Jugofresh Offering Vegan Pies for Thanksgiving

Sadly, store-bought, traditional pumpkin pies are not vegan-friendly. Nor are they particularly healthy, unless you consider sweetened condensed milk some kind of vitamin supplement. Luckily though, Jugofresh has both health-conscious Miamians and meatless eaters covered when it comes to Thanksgiving desserts this year. Chef Paco has whipped up four options…

Nemesis Urban Bistro to Close in December

Micah Edelstein’s funky, soulful downtown restaurant that’s become a cult favorite with one-off bites like alligator ribs will close next month. The shuttering, announced on Nemesis Urban Bistro’s Facebook page, comes as Edelstein looks to move on to a new project…

Downtown Bistro Is Miami’s French Connection

Downtown Bistro does dinner every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Open for just ten months, this French eatery has been serving the downtown masses during lunchtime. But after much thought, owners Jonathan and Ilona Carrell began offering dinner, a much more difficult feat than serving lunch. Why? Because on this downtown…

Four Seasons Food Truck Hits Miami: Try the Aussie Cubano

If you happened to be jogging through Brickell Avenue last night, you might have encountered something strange: a food truck stationed outside the Four Seasons and a pop-up bar a few feet away serving coffee cocktails and flutes of prosecco. It was a preview party to celebrate the five additional…

London’s Duck & Waffle Coming to Miami

The last time I spoke with Richard Woods, the bar manager for Duck & Waffle in London, described some of his cocktails in a way that made me green with envy for our seaside city. Woods, by the way, has also created the cocktails for Sushi Samba and Bocce Bar,…

Honduran Pollo Ceibeño Redefines the Hearty Plate of Chicken

Forget amber-colored quarters propped alongside mashed potatoes and watery, over-mayonnaised coleslaw. Honduran restaurants offer their own, far superior version called pollo ceibe�o, or ceibe�o de pollo depending upon where you order it. Named for and popularized in La Ceiba, a port town on Honduras’ north coast, it’s a foundation of…

CVI.CHE 105 Invades South Beach (Photos)

In 2007, when downtown Miami was not a desirable place to be after 5 o’clock, Juan Chipoco and Luis Hoyos took a chance and purchased a sliver of space known as La Cibeles Cuban Restaurant. After flipping Cuban sandwiches in a city that offers better Cuban food than the island…

STK to Reopen at 1 Hotel & Homes December 12

Come December 12, STK will reclaim its proper place on South Beach inside the newly renovated 1 Hotel & Homes (formerly the Perry and the Gansevoort South Beach). The chic steak house was originally supposed to stay open during the transformation into an eco-friendly lodge, but it shuttered for a…

Benchwarmers Closed, but Fries May Live On at Wood Tavern

Benchwarmers and Bizerq, the two midtown concepts by Wood Tavern’s Cesar Morales, have closed after just a few months in business. Morales, who issued a statement about the closing on Benchwarmers’ Facebook page, tells Short Order that although the restaurant/sports bar was doing well, it closed due to a few…

October 2014 Restaurant Openings and Closings

October in Miami is still considered a transitional month. Although the weather is getting better, many restaurants are still working on their progress, hosting family & friends dinners and putting the finishing touches on their menus in anticipation for a late fall opening in time for Art Basel and “season”…

Tamarina Opening on Tuesday in Former Lippi Space

Come Tuesday, the Brickell space where Lippi formerly operated under star chef Philippe Ruiz, will re-open its doors. The owners are the same, but the new restaurant will be called Tamarina. Owners Tunu and Yona Puri have teamed up with restaurateur Arjun Waney for a coastal Italian restaurant concept that…

Naked Taco’s Weekend Brunch: Eggs and Tequila Crush Your Hangover

Bored with the same old brunch? Tired of eating lemon ricotta pancakes while sipping mimosas? Think the whole breakfast/lunch combo thingy is just a little too twee? In other words: Ever wish there was a brunch with balls? Then check out Naked Taco’s weekend brunch, launching this Saturday, November 1…

Loba in MiMo Debuts Brunch This Sunday: Free Mimosas for All

Miami isn’t exactly overflowing with praiseworthy brunch spots, so we get unusually excited any time a cool restaurant launches a brunch program. This weekend it happens to be Loba, an intimate gastrobar in MiMo serving Latin and South American cuisine. The hybrid meal is owner Jessica Sanchez’s favorite, so to…