cutesy “farmers market” that sells cupcakes and boasts signs with clever graphic design. This,…
You can easily while away most of a weekend day at Redland Market Village Bargain Town, which is located at the intersection of South Dixie Highway and SW 244th Street. The name, perhaps, sums up the many functions of the indoor/outdoor complex. Yes, it sprawls to nearly the size of…
Whatever you think about these food truckers — good, bad, or indifferent — you can’t call them lazy. I get tired just keeping track of them — which new ones are rolling down the streets, where they are, where they’re being thrown out of, and where they’re dusting themselves off…
If you like a little hog with your pork taco, head to Peterson’s Harley-Davidson South at 19825 S. Dixie Hwy. in Cutler Bay for the Thursday Food Truck Roundup. This southernmost rolling comestible bonanza was organized at the urging of Peterson’s customers, who noted that food trucks had taken over…
In collaboration with the Miami International Film Festival, El Coto de Rioja Paella Parade will march into Miami Beach Botanical Garden next Wednesday, March 9. Following a screening of Fernando Leon de Aranoa’s Amador, chefs from ten of our local Spanish restaurants will gather to prepare their own signature paellas in…
Jan Jorgensen of Two Chefs talks food trucks and souffle
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. 81…
The Thursdays on the Bay Food Truck Roundup at the American Legion Post #29 will not return to business as usual tomorrow, according to Jack Garabedian, owner of Jefe’s Original Taco and organizer of the roundup. In a notice sent to the trucks that participate in the roundup, Garabedian stated…
As a teenager, Christopher Lee became fascinated with food. “I always knew that I wanted to be a chef. In high school, I used to ditch classes just to watch cooking shows on TV.”He went on to study at the California Culinary Academy and sharpen his knife at some of…
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival is over for another year, and all across South Beach, workers are furiously tearing up the giant tents, chefs are soaking their feet, and people are guzzling Alka-Seltzer. The festival always great energy; for the celebrity chefs, it seems like the festival is one…
Jack Garabedian, owner of Jefe’s Original Fish Taco & Burgers, spent Monday in the fields, picking tomatoes, jalapeños, and strawberries. Tonight at the Biscayne Triangle Truck Roundup, which he organizes, these edibles will be integrated into the menu and on sale for consumption. Twenty-five trucks will be there from 5:30 to…
It’s time again to list the restaurants that have opened and closed in February (or those not included in our January roundup). A notable loss is Pizza Volante, but we’re happy to see life again at the old Pacific Time location, now occupied by Andalus. Let us know what we…
The area south of Fifth Street in Miami Beach is a chic one to reside in these days, but cross to the north side of the main drag and it’s another story. Homeless push overloaded carts through the streets and live in the alleys between Sixth and Eighth streets and…
Another year, another booze-and-food-drenched four-day bacchanal. Here are a few last thoughts:Let Them Eat Cake: Flawless. A fantastic party. Hard to imagine this not being the high point of the festival.BubbleQ: The last dance for this event was well orchestrated. There was plenty of seating, lines weren’t too long and…
