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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, Brunch
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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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.

Full Review: Michael's Genuine Food & Drink (05-10-07)
Best Of 2009: Best Restaurant in the Design District
Best Of 2008: Best Chefs
Best Of 2007: Best Restaurant to Open Past Deadline

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Michael Schwartz, chef/owner Michael's Genuine Food & Drink Schwartz, an accomplished and talented chef has been hard at work in the kitchen since he was 14, evolving into the nationally renowned chef he is today. With his latest venture, he has created a showcase for the type of cuisine that he does best - homemade, unpretentious, delectable, with an emphasis on local and organic ingredients. With 90 seats indoors and out, and another 14 seats at a welcoming bar, diners can enjoy happy hour cocktails with snacks like deviled eggs and crispy hominy, an alfresco dinner in the courtyard featuring specialties from the wood roasted oven or be enveloped in the warm, jazzy ambiance of the dining room. A laid-back bistro with seriously good food and an impressive wine list with realistic prices, Michael's Genuine has already won the hearts of Miami diners in the short time since opening and seems destined to stay atop the list of the city's best restaurants for years to come.
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Unbelievable brick oven cooking in the heart of miami Lots of celebrities dining and dashing Kitchen table is the best table in the house Chef just got written up in every culinary magazine

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Michael�s Restaurant (Design District)

Two days ago (Mon Aug 6), my wife and I took advantage of the �Miami Spice� program and went to Michael�s Restaurant on NE 40th St.

In short: That was one of the most disgusting, unappetizing meals we have ever paid for.

To begin with, they keep their Miami Spice menu hidden away and never mention it until we had to ask for it.
Their �Spice� menu contains a total of 9 items. Between my wife and myself we ordered a total of 6 of the 9 offerings�one appetizer, one entr�e and one dessert apiece.
One would think that if you sample two-thirds of a menu�s offerings you should find something that is tasty, right? Well, that is not so at this poorly designed and decorated restaurant.
Our two appetizers were both so horrible that we could not finish either one (we share and sample each others dishes, of course). The Panzanella is simply the oldest, driest, hardest croutons you ever saw�in a bowl with tomato quarters and a ton of balsamic vinegar�Ugh! The Watermelon & French Feta at least had a slice of watermelon which tasted great�probably because they did nothing to it, it was raw.
Our entr�e�s were the Black Grouper and the Port Shoulder. Both were served with sides that were completely inedible�especially the grits served with the Pork. The pork shoulder was a large piece that tasted like it had been in a pressure cooker for a couple hours. Very tender and chewable�with absolutely no flavor.
For desserts we chose the Lemon Polenta Cake�which it turns out is not a cake and includes the same tomatoes from the appetizer! The other desert was Chocolate Cremoso which was the ugliest and most distasteful dessert we have ever seen. The lump of chocolate looked like a large turd�and the sea salt & olive oil they sprinkled on did nothing positive for any of it.
Overall, this was the worst dinner ever. We had to go out of our way to get them to admit that they were taking part in the �Miami Spice� program and there was NOTHING that was wouth 35 cents�much less 35 dollars!
The one thing that did please us was that we avoided ordering any of the very expensive crap from their regular menu. Dinner, tip and tax ran about a hundred bucks and could have cost a lot more without the �spice�.
Review by Jere Miles
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It is hard for me to imagine that the other user (review by Mr. Miles) went to the same restaurant as the one I and many of my friends and business colleagues have been frequenting these past months. Perhaps he was in a bad mood or has something in for the owners. The meals (numerous) I have had there have been consistently of the highest quality, simplicity and inspiration that I have eaten in Miami. The family-like atmosphere the staff perpetuate in their approach is so welcome and unusual, and the vibe is cool but unpretentious and so quite unique for Miami. This is to me, and many I know, the best restaurant in Miami. The prices are incredibly low (i am not sure if Mr> Miles above runs a business, but giving away free food does not often allow the proprieter to make money to invest back in to quality staff and ingredients). I for one am happy to pay for my dinner. One can easily walk out stuffed to the gills for under $40, even when it is not Miami Spice time. The wine list is also a remarkable thing. I just had dinner elsewhere and no wine was available for less thatn $60. Michael keeps many in the twenties. The menu changes as the chef finds the freshest ingredients, the combinations (especially the feta watermelon salad, the pork belly, the beef cheeks, and the tuna - anchovy - olive crostini) are refreshingly original. And the massive sandwiches and awesome pizzas at lunch are a steal. The crowd is full of locals who go two or three nights a week because it is a place one can afford to do so, and get treated to a menu that is so full of good stuff, the biggest challenge is choosing. The chef cooks all day and night in the kitchen in plain view and he cooks HARD. He sees every dish before it comes out. Is every one perfect? Well, no. Who does everything perfectly? But if (rarely) something is not to one's taste or liking, the staff always is friendly, understanding and fixes it in spades. The place is packed because, in my humble opinion, people are sick of fancy, overpriced, tiny portions and ridiculous prices. We want Michael's kind of passion, honesty and integrity. And we would be perfectly happy if Mr. Miles never comes back. It is hard enough to get a seat in this great place as it is!

BTW, in my opinion, if it was such a horrible experience for this person, perhaps he should have spoken to the owners, they would never have let him leave feeling like he did. Wonder why he didnt mention it to them?
Review by sobe17
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Very crowded, thats why the service is not the best. buts the food is worth it!!
Review by Arturo Gerson
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WHAT ELSE BUT JUST ANOTHER WANNABE RESTAURANT IN MIAMI WHERE THE SPECIAL OF THE DAY ALWAYS INCLUDES "ATTITUDE A LA FRANCAISE" AND THE FOOD IS OK, NOT BAD, NOT GREAT, JUST AVERAGE LIKE ANY OTHER PLACE IN MIAMI. LET'S NOT FOOL OURSELVES, MIAMI IS NOT A FOOD CAPITAL IN THE WORLD! BUT AT LEAST IF I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE THE BEST FOOD, I WANT GOOD AND AMICABLE SERVICE, NOT TO BE TREATED LIKE "SH-T" CAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL GET AT THIS PLACE, AND TRUST ME, I'VE GIVEN IT MORE THAN THE AVERAGE TRIES, IT'S ALREADY BEEN 4 TIMES, BUT FINALLY I UNDERSTOOD THAT WHY SHOULD I TAKE THIS TYPE OF ATTITUDE (EXCEPT WHEN I WENT WITH MY FRIEND WHO'S A FOOD CRITIC. OF COURSE!) IF IT'S NOT OUTSTANDING IN ANY SENSE OF THE WORD? WELL, IF YOU WANT, FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF, IF NOT, BE SMART AND LOOK FOR A BETTER OPTION, EVEN NEARBY SRA. MARTINEZ, HAS BETTER FOOD, AND AT LEAST NOT SO MUCH ATTITUDE. HOPE THIS HELPS!
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