What can you say about a job where several liquor companies a year contact the office to hold tasting demonstrations? Fucking awesome.When Ron Abuelo hollered at Short Order to see if we were interested in finding out about their product we set up a drinking appointment for 11:30 a.m.Our notes…
Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza opens its Miami Lakes location today, making it the fourth in Miami-Dade County and the 20th nationally. ACFP uses authentic 800-degree, coal-burning ovens to create “well done pizzas.” The new restaurant is located at 15492 NW 77th Court in Royal Oaks Plaza (off the Palmetto Expressway…
Another year, another Iron Fork. Were you there, did you have fun, what would you like to see there next time that would make it better. We think there should have been more water. Rum and Presidente are not always the answer.Here are some pictures representing for the restaurants that…
Yesterday we wrote of Food & Wine magazine naming her cookbook Cuisine a Latina as one of the top 25 of the year. Earlier in the week we noted that her Sra. Martinez restaurant made Esquire’s list of 20 Best New Restaurants in America. Today’s Michelle news concerns an upcoming…
Short Order headquarters isn’t stacked to the ceiling with pots and pans. We don’t have a million dollar range. There’s not a smoker out back. There’s no grill, brick oven, or even a toaster, but we do have a microwave and the $1.00 pizzas we pull out of it always…
The Presidente flowed as Chef John Critchley laid the culinary smackdown on Giancarla Bodoni for the 2009 Iron Fork title. Critchley is on a winning streak, with his seafood-celebrating Area 31 having been recently named one of Esquire magazine’s best new restaurants this year.Our focus, however, was the side show…
A teeny sneak preview of the New Times restaurant review for next week.Although this is a “pizzeria/mozzarella bar,” there’s plenty more going on gastronomically. In fact, it is the plethora of fresh vegetable offerings that set Casale apart from so many other places. The menu mentions some 45 meatless items,…
Congratulations to Michelle Bernstein for winning a spot on Food & Wine’s top 25 cookbooks of 2009.According to Publishers Weekly, “Every year, about 24,000 new cookbooks hit bookstore shelves.” Michelle Bernstein’s book Cuisine à Latina is available at all major retailers and online.Big ups to her for getting our city…
Today, stone crab season officially opens and runs through May 15. We have assembled some trivia you may find useful around the dinner table, at a bar with friends, or if you ever end up on a quiz show. Enjoy.10. Stone crabs are found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts…
Last night at the Setai on South Beach (2001 Collins Ave., MIami Beach) Richie Rich and Pamela Anderson presented their fashion line A*Muse for Funkshion, another South Beach fashion week.Nespresso, a Nestle owned home espresso machine that uses a capsule system, was there giving out free espressos and cappuccinos.Silver Dagger…
This eyeballed up cheeseburger bus poster was seen this morning in Wynwood. We look forward to seeing more of this type of art work. Not that we endorse it. It’s illegal, and wrong, very, very, wrong.We’re gonna have to look into whether the county got rid of the budget for…
What it is: Sancocho, a South American soup/stew usually comprising large pieces of meat and vegetables (often root vegetables). Here it is done up Colombian/Mexican style, a chicken broth chockablock with chicken, corn, sweet potato, yucca, plantain, cilantro, red onion, and a squirt of lime. The question, though, is Where…
“It is Brazil’s time,” an exuberant President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva exclaimed when his country won the bid to host the 2016 Olympics. A rowdy crowd at Botequim Carioca Brazilian Bar & Grill agreed, hoisting caipirinhas and cold drafts while celebrating news of Latin America’s first Summer Games. Botequim…
Champagne + chocolate = wet panties.Get in on the action when Morton’s The Steakhouse (1200 Brickell Ave., Miami) presents An Evening of Decadence: Champagne and Chocolate Tastings on Wednesday, October 21st.The night begins with Morton’s signature hors d’oeuvres like smoked salmon wedges, broiled sea scallops and petite filet mignon sandwiches…
Joey’s Italian Cafe in Wynwood opened in December 2008 and have stayed true to their concept of a down-to-earth neighborhood joint with great food and wine selection.It’s with that in mind that they’ve introduced a new thirteen pizza menu ($8 – $16) with wine by the glass or bottle suggestions…
The wines of Tuscany, from Chianti to Brunello to Vino Nobile “and everything in between” will be poured at the sixth installment of Fratelli Lyon’s “Passport to Italy” wine tasting series tonight at 7:30 p.m. Chef Alex Pinero will prepare snacks to pair with the 6 to 8 wines that…
Waxy’s On the River (690 SW First Court, Miami) is a Key West-styled Irish pub that specializes in fish. They shoot for a neighborhood joint feeling and are proud to showcase buzzworthy local acts like ArtOfficial, and Locos Por Juana, through their midweek live music bookings.The restaurant is located on…
We all know instant coffee sucks, which is why Starbucks refers to its’ new line of VIA coffee powder as “Ready Brew”. Whatever you call it, both the extra bold Italian Roast (which I sampled in the store), and the mellower-but-still-potent Colombian (prepared at home) turned out to be startlingly…
Miami New Times’ culinary super event is officially sold out. You should not have slow danced on these tickets folks cause now they’re gone, gone, gone.Best of luck sneaking in; we’re guessing it’s not that difficult. Maybe you could get a job slinging drinks.See ya next year…
Short Order is a food blog, so you know we support chicken breasts. But we’re also down for lady breasts and are bound by honor to protect them.Go to Tobacco Road tomorrow night and support the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation when you pay your $7 admission to see…
Thursday, October 22, at Locust Projects (155 NE 38 Street) Jeff McInnis, executive chef of DiLido Beach Club restaurant at the Ritz Carlton South Beach will cook for and talk to a crowd in the Design District.Jeff McInnis was a contestant on season five of the hit Bravo TV show…
The Hunter’s Moon is a full moon. They call it that because the light it provides makes it easier to kill food. According to Wikipedia, as viewed from the northern hemisphere, the Hunter’s Moon rises in such a way that there’s no significant dark time between sunset and moonrise, thus…
