While I’m far from the martini-sipping type, I can respect the breed. Powerful types and their wanna-bes, cavorting and carrying on, stemmed glass hoisted in one hand saying loudly to the world, “Bring it on, you bastards. I have gin.” The fact is, though, as the martini has become more…
I had the pleasure of checking out the 2nd Annual Blues Brews & BBQ festival at the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek this Saturday night; or should I say, I had the pleasure of getting annihilated there. The tented fest took place just outside the casino’s West entrance and featured loads…
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…
Who said this about which kind of liquor? “The evil effects of drinking it are apparent: utter derangement of the digestive system, weakened frame, limp muscles, pappy brain, jumpy heart, horrible dreams and hallucinations, with paralysis or idiocy to bring down the curtain.” To find out, click here…
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…
We had a marvelous experience at Tryst, the new Gastropub on Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach, last Friday. The place comes out of the combined inspiration of Delray restaurateurs Rodney Mayo, Scott Frielich, Dave Robinson, and Butch Johnson. They’ve come up with an extensive list of craft beers from the…
Unrepentant beer drinkers, rejoice! Each week, Clean Plate Charlie 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…
The upside of recession: Steak houses around the country are rolling out special deals to lure new customers and reward the old. The “Power Hour” at Morton’s, one of our poshest, almost defies logic. How they scrape out a profit serving “bar bites” for $5 each and a limited menu…
Thoughts from all over: -Saturday is the 12th Annual New Times Original Beerfest, in case all the fanfare has eluded you. Show up at 7 p.m. with $25 in hand (or buy tix in advance now – highly recommended), and you’ll be rewarded with four hours of non-stop beer sampling,…
Tonight, from 7 to 9:30 p.m., Angelo & Maxie’s Steakhouse in Coconut Grove will offer a winetasting accompanied by artisanal cheeses and snacks — just $15 per person. A post-tasting menu is offered for $30. 305-445-8177. This coming Monday, April 20, Blue Door at Delano will host a Joseph…
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…
A cool new website launched this week helps readers identify local restaurants that operate with a BYOB policy, and also provides the establishments’ wine policy and corkage information. Southeast Florida is one of ten metropolitan areas covered by GoBYO.com. The free online service also provides direct links to restaurant websites,…
It’s going to be a beer-filled kind of week, folks. First, New Times’ Original Beerfest is only five days away. If you haven’t grabbed your tickets yet to the four-hour celebration of import and craft brews, you can pick them up here. Second, this Thursday is the opening of Beer…
Unrepentant beer drinkers, rejoice! Each week, Clean Plate Charlie 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…
Miamism.com is a lifestyle real estate company dedicated to using media innovations to promote its services. The website is home to “Mojito 411” a weekly updated, video-based mojito review series from South Florida restaurants. It’s a great idea, well-executed. The video above is from Scorch Grillhouse in North Miami; you can…
Sven Vogtland is the sommelier for the Ritz-Carlton Fort Lauderdale, and a 13 year veteran of the craft who has served bottles in the sunny Virgin Islands and in far-away Vietnam. In this column, Vogtland will discuss the latest trends in wine, from what bottles and regions are blowing up…
Run clean out of political causes to get fired up about, since the election of Barack Obama? Here’s a burning issue that ought to scare the bejeesus out of us all: The plight of struggling US independent beer brewers. Tickets are on sale now for the one-night-only engagement of Beer…
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…
The 8 oz. Burger Bar (1080 Alton Road, Miami Beach) wants to buy you a drink, it only counts for draft beer and “well drinks,” but if you buy one first, they’ll buy the next one. The Happy Hour runs daily from 4 to 7 p.m. and from 11 p.m. to…
At RA Sushi (5829 SW 73rd St.), a South Beach-y black sheep nuzzled within the crevices of the laid-back, pub-heavy South Miami bar scene, it really doesn’t matter what you like. You can tell your server your booze-buds howl for scotch on the rocks, drool for Manhattans, get frisky with…
Why is Xtreme Indoor Karting in Ft Lauderdale giving away drinks with reduced price racing sessions to ladies on Mondays? Well, it’s their ladies night, that’s why. Sounds like fun, but the flyer doesn’t explain why they’re advocating what common sense and MADD tells us is a judgment error of deadly proportions. Apparently when it…
If our local restaurants can’t succeed in giving us great value for our food, the next best thing is to give us great value for our drinks. This way we can get drunk and forget how much we’re paying for dinner. And so in this spirit of cut-rate spirits, we…
