Restaurants

As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…

As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…

Here’s Part Two of our interview with soon-to-be celebrity chef Andrea Curto-Randazzo. You canread the first part of the interview here.Now how did your appearance on Top Chef come about? You didn’t have enough going on?I did it for publicity because that’s what my field has become now. I’m a…

As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…

As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…

Pinolandia is a 24-hour Nicaraguan fritanga in Miami’s Little Havana. It takes its name from pinol, the Nica national beverage of ancient mesoamerican origin made from a rough powder of the same name. Pinol is made of crushed corn kernels, herbs, and flavorings. The dueño of Pinolandia told us, “Es…

​A lot has happened since we last interviewed Andrea Curto-Randazzo, co-owner and co-chef of Talula on Miami Beach. She and her husband began handling the kitchen at a second restaurant, The Water Club in North Miami. And she began preparing to compete on Top Chef Season 7, which airs June…

Does Miami really need another sushi restaurant and robata grill? We couldn’t help thinking the same thing when we heard Zuma opened its doors in the Epic overlooking the Miami River last month. So we didn’t rush in. But soon we started to hear people raving about just how good…

I drove by Quarterdeck Seafood Bar on Alton Road in South Beach yesterday and noticed that the sign had been taken down and the windows were papered over. I put in a call to Frank Zaffere, who is partner of Quarterdeck Restaurants (seven outlets in Broward and Palm Beach) with…

A sneak peak at next week’s Cafe review of Mercadito Margarito:…Margaritas are spiked with unexpected additions such as mango, chile morita, a blueberry float…and that’s just in one concoction, the delectable Smoky Pablo. The bar drinks are great.It wouldn’t have surprised me to see those same ingredients in one of…

LC’s Roti Shop is known for the wonderful flavors in the dishes she manages to put out year after year from the tiny kitchen of her restaurant in North Miami. The secret is in the sauce and this sauce is for sale.LC’s hot sauce and mango chutney ($3-$15) are made…

I got to take a tour of the new Paragon entertainment complex set to open this weekend in Coconut Grove. Much has been made about the “unique” and “premier movie-going experience” that this new theater (on the site of the old AMC) will offer — some $4 million dollars have…

A pastelito de guayaba is a delicious, flaky, puff pastry filled with semi-gooey guava paste. To make it, you seal the dough with egg wash, bake it, then brush it with syrup for a finger stickin’, flake-stickin’-to-lip experience. They can be found at most any Latin bakery, coffee shop, or convenience store…

As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…

Bombay Darbar: Top Indian fare in Coconut Grove

Furry bodies, segmented tails, whiskers from hell, transluscent brown wings, antennas of doom, beady black eyes; these are the visions restaurant inspectors must see in their nightmares.Luckily most of us don’t have to bear witness to these images of living disgustitude.On the other hand, we might be consuming the results…

With only nine days until the start of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, excitement is building for the most watched sporting event in the world. And when it comes to places to watch the games in Miami, the choices go beyond the usual sports bar suspects. Many…

Yes, it’s that time of year again. No, we don’t mean the beginning of summer. Nor are we referring to the upcoming “Best of Miami” issue or, for that matter, the upcoming Flapjack Flip-Off X. (OK, we can move on now; I’ve gotten in all the necessary plugs.)Yes, it’s that…

Vino E Olio, an Italian restaurant specializing in Tuscan fare, is slated to debut at 139 NE 39th Street in Miami’s Design District sometime in September. News of a new Italian restaurant opening doesn’t exactly set hearts aflutter around here, but the chef of Vino E Olio, Andrea Menichetti, brings…

It’s getting harder and harder these days to distinguish between the slews of gourmet cupcake operations that keep springing up. So here’s some help. Cushy Cakes uses Guinness Beer and Kahlua coffee liqueur in certain recipes. Owner and self-taught baker Melissa Wilde Jarquin is breaking the baking sheet mold with…

Last night The Water Club opened its doors to the public after an expensive and extensive makeover to what was once the famous Shooters location. The new look includes a to-the-ceiling wine room, ’70s style yellow lounge sofas, and portrait photo collages of Miami icons.Inside, guests can can sit and…

A quick peek at next week’s Cafe review:Bombay Darbar Indian Restaurant inhabits a neat, neighborly room with 34 seats, linen-draped tables, a tile floor, and pale-yellow walls judiciously adorned with Indian art. Alfresco dining on Commodore Plaza permits patrons to peer at passersby and speculate on “For Sale” signs posted…