Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill3250 NE 1st Ave., Midtown Miami786-369-0353 / sugarcanerawbargrill.comThe Deal: Monday – Friday, 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. Get $5 signature cocktails, $18 sangria pitchers & beer pitchers, and $24 cocktail pitchers. The eclectic cocktails options include the sour-sweet Sao Paulo (yuzu juice, Cruzan rum, lime, & grenadine)…
SandBar Grill will always be the heart of the Grove’s Bermuda triangle of college bars (on the same block as the Tavern and Barracuda). Spend an early evening with regulars “Turd” Ferguson and Vinnie and your cup will runneth over with tales of sordid fun. Just don’t overstay your welcome…
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 little antipasti paragraph before the main course Cafe review of Calamari next week:Most appetizers range from $5 to $10, pastas $10 to $13, main courses $15 to $20, and desserts $6 to $8. While these prices represent a great deal, nightly specials can make your meal even more of…
Stone crab season officially ends on Saturday. The tasty crustaceans are taking their annual vacation to regenerate and reproduce until October 15. Until recently, that used to mean that Joe’s Stone Crab, the country’s leading stone crab emporium, would also close until the middle of October. This break would serve…
Hello, lovers! Are you Manolo-wearin’ fabulous femmes seeking an elixir to calm you before Sex and the City 2 comes out on the 28th? Head to The Palm or The Melting Pot throughout the month of May and insist on a couture cocktail, like this Glamour Gal…
He promised, and he delivered. Here’s Chef Sean Bernal’s version of mofongo, a highly recognizable Puerto Rican dish. It can be found on Oceanaire’s menu as an appetizer, but we recommend you ask for it there as an entrée with shrimp in Creole sauce to get the full effect… and…
Paula DaSilva, chef de cuisine at Dean Max’s 3030 Ocean, will leave the Fort Lauderdale seafood restaurant in June to head a new restaurant at the Eden Roc. If you don’t know DaSilva from 3030 Ocean, you may remember her for coming in a close second in season five of…
Almost two quarters into 2010 and restaurants are dropping like so many flies at a swatter factory.Did your favorite neighborhood joint close? Yes. So did some big-money startups, middling little guys, and corporate behemoths’ touristic appendages.Our records indicate the loss of 28 29 restaurants so far this year. But will…
Yes, I know, it’s hard to believe. Not that my editor has permitted me to continue this self-indulgent farce of a contest for so long, but that I’ve been at the paper for more than a decade. Luckily I foresaw just such a possibility, and right from the start shrewdly…
The photo is of Norman Van Aken and Malcolm Berg, Architect and Principal of EoA, Inc., who designed the upcoming Norman’s 180. The steel panel they are scrutinizing is laser-etched with one of some twenty Normanisms (my word, not theirs) that will be backlit around the back bar.The restaurant is…
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…
Emeril’s offers a dash of New Orleans
Details are sketchy, but Short Order has learned that Tagliatelle, a new Italian restaurant, is opening at the end of next month at the bottom of the former Prive space. Owner Daniel Mineo has several eateries in Monte Carlo, but decided to branch out to South Beach when his son…
Fox’s Sherron Inn, the least lit bar in South Florida, has new owners for only the second time since Harry S. Truman was president. Former owner Matt Andrews, whose family bought the dive bar (and we say that with the most possible love) from Betty Fox in the mid-1960s, said…
Newcomer Jack Frost popped up on Alton Road two weeks ago. This frozen custard shop is perfect for the hot weather we are having. In case you’re wondering, frozen custard is closer to gelato than ice cream, with more cream and richness than the latter. Jack Frost boasts over 50…
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…
While Philippe Chow is ostensibly still in a war with Mr. Chow in Miami, New York City and Los Angeles, the posh Hamptons still seem to be the sole domain of Philippe Chow. Last summer, Philippe Chow debuted a summertime outpost of their gourmet Chinese restaurant concept in East Hampton…
Here’s Part Two of our interview with Chef Sean Bernal. You can read the first part of the interview here.What do you consider the three most important factors on a plate?First is the flavor combinations. Second is the color on the dish. Next one, is it has to be aesthetically…
Get ready to live La Dolce Vita next week at Mai Tardi in the Design District. The Italian restaurant is hosting a “Look Sexy, Feel Sexy” event on Wednesday, May 19. The festivities will kick off with complimentary proseco in the courtyard. As you’re downing the bubbly, scantily clad models…
Welcome to Pastelitos 101, a noob’s eye view on Latin American pastries.This morning we visited La Gran Via Bakery, a 24-hour joint on Calle Ocho in Little Havana.Inside the bakery display shelf, among various frosted, drizzled, and flaky crusted items, some burnt-end yellow cones caught our eye.They are called “Capuchinos,”…
Locals would be hard-pressed to find anyone more downright passionate about seafood. Ask executive chef/operating partner Sean Bernal from The Oceanaire Seafood Room in Mary Brickell Village about anything with scales, fins, or claws and he has an encyclopedic knowledge. And he makes sure to get the freshest, most amazing selection…
