Restaurants

The Restaurant at the Setai: Pretty, precious, and pricey

Go West, food trucks. If you live in the Kendall area and you’re looking for some chow, hit up the food trucks that meet at Kendall Car Wash. Though it’s a smaller roundup, all your basic food groups are represented — seafood, burger, Asian, cheese and dessert…

If you’re a local going to Ultra Music Festival this weekend, you’ll already have your own strategy to stay fueled before and after the electronic music marathon. But if you’re not from South Florida — or hell, not even from central Miami-Dade — the area of downtown Miami surrounding the festival’s…

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. 70…

Try Giuseppe’s Italian Sausage at the Biscayne Triangle Truck Roundup tonight from 5:30 to 10 on NE 127th Street and Biscayne Boulevard.It’s hard not to love sausage and peppers. Even vegetarians drool a little when they pass peppers sweating on the grill, even if they’re next to links of savory meat.Owner of mobile…

Jack in the Box has just rolled out a 34-foot-long food truck. The Jack in the Box Munchie Mobile cruised the streets of San Diego last Friday and will travel throughout Southern California in the next few months. The truck is wrapped in a ’70s-style mural depicting an airbrushed “Jack”…

Joel and Leticia Pollock, the husband-and-wife team behind Wynwood’s Panther Coffee, will debut their “coffee trike” tonight at the Biscayne Triangle Truck Roundup. Panther specializes in small batch coffees, roasted and ground at their Miami headquarters. We could tell you to look for them on the grass, but you’ll probably…

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. 71…

It’s not exactly “soul food,” but Mr. Good Stuff’s food is certainly chow that feeds the soul. This brand new truck made its debut at Street Food Fridays at the Adrienne Arsht Center last week to long lines and satisfied customers. Mr. Good Stuff serves up lunas, a a Venezuelan…

If you missed the first part of our interview with Azul’s new chef, Joel Huff, please click here.So how will you be changing Azul’s menu?It will evolve very organically. Cooking the way it feels right is my motto. It’s not about the style of cuisine — it’s more about what’s…

This coming Sunday, March 27, marks the opening of Makoto at the Bal Harbour Shops. “Makoto Okuwa worked for us at Morimoto in Philadelphia and New York,” explains Stephen Starr (who is known locally for Steak 954 in Fort Lauderdale, but whose restaurant group includes a host of properties, including…

Food trucks are all over the Miami area this weekend, which makes it easier to find a truck roundup close to home. New trucks rolling out this weekend include Mr. Good Stuff and Sakaya Kitchen, the second truck by Sakaya Kitchen’s Richard Hales. Check out this weekend’s lineup: Friday Street…

Located on Miracle Mile in Coral Gables, the third installation of Patagonia (the other two are located in Doral and Key Biscayne) features delicious empanadas and sandwiches. But you might want to check it out instead for the incredible glass case of sweets. Priced at $11.99 per pound (our box…

When Clay Conley left Azul at the Mandarin Oriental to open Buccan in Palm Beach, a collective gasp could be heard ’round Miami. Who would replace him? The chef de cuisine gig was plum, but stepping into a kitchen beset with so much expectation would be a daunting task.Enter Joel…

Miami Beach residents who love food trucks have had to trek to the mainland for their favorite delights, with a few exceptions. This Saturday, Beach residents can rejoice because food trucks will take over Miami Beach Botanical Garden from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the first Miami Beach Truck Stop…

​A tiny taste of next week’s restaurant review:Chicken tikka proved a notch or three above what you’ll find at local Indian joints: tender, juicy, skinless-and-boneless thighs redolent of tandoor grill and garam masala spices. A side of somewhat fiery mint sauce accompanied the blushing bird, along with a pair of…

Whenever I interview chefs, I like to ask them what advice they would give to newcomers. Maybe it’s because cooking is an increasingly sought after and (for a few) prestigious occupation. Here is some advice from chefs I’ve talked to recently:Richard Hales, Chef/Owner, Sakaya Kitchen and Dim Ssam Be patient…

We’ve been hearing a lot more about food trucks lately.  But I must ask, where is the cross-cultural perspective, the historical view? Here, for your consideration, are some selected (recent-ish) moments in U.S. food truck history….Los Angeles is like Miami’s cool, older cousin when it comes to food trucks…the city…

Street Food Fridays, the monthly lunchtime festival of food trucks and music, will return to Parking Lot C of the Adrienne Arsht Center, located at 1300 Biscayne Blvd., this Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. This month’s festival celebrates In the Heights, the Broadway musical hit about life in…

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. 72…

Wine Depot and Bistro 555: Well priced, locals pleased

There aren’t any large food truck roundups planned for this evening. We suspect that the truckers are resting for tomorrow’s St. Patrick’s Day blowout at the Brickell Shamrock Festival at Tobacco Road. If you need a food truck fix tonight, don’t panic. We’ve found food trucks for you — maybe…