Everybody’s talking deals these days — as in two-for-one happy hour free bottles of wine or chicken wings or dessert all-you-can-eat-type deals. Pizza Fusion, the new organic eco-friendly pizza joint in North Miami Beach (14815 Biscayne Blvd.) is running a whole bunch of daily dingers. Mondays, for instance, bring a…
Don’t be embarrassed to take a coupon with you to dinner. It’s 2009; all signs in the media point to spend, but your wallet is telling you to save. Compromise. Short Order supports your quest to use web-based deals as a means of making yourself feel all right about spending…
Restaurants are scaling back plans for expansion. That new carpet for the foyer has been put on hold, and the chipped plates will just have to last another year. So it’s nice to see one Florida company planning to open 12 new locations this year: According to today’s Orlando Sentinel,…
Nothin’ gets an Easter party started like biting into a frosty slice of Big Baby Jesus; and a seder ain’t a seder till you’re cutting into a prayer shawl (see next page for image).Sweet Art by Lucia, a four-branch company and winner of our Best Cake Artist for 2000, amazes…
Jeff Weinsier’s got the dirt on the restaurant business. As winner of New Times’ Best TV News Reporter 2007, he continues to uphold the true ideals of journalism by serving his community through his reports on WPLG 10 that publicize the findings of local health inspection reports.We feel like he’s…
Chef Pascal Oudin – Image by Jacob Katel Pascal’s on Ponce, winner of three New Times Best of Miami’s and more national accolades than you can swing a cleaver at, is still going strong after all these years. Chef Pascal Oudin says in his distinct French-accented English, “We’re celebrating our…
Celebrations begin at 5:30 p.m. April 16 for the grand opening of Lime Fresh Mexican Grill’s Midtown Miami location (3201 N. Miami Ave.). Free beer samples from Dos XX will be on tap. There will be complimentary hors d’oeuvres, cocktails and, tacos, and a mariachi band promises to be on…
Tom Azar, former chef de cuisine of Emeril’s in New Orleans (as well as Orlando and Miami Beach), is fixin’ to unmask his debut eatery, Ahnvee, in South Beach either later this month or early in April. The Cajun Creole N’awlins-inspired spot will include an upscale restaurant and an accompanying…
Man, I need a drink. Sure it’s noon and I haven’t even had breakfast, but what with the restaurant delays, Calle 8 hangover, and John Linn’s beer coverage, it just seems like the right thing to do. Get the details on what’s gone on this week with the Friday Martini…
Feeling broke? Don’t worry, Short Order’s got your back. Today we’re bringing you deals from Canela Cafe, home of “Latin Soul Food, Latin Fusion, and Spanish Cuisine.” Click This Link for three money-saving, deal-making coupons that’ll keep your stomach full and your wallet happy, print them out from your computer,…
Like free drinks? The Double Grand is giving you complimentary mojitos today and every Friday from 5 to 7 p.m.Will Renuart and Strickly B will be playing “old school, new school and everything in between.” Gourmet Chinese and sushi by Tony Chan’s Water Club will be cooked up in what…
I’ve been meaning to write something for quite a while about the new Cook’s Inc. at Abacoa Town Center. Abacoa, located in Jupiter in northern Palm Beach County, may be a long drive north for many of us, but Cook’s Inc. is doing something unique — it’s part gourmet market,…
Christy’s Restaurant is THE fine dining Coral Gables institution where rich and powerful politicians, ceo’s and celebrities have talked business over lunch and dinner for 30 years. Christy’s has stood at the same location under the same ownership making it one of the longest-running establishments to do so in Dade…
Each week on Destination: Food, Short Order pays tribute to the restaurants – dives and chichi joints alike – that serve South Florida’s “go-to” meals. These are dishes that you think about when you’re toiling at work; that you still taste in your mouth hours after you’ve finished them; that…
This coming Sunday, March 22nd, Taste Bakery And Cafe will open a second South Beach venue at 900 Jefferson Avenue, one block from Lincoln Road. Expect the same menu of breakfast pastries, salads and sandwiches as the Alton Road location, but with the addition of gelato and sushi. Just wondering:…
If the fabulously unique, inventive cuisine of Peru doesn’t give your taste buds a woodie, you can leave the room now. The rest of you get ready for a new El Gran Inka, Miami’s third, coming in May to The Plaza building on Brickell Avenue. The menu will range from…
Resident DJ Johnny Ramirez (pictured above) is gonna throw down against contender DJ Wady tonight at Ristorante Bova in Boca, where the Battle of the DJs takes off along with recession-proof vodka specials and $75 bottles of Orzel (Orzel was a WWII Polish submarine, OR, the “legendary vodka traditionally reserved for…
Unrepentant beer drinkers, rejoice! Each week, Short Order will select one craft or import beer and give you the lowdown on it: How does it taste? What should you drink it with? Where can you find it? But mostly, it’s all about the love of the brew. If you have…
After a series of fits and starts that have characterized Miami restaurant openings for as long as there have been Miami restaurants, Chef Laurent Tourondel will finally debut his BLT Steak at the Betsy Hotel next Wednesday, March 25th. The original BLT premiered in Manhattan in 2004, its casual take…
There are times when eating out is not all about eating. Which is to say, so much goes into making a restaurant meal the kind of experience that exalts rather than exasperates. It sounds corny to say it, but deep down, we’re all hungry for something that goes way beyond…
Just west of Soyka and south of Churchill’s in the heart of the Mimo district, at the D Place apartment community a casual poolside concept called Cielo Cafe cranks out a cheap, quality, full-range menu seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. …
Contains:- 1 Fair Trade Certified Organic Coffee.- 1 Earthcake Vegan Cupcake- 1 Alternative Baking Company CookieAvailable at: Sweat RecordsCost: Around $8, depending upon how you like your coffeeAsk for: The Vegan Triple ComboTastes: Realer than “the real thing.”Full Disclosure :I food-shop at gas stations.Click here for SWEAT website and more…
