Weekly Wrapup: The Friday, Bitch I’mma Put You To Work

Verbal exchange of the week: Last night at Taste The Nations charity event at the Ritz Carlton on Key Biscayne, toward the end of the event, 9:43 p.m., I approach Chef Cindy Hutson of Ortanique, she’s slidin’ off the wine in her drinkin’ glass. I mumble something about shooting the…

Brickell Irish Pub Open-Closed-Open?

An attempt to meet up with a close friend for pints at Brickell Irish Pub on Tuesday ended in disappointment, aside from the company that is! Urban Daddy had reported the pub’s opening on July 15, more than two weeks ago. What a bummer to arrived and find locked doors,…

Organics May Not Be Healthier, But At Least They Don’t Have Pesticide

You say potato, we say dumbass.A recent US News and World Report article examines a UK health assertion through a Miami connection. British nutritionist Alan Dangour authored a study that suggests organic foods may not be any healthier than what his work terms “conventionally produced” foods. Dangour bases this on…

The USDA Lies

Most people believe that a “naturally raised” label implies animals have access to sunshine, fresh air, freedom of movement and the ability to perform, um, you know, natural behaviors. Yet the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently allowed companies to slap a “naturally raised” label on meat and meat…

A Fish Called Avalon’s New Florida Spiny Lobster Plates

A Fish Called Avalon has been serving up some of the best seafood on South Beach for 20 years and counting. Now, to celebrate lobster season executive chef Brian Cantrell has come up with 4 new dishes, (2 apps, 2 mains) to celebrate. The new dishes all use Florida spiny…

Pinecrest Wayside Market In Pictures

In 2007, Pinecrest Wayside Market won the New Times distinction of Best Smoothie. In 99′ they won for Best Milkshake. But did you know the open air market has been serving up strawberry shakes since 1948? That’s longer than Robert Is Here, who started in 1960. The difference between the…

For Sale: North One 10

Dewey LoSasso has announced that “after 5 years, including almost 2 years of Biscayne Blvd. construction and 5 Hurricanes (2004-2006), North One 10 is seeking potential buyers”.”Those first two years killed us”, says Dewey of the batshit-crazy, business-crippling construction that made driving to North One 10 a downright chore. “Now…

Underground Dining Miami-Style, Join The Local Food Web

Short Order’s heard a lot about the “Underground Dining” phenomenon. According to rumors, lies, and hearsay the movement started in Oakland in the ’80s when 100 train-hopping gutterpunks from around the states formed a consortium of experienced kitchen workers and convinced a local backer to invest in a one-off epic…

Chapter 7 for Govind Armstrong’s Table 8 on South Beach

Govind Armstrong’s challenged upscale seafood chain, with locations in LA and New York, has severed its weakest link: South Beach.  As reported in the Miami Herald bankruptcy column today, Table 8 has filed for Chapter 7.  For those of you not familiar, this means full-on liquidation — and not of…