Behind The Line: Jaguar Ceviche Spoon Bar Kitchen Video

Jaguar Ceviche Spoon Bar & LatAm Grill in Coconut Grove is a happening spot next to Coco Walk. Short Order went Behind The Line during last Thursday night’s Recession Decompression featuring a $20 food and drink deal. Customers were treated to 3 drinks (beer, wine or cocktail) and a new…

Quattro’s Pizza Coming Soon

May first is the date set for the debut of Quattro Gastronomia Italiana’s Sosta Pizzeria  (1025 Lincoln Road, Miami, 305-722-5454). Sosta means “a quick stop”, which is all it should take for a taste of pizza meister Carmine Leocata’s Neapolitan and Roman-style pies. The pizza toppings will be numerous and…

Meatless in Miami: Lauren Reskin talks Veggies

(Editors Note: Lauren “Lolo” Reskin, Sweat Records owner, promoter, and all-around cool lady, will occasionally contribnute columns to Riptide about veggie eating in the big city. For more detail, see her blog meatlessmiami.com.) Vegans and vegetarians are alive and well and living in Miami. It may be shocking to read…

Cinco De MiMo Festival

The heat and rain are picking up. There are high pressure systems circulating, and cross currents in the waters. Enjoy this transition period before June 1st hits and hurricane season starts. Saturday, May 2, go to the Cinco De MiMo festival, featuring the Taste of MiMo, where 13 restaurants will…

Deli Lane – Wine & Dine for $12.95

Deli Lane is a South Miami landmark with a couple of Best of Miami awards under its belt. They have a clean website  (a lot of restaurant websites are flash heavy abominations) and are on twitter “Great weather for sitting outside and having a great meal with a Bloody Mary,…

Free Oyster Fridays at Manny’s Steakhouse Downtown

Part of Short Order’s mission statement is to expose as many free culinary opportunities as possible. Sometimes we find out at the last minute, so tune in every day and see what deals we got for ya.This just in: Every Friday at Manny’s Steakhouse (300 S Biscayne Blvd.) in downtown…

Two New Italians Settling North

Kimberly Miller and Parisian-born Alain Pizzutti are the proud owners of the newly opened BOCCA Ristorante Italiano on Northeast 123rd Street, one block West of Biscayne Boulevard in North Miami (305-891-4899). The “classic Italian” cuisine includes pastas that range from $10 to $16, with most fish and meat entrees under…

More Wine Tastings Than You Can Shake Your Drink At

Twitter intercept from ZeusOfOlympus – @Bacchus. Babylon is crumbling down. Report to Miami ASAP! Bring wine.It’s official. Miami may not grow grapes, but we like drinking em. Check out these upcoming winecentric events and give it up for that purple stuff…

Titanic Brewing Company – $10 Deals Through April

Titanic Brewing Company in Coral Gables is celebrating its 10th Anniversary and offering great specials til April 30th. The food and beer at Titanic are excellent. I used to be a dishwasher there so I had a lot of both. Here’re the deals. $10 Surf And Turf. Lunch or dinner…

Lime Fresh Midtown Grand Opening

Lime Fresh Mexican Grill is officially open for business in Midtown (on the corner of Buena Vista Avenue and NE 34th Street, in Miami, just south of the Target and one block east of North Miami Avenue). Last Thursday’s grand-opening festivities included a free taco bar, complimentary hors d’oeurves, free…

1-Minute Review: Maison Carlos

Not the Same As It Ever Was We once loved chic Maison Carlos for its nostalgic take on Italian and French “Continental” cuisine; the menu felt like a ’60s throwback plunked down in the middle of Clematis Street, from the oysters Rockefeller and vichyssoise to the soupe a l’ognion and…

Behind the Line: Two Chefs Cooking Class

Two Chefs is a South Miami culinary mecca. They’ve been plating their innovations in contemporary American cooking for 15 years and are known for having some of the best souffles in town. Sous Chef Jose Guerrero leads a cooking class of up to ten people once a week on Saturdays. Two…

Bulldog Barbecue Has Bite

Let’s skip over the whole sweaty Top Chef thing and treat the new Bulldog Barbecue like any other barbecue joint. After all, chef/proprietor Howie Kleinberg is not doing spice rub demos in the dining room; his only competition, roughly speaking, is Beach Bar-B-Que, about 30 blocks south on Biscayne Boulevard;…

The Cupcake Diva

Goooooood mooooorning MIA. We now introduce you to the Cupcake Diva, a South Florida entrepreneur specializing in high end confections like “made to order” cupcakes, cupcake ice cream cones, and interactive cupcake stations for parties and events.The last time we interacted with a cupcake it went something like bite, chew,…

Free Food Wednesday, Sushi at Coco’s

This time around, the happy hour food isn’t fried, microwaved, boiled, or steamed. In fact, it isn’t even cooked. If you’re looking for a little something different to go with your cocktails, Coco Asian Bistro and Bar is the place to be. From 4 to 7 pm, happy hour is…

Caffe Abbracci Celebrates 20 Years

20 years in the restaurant biz is a hell of an achievement, and Coral Gables’ Cafe Abbracci, 319 Aragon Ave, just hit that mark. To celebrate, the place is adding light, organic, calorie-conscious offerings to its roster of the traditional Italian favorites that have kept them in business all these years…

The Water Club To Dock In Intracoastal Mall

The Water Club (no relation to Tony Chan’s Water Club) is slated to open late May in the Intracoastal Mall at 3969 N.E. 163 St., North Miami Beach (the former locale of Shooters Waterfront Bar and Restaurant, which closed in 2001). The new indoor-outdoor venue will encompass 27,500-square-feet and seat…

$4.19 Garlic Day Specials At Cafe Prima Pasta Miami Beach

Smell that? April 19 is National Garlic day, a holiday of ungoogleable origin that aims to promote the spice’s many varied uses. Whether you’re slicing it razor thin like Pauly in Goodfellas or warding off vampires, this much is clear: Garlic has a legend that goes back millenia. Often seen…

Kids Eat Discounts

[jump] BOCA RATON- LUCILLE’S BAD TO THE BONE BBQ     3011 Yamato Rd., Boca Raton     561.997.9557Wednesday night – Two kids eat free with each adult entree purchased.   CORAL SPRINGS- CHICKEN KITCHEN     1309 University Rd., Coral Springs     954.757.6123Saturday and Sunday – One kid eats free with adult purchase.   CUTLER RIDGE-…

Thai Restaurant Week Begins… Now

The Thai new year, called Songkran, is celebrated today, April 13, through this Wednesday. The word means “move” or to “change place,” in regard to the sun’s changing its position in the zodiac. Songkran doesn’t boast any B-list celebrities reporting on a big ball dropping down a pole, but the…

Eats for Under $7: Pressed Sandwiches and Wraps at Froots

OK, let’s get this out of the way first: Froots is a chain smoothie shop, not a locally based family owned restaurant. The good news is Froots is easy to find, inexpensive, and will even deliver (in case you feel like eating healthy without leaving your couch for more than…