This week Archive Diver brings you the ads for three South Beach restaurants as they ran in July 1988. Does anybody remember a joint called The Tropics International in the Edison Hotel at 10th and Ocean? It’s now Mango’s Tropical Cafe. What about a French place called Heritage Cafe in…
Ok, well maybe they didn’t barbecue out back or light up the city in fireworks on the Fourth of July… But the people who brought you such culinary classics as Jacques Pépin, Le Cordon Bleu, les poissons, les poissons, he-he-he-ho-ho-ho and les croissants have been celebrating their independence for several hours now, when we were…
Feverish Ice Cream’s founder Felecia Hatcher drives a Scion XB ice cream truck while updating her company twitter as to nightlife events and various other functions where she’ll be serving gourmet flavors, old school classics, and specialty items she procures for the adult ice cream market. Hatcher says “It’s just…
South Beach is full of tourists. Here’s a video depicting the foot traffic between 10 and 11 p.m. last Friday on Lincoln Road Mall at four points between Jefferson and Drexel. The camera spent 15 minutes at each location, with a couple minutes break to record a security guard toss…
Mozzarella di bufala will be produced in Miami for the first time from scratch – local water buffalo aside – when Mozza Re launches this fall from the Italian gentlemen behind Sardinia Enoteca Ristorante and the newly-hatched Casale Pizzeria and Mozzarella Bar. Owner Pietro Vardeu tells Short Order that he…
Short Order introduced you to the Sidewalk Chef, Shashank Agtey, back in May. Since we last spoke, the restaurant he was working at, Crocco’s in Ft. Lauderdale, went out of business. He’s now a private chef for a wealthy family in Broward. He has a cookbook deal in the works,…
Sure, Latin cafes are a dime a dozen in Miami. But a close look reveals that each of these neighborhood dives has its own collection of cooks, quirks and kooks — idiosyncrasies that draw you to them and make you love ’em, even when you’d love to hate ’em. Good…
This past weekend, Fairchild overflowed with thousands of them: Mangoes of all colors, shapes and sizes, ripe and dripping with sugary sweet goodness. So many, you’d blend in if you dressed up as one. Some thought they might turn into one at midnight from the exposure!Fairchild’s Tropical Fruit Program cultivates…
Wemerge Magazine is a burgeoning, free, local arts & entertainment magazine. It’s new, and it’s printed on real live glossy paper, made from real dead trees. Take that, stupid internet! Page 1 of issue #5 contains a screed on the virtues of celery and takes up the banner of celery…
Crying about the economy? Want some cheese with that whine? Don’t go looking for it at the artwalk. The days of your bourgeois snack conventions are as dead as Michael Jackson. Food offerings at the July 2009 Wynwwod and Miami Design District second Saturday artwalk were sparse, and limited to…
Short Order’s mousefinger is strong like bull thanks to all the local blogs that keep us clicking. Here are some weekend highlights from around town. Food Of Miami checks out Kafa Cafe in Mid Town, eats with hands. Miami Dish serves up scenes from the Mango Festival, Nice shots. Chowfather’s…
It appears another restaurant has bitten the dust on Ocean Terrace. Le Banyan opened only this year, and the French owners’ presentation of Thai cuisine earned early raves — although most everyone commented that it was way too expensive for Thai.Ocean Terrace is a rather pleasant two-block stretch east of…
You know a guy means business about desserts when he signs his emails “Confectionarily.” That’s Exec. Pastry Chef Charles Froke for you, and he’s giving us a sneak peak of his unique creation for this Sunday’s Mango Brunch at Fairchild (which now appears to be sold out according to its…
To eat mango raw or cooked? That is the question. On a recent trip, I gobbled up India’s prized Alphonso and nearly melted at the taste of its juicy morsels dripping with caramel sweetness. Imagine cubes of bright orange flesh, alongside rosy papaya for breakfast every morning. Unadorned, unadulterated bliss…But…
Most sharks have to stay moving to stay alive. Short Order is a shark. Here’s what you might have missed last week.Cindy Hutson, chef/owner of Ortanique, loves pizza from a town called Neck Newark.O Bacalhau is no longer offering salt cod 16 different ways. They’re out of business.Find out how…
Penny-pincher! Cheapo! This kind of name-calling is welcomed by Teresa Mears. Caught in the Miami Herald downsizing crossfire last summer, she made lemonade out of lemons and launched a web destination for all things frugal: Miami FL on the Cheap. “Everyone — including me — is looking for deals now…
When the uber-expensive Chinese eatery Philippe opened in the Gansevoort Hotel last year, most reviews (including our own) pointed to chef Philippe Chow’s time as head chef at the acclaimed Mr. Chow’s in New York as evidence of his pedigree. But wait! A lawsuit filed in Miami’s federal court this…
Miami’s The Cereal Bowl took a college student’s observation that people love customizing their cereal experience and made a global corporation out of it.The company just inked a deal with Global Brands, a Qatar based company, to expand to the Middle East.The Cereal Bowl leveraged the success of its flagship…
On July 13th there will be dancing on Calle 8, to French music. That’s because July 13th the Alliance Francaise of Miami is celebrating Bastille Day (historically celebrated the morning of July 14th).Bastille Day is similar to our 4th of July. It is a French national holiday that commemorates the…
Saw this over at the Sun Sentinel food blog, Sup. Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares is looking for diners to eat at the remade Fleming: A Taste of Denmark, across the street from The Falls.If you haven’t seen the show, Gordon Ramsay goes to a failing restaurant, yells a lot, makes…
This post is not about fast food it’s about a food fast. Yesterday, at the YWCA in Overtown, Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones and members of local faith-based, and anti-violence organizations along with community members came together for a press conference in response to a recent Overtown birthday shooting.Pastor Richard P. Dunn…
There is something unique about Ortanique on the Mile that becomes apparent as soon as one enters the warm, woody, orange-hued, citrus-and-flower-muraled room: It smells better than other restaurants. Even with the preponderance of open kitchens these days, many dining establishments exude the aromatic appeal of a hotel lobby. But…
