“I want to have sex with this bone marrow,” uttered the gal sitting on the barstool next to us as she closed her eyes and bit down on a tanned toast round topped with chimichurri and glistening globes of savory, meaty fat. “Seriously, if this was a man….”Yeah, our first…
A sign announcing the impending arrival of Kaña Cuban Coffee Roasters was in place at the downtown intersection of Flagler Street and Miami Avenue for many months (and is still noted on the company website). So it was a surprise when Roho Cuban Coffee opened in its place.No matter. Roho…
Visiting the Shops at Midtown the other day, I felt sluggish. Suddenly, it hit me why: I hadn’t had my caffeine fix yet.Then I remembered that Moloko, a new coffee house, had opened up. Though its website touts crepe-making for children and a “coffee revolution” theme, the place is a…
Women chefs struggle to break into fine dining’s good-ol’-boys club
One month down, 11 more to go before the so-called end of the world, and if you forgot to celebrate any of January’s food holidays due to work, school, prison, food coma, etc., fret not faithful foodie ’cause February offers some interesting meal ideas for you–and your dog too. Valentine’s…
Vic & Angelo’s Coal Oven Enoteca, the mid-priced Italian eatery that replaced restaurateur David Manero’s higher-priced eatery, DeVito, has closed. A visible for-lease sign hung on the building’s facade when Short Order stopped by this afternoon.The South Beach outpost held a grand opening bash in November with George Clooney’s ex,…
Miami is chugging along towards becoming an upper-tier food city, and now we’ve attracted another whale. No, it’s not Thomas Keller or Ferran Adria. It’s Seamless, the popular online delivery website that has eluded us thus far.Our best option up until now has been GrubHub, which recently purchased the old-school…
Jonathan Waxman, chef/owner of Barbuto in New York, Top Chef Masters alum, and author is taking over Michael Schwartz’s Harry’s Pizzeria Wednesday, February 1.Waxman is hosting a pop-up dinner event, featuring dishes from his book, Italian, My Way: More Than 150 Simple and Inspired Recipes That Breathe New Life into…
Here at Short Order we strive to bring you lists you can’t live without. For this particular roundup, we visited many, many places, trying both a standard vanilla (because if they can’t do that right, what can they do?) as well as the shop’s best-selling flavor. We checked moisture content,…
If January is any indication of things to come, 2012 will be a banner year for Miami dining. This past month saw the debuts of popular local haunts such as Blue Collar and Federal Food Drink & Provisions, as well as a new caviar lounge (The Dome Bar), Bianca at…
About a month ago, we watched Aaron Taylor defect from Meat Market to take the top spot at STK, after Ralph Pagano went off to the races. And since a new chef usually means new menu items, you can look forward to a taste of something different next time you…
Psst. Did you hear about Wine Vault, the new wine and tapas lounge that just opened in The Shops at Midtown? Well, neither did I until I eavesdropped on a conversation yesterday afternoon.Turns out owner Michael Shapira wants it just that way. He opened Wine Vault, a 1,300-square-foot lounge featuring…
Brickell’s newest fish and seafood emporium, Mare Nostrum, is importing everything from the chef (Pedro Gallardo moved here a little over two months ago from Murcia, Spain) to the tuna, which has to be frozen at minus sixty degrees Fahrenheit in order to make the trip, but more on that…
The Villa by Barton G. is a singular dining experience for very special occasions
We recently passed by Miami Shores’ Village Cafe, which seems as if it had been open for an eternity. It was closed. Peeking in to see what was going on behind the blacked out windows we found chairs on top of tables and a ghost-like restaurant space. Then we noticed…
The wealthiest 1 percent of Americans take home 24 percent of all national income, own 40 percent of the country’s total wealth, and are most likely to be seen dining in any restaurant where Jeff O’Neill is the chef.O’Neill, who cut his chops in the masterful New York City kitchens…
SoFi’s latest addition, Lolita Cocina & Tequila Bar, recently surfaced in the old Nemo space. Aiming to bring sophisticated Mexican food with street cred to Miami, the CB5 Restaurant Group — which operates two other Lolita Cocinas in the Northeast — is also hoping to pick up patrons from area…
Using a printer to bake cupcakes sounds as crazy as using a jigsaw to cut a meatloaf, but the technology is out there and could provide the answer to your laziness. One of the many techie-foodie goodies recently unveiled at the Consumer and Electronics Show in Las Vegas is the…
Although the South Beach Wine & Food Festival is still a month away, the time to get those tickets is now. Indeed, some of the more popular events are sold out. You’ve already missed the meaty Burger Bash, BBQ & The Blues hosted by Food Network’s “Iron Chef” Michael Symon,…
Everyone knows food trucks meet at Tobacco Road every first Saturday of the month, but February 4 is different because the trucks will convene to celebrate National Hot Breakfast Month.It’s good to see that some people are taking unofficial food holidays seriously.Twelve trucks will compete for the title of breakfast…
When a Miami restaurant closes, it usually slinks away in the middle of the night, leaving only note on it’s door as a reminder of all the good times you had together.Not Mai Tardi, the lively design district eatery known for beautiful al fresco dining. The restaurant will be officially…
Right off the bat, we have a confession: We never ate at the former Rusty Pelican before the recent remodeling. We feared it would be musty inside and found it an ordeal to trek out to Virginia Key. Also, the menu didn’t look any more appealing than a Ruby Tuesday’s…
