The Miami Design Preservation League (MDPL), a non-profit organization that preserves and promotes the Miami Beach Art Deco District, will soon offer the Miami City Food Tour. It’s organized by Miami Culinary Tours, who already offer jaunts in South Beach and Little Havana…
Miami born and raised, Chef Scott Fredel grew up enjoying Florida’s fertile waters, fishing all the time. The chef left our sunny shores only for a taste of New York’s Culinary Institute of America, and for a jaunt at EuroDisney, but we won’t ruin his story for you. You can…
Jean Beltran was a Nextel Employee when he was bitten … no, not by a radioactive spider, but by the food truck bug. Beltran built a trailer from scratch and became…The Frita Man!! It’s been great”, Beltran The Frita Man told Short Order. “My family was in the restaurant business…
Biltmore Culinary Academy director and author, Lourdes Castro, will talk about her third cookbook, Latin Grilling, tonight at Books & Books in Coral Gables. “I really love grilling. When you’re up north and you don’t have that luxury [year-round], you really appreciate it that much more, so I’ve been obsessed…
As we count down to New Times’ Best of Miami 2011 in June, Short Order will serve up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305 in random order. If you have any nominations of your own, please send them to cafe@miaminewtimes.com. After the jump, find our other choices. 36…
Totally Truckin’ Thursdays rolls into its new home tonight in a big way. TTT will instantly become one of the larger rallies tonight as 40 food trucks serve dinner from 5:30 to 10 p.m. at Century Marketplace on NW Eighth Street and LeJeune Road. The improved TTT promises to bring…
Four Diamond Award-winner, Hakkasan, at the Fontainebleau Hotel, may not be the most likely destination for vegetarians. But the menu is rich with offerings to suit most every taste and preference.Executive Chef Ooi Soon Lok offers fresh, well orchestrated food that is likely the area’s best. Consider he fried rice…
Thali Indian and Thai: Fresh and affordable in South Beach
As we count down to New Times’ Best of Miami 2011 in June, Short Order will serve up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305 in random order. If you have any nominations of your own, please send them to cafe@miaminewtimes.com. After the jump, find our other choices. 37…
“Hooweeeee! Gonna get me some gator tail!”Okay, so I may not have used those exact words this past weekend, but, that is kind of what I felt like as I clunkered down Krome Avenue in my 1993 Ford Explorer heading towards SW 366th Street.This unfamiliar trek was put in motion…
Just when you thought it was safe to skip a cycle of your dog’s costly Advantix treatments, the bubonic plague stages a comeback — at least in New Mexico. On Friday, a Santa Fe man became the first person to be diagnosed with the plague in 2011.Thought the disease died…
In yesterday’s gripping installment, we spoke with Kevin Kehoe and Hans Seitz, the chef/partners of Sparky’s Roadside Barbecue in downtown Miami. Today, the conversation continues.New Times: Not much comes out of a can here, right? I mean it’s mostly home-cooked…Kevin Kehoe: We make everything from scratch except the ketchup (Heinz)…
As we count down to New Times’ Best of Miami 2011 in June, Short Order will serve up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305 in random order. If you have any nominations of your own, please send them to cafe@miaminewtimes.com. After the jump, find our other choices. 38…
Reading the Che Grill menu is like walking into a small bistro in Buenos Aires. In fact, you half expect to hear the strains of a tango as you decide what to order. Argentinian food is all about the meat and Che Grill serves up hearty steaks and sausages as…
It might not have been the smartest move to open a little French bistro directly across the street from Le Bouchon du Grove, but Le Cafe Pop and its bright orange awnings seemed to be making a go of things for a while, mostly enjoying a brisk lunch and brunch…
Sparky’s Roadside Barbecue opened a year ago in downtown Miami. Owners Hans Seitz (from Queens, New York), and Kevin Kehoe (from Woodbury, Long Island), had originally talked of doing a barbecue truck, “but Miami specifically says, in its code, ‘no barbecue trucks,'” explains Hans, AKA Sparky. “So I wasn’t going…
The midtown Miami outpost of Tapas y Tintos is scheduled to open today in the former Kafa Cafe location on NE 36th Street and Second Avenue, according to the Española Way flagship. Tapas y Tintos Midtown will serve the same menu as the original South Beach restaurant: more than three…
As we count down to New Times’ Best of Miami 2011 in June, Short Order will serve up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305 in random order. If you have any nominations of your own, please send them to cafe@miaminewtimes.com. After the jump, find our other choices. 39…
The University of Florida Emerging Pathogens Institute (EPI) has named the foods commonly responsible for food-related illness.Contrary to what most people think, those huge outbreaks of contaminated spinach or tomatoes aren’t the main problem. “Outbreaks are of course a concern, but most food-borne illnesses that occur are not associated with…
Authentic bagels will finally be available in South Beach starting tomorrow, when The Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. debuts at The Shops at Alton & Fifth in South Beach. The first 50 folks to show up at opening time — 6 a.m. — will receive six free bagels and six bottles…
Another New Yorker attempts to win our hearts and stomachs with the soon to open 5 Napkin Burger, just down the street from Shake Shack on Lincoln Road. With established beach burger faves like Burger & Beer Joint, 8 Oz. Burger Bar and Cheeseburger Baby all nearby, one wonders if…
This weekend, dozens gathered in the 115-year-old Greater Bethel AME Church to witness the talents of locally born and raised gospel musicians.Amy Rosenberg of the Overtown Music Project, organized this beautiful event to support a jazz and blues residency to support a talented young musician from Overtown or Liberty City…
