Sweetness is cupcakes, creative sandwiches, homemade red velvet twinkies, and a grand opening party with Quiky, the Nesquick bunny, giving away free chocolate milk. We have previously covered the opening of Sweetness Bakeshop and Cafe in Hialeah but we finally got to check it out and sink our teeth into…
Vegan Chefs, Dreaming of Success, Emerge in Miami
Peruse the menu at many of Miami’s fine-dining establishments and you’ll see proclamations of farm-fresh produce complete with the names of the farms where your tomato or mango was lovingly grown. That’s all well and good, but have you ever stopped to think where cheaper, lesser-known restaurants get their vegetables?…
Patpong Road, 50 Eggs’ newest concept, opens this Friday, August 23, above Khong River House. The intimate lounge, which is open only Friday and Saturday evenings from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m., is designed to invoke Bankok’s infamous Patpong Road. In addition to food stalls, another form of flesh is…
Pork skin and pork fat aren’t exactly standard fare for a vegan diet. So chicharrónes are an unlikely find on an all-herbivorous menu. But find them, we did. At Bird Road’s Beehive Juice Bar, Brazilian owner Carlos Schichi cooks up this signature snack for reformed meat eaters, heart attack sufferers,…
Nine years ago, New York’s hamburger landscape changed forever when an unassuming shack began serving up humanely raised 100% Angus beef. Danny Meyer got his start in the 80’s with Union Swuare Hospitality, eventually leading him to his little roadside cart that took root in the fine-casual burger market, and…
Keith Kalmanowicz is a busy guy. In the past two hours, he’s petted a black emu, chatted up a Jamaican medicine man, shown me a composting toilet, and confessed that he’s fed a chubby pig named Shuffles perhaps too much brioche. Sitting on a bench at Earth N’ Us Farm…
“Sorry, we’re not getting them in until Wednesday.” That was my answer at the first Taco Bell I drove through yesterday afternoon. Even though the Mexican-ish fast-food company had moved up the release of the new Fiery Doritos Locos Tacos from the original August 22 launch date to August 19,…
From the fantastical food world of frings (french fries plus onion rings) and cronuts, we present you with the frickle. Yes, you guessed it, that’s a fried pickle. The crunch of a dill contained in golden fried battered. But wait, there’s more. Brother Jimmy’s BBQ in Brickell serves frickles on…
Meet Chris P. Bacon. Chris is a 6-month-old potbellied pig. His favorite foods are Cheerios and sliced green grapes; his least favorite are carrots and celery. He loves air conditioning, rubbing his belly in the grass, and watching TV with his adoptive older brother. His best friends are a stuffed…
Yogurt, in some form or another, will never disappear. Just when we think the Fro-Yo trend has surely jumped the shark, we’re proven wrong with the expansion of Pinkberry. Of course, who in their right mind doesn’t love frozen yogurt? Which is basically a way to eat a cold, creamy…
Michael Schwartz isn’t sure about a few things. He doesn’t know how many hours he works in a day, whether his employees think he’s a good manager, or where exactly he’s taking his restaurant group next. What he does know is this: a lot has changed since he landed his…
In a society dominated by Starbucks, coffee gets all the media love. But what about that other hot beverage — the one that cultures have been drinking for, oh, 3,000 years or so? The one that Buddhist monks swear by? The one they drink religiously on Downton Abbey? Tea ringing…
Coming up with healthy, kid-friendly meals can be a challenge. But this time of year, with school about to start, it’s especially important. Short Order spoke to Camille Lamb, the healthy eating specialist at Whole Foods Market Coral Gables (and our own former Beet Reporter), and Jordan Wolfe, healthy eating…
The weather is just starting to really heat up in Miami, but summer will soon be making its exit — something you can’t say about almost any other part of the country. To parents of young kids, that sweltering mid-August sun means only one thing: brown bag lunch season. This…
Smoked salmon spring rolls aren’t the obvious choice at Biscayne Tavern, a downtown restaurant that peddles more fried potatoes than lox. So when your waiter says he prefers the dish over the “crispy Gulf shrimp dynamite,” you order the rolls halfheartedly and glare at the shrimp platters passing by. But…
David Dodge wears shoes with coiled heels, considers refined wheat to be toxic, and hasn’t taken medicine in more than 40 years. His choice of footwear relieves pain associated with lower-body conditions. And if you look closely enough, you’ll notice flour dusting the black Velcro on his feet. For four…
Facing I-75, in a nondescript location surrounded by warehouses, lies a delicious deli that you probably haven’t heard of before. Franky’s Deli Warehouse in Hialeah is a place that you have to know about to find. Once you arrive, warm faces, meat waiting to be sliced and Cannabis Energy Drinks…
SoFi seafood lovers officially have a new spot to call their own. Bar Crudo is now open at 40 South Pointe Drive, and it is doling out ocean delicacies like snapper ceviche, beet-cured hamachi and shrimp crostini. From crab to cocktails, the cozy cafe was the brainchild of owners Andy…
For those of us not working (or discoing) at the car wash, dining there seems to be a pretty decent option. A recent trip to Karma Carwash, left us in a sublime zen state. While our car was being scrubbed, we wanted some of our own personal attention, so we…
Smoked salmon spring rolls aren’t the obvious choice at Biscayne Tavern, a downtown restaurant that peddles more fried potatoes than lox. So when your waiter says he prefers the dish over the “crispy Gulf shrimp dynamite,” you order the rolls halfheartedly and glare at the shrimp platters passing by. But…
Social portal and user-review mecca Yelp is all about educating the masses on the eats, drinks and other diversions cities have to offer. Be it God-awful service or orgasmic edibles — Yelpers are the ultimate experts. Yelp Miami’s newest endeavor is designed to introduce folks to the 305’s mixology landscape…
