Another horse killed and stripped of meat in similar manner to the 20 or so others so far this year was found murdered Wednesday morning in the ranch where it lived in Miami Gardens. Its throat was slit and two legs were removed. According to ABC it was the back…
Miami’s Finest Caribbean Restaurant (236 NE 1st Ave) may or may not be the best Caribbean restaurant in Miami, that’s a statement I can’t make without further research. But, one experience later, I will definitely be going back. The front window only says Caribbean Restaurant, and the awning reads Caribbean…
It’s official. As of last Sunday (August 30,) the Au Pied de Cochon outpost on South Beach is the only one company-wide unable to sustain a 24 hour business.According to the general manager, the restaurant was unable to secure late night authorization for its liquor license and found that staying…
Sang’s Chinese Food Delivers
Funny that a school of hospitality makes students walk a 1/4 mile to take a cold-water-shower every other day. But, according to a Miami teacher in China, whose bathroom quarters are Western style, and heat equipped, that is indeed the case. Susan Berg Gladstone, an adjunct lecturer at FIU’s Biscayne…
Hippies, peaceniks, and pothead philosophy majors, rejoice! It’s OK to kill and eat plants. They won’t scream, they don’t cry, and “they don’t have a soul, they don’t have a spirit, they live within us, they like to live within us.” That’s according to Julio Maza, president of Harmony Vegetarian…
The fall 2009 Allen Brothers catalogue has just been released. For those not familiar with the mail-order meat company, Allen Brothers has been America’s leading source of USDA Prime beef since 1893. The company has also been one of the main sponsors of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival and…
La Esquina Tropical (1060 SW Eighth St., Miami), or the Tropical Corner if you don’t speak Miami, is a Little Havana minimart with a lunch counter and coffee window. Peep game on that bungeed-up water cooler — it’s an MIA trademark. Short Order stopped by yesterday around 3:30 p.m. for…
Sure, ceviche comes in all shapes, tastes, and sizes worth sampling regularly… But living on the edge during recent Peruvian restaurant outings, we shifted from automatic to manual ordering and tried some different menu items.Surprise! There are dishes for which it’s worth kicking the ceviche habit. Well, temporarily, at least. …
Every evening, thousands of local foodies head up to their respective rooftops and issue a plaintive wail that resounds and echoes forth into the dark and balmy Miami sky: God is great, but the same can’t be said for our Chinese restaurants! Actually, most of these people are obnoxious New…
The Hungry Sailor in Coconut Grove, where Sandbar is now, was well known for its reggae and penny beer nights. According to this web reference, they also made a mean chicken sandwich. Here are some more web references, mostly from the New Times archives.Do you remember when a machete wielding…
Whether you’re in school, work, or prison, if you bite into a tomato in America it may very well come from the fields of Immokalee, Florida. That’s because major corporations like Aramark and Sodexo are huge buyers of Immokalee product and distributors with contracts for school and prison cafeterias. Immokalee…
Paradise Farms is a premiere South Florida grower of specialty produce, certified organic micro-greens and edible flowers for the local restaurant industry. Gabriele Marewski is the head of the farm and is hosting a series of “lazy Sunday” lunches based around green themes related to the fields of work or…
Labor Day’s passing means that Summer’s over and it’s time to get serious. Stick with us as we put our nose to the grindstone and bring you and the South Florida massive into the fold as we explore Dade County food stories. Here are some links to other blogs in…
In today’s Dade County, our estimation of what Labor Day oughta entail includes a Mayor who doesn’t cut the wages of the working class while raising the salaries of his bureaucrat cronies. Regardless, Labor Day is a national barbecue holiday. As such, we’ve come up with ten ideas for you to adopt,…
Did you know that the byproducts from the soy food production process can be used to spin fiber, weave cloth, and make fabric? Miami natives Lauren Golik and her cousin Natalie San Andres do. They took that knowledge and applied it to creating a soy panty line for their company…
Never having been to a public budget hearing and feeling righteous indignation over the proposal to zero out all funding for Community Based Organizations in an effort to save money by literally taking food out of people’s mouths Short Order made its way to the Government Center (111 NW 1st…
Food. Money. Politics. Mayor. Commissioners. The Public. Our Government. Taxes. Pay Cuts. Pink Slips. Raises. Makes you wanna drink. Don’t get too caught up in your own movie. The next public budget hearing is September 17th at the Government Center metro rail station Downtown. We recommend you check it out…
For the average individual, the current anorexic state of the economy can be boiled down to a pair of very basic problems: too little cash and not enough booze. That’s why the forward-thinking folks at Bin No. 18 must be commended for their Bailout Beer program, serving up affordable premium draft…
BGM Management, run by Al Boatright and partners Brionne Gillion and Kareem Memarian, tore down Templo, Club Deep, and Ruby Lounge, at 619, 621 and 623 Washington Avenue respectively, in order to build out the 9,000 square foot Ahnvee Restaurant & Lounge. Tom Azar was lured as executive chef from…
The Bakery Café and Restaurant (8250 NE 2nd Ave.) in the Village of El Portal, just north of the City of Miami, serves Caribbean style breakfast, lunch, and dinner and sells baked goods everyday from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. They also make a full line of tropical shakes and…
Even distribution of components. Balance of both sweet and savory, raw and cooked. The right color. Perfect protein doneness. Above all else, perfect noodle clump. You guessed it. It’s time to rate Asian noodles at their finest, and there’s no finer example than the classic Pad Thai with shrimp. Excellence…
