Cena by Michy

If lack of popularity was ever a problem at Michelle Bernstein’s namesake restaurant, it isn’t anymore. The 55-seat dining room at Cena by Michy fills to capacity with loyal fans throughout the week. The almost-iridescent purple-blue hue that once lined the ceiling and floor has been stripped away, along with the white tablecloths and ornate […]

The Chart House

If you can take your eyes off the mouthwatering menu, you’ll be blown away by the Chart House’s brilliant views of Biscayne Bay and the downtown Miami skyline. Long regarded as one of the city’s premier restaurants, this Coconut Grove establishment is the perfect place for a romantic dinner. The crab-stuffed mushrooms and award-winning New […]

The Cheesecake Factory

There’s not a lot to say about the Cheesecake Factory that every American doesn’t already know. The longest menu in creation. Cheesecakes in every incarnation. Epically caloric pasta dishes. The usual. But after a long day of fighting crowds and spending cash at Dadeland Mall – a respite at this popular chain is more than […]

Chef Adrianne’s Vineyard Restaurant & Wine Bar

Miami chef, author, and TV personality Adrianne Calvo offers guests a taste of her signature “maximum flavor” recipes with her namesake restaurant located in The Palms at Town & Country. Here, find her take on modern, refined American fare alongside a wide assortment of California wines, served amid wine-country decor.

Chef Allen’s

The refurbished restaurant is now billed as a “modern seafood bistro,” the emphasis being placed on local, sustainable fish and produce – and on lower prices, an effort to change the perception of Allen’s from fine-dining destination to casual neighborhood haunt. Start with seafood chowder – a thin, bracing broth brimming with fresh shellfish – […]

Chuck Wagon Restaurant

In Miami you can get a pan Cubano and café con leche just about anyplace, but an American breakfast requires a bit of a search. So lovers of corned beef hash and biscuits with gravy, rejoice, because Chuck Wagon can satisfy your yearnings for a great morning meal. The menu offers an abundance of choices: […]

City Hall Restaurant

You like meat loaf? Of course you do. Then you’ll surely love a whole lot of it, as in a miniloaf sweetly glazed with tomato marmalade, flagged with frizzy fried onions, and paired with skinny green beans, a side of old-school gravy, and a dish of mac ‘n’ cheese — a sweet-and-salty rendition with chorizo […]

Clarke’s

Clarke’s has the big-city neighborhood pub look down pat: mahogany bar, voluminous display of wine and liquor, cozy pub accouterments of brick, wood, and mirrors. In the kitchen, chef Seth Lowenstein cooks expected tavern specialties like fish and chips, shepherd’s pie, and hamburgers along with more elaborate entrées such as seared ahi tuna, double-cut pork […]

CMX CinéBistro Dolphin Mall

CinéBistro is an eatery inside the Cobb movie theater at Dolphin Mall. Diners reserve advance movie tickets, arrive 30 minutes before start time, order food, and eat before the movie begins. They can also order during the movie; they’re given a buzzer to alert them when food is ready. Service is quick and attentive; waiters […]

The Commons

Tucked into a science lab and classroom building at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science on Virginia Key, this bar-cum-eatery began life as a cafeteria for students who might have cared more about describing the life cycle of Ocyurus chrysurus — that’s a yellowtail snapper to you — than eating […]

Crackers Casual Dining

For down-home cooking at a family-owned spot, head to the quaint Miami Springs. Like the town in which it’s located, Crackers Casual Dining is otherworldly. It’s a cozy, comfortable place that feels far from the traffic-snarled Dolphin Expressway and even farther from the jockeying of South Beach. And to Jeff and Jo Mitnick, it’s home, […]

Crumb on Parchment

TEMPORARILY CLOSED FOR RENOVATIONS. Step into the soaring atrium at 3930 NE Second Ave. in the Design District, and the first thing you notice is the sunlight. The second thing you sense is the smell of delicious baked goods. The source: Crumb on Parchment. The restaurant has a steady following thanks to its tasty caf

Cypress Tavern

In March 2013, Michael Schwartz gutted this boxy nook on Northeast Second Avenue in the Design District and festooned it with stuffed deer heads, Old Florida photos, and aqua-upholstered tufted benches. The James Beard Award-winning chef hired Roel Alcudia, who previously worked as chef de cuisine at New York’s Barbuto, and recruited Robert Montero, the […]