North of Wynwood and the Design District, a massive two-story modern-Italian restaurant and rooftop bar opens August 8. Located in the recently developed Upper Buena Vista — a charming acre of land home to a crop of new restaurants including a 500-square-foot French café and a Colombian street-food joint — Vista offers an expansive all-day menu, with highlights such as pesto gnocchi and swordfish a la plancha.

For the second year, Miami Spice offers brunch menus at select restaurants. Here are five new restaurants participating in the special.

Beginning Friday, a pop-up milkshake bar inside downtown’s Freshko Gourmet will whip up frozen treats while eliminating waste. The menu features creative milk-based drinks using already-stocked ingredients found at Freshko, such as bananas, caramel, and Nutella.

Naked Lunch, Ralph Pagano’s old-school deli and diner inside the University of Miami Life Science & Technology Park, will serve its last meal Friday, July 27.

Miami Spice returns August 1. For two months, indulge in prix fixes ($23 for lunch and $39 for dinner) at more than 240 restaurants across town. Running through September 30, the program was started 17 years ago by the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau as a way to promote the city’s restaurants to visitors and locals…

At Red the Steakhouse in Miami Beach, a shrimp cocktail, a petite filet mignon, and an apple pie garnished with a dollop of vanilla glaze and salted caramel sauce costs less than a single rib eye. You can thank Miami Spice for that. From August 1 through September 30, some…

Bite into a fresh-baked sugar-dusted bombolone filled with creamy Nutella at Rosetta Bakery, which is now open at Aventura Mall. Located on the first floor of the mall’s 315,000-square-foot expansion wing, Rosetta boasts a large, grab-and-go space, a small seating area, and an in-house production facility.

Nékter Juice Bar, a Southern California-based smoothie chain, has made its way to South Florida. This past June, a storefront serving juices, smoothies, açaí bowls, and vegan ice cream debuted in Aventura.

The year is only half over, but Miami’s restaurant scene has already grown by leaps and bites. So far in 2018, the area has gained scores of highly anticipated openings with inventive concepts. Dasher & Crank in Wynwood churns out ice cream made with bacon, candied hemp seeds, and miso…

Here’s a new reason to trek up to Fort Lauderdale Beach this weekend: bottomless brunch at Terra Mare, happening every Saturday and Sunday.

The first food-and-beverage concept is now open inside downtown’s MiamiCentral. Visit the first floor of the Brightline station and walk into Joe & the Juice, a popular Denmark-based juice and coffee concept with more than 200 locations around the world. This is the chain’s fifth location in Miami-Dade.

This year, more than 240 eateries, including two dozen new spots, will offer Miami Spice menus. Among them are David Grutman’s vegan restaurant, Planta; Jose Mendin’s Habitat; and Helene Henderson’s farm-to-table spot, Malibu Farm.

There’s a new rooftop restaurant in downtown Miami. Perched on the 16th floor of the Kimpton Epic, a Mediterranean tapas concept will remain open through September.