The ice-cream industry is really pushing the National Ice Cream Month promo this year, but in South Florida, every month is ice-cream month. That’s probably why local hotels are finally getting into the act with a new focus on inventive ice-cream offerings. (Riki “off-my-cleanse-diet” Altman featured La Marea’s selection yesterday.) A…
Today marks the official start of National Ice Cream Month (thank you, President Reagan, for acknowledging this frozen treat deserves not just a day, but four weeks’ worth of celebration), and the folks at La Marea gave us the chance to sample not one, not two, but more than two…
How can it be that a new falafel joint opened almost a year ago and nobody told me? I had to sniff it out myself while riding by last night on Washington Avenue. Crazee Olive Mediterranean Grill is actually more than just a falafel joint — it offers a pretty…
Flapjack Flip-Off X: Miami’s best pancakes
If you know Anthony Bourdain from No Reservations and nothing else, perhaps you’re under the impression he’s just some cuddly middle-aged curmudgeon. Newsflash: You’re wrong. Sure, he can be a friendly, engaging, and gracious dude. But for a full, uncensored view of Bourdain’s too-hot-for-TV alter ego, you need to read…
Sure, there’s that pesky oil spill dumping hundreds of millions of gallons of deadly crude into our fish basket. But when all the seafood is dead or infected, we can find sustenance in the industry that put us in this situation.Besides, gas station food is awesome at 3 a.m. or 3 p.m…
With all the hubbub over the Norman’s 180 debut, perhaps you missed the news that Fin, Jonathan Eismann’s local, sustainable seafood restaurant in the Design District, opened its doors last night. Last December, Short Order sampled some of Fin’s dishes, including a delectable Palm Beach Spanish mackerel with broccoli rabe (in photo)…
The Tenth Annual Mrs. Beeton Flapjack Flip-Off is here. Leading up to publication, Short Order each day has highlighted one of the five unwitting contestants. Today: THE WINNER!…
As Lee Klein reported earlier today, chef Norman Van Aken’s new restaurant, Norman’s 180, will open in Coral Gables tonight. It’s a homecoming of sorts for Van Aken, whose return to the neighborhood has been highly anticipated. And he’s very happy to be back. Short Order got a peek of…
Erik Peters left college to become a “ski bum,” but after a bad man-versus-nature accident, he reverted to cooking, a hobby that always came naturally. His first job with Club Med was as an assistant sous chef in Copper Mountain, Colorado, and his next gig took him to Playa Blanca…
Forget the burgers this Fourth of July. Start your day with a tasting of locally made, tropical-fruit-flavored ice creams at Bee Heaven Farm. July is, after all, National Ice Cream Month.We’re talking white sapote, lychee, passion fruit, mamey, South Florida peach ice cream, and others. They’re all prepared by local…
The decade has seemingly flipped by faster than a griddlecake in midair: The Tenth Annual Mrs. Beeton Flapjack Flip-Off is just around the corner (Mrs. B. being our patron saint for her prescient in-print assertion, made 101 years ago, that pancakes “must be regarded as somewhat beyond the capabilities of…
Seems this fella named Norman Van Aken is debuting a restaurant in Coral Gables tonight. It’ll be called Norman’s 180. Lord knows Coral Gables can use a boost. Too bad Van Aken didn’t try this a decade ago, when the neighborhood was one of the best around for dining. Would…
Click here to read part one of the Master Cleanse diary.Lemonade Day 6I skipped the tea/saltwater today because I stayed up too late and had early meetings to attend. I’m going to free yoga at Bayfront Park later which will be interesting because usually after a hot, sweaty yoga class…
Roaches. They’re not shy, they love to eat, and some can even quote Kafka. But none of that makes them a good dinner date. So what are they doing at our local restaurants? The same thing as everybody else; grabbing a bite to eat and trying to get laid.Problem is,…
It’s been a success on South Miami Avenue, and now Brickell Irish Pub, which was voted Best New Bar/South in our recent Best of Miami 2010, is getting set to debut a sister spot by Española Way in South Beach. The actual address is on Drexel Ave., so the new…
As part of our annual competition to determine the best pancakes in town, we visited Picnic Miami, which picked up the coveted On Second Thought, Maybe I’ll Have Some Peanuts and Cracker Jack Award. Its boom-boom soundtrack at 11 a.m. proved only slightly less distracting than the ESPN sports highlights…
After years of tossing the idea around I’ve decided to stop being a nancy and do the damn Master Cleanse. You may be asking…what is this Master Cleanse? Well, it’s a 10-day (minimum) detox developed in the 1941 that’s still being used today. Also called the “Lemonade Diet”, you subsist…
Cacique’s Corner is a Cuban coffee shop and cafeteria that has stood at SW First Avenue and Flagler Street under the same ownership in downtown Miami since 1987. When Selim Diaz and his family emigrated from the small town of Sasa del Medio, Las Villas, Cuba, in 1980, he was…
Evos, a new health-conscious eatery in Pinecrest that totes the cutesy slogan “Feel Great Fast Food,” has the charm of a Starbucks. Complete with décor that can only be described as “generic coffeehouse corporate chic,” it boasts a loop of effervescent-sounding indie music that makes you feel like your order…
The decade has seemingly flipped by faster than a griddlecake in midair: The Tenth Annual Mrs. Beeton Flapjack Flip-Off is just around the corner (Mrs. B. being our patron saint for her prescient in-print assertion, made 101 years ago, that pancakes “must be regarded as somewhat beyond the capabilities of…
Mary’s Coin Laundry and Cafeteria opened in 1982 as a simple wash house. It had been converted from a plant nursery and Bahamian-style wooden shack that had been around for 55 years. Then, Victor Sanchez, a construction worker and son-in-law of the Mary for whom the place is named, noticed…
