Sneak Review: Otentico Fresh Food Restaurant

A small bite of the upcoming Cafe review:Otentic is a clean, bright, contemporary bistro that looks out of place on this fast food stretch of Washington Avenue. Most everything at Otentic is slow: The cooking of food, the movement of workers, seemingly time itself. Yet after you finish off a...

By Lee Klein

July 5, 2010

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A small bite of the upcoming Cafe review:

Otentic is a clean, bright, contemporary bistro that looks out of place on this fast food stretch of Washington Avenue. Most everything at Otentic is slow: The cooking of food, the movement of workers, seemingly time itself. Yet after you finish off a small flute of complimentary Sauternes, and spread soft butter upon wedges of baguette, you're likely to feel blissfully ensconced within the space -- which will seem very far from the street scene outside. Maybe even an oceans distance away.

Otentic Fresh Food Restaurant
710 Washington Ave., Miami Beach
305-531-1464

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