If Bacardi 151 is the most outrageous thing you’ve ever drunk, you have a lot to learn about drinking.Alcohol is so passé. Take these new-age libations to a vegan potluck, and we guarantee you’ll get laid just as easily as you would if Captain Morgan were facilitating.Bonus: You’ll remember the…
“You guys open every day?” asks a young woman at the restaurant counter while her restless four-year-old wanders about, picking up tubs of African Shea Butter and examining bins of natural chips.”Every day except Saturday,” answers owner Hakin Hill, his hair pulled back in a bulbous black Rastafari cap.”The busiest…
For weeks now, we’ve been hearing rumors that New York eatery The Dutch was opening a Miami outpost at the former Solea space at the W South Beach Hotel. When we finally got the confirmation, we were excited, sure, but then wondered if Chef Carmellini’s intentions were sincere or if…
Ready to eat again, Miami? The Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival just launched its new site and it’s a veritable cornucopia of events, both new and old. Taking place February 23-26, the 2012 extravaganza looks to be bigger and better than ever.Yes the Grand Tasting Village will…
It’s no easy task consolidating every type of Asian cuisine from India and China, to Singapore and Malaysia, into a menu that maintains the identity of the chef behind the door. Executive Chef David Werly came to The Setai last year with training from Chef Alain Ducasse under his toque,…
Maybe the news got past me because I was out of town…or just out of the loop. Or maybe Norman’s 180 was such a nonentity in the local dining scene that nobody noticed that it was gone.But not only is it no more, but according to Shane, a front desk…
The Burger Beast announced the nominees for his annual Burgie Awards. Voting begins Monday, September 19 on his website and the winners will be announced at the 2011 Burgies event in early November. Here’s the list of food truck nominees (for a complete list of all categories click here):…
In our two part interview with Executive Chef Daniel Ganem from Kane Steakhouse, we discovered that this young executive chef takes his steak seriously. We learned that his restaurant dream come true would be a 60-seater, focusing on technical precision and fine dining. We also got him to tell us…
We’re standing in the kitchen, watching ghostly trails ooze off sticks of silver in a jam jar filled with distilled water. The kitchen, the jar, the silver, and the machine sending an electronic charge through the metal all belong to Graham Garnos, an agricultural business owner and an alternative healing…
If you’ve always wanted to have lunch with LeBron James or Dwayne Wade you’ll probably have to go through their agents, because these guys probably won’t be out and about the AAA today. However, if you want to Eat With The Heat (the heat meaning temperatures in the high 80s…
Tudor House puts quality over quantity
Yesterday, Short Order spoke with Executive Chef Daniel Ganem of SoFi’s newest meat market, Kane Steakhouse. If you missed Part 1, just click here. What we really wanted to know is how those onion rings manage to be so crispy every time, and the secret behind Kane’s steakhouse sauce. Keep…
Miami has a thriving food truck scene. Over 70 trucks at last count are wrapped in elaborate murals of happy dancing pigs, cows and shrimp, all begging for you to come and sample their flesh. The truck names are witty and the owners themselves are colorful characters.But even though our…
Iconic Manhattan ice-cream restaurant and celebrity hot spot Serendipity 3 is scheduled to open in South Beach, bringing Frrrozen Hot Chocolate and sundaes priced like mortgage payments to the rich and beautiful of South Florida.Serendipity 3 has launched into a licensing program with Alloy Entertainment. The company plans to expand into…
The crunch of freshly made tacos mix with the sounds of a Spanish telenovela as you take in the scents of charred meat and sweet onions. But my friends, we’re not in Mexico, we’re dining at Ernesto’s Taco Shop.Ernesto’s has always held close to its Mexican roots. In fact, the…
New York restaurateurs chef Andrew Carmellini, Josh Pickard and Luke Ostrom are bringing SoHo’s The Dutch to the W South Beach Hotel and Residences.The trio is partnering with Karim Masri and Nicola Siervo, who own and operate The Wall, Wet and W Living Room Bar…
Short Order was invited to take a look at how Phuc Yea! was coming along this weekend. It opens September 8. When we arrived, however, the gates were closed and downtown Miami looked pretty empty on a Labor Day weekend. We then heard a psssst coming from the Ingraham Building…
The windows of Bar-B-Que Beach, the popular South Beach emporium of wood-smoked meats, are covered in somber brown paper. (Bar-B-Que Beach Two in North Miami folded a couple of years ago.) A posted sign thanks customers for their support through the years and announces that Hogzilla’s Inspired Barbecue will move…
The addition of recently opened Kane Steakhouse to the SoFi restaurant landscape presented an opportunity for executive chef Daniel Ganem. When execs at the Glazier Group (Strip House in NYC, Michael Jordan’s the Steak House) began searching for a head toque, they found the 28-year-old Miami native, ready and raring…
If you can get past all of the “yo mama” jokes on the truck and on Yo Mama’s Twitter page, you’ll discover fresh, inexpensive seafood with Caribbean influences. The truck looks like a poster for a Disney movie, with smiling mermaids and sea creatures — all happy to sacrifice their…
Labor Day, the holiday with the name that never fails to confuse scads of recent immigrants, is upon us yet again. So kick off your shoes, enjoy not working, and celebrate.If you’re a human, that is. For cows, chickens and pigs everywhere, Labor Day is a murderous nightmare. Livestock all…
If you’re the kind of person who thinks exercise is walking to the fridge to get more beer, we’re talking to you! Get your lazy ass off the couch for just once in your life and head to Tobacco Road for the Biggest Slacker contest this Saturday. The Biggest Slacker…
