Fourteenth Street is the Janis Joplin of Downtown. She came into some money, her legs are wide open, everybody’s welcome, and she’s down to party. Here’s a new notch in her belt. DRB Miami (255 NE 14th Street, between NE Second and Biscayne) is a bar and restaurant that just opened…
Ben Neji’s Wine 69 at Biscayne and 69th Street was a neat place to hang out over a glass of well-priced wine. Our loss.I ate at Badrutt’s Place, at 1250 S Miami Avenue about a year and a half ago, and haven’t had a worse meal since. Good riddance. It…
Like beef? We do. So stop by next week — we’re gonna try to buy us some. Here’s what you might have missed over the last week. From the people who made Jaguar a cash cow, Talavera, now open. Two Chefs, still impressing critics after all these years. $7 Dirty Martini at…
First, the answer: The sancocho pictured above and in last weeks’ Where It At? is taken from the specials menu at Grateful Bread.And now, the abbreviated sneak preview of the New Times restaurant review for next week:Our strongest recommendation from Grateful Bread’s regular menu is chicken Veracuzano, the tender breast…
Despite the fire that ravaged Barton G’s warehouse on Monday night with millions in props and other non-food-related damages, Barton G. Weiss, the seasoned showman that he is, addressed an impressive crowd of media and industry VIPs Wednesday night in a pre-launch event for his new Adrienne Arsht Center restaurant,…
Suck an egg daily metro!This week’s Miami Herald food & wine calendar presents factual errors regarding Bollywood Nights at Indian Palate.Bollywood Nights at Indian Palate goes down Thursday, October 29 at 2120 Salzedo Street in Coral Gables; not tonight, as the Herald reports.That’s according to Chef/Owner Jay Mariadoss who said,…
Will there be electric pumpkins, DVDs covered in seed slime, dinosaurs eating pie, or pre-historic creatures making you laugh like they do on celluloid?According to a 20th Century Fox representative, no.But that doesn’t mean it won’t be worth checking out the pumpkin patches at The Little Farm (13401 SW 224…
Web enabled eating is here and a Miami upstart is taking the industry by storm.Fresh Diet Inc. is a gourmet meal delivery company founded on the fair shores of the 305 by a dude named Zalmi Duchman. The company currently operates kitchens and deliveries in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut,…
Let’s do a little word association game, shall we? Chocolate candies are to cavities as a can of Coke is to ____. Did you say “a trim physique?” Perhaps “a lean, mean, fabulous-looking-while-sunbathing-nearly-naked on-South-Beach me?” Probably not. So please, someone tell me how the folks at the Coca-Cola Company have…
David Sax has been called “The M.F.K. Fisher of pickled meats” (A.J. Jacobs), and his just-published book, Save The Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) was referred to as “a voluptuous mitzvah for schmaltzophiles” (Jane and Michael Stern, authors…
Casale in Miami Beach is a pizzeria with hearth!
Food, Halloween, funny, these are three things we here at Short Order live for. In honor of that we’ve rounded up our Top 10 funny Halloween food and candy videos. Enjoy.10. Space Ghost at the Waffle House – Hey, a superhero’s gotta eat…
A federal judge in Miami ruled that $97 million ordered paid by Dole Food Inc. to 150 Nicaraguan workers who claim to have suffered sterility and other injuries due to pesticide cannot be upheld in the U.S.The injuries allegedly stem from use of dibromochloropropane (DBCP) pesticide on Dole banana farms…
“It was just a massive combination of flame, smoke, and ashes, it was an extraordinary sight to see.” That’s what Donisha Prendergast told the Miami Herald when they interviewed her about the Barton G warehouse fire that she both witnessed and caught on video.The fire occurred at 400 NE 67…
College isn’t all about beer bongs, orgies and smoking like the Everglades. It’s also about learning stuff. Miami-Dade College’s School of Community Education is all about advancing your knowledge. Anybody can sign up, and you don’t need any stupid high school diploma either.Wolfson Campus (300 NE Second Avenue, Miami) has…
Tickets for the 2010 Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival go on sale this coming Monday, October 26. The festival is scheduled for February 25 to 28, and unlike past years there will not be a second block of tickets sold in early 2010. So Monday is, like,…
America’s Favorite Cities is an annual Travel+Leisure reader’s poll. The 2009 results are in and Miami is ranked number one for hottest people and number 29 (out of 30) for intelligent ones. As far as food and dining goes, we ranked eighth for Big Name Restaurants, sixth for Ethnic Food,…
This week we bring you an event write-up in an old section of the Miami New Times called The Wave. The above promotion is for a 1988 barbecue that served chicken and ribs in memory of a murdered cop, and to benefit the Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis.Detective Cheryl Weiner…
Grill smoke carries barbecue flavors through the air as beer, sauce and music flow freely.Ribfest is coming November 7 and 8 to Homestead Air Reserve Park (Moody Drive and SW 122 Avenue).Local ribbers Huckleberry Hillbilly and Smoke & Spice battle out-of-state touring barbecue teams like Big Boned BBQ in the…
James Beard Award nominee Chef Michael Schwartz of Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink brings his knowledge to your home cooking with a new column, The Genuine Kitchen. With each installment, he’ll discuss an ingredient or theme and then deliver a recipe. Questions or comments? Email thegenuinekitchen@michaelsgenuine.com.Like most of my food,…
The Cookie Diet, and the Miami bakery where it’s from, make eating Cookie Diet cookies mainstream. [HealthJackal]Now Hiring seasonal workers at Fisher Island Beach Club private island. [CBS4]2 for 1 drinks, dollar beers, appetizers, and food at The Cove in Doral for live comedy Wednesdays. [MMDnewswire]”Umami tastes aren’t found as…
Forget everything you expect from and dislike about Chinese takeout. If you’re having trouble, let us shed some light… Greasy, saucy, gloopy, wilted, and one-note flavor. Now imagine a menu with light options like crisp salads, low oil stir fries, noodle soups, finger-licking edamame tossed in a creative selection of…
