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…
Miami Beach VFW Post 3559 is the best kept secret on the beach, particularly on Memorial Day. All the regulars were cool with me, but nobody there seemed too keen on the idea of the whole world finding out about their $2.25 beers or $3.75 mixed drinks from 3 p.m…
Johnny Vinczencz is a Broward star these days. His Johnny V and Smith and Jones restaurants (respectively established 2003 and 2008) both dish the chefs’ robust American cuisine from behind glossy storefronts on E. Las Olas Boulevard. But it was in 1995, at the Astor Place hotel on Miami Beach,…
Pineapple is the new flavor du jour from SKYY Vodka, the American spirit company whose Infusions portfolio already includes Citrus, Cherry, Grape, Raspberry, and Passion Fruit. SKYY Infusions Pineapple Vodka is tabbed as “a lively, juicy tropical explosion of luscious” — wait a second, is this describing vodka or a…
There was a time in Miami when traffic was bad only during rush hour, and when rush hour was, well, actually only one hour. Back then, life was slower. Businesses, especially restaurants, didn’t come and go from year to year. They lingered, embraced by patrons who nurtured them, and in…
Leave it to the nofunsters at the FDA to take a beautiful concept like BBQ, the most perfect cooking method in in the history of civilization, and ruin it with their salmonella this, and cleanliness that.What they think is so hard about doing it right, I just don’t know. My…
(Sung to the tune of America the Beautiful)Oh bellyfull of cakes and piesHamburgers, hops and grainOh double fisting whiskey shotsI’ll never drink againShort Order Blog, Short Order BlogThe web cried out for theeSo here we are to representfor good old Miami Memorial Day commemorates U.S. armed forces personnel who were…
So you say you’ve gone green, but how committed are you to the cause? You wear organic flip-flops with your organic socks, don’t use air conditioning, sleep in a tent in your neighbor’s backyard, surf the web on a solar-powered computer and only bathe in organic water. Good start, but…
