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Showing 243 - 264 of 295The polenta Julia Ning serves at her South Miami restaurant Station 5 Table & Bar is there for a reason. Sure, it’s best topped with a smattering of mushrooms from Sublicious Farms, flash-roasted and then sauteed in white wine and garlic. But it’s also an homage to her Italian grandmother, Nonna Daniela, who traveled to […]
Culinary couple – and erstwhile Top Chef contestants Jeff McInnis (season 5) and Janine Booth (season 11) – operate this Sunset Harbour fish house, which draws inspiration from the former’s early years in the Florida Panhandle, where he subsisted on simply prepared seafood paired with tropical cocktails. The indoor-outdoor venue includes a maritime-themed dining room […]
Stone Grill”s website promises to bring “an archaic style of cooking to the new millennium,” by which it means, “using lava rock to sizzle meat at the table,” leading to “an experience, not just a meal.” Sounds great, but in fact you have to call in advance to reserve the rock, because only a limited […]
Food, drinks, big-screen TVs, sports, music, bowling, black lights. The only thing this place is missing is strippers. Get all your kicks in one place at this conglomeration of entertainment. The bowling lanes are illuminated by black lights and huge TVs conveniently placed above them. Order food and drinks at one of the two bars, […]
Sunset Tavern is conveniently located just a few blocks from the Shops at Sunset Place, making the bar an easy stop for mall shoppers. The space includes pool tables, sports memorabilia on the walls, and plenty of large flat-screens to catch the game while you sit at the large, fully stocked bar. Sunset Tavern welcomes […]
There is nothing quite like a savory hoagie overloaded with our favorite meats and veggies to halt those midday hunger pains. The founders of Super Subs seem to have our hearts in mind. The joint has been serving up more than 50 varieties of submarine sandwiches since 1977 with the intent of giving you some […]
The prices at the Surf Club Restaurant are among the highest you’ll find in Miami, but then, so is the quality. Located in a completely rebuilt Mediterranean Revival-style resort in Surfside, the restaurant stands just a few blocks from high-end Bal Harbour. Designed by Russell Pancoast, the original inn and eatery opened on New Year’s […]
One bite into Sustain’s 50-mile salad — wood-roasted beets, pickled red onions, brassica greens from Paradise Farms, and soft crumbles of Hani’s fromage blanc all sourced within that distance from Miami — and you understand that the place isn’t just hyping the catchwords natural and sustainable. Sustain is real, and real good. The menu is […]
While food trucks get all the shine on the local affordable-dining scene, it’s easy to forget that some of them are offshoots of actual brick-and-mortar establishments. Case in point: Sugar Rush Miami, the city’s first baked-goods truck. The mobile bakery wows with so-bad-for-you-they’re-good concoctions such as deep-fried cupcakes and super-thick milkshakes. But it’s worth heading […]
Old school ice cream parlors are few and far between. But if you’ve got a craving for childhood nostalgia and calorie-laden American food, Swensen’s Ice Cream Parlor and Restaurant is where it’s at. Burgers, personal pizzas, sourdough melts and more ice cream options than you can imagine. The throwback decor is like a trip down […]
Housed in one of Coconut Grove’s most historically significant buildings, Taurus is a convivial watering hole that accepts everyone, including dogs. True to its name, the well-stocked bar offers a broad selection of beers, whiskeys, and other spirits, including an Irish daiquiri and a boozy lemonade. Expect grade-A pub grub from on-site Cuban Filipino pop-up […]