Shareef Malnik is teaming up with entrepreneur Buzzy Sklar to open The Well at the former Glass space, adjacent to Malnick’s iconic The Forge Restaurant/Wine Bar. It won’t be your typical mid-Beach joint, except for the drink selection and small plates. The decor is modeled after an Aspen ski lodge,…
If you’ve been going to some of Miami’s food truck roundups with a wistful gleam in your eye and dreams of being the next big food truck sensation, this could be your lucky day. Burger Beast tipped us off that Tania Ramirez of Food Truck U.S.A. is raffling off a…
Kane Steakhouse is a collaboration between restaurateur Matthew Glazier (the man behind New York’s Michael Jordan’s Steak and Strip House), Roman Jones, and Justin Levine. It opens tonight in the former Tuscan Steak space on South Beach in SoFi. The dining room is a collaboration by Francois Frossard Design and…
Everyone’s getting in on the food truck action. Even Macy’s is taking the popularity of the mobile meal and using the talents of famous chefs to market to the good old U.S.A. Miami is the first stop on the national Macy’s Chefs A-Go-Go food truck tour, which will be showcasing…
At 7 p.m. Sunday, Short Order pulled up to the quiet block near Brickell where Om Garden used to be. It was a little dreary outside, but we followed some smiling, healthy looking people carrying Tupperware dishes to an open door at 379 SW 15th Road. It led to a…
Sakaya Kitchen’s Richard Hales gave us frank answers to questions about wine and food trucks, though not about wine on food trucks. During the first part of our interview with the restaurateur, we talked a bit about eating Asian and business school.Hales is living his childhood dream, even though it’s…
Harry Potter is everywhere this summer. An announcement came from J.K. Rowling yesterday about Pottermore, an interactive site, and the final film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, is just three weeks away. With the end of the Potter-era fast approaching, we decided to cave into the nostalgia…
Maybe the most interesting thing about White Chocolate Wonderful — labeled as “peanut butter blended with sweet white chocolate” — is that it contains no white chocolate. Actually, it contains no chocolate at all. The ingredients: Peanuts, evaporated cane juice, vanilla, cocoa butter, palm fruit oil, lecithin, and salt. The…
Last week, Short Order reported that T.O.W., one of the largest food truck roundups, had been cancelled due to Miami-Dade permitting issues. T.O.W. organizers quickly found a new location for the Friday evening event. Then, at 4:45 p.m. on Friday, just 45 minutes before scheduled food service was to begin,…
After years of driving miles in a hazy, breakfastless rage to get a fix of Dunkin’ Donuts (how can this be the only place that sells hash browns all day?), there’s finally a new store in South Miami to cure us of our hunger-induced troubles.Located on 8099 South Dixie Highway,…
Food truck favorites will gather tonight at the Miami Science Museum to raise funds for the Florida Heart Research Institute. Ten percent of all proceeds from tonight’s rally will benefit the FHRI. The event is part of the Miami Science Museum’s monthly Young Patron Society’s Happy Hour With Substance, which…
Richard Hales is the owner of the popular Sakaya Kitchen, one of the few independently owned joints that make Midtown cool. He took over our palates with intoxicating brussels sprouts, and then helmed the growing food truck movement in Miami.At age 21, after being laid off, the Tampa native knew…
Miami’s best restaurant dishes
Pop some corn, program the DVR, and round up your family because two Miami food trucks are being featured on two back-to-back episodes of Cooking Channel’s Eat Street this week. Tomorrow, June 23, tune in at 10 p.m. for Episode 109, which features Miami’s Yellow Submarine. Other trucks highlighted include Veraci…
New Times’ Best of Miami 2011 is out and, with this item, Short Order is officially done serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305 in random order. After the jump, find our other choices. 1. Corn Masa Quesadillas at MercaditoThey look more like empanadas, but the corn masa…
For the second year in a row, Emerge Miami is taking sweet-toothed cyclists on a saccharine joy ride. On Saturday, July 9th, the 2nd Sweet Treats Ride will take off from the Omni Metro-Mover Station at 10 a.m., stopping at several sweet shops between the Design District and South Beach…
If you’ve been kvetching about the same-old same-old night after night, we hear you. Everyone lapses into food boredom now and then. If eating the same stuff all the time has gotten you down, visit Manila Rice at BTTR tonight for some authentic Filipino cuisine. Truck co-owner Cecile Pangan is…
We told you it was coming, but it took a bit longer than expected. Muscle Maker Grill has officially thrown open the doors at its new Shops at Midtown Miami location. They deliver, they cater, they’ll wrap it to go. This place aims to be the healthiest version of fast-casual…
New Times’ Best of Miami 2011 is out and Short Order is just about done serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305 in random order. After the jump, find our other choices. 2. Torta de Queso de Manchego at SoleaCheesecake made of Manchego? We can barely swallow…
Tudor House, Goffrey Zakarian’s return to South Beach, has opened in the Dream Hotel to much anticipation. The space is open and airy, with a masculine take on Miami Art Deco decor. The gray and brown color palate is accented with chrome, teak, and pictures of Miami circa 1930s. The…
For the second time this week, T.O.W. has been cancelled due to concerns over zoning issues. Therefore, there will be no trucks at Good Shepherd tonight.Short Order got word at 4:45 p.m. that the Palmetto Bay Village Center and St. Brendan High School roundups are still on.A few trucks from…
Mac’n, Miami’s first all-vegan food truck is finally set to roll out tonight. You may recall the Miami New Times reporting back in February that truck hopefuls Francesca Lacuesta and Mark Jennings were trying to raise capital to refurbish their truck through Kickstarter, a way for small businesses to raise…
