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Michael's Genuine Food & Drink

130 NE 40th St
Miami, FL 33137
305-573-5550
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Like all great American cooking, new and old, chef/owner Michael Schwartz’s food comes from heart, not haute. It also comes from hearth, as in a wood-fired vidalia onion, its soft, sweet, translucent rings smokily roasted and cupped around ground lamb scrambled with apricots and Moroccan spices. Many of the meals here emerge from that wood-fired oven, from shiitake mushroom pizza with a crisp crust, cave-aged Gruyère, caramelized onions, and fresh thyme, to black grouper roasted and served with a side cup of thin, bright lemon aioli and marvelously charred brussels sprouts juiced with chewy nubs of pancetta -- a combination as comforting as a campfire. The menu is a concise, daily-changing amalgam of small ($8-$11), medium ($9-$15), large ($16-$27), and extra-large ($31-$44) plates, each involving ingredients produced by local growers and small farmers whenever possible. Poulet rouge chicken, for instance, is a rustic breed from France that has only recently begun to be grown in the United States -- organic, free of antibiotics and hormones. Still, even a bird with a backstory needs to be cooked properly, this one pan-roasted until juicy, the skin a shiny mahagony, matched with thick stalks of wood-roasted asparagus. Slow-roasted Berkshire pork shoulder has quickly become one of the signature dishes; plump, succulent morsels of the meat are chaperoned by cheese grits, parsley sauce, and pickled onions -- a plate you should not miss. Topnotch wines, beers, bar snacks, and service, along with a cozy, unpretentious neighborhood vibe, make Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink a remarkable restaurant that epitomizes everything positive about today’s slow, inexorable worldwide movement toward slow, indisputably honest food.
  • Cuisine(s): Contemporary
  • Hours: Open for lunch Monday through Friday 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.; dinner Monday through Thursday 5:30 to 11 pm, Friday 5:30 p.m. to midnight, Saturday 6:00 p.m. to midnight, Sunday 5:30 to 10:00 p.m.
  • Price: $$$$
  • Serving: Lunch, Dinner
  • Alcohol: Full bar
  • Reservations: Highly Recommended, Online Reservations Available
  • Parking: Meters, Street, Valet
  • Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, cash
  • Attire: Casual
  • Features: Wheelchair Access
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