You worked all week at your desk job, factory, kitchen, office, street corner, or couch, and now it’s time to let loose and let that weekend energy plow you over like a bulldozer. So things are tough all over; jobs, school, money, healthcare, war, that kind of stuff, but we’re…
After facing success in London, Hong Kong, Istanbul and then Dubai, where does a contemporary Japanese restaurant go to continue on it’s golden culinary path? Why Miami, of course! At least that’s the way German chef Rainer Becker sees things, since he’s expected to bring the first American Zuma to…
Yesterday we exited the New Times building and saw a raised up Monster Energy truck pulling up. We figured it meant free drinks in our future so we stopped and asked what they had for us.One of the broads handed me a couple of cans while the other took a…
One of the top 10 searches on Google this hour is Cookie Monster Veggie Monster, and we are happy to report that the good old blue and cookie lovin’ Cookie Monster the world knows and loves is here to stay, he will not be replaced by Veggie Monster as internet…
Cheeseme, maybe the best place to get a cheese sandwich in the Western world, has closed on South Beach . The place served from a list of 9 breads, 11 types of meat, 11 veggies, 11 sauces and spreads, and 16 types of cheese. There were also soups, salads, and…
I know this sounds a little weird, but every time I go to the supermarket I try to pick up some food item that I’ve never tried before. The “hit” versus “miss” ratio is about 50/50 thus far, so I keep at it. And when I passed by the ethnic…
A sea butcher is the knife artist behind the filet of fish on your plate. In the case of the Oceanaire Seafood Room, the sea butcher is Ezequiel Canul, a.k.a. E-Z.He 9-to-5’s his way through the day in a freezing cold seafood walk-in where he breaks down all the seafood…
Balans has good food, cocktails, and ambiance but lacks character
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 or follow Chef on…
It takes more than just a sugar to hit an epicure’s sweet spot, so Short Order went in search of five new confections that have added layer of oomph, coupled with some degree of hmm, and the power to make one cry, “Yowza!” Bye-bye Snickers and Sweet Tarts– we’re all…
Doesn’t the dude above (video by Jake Katel) just look-and sound- like the human embodiment of a Boston-brewed beer with a whopping 27% alcohol content? All he needs is one of those colonial get-ups and, like, a drunk horse by his side.Sam Adams brewmaster Bob Cannon invited Short Order to…
Still not announcing any concrete plans to move into our neighborhood, Todd English continues to make us swoon from afar. Now that he’s got da Campo Osteria in Fort Lauderdale, Figs in Palm Beach Gardens, and Wild Olives coming to Boca in the old Opus 5 location (oooh–was I supposed…
How can you tell a politician’s lying? If his lips are moving? What about if they are eating? Monday, we saw Mayor Manny Diaz at a press conference at the Roots In The City garden and urban farm in the middle of Historic Overtown (NW Third Avenue and Ninth Street).We…
Although he calls Miami his home, we don’t often hear much about what Chef Douglas Rodriguez is up to locally. Sure, he still owns and operates OLA in the Sanctuary Hotel (among other restaurants in Philadelphia and New York City,) but you probably saw him most recently on the boob…
Dick Cami opened Cami’s Seashells in 1986. That budget seafood house is the blueprint for upscale-casual-cheap seafood chains in South Florida that have been a mainstay ever since. But before Cami’s Seashells there was Peppermint Club, the legendary NYC and Miami rock and roll clubs famous for the twist, that…
Chef Mark Militello has left 1 Bleu at the One Resort and Spa (formerly The Regent Bal Harbour) to join The Office, a gastropub in Delray said to be opening in late November. Last December Militello took the reigns as executive chef of culinary operations at The Regent Bal Harbour…
Being shown the door by Gordon Ramsay is like facing the martial arts whoopass of Jackie Chan in Brett Ratner’s Rush Hour series, only a bit more brutal.Josh Wahler, a former contestant of Hell’s Kitchen 3 (quite possibly its best season on record,) survived one such exit rather elegantly, and…
Mayor Manny Diaz is like the Bill Clinton of Miami, people just like the guy. Well, maybe not everybody, but here he is at the Roots in the City urban farm in Overtown (NW Third Avenue and Ninth Street, Miami) talking collard greens with South Florida historian Marvin Dunn, who…
Canadian companies attend America’s largest food and beverage show, coming soon to Miami Beach. [GovMonitor]Miami-based Benihana restaurants to donate 100% of Fiji Water sales revenue to Best Buddies charity for month of November. [Reuters]8th annual Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival this weekend at Markham Park, a short jog north in Broward…
There’s nothing that makes me want to buy a Taquito and Big Gulp more than a ferocious-looking piece of fuzzy poo.Yeah, if only I was being facetious. The truth is, I fell for Domo, the rectangular, brown Japanese creature making his appearance all over 7-Eleven stores until mid-November. And yes,…
The question was this:Only two people currently working in the South Florida food industry graduated The Culinary Institute of America with the highest honor accorded: The Francis B. Roth Award for Outstanding Performance. Can you name them? Most folks guessed Tim Andriola correctly. Neal Cooper eventually felt he had triumphed…
Hey artist! are you broke, hungry, like booze? Life Is Art has got your back.Life Is Art Inc. hosts a popular artistic meeting ground for an everyone is welcome crowd. At each event a different speaker addresses a topic unique to their field.This month’s Creative Connections Artistic Networker is set…
