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Florette Cafe Brings Italian Home Cooking to South Beach
A quaint little Italian eatery called Florette Café recently opened on Washington Avenue in South Beach (in the spot that Miss Saigon occupied until recently moving north a few blocks).The name Florette, explains owner Francesca Cuccurullo, is a nickname her father used for her mother.Cuccurullo worked at Spiga for 15…
Jerry’s Famous Deli Serves $18.50 Tacos and Corned Beef for Almost the Same
“Why would anyone go to a Jewish-style delicatessen to eat Mexican food?” I asked upon espying tacos, burritos, and fajitas at Jerry’s Famous Deli in South Beach. Then the answer popped into my head faster than chopped liver slides through a digestive system: To write a blog post about it!So…
Christ In The Publix Deli Department
Have you heard this one? A Jew, a Muslim, and a Christian walk into the deli section at the South Beach Publix supermarket. As they go to take their numbered tickets from the red dispenser, they see that it is perched atop a rotating display of Christian-based inspirational books for…
Second Career Ideas For 10 Miami Chefs
With the news that former Pacific Time chef/owner Jonathan Eismann is now a realtor, it seemed like an opportune time to reflect upon potential second careers for other local chefs. After all, we know that the restaurant biz is a bitch, and dining establishments don’t last forever, and…well, let’s just…
Truluck’s on Brickell keeps on truckin’
Truluck’s on Brickell keeps on truckin’
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Michael’s vs. Tudor House: Battle Of The Lemon-Ricotta Pancakes
In this corner: Lemon-ricotta pancakes from chef/owner Michael Schwartz and pastry chef Hedy Goldsmith at the iconic restaurant Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink.In the opposing corner: A different interpretation of the same pancakes from chefs Geoffrey Zakarian and Jamie DeRosa at the recently opened Tudor House Restaurant at the Dream…
Miami Spice 2011: Complete List of the Good, the Great, and the Grudging
Over the past several days, we have reviewed Miami Spice menus. The $35 prix fixe, three-course promotion began yesterday and runs till September 30. Some restaurants embrace this program with more of a giving attitude than others. We categorize those that are extremely generous with choices and availability as “great.” Worthwhile deals…
Miami Spice 2011: The Good, the Great, and the Grudging (More Menus)
Miami Spice begins today. Some restaurants embrace the $35 prix fixe three-course menu with more relish than others. We categorize those that are generous with choices and availability as “great.” Worthwhile deals offered in the right spirit are “good.” And those whose Spice deal looks to be the result of…
Miami Spice 2011: The Good, the Great, and the Grudging (Gables, Grove & South)
We’ve been perusing upcoming Miami Spice menus (the promo begins Monday) over the past couple of days. Wednesday we looked at some from South Beach and Mid-Beach; Thursday we took notes on restaurants in midtown, the Design District, and up north. This being the tenth year of the Miami Spice…
Miami Spice 2011: The Good, the Great, and the Grudging (Design District, Midtown & More)
Yesterday we took a look at some upcoming Miami Spice menus (the promo begins in four days) from South Beach and Mid-Beach. We noted that some restaurants embrace this $35 prix fixe three-course menu with more gusto than others. Those that are generous with choices and availability are deemed “great.”…
Miami Spice 2011: The Good, the Great, and the Grudging (Miami Beach)
Miami Spice 2011 begins in five days. Each year, we look at the menus offered and share our take on them. Some restaurants, as most locals already know, embrace this annual $35, three-course promotion with more enthusiasm than others.Certain dining establishments are absolutely generous with the choices and availability (great);…
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Top Five Inexpensive Downtown Restaurants: Beyond Best Of Miami 2011
In our Best Of Miami 2011 issue, Best Downtown Restaurant was declared to be Sparky’s Roadside Barbecue. We love everything about Sparky’s, from the pulled pork sandwich to the smoky, spice-rubbed brisket to the homemade pecan pie. But in recent years, downtown Miami has fairly exploded with interesting ethnic eateries;…
Gotham’s New Chef Todd Miller On Steakhouses, Succotash, and Mormons
As Short Order learned late yesterday, Todd Miller has been hired as chef de cuisine at Gotham Steak in the Fontainebleau Miami Beach. Chef Miller is currently “in the kitchen performing,” but he’s really just getting started. “We’ll be rolling out new dishes over the next week and a half…
Gotham Steak Names Todd Miller New Chef de Cuisine
Gotham Steak at the Fontainebleau Hotel has selected Todd Mark Miller to replace John Suley as its new chef de cuisine. Locals may be familiar with Miller from his stint as opening chef of STK Miami — he was also executive chef of STK New York and opened the STK…
What It Is? Where It At?
What it is? Your guess is as good as ours. Well, not really, but we’re trying to be polite.Where it at? That’s the zero-dollar question. It’s about knowledge, not money.Take a gander in the comments section below, and we’ll let you know when you’ve hit the jackpot.Follow Short Order on…
Haven: A gastro-lounge for hipsters
Haven: A gastro-lounge for hipsters
Haven Can’t Wait
Digital displays and delicious dishes define this futuristic SoBe gastro-lounge.
Top Five Spanish Restaurants: Beyond Best Of Miami 2011
Andalus made off with our Best Spanish Restaurant prize in the recent Best Of Miami issue. We have other recommendations in this arena. Cinco más, to be precise. (And if you don’t see your favorite Spanish restaurant listed, it may just be because we’re saving it for 5 Best Tapas,…
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Sneak Review: Haven Gastro-Lounge
This week we review Haven, a South Beach gem. Here’s a quick sneak peek:Like the ambiance, the cuisine pulsates too. Haven flashes a bright young chef in Todd Erickson, whose gastronomic smarts are what make this more than just a kick-ass 21st-century psychedelic lounge. Erickson was formerly sous chef at…
Consumer Reports: Chick-fil-A, Wendy’s, Papa Murphy’s Tops
Advice culled from a fast-food survey among Consumer Reports readers in the August issue: “Next time you have a craving for fast food, think twice about slowing down for Burger King, KFC, McDonald’s, or Taco Bell.”These big names fared quite poorly in the poll of 36,733 readers who rated 53 chains…
Portale, Oudin, McGinnis and More: Is The Classical Chef Dead? (Part 2)
Yesterday in part one we questioned local chefs about whether the old idea of the classic, French-trained chef is passé. Today we have a few other questions along the same lines. Pascal Oudin of Pascal’s On Ponce joins the conversation along with the returning toques: Alfred Portale of Gotham Steak;…
Portale, McInnis, Gorenstein, and More: Is The Classical Chef Dead?
It was while watching the PBS show Point of View about the Un des Meilleurs Ouvriers de France pastry competition (Kings of Pastry) — in which classically-trained pastry chefs undergo intense training and pressure to vie for the honor of being one of France’s finest craftsmen in their field –…