The barrage of burgers continues unabated. Two more Five Guys are poised to proffer their patties to the public — one in the old Dogma space at Washington Ave. and 15th Street in South Beach, the other in Aventura Mall. But a bigger burger banner headline is that Govind Armstrong…
I spoke to Hell’s Kitchen 5 contestant Chef Giovanni about the Redneck Riviera, gambling, and respect. Giovanni is a cool Jersey dude that keeps it real and is all about his work. He is the executive chef at Creehan’s Copper Grill in Destin, Florida. Destin is up by Pensacola so…
Welcome to the Nuts About Florida factory tour. The Barnard Nut Company has been roasting, packaging, and distributing nuts from right here in South Florida since 1942. I recently got the factory tour and a free bag of pistachios. I had never seen a nut factory before. There were nuts…
Between frenzied flings with wasabi foam, foie gras ice cream, and other frivolous foods, diners regularly return to the safe and steady steak house. They do so for the sidecar martinis, shrimp cocktail, and oysters on the half-shell; for gargantuan steaks, Buick-size baked potatoes, and wodgy wedges of iceberg lettuce…
Florida Trend’s 2009 Dining Guide is out, with a new editor in chief: Chris Sherman has replaced Robert Toff as the dispenser of Golden Spoons. This year’s guide cites plenty of South Florida gems among the 20 Best New Restaurants. In Fort Lauderdale: Christine’s and Four Rivers (which has just…
The last time I was at the Forge, I was fresh out of a shit-stained relationship. Emotionally starved, I headed to the Miami Beach landmark for a meal that I knew would probably break my measly bank account, but the promise of a rich Lobster Thermidor melting in my mouth…
Monkey Jungle in Cutler Ridge is hosting a Malagasy Feast this Saturday as part of its Malagasy Festival, which is a celebration of Madagascar through the country’s food, music, art and animal life.The feast is being prepared by tropical fruit tree expert Robert Barnum and includes Okra Lamb SoupThree Fruit…
Chef Jonathan E!$mann told me a couple stories while I was shooting Behind The Line at his restaurant, I don’t know how googlable he wants them to be, if he wants them associated with his name or with his restaurant so major identifying elements, name, restaurant and image, have been…
Tomorrow evening, February 5th, the Delano Hotel and its’ new executive chef Maria Manso will debut the late-night brasserie Plat Bleu. With its’ oversized tufted camelback sofas, etched mirror floor lamps, and Carrara marble-topped tables, the space is meant to evoke a 1940s French salon. The brasserie moderne menu has…
The latest monthly installment of Dinner in Paradise takes place this Sunday, February 8th. Set outdoors amidst the picturesque rural setting of Gabrielle Marewski’s Paradise Farms in Homestead, an organic, multi-course meal is prepared by a varying set of three top local chefs — and this upcoming feast boasts one…
Apparently, people can’t pass up free food. This was the scene outside of Denny’s at 3600 Biscayne Boulevard, near our offices in Midtown. We also encountered plenty of traffic around the intersection due to people going in and out of the Denny’s parking lot. Unfortunately, we aren’t patient enough to…
Behind The Line – Jonathan Eismann Talks Pacific Time from Miami New Times on Vimeo. In this Short Order Behind The Line exclusive video clip, hear Pacific Time owner Chef Jonathan Eismann talk about his restaurant’s move from Lincoln Road to the Design District. Short Order Behind The Line was…
Here’s the exclusive Short Order interview with Chef Danny from Hell’s Kitchen 5. Chef Danny Veltri talks about fame, competition and gives out his personal Myspace address, you heard it here first. Hell’s Kitchen 5 featuring Chef Danny appears on the FOX network every Thursday at 9 p.m. and can…
I’ve gone too long without giving a plug to my favorite little wine bar in Wilton Manors, the Naked Grape, a place where cozy hipness meets an imaginative selection of wines, a tapas menu, and the kind of lighting that makes everybody look good. And, our favorite bartender, Georgie, who turns…
O Bacalhau Restaurant (804 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Coral Gables) celebrates its’ grand opening this Wednesday, February 4th, from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. Guests will get to sip sangría and wine while sampling Chef Fernando Santos’ authentic Portuguese cuisine — including 16 different bacalhau dishes (o boy!). The restaurant is…
February 1st, during the Superbowl, not only did Hulu admit it’s got an evil plot to take over the world, but Denny’s promised everyone in America that on Tuesday between 6am and 2pm they’re giving everyone in America a free Grand Slam. Instant, disposable, corporate junk food culture be damned,…
Chef Allen Talks Sustainable Fish from Miami New Times on Vimeo.Chef Allen Susser, owner of Chef Allen’s restaurant in Aventura and the innovator of New World cuisine, talks about the importance of sustainable fish to our local economy, environment, and his restaurant’s menu. Learn more at ChefAllens.com…
Chef Sean Brasel from Meat Market on Lincoln Road in South Beach says: “This is a modern steak house to the next level. We’ve got a crudo bar up front. We get oysters and stone crabs on a daily basis. There’s nothing better in the world than 12 oysters and…
Sushi SoBe landed in the lobby of Loews Miami Beach Hotel with less razzmatazz than one might expect — especially in light of the menu having been developed by one of just six Master Sushi Chefs in the United States. That would be Fuji Fujita, executive sushi chef for Loews…
A hail of darts to the Peanut Corporation of America, which it now turns out KNOWINGLY shipped products that had tested positive for salmonella. The worst of it is, so many of these peanut-infested foods went to schools and nursing homes — they couldn’t have done a better job targeting…
Gaia Ristorante opens today at the Hilton Bentley Hotel at 101 Ocean Drive in South Beach. This is the latest venture from Tommy Billante, the man behind Carpaccio, Luna, and a whole bunch of other successful Italian places. Gaia moves into the space formerly occupied by Vivi, one of Billante’s…
Beef has taken some serious body punches in the last couple of years. Michael Pollen, Mark Bittman, and a merry cast of vegetarians have been steadily hammering away at our poor American steers, calling them expensive, health-hazardous resource hogs that have done little to whittle the national waistline. Now the Association for American National…
