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Ten of our 100 favorite foods in Miami

​Some of us have a big crush on Chef Jeff McInnis, partly because of his boy-next-door good looks, partly because he’s just so damn down-to-Earth (is he so polite because he was born in Niceville, Florida?). But the number one reason is trghat he can really translate the flavors of the Sunshine…

You got that headline right. Burger King, the Miami-based fast food giant, announced yesterday that is now serving what sounds like gourmet dish for $4. The thing has only 470 calories and in the corporate speak of BK senior vice president, global product marketing and innovation, John Schaufelberger: “By adding…

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

What does an athletic Midwestern boy do after moving to Miami? Sell lemonade, of course! That was Allen Cohen back in 1978, when he decided to say goodbye to Michigan winters and start “living the dream” in Miami.  An avid runner, he set up shop in Coconut Grove’s Kennedy Park,…

South Florida is a throwaway place. You can see it in the litter on the roadside, the low-rent construction that will be gone in a decade, and the bustling fast-food joints that use more paper and styrofoam than all of China.  Earth Learning, a local group that promotes sustainability and ecological…

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

Jack Frost we hardly knew you. Six weeks after the custard and burger joint quietly debuted on Alton Road (next to Master’s Pizza), there are now signs proclaiming that the space is “for rent” and their phone is disconnected. That was fast — even by South Beach standards. Interestingly, Jack…

The Guatemalan-based tacqueria chain Tacontento had hoped to open on Friday, but alas, a new communal table placed in the dining room necessitated new seating plans (so while the unemployment crisis continues, some 40 workers are sitting around because of Miami Beach’s picayune permitting demands). When they were given late…

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…

Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden will open this year’s Annual International Mango Festival with a Mango Culinary Conference, a day of panel discussions that pairs Fairchild’s tropical fruit experts and local chefs to talk mango. Chefs Andrea Curto-Randazzo, Norman Van Aken, Allen Susser and author Madhur Jaffrey are among the participants…

Looking for bargain dining? We are still a few weeks away until Miami Spice, but cit-crit (I learned that word yesterday thanks to Lee Klein) site Yelp is dolling out the price cuts thanks to its annual Yelp Eats! event. For a week, area restaurants offer a prix fixe three-course…

South Florida foodies food people already know that James Beard Award-winning chef Michael Schwartz has been busy opening a second outpost of his popular Design District restaurant Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink in the Cayman Islands. There is little difference from the original in that he is taking the same…

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…

Early this morning while Argentina was tricking on the Republic of Korea (Argentina 4 – 1), Short Order was drinking beer and grubbing English breakfast at Churchill’s Pub. Owner Dave Daniels said, “This is our eighth World Cup. Now it’s on cable or whatever, but if you go out back…

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…

Two new anticipated restaurants are debuting in the next few weeks in Miami.Norman’s 180, from famed chef Norman Van Aken, officially launches in Coral Gables on Tuesday, June 29, after a round of friends and family and media tastings. Expect dishes like steamed Manila clams with kabocha pot stickers, speckled…

A couple of months ago, Sweat Records booked L.A. punk rock duo No Age. I knew they’re vegan, so I made sure we were stocked with an array of sumptuous goodies to feed them. After their insanely high-energy show, the fact that they could replenish with local songstress Raffa’s vegan…

The first thing restaurant genius Jonathan Eismann wants you to know is that Pacific Time will remain open throughout the summer. Some folks thought otherwise because of the big news that dropped in recent days: Jeffrey Chodorow and Eismann will perform a switcheroo with a couple of their dining establishments…

Short Order was first on the scene today for the Friends and Family preview at Shake Shack. The much-hyped, high-quality burger joint from New York has been the talk of South Beach all spring. Naturally, we had to get there early to see the Danny Meyer eatery in action…

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…