It’s around 6 p.m. on a Friday at Lotus House Women’s Shelter in Overtown and the dinner bell is ringing. Soon about 50 women of all ages, and some of their children, will gather for a healthy and nutritious meal prepared at cost by local catering company Hearts of Palm,…
Know how to tell when an ethnic restaurant is authentic? Check out the regular clientele. At Spice ‘N’ Curry in Sweetwater, you won’t find tourists or South Beach jet set. Just some folks from the neighborhood, especially Indian engineering students filling up on a taste of home right in their backyard.And…
Ahh, good ol’ rumbullion. Ye olde English colonies called it kill devil — both for its hangover-inducing properties and its medicinal powers. Mix it with some lime juice and a little sugar, shake it, and it becomes a daiquiri. A splash of Coke and a squeeze of lime make it…
The online message boards are buzzing, and whether the neighborhood likes it or not, Brickell will get its third Publix this summer. Word on the street is that the long overdue opening at, yes, 911 SW 1st Ave is just a couple weeks away. There isn’t exactly a food emergency in the area. Or is there?…
Bonnie Schwartzer wrote in to let us know about Le Banyan, a new Thai restaurant. I haven’t yet been, but Bonnie has, and really likes it. Here, with her permission, is what she had to say:”I would like to recommend a restaurant called Le Banyan, located at 7300 Ocean Terrace,…
I’ve known local artist Ahol for about four years, since I graduated from college and made it from Tucson to Miami by playing guitar for gas money and sleeping in a broken-windowed Corolla at hijacked KOA campsites. Ahol was heavy on his street-art grind, but has since leveraged his powers of self promotion into the successful…
Aright survey heads, Short Order is about to put you onto a clickstravaganza that’ll not only take the work out of your workday, but allow your voice to ring out in a widely read printed media. That’s right, it’s Zagat time. Time to place your votes, write your reviews and…
North One 10 is holding one of its’ great Winemaker Dinners tonight beginning at 7:00 p.m. Andrea Cecchi of Cecchi Winery will be on hand to preside over the tasting of his wines. From the release:”Andrea Cecchi’s surname is cloaked in tradition, the wines that he crafts on his family…
I Corsini Darwini
New York Bagel Deli, which for years has been stuffing the kishkas of grateful customers at 6546 Collins Avenue, is opening a downtown Miami branch in the Dupont Building, and is also slated to start a bagelry at Biscayne Boulevard and 23rd Street. The downtown deli should be open next…
Got money? Drink wine? Support the Make-A-Wish foundation? Prove it this May 13 at Morton’s The Steakhouse in North Miami Beach (17399 Biscayne Blvd) when Duckhorn Wine President Alex Ryan hosts an exploration of his company’s vineyards with wines from the Goldeneye and Paraduxx collections paired with a five course…
Editor’s Note:Meatless in Miami columnist Lolo Reskin is ba-a-a-ack. In her first column, she talked about becoming a vegetarian. She’ll be writing on the site regularly. MYTH: It’s hard to be a vegetarian in Miami.REALITY: It’s actually a breeze, and only getting breezier…This is the main misconception that inspired this…
Postpone that TV dinner you had planned for this evening–it’s time to call and make reservations at your favorite upscale restaurant.Tonight is “Dine Out and Save Lives” night, sponsored by Care Resource, South Florida’s largest and oldest HIV/AIDS community health provider. Here’s how it works: go to their website, click…
MIA at Biscayne, a 14,000-square-foot dining and entertainment venue, is slated to open at the corner of Flagler and the namesake boulevard this coming summer. Executive Chef Gerdy Rodriguez, who you might remember from another gargantuan downtown dining and entertainment venue (Karu & Y), is in charge of producing “reinvented…
Canyon Ranch Grill
…is the next best thing to tea and sympathy. This Friday, May 1st, The Miami Symphony will be performing at the Guzman Concert Hall at the University of Miami at 8:00 p.m. After the event, a Symphonic Celebration takes place at Cacao Restaurant from 10:30 p.m. to midnight. Miami Symphony…
Rejoice! Chipotle Mexican Grill and its legendary gourmet burritos are coming to Miami Lakes. The chain is opening a new location at 8000 NW 154th St. and to celebrate they’re handing out FREE burritos from 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 29th.The company is dedicated to producing “food with…
Mothers Day is on Sunday, May 10th, Are you ready? Do you care? Will you go out to eat? Short Order is here to give you the opportunity to plan ahead by surveying various restaurants around town.We recently dialed up some numbers out of our extensive restaurant database to divine Mothers Day…
Essensia Restaurant & Lounge at The Palms Hotel & Spa (3025 Collins Ave., South Beach) will be making its debut this Mother’s Day, May 10th, with a holiday brunch. The Palms’ executive chef Gerd Richter has created a menu of “nourishing gourmet cuisine” that according to Maria Bond, Director of…
If food really is the new sex, then sushi is the new foreplay. And Zushi Flirt is the new cathouse. The SoBe outpost of the suburban New Jersey original debuted in the airy, gauzy breezeway of the Z Ocean, née Regent, Hotel, a space previously the outdoors-ish area of Table…
Kendall may not be known as a culinary mecca, but we know a lot of Miami lives out there, and y’all have a passion for eating.So it is with great pleasure that we present you with the opportunity to get a free appetizer at Romano’s Macaroni Grill (12100 SW 88th…
Michael Gilligan has left his executive chef position at Atrio/Level 25 at the Conrad Hotel to become executive chef at the W Hotel in South Beach. Besides managing culinary affairs for the property in general, Gilligan will be overseeing Solea, the condo hotel restaurant described as “Mediterranean with strong Spanish…
