Paul & Young Ron Show’s Webbie’s Ghetto Porkchops

I have a beat-up boom box sitting on a milk crate next to my computer chair. I listen to the Paul & Young Ron Show when I’m writing in the morning. They’re always talking about their website so I went and checked it out. Their internerd “Webster” has a recipe…

Miami AdFed’s Pseudo-Botellon

Leave it to the Miami AdFed, “a bunch of advertising geeks,” to call their bimonthly meeting tonight at Por Fin Restaurant featuring 2-for-1 drinks and complimentary bar snacks from 6 – 8 p.m. “Botellon.”Botellon is a Spanish term that generally refers to a gathering of young people to drink outdoors…

Miami.MyClosedBar.com

The Miami contingent of myopenbar.com is no more. Here’s their goodbye message to Miami.”Looking for free booze? Oh. Yeah. About that… We had to fire the entire staff after squandering most of the Myopenbar fortune on Cadillacs and Courvoisier. Call it an “MC Hammer,” call it a damn shame, but…

It’s a Mango Tango for Brasel, Hoffmann

What could be sexier than two of Miami’s hottest chefs cooking up original dishes for your pure and utterly unadulterated indulgence?  When they do it together, of course.That’s what you have to look forward to this Wednesday night if you partake in Meat Market’s first ever guest chef dinner.  Celebrity…

Domino’s BreadBowl Pasta

It’s a meal only Michael Phelps could love. And what timing!  Launched just in time to thwart a comeback-hungry Kirstie Alley in her lust for leanness. But  Domino’s, I regret to type that your pasta in a bread bowl is a big fat disappointment.  It’s just that I expected more –  rather, I expected better — from you. Check…

Hit Haagen Dazs for a Free Bee-Built Cone

haagenTemps are supposed to coast into the high 80s today and Mother Nature couldn’t have picked a better day to turn the heat up – Haagen Dazs is giving away free scoops of any bee-built flavor. No, not a frozen chocolate concoction thrown together by lil’ hard-hatted bees sporting distressed…

Meatless in Miami: The (Next) Best Things

Most of you readers have probably experienced fake meat or a veggie food item. It might’ve been a mouth-watering, paradigm-shifting experience or something you tossed after one bite.  The point is, veggie food is just like all other food – some of it’s awesome and some of it sucks horribly!The…

Dinner at Lotus House Women’s Shelter

It’s around 6 p.m. on a Friday at Lotus House Women’s Shelter in Overtown and the dinner bell is ringing. Soon about 50 women of all ages, and some of their children, will gather for a healthy and nutritious meal prepared at cost by local catering company Hearts of Palm,…

Welcome To Mojitoville – TAP TAP In Pictures

“For years we’ve been known for amazing mojitos” says Tap Tap general manager Gary Sanon-Jules. Is it because they use Barbancourt rum or because Monday – Friday from 5 – 7 p.m. they serve em’ up at half price? Don’t know, but at that rate a mojito made with three…

No Curry? No Worry

Know how to tell when an ethnic restaurant is authentic? Check out the regular clientele. At Spice ‘N’ Curry in Sweetwater, you won’t find tourists or South Beach jet set. Just some folks from the neighborhood, especially Indian engineering students filling up on a taste of home right in their backyard.And…

Weekend Blog Watch

Short Order respects our contemporaries in the blogosphere for their perspectives, photos, reviews and everything they bring to the table. Here’s what’s been going on.Lee Schrager goes out to eat 10 million times a week.Grapevine reports on Akashi robbery in the Grove.S & S? And The Eggs says yes and…

Publix 911

The online message boards are buzzing, and whether the neighborhood likes it or not, Brickell will get its third Publix this summer.  Word on the street is that the long overdue opening at, yes, 911 SW 1st Ave is just a couple weeks away.  There isn’t exactly a food emergency in the area. Or is there?…

Drink Deals, Pizza Joints, and Bottle Signings

Baire’s Argentinian Grille, the popular South Beach restaurant which gave way to I Corsini this year, is coming back with a Lincoln Road location — next door to the Colony Theater.Also in South Beach, Maya Tapas & Grill has launched a Local Appreciation Program in which a Florida ID card…

Reader Review: Le Banyan

Bonnie Schwartzer wrote in to let us know about Le Banyan, a new Thai restaurant. I haven’t yet been, but Bonnie has, and really likes it. Here, with her permission, is what she had to say:”I would like to recommend a restaurant called Le Banyan, located at 7300 Ocean Terrace,…

The Friday Mojito Weekly Wrap Up

Went to Tap Tap last night. Tested mojitos. Better than Delano. Brain hurts. Need sleep, or water, or more booze. It’s Friday. See ya at the bar. Here’s what you mighta missed.- Lee Klein don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.- Of pigs, pork, beards, and…

The Holy Trinity Gone Gutter

I’ve known local artist Ahol for about four years, since I graduated from college and made it from Tucson to Miami by playing guitar for gas money and sleeping in a broken-windowed Corolla at hijacked KOA campsites. Ahol was heavy on his street-art grind, but has since leveraged his powers of self promotion into the successful…

Chef Allen’s Coconut Crab Dip & Baked Latin Veggie Chip

This light and zesty crab dip is a favorite among Chef Allen’s clientele, and when scooped up with fresh, crisp chips of yuca, boniato, potato and green plantain…well, let’s just say you’ll wonder why you wasted all those years with potato chips and onion dip…

It’s Zagat Time – VOTE Miami

Aright survey heads, Short Order is about to put you onto a clickstravaganza that’ll not only take the work out of your workday, but allow your voice to ring out in a widely read printed media. That’s right, it’s Zagat time. Time to place your votes, write your reviews and…

2 Cool Things To Do Tonight

North One 10 is holding one of its’ great Winemaker Dinners tonight beginning at 7:00 p.m. Andrea Cecchi of Cecchi Winery will be on hand to preside over the tasting of his wines. From the release:”Andrea Cecchi’s surname is cloaked in tradition, the wines that he crafts on his family…

Beard Awards Twitter Recap

Thanks to Menu Pages for their live twitterization of the Beard Awards. They came up with some great observations, sent em’ out from a phone and preserved by the internet for posterity. Here are a couple of examples See the rest on the Menu Pages twitter page @MPSouthFlorida…