Bagels & Co.

Like the Constitution, the Incredible Hulk, and a baseball pitcher working a no-hitter, there are some things you just shouldn’t mess with. Old-school bagel-making should have a place on that list, yet the world is bafflingly full of frozen, bagged holes of dough stomping all over the good name of this traditional Jewish delicacy. Fortunately, […]

Goldstein’s Prime

When Goldstein & Sons opened at Collins Avenue and 74th Street 30 years ago, there was no shortage of competition with three other kosher butcher shops and deli markets in the surrounding North Beach neighborhood. Today, rechristened with a slightly different name, the mom-and-pop store is the last one standing. Jews and gentiles from all […]

Gourmet Carrot

From the exterior, this kosher natural food restaurant/juice bar doesn’t look like any other average smoothie store, and cartoonish posters of buck-tooth bunnies lining the walls make the interior look like a kid’s soda fountain. But the smoothies here could be considered nectar for the casual gourmet: rich and unusual combinations like the “Chilled Lych” […]

Lots of Lox Deli

Like a parable, it’s as if a thunderous voice from above spoke to a lost (and most likely hungry) tribe wandering in the brash wilderness of south Miami-Dade and said: “You must build a restaurant, serve the food of your people there, and make it extra tasty!” Because at Lots of Lox it’s all there: […]

New Deal Kosher Market

George Wilensky started the New Deal Market in 1957. These days, his son Heshey runs it, which makes it – to our knowledge – the only butcher shop in South Florida that has operated under the same ownership and in the same location for more than 50 years. The formula hasn’t changed much through the […]

Original Pita Hut

Most people order either the flawlessly seasoned falafels or the shawarma, real slices of lamb and turkey piled atop each other on a rotating spit. Whichever you choose, it’s worth paying the extra dollar and substituting a larger, fluffier laffa bread for the pita – besides tasting better and holding more food, the laffa is […]

Prime Sushi

Kosher sushi and Italian classics may not seem like a match made in heaven, but at Miami Beach’s Prime Sushi, somehow it works. The unlikely ethnic duo provide enough options to please any palate. From the Ginsa (baked-salmon topped California roll $13.95) and the Miami Beach (tuna, salmon, masago, avocado on top with eel sauce […]

Rare Steakhouse

This kosher steak house features a dimly lit, elegant interior and attentive service. Meat is cooked to order on a wood-burning grill, and the traditional steak-house menu offers fresh ingredients prepared in a kosher kitchen. Appetizers include beef carpaccio ($14), an iceberg wedge ($10), and Wagyu sliders ($21). Notable main courses are sea bass ($34), […]

Roasters ‘n Toasters

Looking for a hot pastrami on rye that brings back the Miami of yesteryear, when New York-style delis were as common as Pollo Tropical franchises? Then Roasters’ n Toasters – which has been satisfying all of Pinecrest’s mustard-smothered, pickle-garnished cravings since 1984 – is your spot. During breakfast, the aroma of freshly brewed lattes and […]