Miami’s Top Spanish Restaurants to Go Mano a Mano at Paella Showdown

In collaboration with the Miami International Film Festival, El Coto de Rioja Paella Parade will march into Miami Beach Botanical Garden next Wednesday, March 9. Following a screening of Fernando Leon de Aranoa’s Amador, chefs from ten of our local Spanish restaurants will gather to prepare their own signature paellas in…

81. Organic Chicken and Sundried Tomato Panini at BLT Steak

As we count down to New Times’ Best of Miami 2011 in June, Short Order will serve up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305 in random order. If you have any nominations of your own, please send them to cafe@miaminewtimes.com. After the jump, find our other choices. 81…

SBWFF 2011: Craziest Moments From the Festival

The South Beach Wine & Food Festival is over for another year, and all across South Beach, workers are furiously tearing up the giant tents, chefs are soaking their feet, and people are guzzling Alka-Seltzer. The festival always great energy; for the celebrity chefs, it seems like the festival is one…

Tonight’s North Miami Food Meetup: Fresh Tomatoes Strawberries and Jalapenos

Jack Garabedian, owner of Jefe’s Original Fish Taco & Burgers, spent Monday in the fields, picking tomatoes, jalapeños, and strawberries. Tonight at the Biscayne Triangle Truck Roundup, which he organizes, these edibles will be integrated into the menu and on sale for consumption. Twenty-five trucks will be there from 5:30 to…

February 2011 Restaurant Openings and Closings

It’s time again to list the restaurants that have opened and closed in February (or those not included in our January roundup). A notable loss is Pizza Volante, but we’re happy to see life again at the old Pacific Time location, now occupied by Andalus. Let us know what we…

Vita-Life: Health Food Oasis in SoBe

The area south of Fifth Street in Miami Beach is a chic one to reside in these days, but cross to the north side of the main drag and it’s another story. Homeless push overloaded carts through the streets and live in the alleys between Sixth and Eighth streets and…

SBWFF 2011: Parting Impressions

Another year, another booze-and-food-drenched four-day bacchanal. Here are a few last thoughts:Let Them Eat Cake: Flawless. A fantastic party. Hard to imagine this not being the high point of the festival.BubbleQ: The last dance for this event was well orchestrated. There was plenty of seating, lines weren’t too long and…

82. Tuna Nicoise at the Royal

As we count down to New Times’ Best of Miami 2011 in June, Short Order will serve up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305 in random order. If you have any nominations of your own, please send them to cafe@miaminewtimes.com. After the jump, find our other choices. 82…

Emeril Films New Cooking Channel Show at Tobacco Road Today

If you didn’t make it to the South Beach Wine & Food Festival this past weekend but want to catch a glimpse of a celebrity chef, Emeril Lagasse is filming today at Tobacco Road. The reason: an episode of his new show, The Originals With Emeril Lagasse, set to premiere in May…

Dispatches From South Beach Wine & Food Festival 2011

It’s over. The gluttonous celebration of food known as the South Beach Wine & Food Festival is in the books. History books? Maybe. Cookbooks? Absolutely.Yep, the festival celebrated its tenth anniversary, and Short Order was there to eat its way through it all. There were plenty of highlights, including the last…

SBWFF 2011: Last Pics From Grand Tasting Village

The South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s Whole Foods Grand Tasting Village satisfied hungry and parched guests via everything from deep-fried meat pies and stuffed plantain cups to poached shrimp and chilled avocado soup. There was even a bread station, with freshly homemade loaves perfect for soaking up the alcohol consumed…

SBWFF 2011: Closing Party With Guy Fieri at Gansevoort

Scents of barbecue and cigar smoke collided on the sand behind the Gansevoort hotel during the South Beach Wine & Food Festival Closing Party with Guy Fieri. Guests were first given a bag containing a pair of flimsy flip-flops and complimentary drink tickets to STK. Soon thereafter, fruity drinks, with…

SBWFF 2011: Jamie Oliver Makes Pasta at Fun & Fit as a Family

Only 75 kids got the chance to sit in Jamie Oliver’s presentation at Kohl’s Fun & Fit as a Family Saturday at Jungle Island. At 12:30 p.m. a line already snaked outside the room where Oliver’s 1:30 p.m. presentation took place, but to some parents’ discontent, most didn’t get in. Several…

SBWFF 2011: Thrillist’s BBQ and the Blues

At Thrillist’s event, BBQ and the Blues, a huge line stretched from the entrance of the Oasis, at the Raleigh Hotel, toward Collins Avenue last Saturday night. The fine smell of barbecue just over the wall inspired impatience.Once inside, guests didn’t know whether to grab a drink from one of…

SBWFF 2011: Best Thing I Ever Ate at the Beach Was Feh

​It’s no secret that different types of crowds are attracted to particular events offered during the South Beach Wine & Food Festival. Those who love schwag and want to drink their ticket price in alcohol attend the Grand Tasting Village. Parents and those whose enjoyment of the festival depends only…

SBWFF 2011: Food Porn from Wine + Dine + Design

Wine + Dine + Design was held last night in the ever-growing Design District, home to a handful of our city’s most popular eateries. Here’s how the event worked: Ticketholders gathered in front of Vino E Olio and were grouped into three lines, one for the folks who would start…

SBWFF 2011: Grand Tasting Village Was a Satisfying Feeding Frenzy

​With the white sand, clear skies, and heat, SBWFF’s Whole Foods Market Grand Tasting Village would have resembled the Sahara if it were not for the sparkling backdrop of the Atlantic.After receiving a Waterford glass, but no neck lanyard cup-holder to keep our eager paws free (they were deemed defective),…