Raise a white flag in trying times? Nonesense. After 17 years in business, Christine Gouveia flipped a big white bird at all the naysayers, the pouters and the wallowers, and instead chose to open her Roti Shop four hours earlier than usual yesterday to launch a breakfast service…
Recent, informal, New Times web research showed a poor return of official government websites providing information on how to apply for and receive food stamp benefits in Miami-Dade county.A google search for Miami-Dade food stamps returned mostly pages about a hurricane relief program from 2005. As it turns out, food…
When one door closes, another opens… Akashi on South Beach has closed on the second floor of “Fresh on 5th” deli at 5th and Ocean. The location had a short ride, opening up just a few weeks after Akashi’s Coconut Grove satellite. Owner Larry Chi tells Short Order that he’s not…
Here are some active Twitter account addresses from local food-web-heads, bloggers, chefs, and citizens. Leave a comment if you know of any more that should be added.Chef Norman Van Aken – @normanvanakenMaria A., Yelp manager – @mari7305ER Gagit – @ergagitMango & Lime blog – @mango_limeFrodnesor – @frodnesorMiami Dish – @miamidishJen…
This distinctive pasta dish from Alex Pinero, chef de cuisine at Fratelli Lyon, blends chestnut pasta with mushroooms, mascarpone and truffle to a distinctively rich, woodsy effect. The Design District restaurant uses chanterelles, piopini and chiodini mushrooms (the equivalent of honshimeji whites/browns), which you won’t find at Publix, but buttons,…
What’s it mean to scrub pots, wash plates, move silver, push glass, stock shelves, stand, walk, turn, dodge, burn, cut, sweep, mop, hose, flip, drop, rinse, ride, and repeat? Don’t worry about it. Most people don’t. But somebody’s gotta do it. Here’s our digital dishwash for last week.Hy Vong does…
It’s a fun fact that Oreos have long been so fake that they are in fact completely free of egg and dairy. A lot of meal ideas are either likewise vegan or easily made so with the slightest tweak. Some surreptitiously vegan everyday items include guacamole, salsa, portobello burgers, pasta…
When Martha Stewart tweets, we best listen up. She recently mentioned a screening she arranged for employees of a documentary that we just had to see. The film is called Food, Inc. and reveals what we eat, how it’s produced and how it’s consumed. It’s hitting the silver screen nationwide…
It started as a hubbub of comments in regards to Short Order’s post about MIA, a large dining/entertainment complex slated for downtown — the debate being about the merits of such a venue, or lack thereof. Then MIA’s executive chef-to-be, Gerdy Rodriguez, became the focus of discussion — the debate…
ZuperBistro ReztoCafe is a small breakfast and lunch joint located in a non-descript “executive plaza” (office building) on Biscayne and 31st. It’s a spinoff of the well regarded ZuperPollo, a Coral Way institution since 1986 and a Best Uruguayan Restauruant award winner. I went to the ZuperBistro for lunch and…
Four giant sparkler candles set an atlas-sized cake ablaze, as Abbracci’s private party room came alive last night with the flamboyant beats of Abba’s Dancing Queen. Nino Pernetti, beaming with pride, took his position center stage and basked in the warm glow of his restaurant’s 20th anniversary celebration. “’70s music…
It’s in between tropical downpours in the Design District as I wade through the humidity to Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink. Summer’s making its usual graceful entrance, and I’m curious about what happens to a restaurant with a menu that celebrates local foods, when the local growing season ends. What’s…
It was just over a month ago that I started to pester Norman Van Aken with emails. Like everyone else, I had heard he was returning to Coral Gables with Norman’s 180 in the Colonnade Hotel (180 Aragon Avenue) and asked whether he would share some of the back story…
One thing we have learned from the economic downturn, culinarily speaking, is that hamburgers are more popular than ever. It makes sense when you think about it. But let’s not — and instead dive into the meat of the matter: The ubiquitous burger is barging onto all sorts of menus…
Hailing from West Hollywood, CA, glitterati gastrolounge Apple is getting its first taste of living it up Miami. And it’s a wet one.Thanks to our token inclement summer weather arriving on schedule, Apple’s owners have been tossed off theirs. …
If you haven’t done so yet, remember: today is the last day you can vote for Best of Miami Readers’ Poll. This is your only chance to give a Best of Miami award to who you think truly deserves it. So vote now!…
Chef Michio Kushi of Sushi Deli is going on vacation to Japan for three weeks this summer, from June 16 to July 6, but beforehand he’s at your service — omakase-style.”Some customers come in and now ask for ‘chef’s choice’,” chats Kushi. “It’s like little tastes, like tapas-style. I like…
I had lunch yesterday at Pizza Volante in the Design District and the place was buzzing hard with life and energy. Owner Chef Jonathan Eismann was there and he offered me a pizza pie. It was fired in a wood burning grill and cooked to crispy perfection. See how those…
For 40+ years, The Palm has been synonymous with its signature jumbo broiled Nova Scotia lobsters — well, at least among seafood lovers. Beginning Monday, June 1, we’re hearing that The Palm in Bay Harbor Islands will offer a lobster special to rival the best of ’em. $89 gets you…
It’s easy to coax a brother out to lunch when meat is involved. Especially if it’s the organic sirloin served up a new way every Friday at Whisk Gourmet in Coral Gables.That was my trick when I asked bro Kevin, back from Babson College for the summer, to meet me…
In case you didn’t see last night’s teaser on E! or weren’t invited to the launch party, Kim and clan have arrived in Miami to open up the first satellite Dash boutique and chronicle their antics for Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami, a spin-off of the family’s successful Keeping Up…
As Ali G would say, “Respec. Booyakasha.” All you blogsters out there are stepping your game up and taking your craft seriously. Photos are looking better and better every week.Here are some tips: shoot multiple images and angles of the same item, the macro setting is your friend, the focus…
