Robert Is Here fruit stand has stood at the same location since 1960 and is a South Dade landmark. The place got its name from the sign a 6 year old Robert used to get folk’s attention back when he started with a box of his dad’s cucumbers and a…
It starts with one innocent dunk. You select a tasty victim from the basket of assorted toasted pita chips, fried green plantains and blue corn chips on the table and go in for the kill. Scooping up just enough salsa to coat half of the delivery vehicle, you’re like a…
Before the advent of the internet ocean creatures played cards shell to shell. Now they battle it out online. This weekend blog watch brought to you courtesy of superconnectivity. Be sure to inlude hand crank web access in your hurricane preparedness kit. Here’s some weekend data that flowed across the…
Mr. Chow Miami will be opening at the W Hotel South Beach this August. Mr. Chow is of course Mr. Michael Chow, famed restaurateur/actor/interior designer — not to be confused with Philippe Chow, famed chef/restaurateur who used to be famed chef at Mr. Chow and then split off to do…
Move over Les Halles, brasserie Au Pied de Cochon is now serving up a taste of the old world, south of 5th Street. The restaurant dates back 60 years to its original location in the Les Halles district of Paris, unlike that area’s eponymous, Bourdain-adorned chain which you may be…
Kourtney Kardashian is “discovering Miami,” so it was only a matter of time before she stumbled upon La Sandwicherie, one of our long time SoBe sandwich-peddling faves.”I always get the same thing… proscuitto and fresh mozzarella on a french baguette with lettuce, french pickles, mayo and their special dressing… it…
This week marks the release of the Miami New Times Best Of Miami 2009. Thanks to the powers of the global information super highway you can actually leave your opinion in the form of a comment on each and every entry. Short Order encourages any and all feedback, humor a…
BLT Steak Miami Beach takes Chef Laurent Tourondel’s formula for success and applies it to Dade County. Read Lee Klein’s New Times review of the joint here and Victoria Pesce Elliot’s Miami Herald review here.BLT Steak Miami Beach’s Chef De Cuisine Sam Gorenstein says “I was born in Colombia and…
Don Slesnick from Miami New Times on Vimeo Don Slesnick, The Slesmeister, El Slesarino, The Slesinator, Slesny Snipes, Slesley Nielsen, whatever way you chop it up, Mayor Don Slesnick of Coral Gables is an alright dude. In the following video he tells Short Order he cannot legalize marijuana, talks Zinfandel,…
Ask and you shall receive. Norman Van Aken is up in Orlando hanging with his Ritz Carlton crew, and hit up the Twitter about some insane twist on Banh Mi causing a stir with guests… I fell in love at first bite when I was introduced to these french baguette…
“When comparing Yard House with all of the more than 7,500 entities with active business licenses in Coral Gables, Yard House has the 14th largest employee count,” says Jessica Wotherspoon, business development specialist for the City of Coral Gables. “When comparing Yard House within the restaurant category alone, it ranks…
They’re taking over Miami, one lime-cured corvina morsel at a time. You know what I’m referring to… The dish of the moment is ceviche! We are a town obsessed with piles of lipsmacking, citrus-cured seafood goodness. Even if a restaurant isn’t traditional Peruvian, they’ve got at least one ceviche on…
Summer is the time to drive down to Key West. It’s empty now, the streets and beaches quiet. Here’s a list of places to eat on the drive down (or back up). Robert Is Here Fruit StandSummer is perhaps the best time to hit up what should be a mainstay…
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Nathan’s Famous Inc.(NASDAQ:NATH), the Coney Island, Brooklyn birthed company known the world over for its hot dogs, used to “wholly own” the Miami Subs Corporation as a subsidiary.They sold it back in 2007 for $850,000 cash and “a secured promissory note for $2.4 million, payable over four years,” according to…
What a tease. Ever since Sushi Siam shuttered at its former home in the Four Ambassadors Hotel last year, Brickell has had a serious shortage of good quality, upscale casual Asian eats. So when the Coming Soon sign hiding on that open door first appeared at 951 Brickell Ave. earlier…
“The New Times never calls me,” Mayor Don Slesnick grumbled to a certain food writer one evening not long ago. And if can I recall correctly, that same food writer quickly replied, “That probably means you’re doing something right!”Well in case you didn’t get the memo, it’s Coral Gables Restaurant…
The partners of Manny’s Steaks were apparently so excited over their downtown restaurant receiving the prestigious award as New Times’ Best Restaurant For A Power Lunch that they have split up; the name of the restaurant is now Miami’s Chophouse. Philosophically we must recognize that celebrating a New Times’ Best…
The main claim to fame for Yard House, the new 12,000-square-feet Coral Gables resto-pub (Yard House, Village of Merrick Park; 305-447-9273) has been its’ peerless beer selection — 130 on tap, with a glass-enclosed keg room housing up to 5,000 gallons at a time. But executive chef and partner Carlito…
World-renowned Tool supercomposer Maynard James Keenan is also a winemaker. To prove it, he’ll sign your bottle of one of his Caduceus Cellars fine wines today and only today at the Coral Gables Whole Foods Market (6701 Red Rd.).The grapes are grown by Merkin Vineyards in Arizona, and it’s way…
Welcome to Archive Diver – Short Order Edition, where we scour past print issues of Miami New Times for interesting food related content. Today we bring you a “Wet Paint Cafe” advertisement from 1988. Back then, Lincoln Road offered a decidedly cracked-out vista. The Cafe owner’s prescience to the potential…
Best Hamburger8 oz. Burger Bar1080 Alton Rd.Miami Beach 33139305-397-82468ozburgerbar.comBurgers are big — as in big across-the-board sales during stressed economic times. There are big profits for burger barons, and big-shot chefs putting ’em on their big-price restaurant menus. Govind Armstrong and the folks at Table 8 took things a step…
