There’s another food truck benefit tonight, so if you’re hankering to get out of the house, why not help children with cancer in the process?A food truck fundraiser to benefit Angels & Warriors will be held tonight at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites in Hialeah from 5 to 9…
I’ve been tracking Yardbird Southern Table & Bar since I first heard buzz that Jeff McInnis was opening a Southern-concept restaurant.I stalked the offices of 50 Eggs on Biscayne Boulevard, because there was a rumor that McInnis was creating recipes at a secret Lime test kitchen. (50 Eggs is the…
If you woke up from a blackout in the middle of Azucar Ice Cream Company’s store, you’d still have little confusion about what Miami street you were on. There’s a huge portrait of Cuban-American salsa singer Celia Cruz on the wall. There are T-shirts for sale with phrases like “Ya…
When Haven’s executive chef, Todd Erickson, came to South Beach for the first time back in January of 2010, he had no idea that he would fall in love with it. In fact, he was a little hesitant about the idea of moving to Miami. “I had never been down…
Kane Steakhouse is able, but it’s not Miami’s greatest
Eat for a cause at tonight’s food truck roundup at Westland Mall in Hialeah to benefit Running With Sole, a Coral Gables-based non-profit that strives to end childhood obesity by providing shoes to children in need and promoting healthy activity. From 5 to 9 p.m. come out and enjoy dinner,…
It seems as though Yardbird Southern Table & Bar has been teasing us for the better part of 2011 with random Jeff McInnis sightings, videos of running chickens and other sleights of hand.But finally (finally!) we’ve gotten an opening date. Yardbird will start serving the public on October 3 with…
We spoke by phone with Lee Schrager this week about upcoming new events at the 2012 South Beach Wine & Food Festival (February 23 through 26). Monday was part one; today we talk about BubbleQ losing its Bubble, the one-of-a-kind affair at 1111 Lincoln, and the grand closing party that…
Matthew Kuscher believes burgers can be “clean” without being boring, and he has faith that Miamians will agree with him around Halloween, when his new restaurant, Lokal, opens at 3190 Commodore Plaza in Coconut Grove.Kuscher has spent his entire career in the restaurant industry. After graduating from Florida International University…
Miami-based Digital Decaf will film a segment of its documentary about food trucks tonight at BTTR. The company has been filming food trucks all over Miami for the past few months. Their goal is to capture the history of the food truck scene in Miami, as well as highlight a…
Derek Tresize has an unreal body. The 24-year-old has been bodybuilding on a plant-based diet for five years. This summer, he took third place in his class at the North American Natural Bodybuilding Federation competition, his second contest.He grew up a multitalented athlete in San Diego. At age 19, he…
Have you walked by the old Sports Exchange location lately? If you frequent Tarpon Bend Raw Bar & Grill (or David’s Bridal), you might have already noticed the movement next door. To be located at 45 Miracle Mile, Cibo Wine Bar is tentatively set to open soon — October 26…
“Get big. Get big. Get big!”In Miami, it’s the mantra that rings in many young men’s ears as they wrap their throats around piles of red meat, chicken, tuna, and chalky shake mixes with names like XPlode, NeuroCore, and Hemo-Rage. They eat whey protein to bulk up, nitric oxide to…
I start my phone conversation with Lee Schrager by telling him about a recently unearthed 1991 issue of Food Arts magazine that featured the Miami dining scene of the time. “Did you say 1991?” he asks as though he’s heard wrong. I add that he merited mention and quotes about South…
You know how the story starts: “A long time ago at a food truck invasion far, far away ….” At least that’s the story tonight when Tamiami Park hosts a Star Wars themed food truck roundup to celebrate the Blu-Ray release of the entire Star Wars saga, including more than…
As explained in yesterday’s introductory Michael Bloise Twitterview part one, the following “twitterview” is an unedited back and forth between the Sushi Samba chef and me in queries and answers of 140 characters or less.It’s sort of like a regular interview, except the format prevents the interviewee from dawdling off…
Michael Bloise’s Italian grandmother introduced him to the cooking of southern Italy. By watching his Vietnamese mother in the kitchen, he learned the delicate subtleties of Asian cuisine. And global travels opened up numerous other gastronomic vistas.Then came more formal education in Miami — first studying at Johnson & Wales…
There’s no doubt about it. Even though we wrote a feature about the women of Miami food trucks, this is still a male-dominated scene. Sure, there are women like Giselle Pinto from Sugar Yummy Mama, Nati and Stefanie Yepes from Dolci Peccati, Felice Hatcher of Feverish, and Stephanie Diaz-Perez from…
To many, a trek to Cauley Square in Redland is akin to a journey back in time. It is after all an intact historic village in a modernized world.Originally a pioneer village camp, fueled solely by the railway workers building tracks toward Key West in 1903, Cauley Square appears as…
LouLou Le Petit Bistro: Tasty but inconsistent
We know the readers of Short Order are taste explorers always looking for that next food Nirvana. We are happy to introduce you to Imlee Indian Bistro, owned by brothers Manoj and Paresh Bhatti and located, humbly, in a shopping center in Pinecrest. From the doorway a three-foot-tall metal goddess…
Since its opening, Sakaya Kitchen has been treated as a legit restaurant despite the little storefront location. Perhaps because of the Korean-inspired Asian cuisine, reviewers believed chef/owner Richard Hales knew exactly what he was doing. Suddenly the whole concept of candles, wine lists, and waiters in little jackets seems less important…
