At his Brickell noodle house, Momi Ramen, which opened in December, Jeffrey Chen ties a black bandanna printed with white skulls tightly across his scrunched forehead. He works silently behind a glass panel. Around him, Miami’s food cognoscenti, huddled about wooden tables, hover above bowls of soup. For years, these…
If you haven’t purchased your tickets for the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, we suggest breaking out the credit card because many of the more famous events, like Burger Bash, are sold out.Luckily, the four-day long festival is filled with seminars, dinners, and parties — ensuring there’s an event…
A new sign has gone up in the tucked-away corner between the Shops at Midtown and Biscayne where Tapas & Tintos once set up its second outpost. It’s odd that the place — conveniently located just south of NE 36th Street — couldn’t keep it together and shut down just months before…
Valentine’s Day, the one day of the year that obligates Americans to get all sexy and romantic, is a week away. Whether you’ve been with your little honey pot for a few weeks or a few decades, the holiday can be a great excuse to use “more than words to…
When the company first sent me a Nutribullet for review, I unpacked it with excitement and immediately started loading the tall, bullet-like plastic cup with kale, carrots, ginger, berries, and a bunch of other produce I had in the crisper. Instead of reading the instructions, I followed the lead of…
Because metropolitan Miami is so awesome, we often neglect traveling to the suburbs, especially when we’re hungry and impatient. But with the recent opening of Devon Seafood & Steak, we just had to make the trip. Situated in the Palms at Town & Country mall in Kendall, Devon is a…
Dylan’s Candy Bar opened about a week ago, and already it’s giving the Apple Store down the street some stiff competition as the most popular (and populated) place on Lincoln Road. We’ve been there twice, and both times the two-story shop, founded by Ralph Lauren’s daughter, Dylan, has been filled…
Mark Dorfman, along with father-son duo Igor & Fred Niznik is giving the Wynwood community and its lovable hipster culture a place to get loose. It’s a 1927 single-family home that’s been conserved till now, like a fine bottle of wine. TSL or The Social Lubricant lounge will have its…
On Super Bowl Sunday, when the keg is kicked, the wing bones picked dry, the seven-layer dip down to its last tier – you and your guests will be jonesin’ for something sweet. And to satisfy those post-game cravings, Sweetness Bakeshop & Cafe is baking up some team-themed, craft beer-infused…
Throughout history there have been famous couples that have worked together. in just about every industry.Some duos that come to mind are Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall; Bonnie and Clyde; John Lennon and Yoko Ono; Hillary and Bill Clinton; Masters and Johnson; Irene and Frederic Joliot-Curie; Carl Sagan and Anne…
Happy New Year! 2013 looks like it’s going to be a great year for Miami food lovers. It seems that since the first of the year, either a new restaurant has opened — or announces plans to join the scene.Some trends we’ve been noticing — New York restaurateurs continue to…
Ni.Do. Caffe Charms With Laid-Back Italian on the Upper Eastside
You read about the Great Twinkie Extinction here on Short Order (and everywhere else) and maybe you applauded, or more than likely, felt as if yet another piece of your childhood was being torn away from you by The Man.Well, there may be a reason to rejoice, put your footie…
Some might criticize Porketta, the porcine-centric Italian restaurant just off Flagler Street, as being too similar to a New York City restaurant with a similar name. Yet Northern Italians for centuries roasted pig-stuffed pig, traditionally with lungs, kidneys, and other offal, wrapped in a crisp skin…
Salumeria 104 recently invited us to lunch to try some new menu items as well as the ever-changing daily special.First we munched on a variety of meats and cheeses ($6 to $24) that whetted our appetite. All the cheeses were superb, but we have to say the pecorino toscano guaranteed our everlasting…
The closer we get to the South Beach Wine and Food Festival (SoBeWFF), the more you’re bound to hear the name Lee Schrager. And in addition to his tireless work promoting our city’s celeb-studded ode to consumption — he’s lending his talents to the 30th anniversary edition of the Miami…
Matteo Paderni leans with one hand on a chocolate-brown bentwood chair and makes a lively gesture with the other. At his Upper Eastside eatery, Ni.Do. Caffé, he speaks in rapid Italian to a 50-something patron, a gentleman wearing a starched white button-down shirt and his brunet hair slicked back like…
Plenty of restaurants in Miami serve a fantastic brunch spread — but most of them are expensive. And let’s face it: Not all of us are doctors and lawyers who can afford a $65 Sunday brunch at Edge or even a $45 brunch at La Gloutonnerie. Racking up a bill…
Miami-based Burger King is cutting ties with a United Kingdom meat supplier found to be using horse meat to “beef up” its products. Burgers from processors Liffey Meats and Silvercrest Foods in Ireland and Dalepak Hambleton in Britain tested positive for horse DNA, according to Reuters. Part-horse patties were also…
No, Tommy Pickles is not some extra that gets whacked in a Sopranos episode. Tommy Pickles is one of MC Kitchen’s beer cocktails ($12), served at brunch (and thankfully any time you’re jonesing for it).On Saturday afternoon, I decided to try out MC Kitchen’s new brunch, served weekends from 11:30…
Halo-halo isn’t your typical shaved ice dessert. If you consider Panama’s raspao, Italy’s granita, Dominican Republic’s frio frio, or United States’ snow cone, then you already know none of these look anything like a layered, vibrant bowl of halo-halo. It might look more like Malaysia’s ais kacang or Korea’s patbingsoo…
Miami’s on one heck of a brunch kick, and why not? It’s arguably the most exciting meal of the week, usually enjoyed with a group of friends or loved ones, and likely involves drinking alcoholic beverages long before the sun sets.Three of Miami’s newest hot spots have introduced brunch –…
