Oriental Bakery & Grocery

This family-run grocery/bakery is a Miami establishment that has been around since 1954. From the minute you walk in, you find aisles overflowing with Middle Eastern ingredients, supplies, and household items. Toward the back of the store is a cafeteria with a selection of hot items, platters, and side dishes made fresh daily by a […]

The Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co.

Einstein’s makes a tasty roll with a hole in the center. New York Bagels and Brooklyn Bagels (no relation) are OK in a pinch. But the Original Brooklyn Water Co. bagels ($1.29 each) are the real deal: soft, malty, and yeasty inside, with a crisp, bronzed crust that comes from being preboiled. An in-house filtering […]

The Original Daily Bread Marketplace

Enter this spacious Middle Eastern market and you’ll find everything from hookahs and CDs to cheese and olives by the pound. Part market, part restaurant, the Daily Bread is a good standby to pick up a casual bite or some Middle Eastern goods for your pantry. You’ll find spices, cheeses, jams, candies, nuts, and bags […]

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 […]

Orno

Niven Patel opened Orno at the Thesis Hotel in Coral Gables in late 2021. The space is an ideal setting for his culinary artistry, from the stunning dining room filled with greenery and accented by pale pinks and gold tones to the large, green-tiled wood-burning oven that serves as the focal point of the open […]

Ortanique on the Mile

It’s been more than 20 years since Ortanique opened on “the Mile” in July 1999, but chef/owner Cindy Hutson’s Caribbean-influenced Cuisine of the Sun never grows old. Red Stripe-steamed mussels, jerk chicken penne pasta, West Indian-style bouillabaisse in curried coconut broth – let’s face it, you can’t get this sort of fare anywhere else in […]

Osteria Del Teatro

Osteria has been serving fine Italian cuisine since 1987; dining here is still something of a 20th-century experience. But this South Beach favorite has retained the best attributes formerly fashioned at fine-dining establishments without subscribing to the more regrettable ones. For instance, service is executed peerlessly by professional staff members who have been with the […]

Otentic Fresh Food Restaurant

This clean, bright 18-seat bistro looks out of place on this fast-food stretch of Washington Avenue. Almost everything at Otentic is slow: the cooking of food, the movement of workers, seemingly time itself. Yet after you finish a small flute of complimentary Sauternes and spread soft butter upon wedges of baguette, you’ll feel blissfully ensconced […]

Outback Steakhouse

It’s all about generous portions, mate, at this Australian-themed chain. If Outback’s colossal menu is any indication, Australians like meat

Outback Steakhouse

Leave it to the Aussies to beat us at our own game: good ol’ thick, juicy steaks. Except for a couple of pseudo-Australian offerings, you’ll find the menu comparable to an American house o’ beef — right down to offerings of nonbeef items such as chicken and fish — but delicious steaks are what this […]

Over Under

No bar in Miami embraces its home state of Florida quite like Over Under. From the neon mosquito drinking a martini to the fried alligator bites on the menu, every detail of this cool spot reminds imbibers exactly where they are. Whether it’s karaoke and fruity drinks or a beer and a shot paired with […]

Pack Supermarket and Cafeteria

Over the past three decades, Little Haiti’s Pack Supermarket has become a kind community for the surrounding neighborhood, all thanks to fried chicken. During lunch, dozens of cops, executives, and working stiffs line up for the stuff. Sunday mornings, crowds of churchgoers mingle with bouncers from downtown clubs and spandex-clad cyclists while awaiting fragrant Styrofoam […]

Palace Bar & Restaurant

Stop by the Palace for a very South Beach experience. The gay-friendly restaurant and bar, which has been going strong for more than three decades, stages drag shows every evening and drag brunches on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Otherwise, know that the venue contains two bars: one indoors and designed for nighttime use, the […]