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Showing 23 - 44 of 280Bugatti is mostly about pastas, which include obligatory favorites, from carbonara to clam sauce, finessed with a crowd-pleasing panache. The plates are artlessly artful – meaning aesthetic beauty is to be found in the quality of ingredients, preparation, and taste. Not that the comestibles aren’t comely: Tagliolini carbonara – thin, fresh strings of homemade egg […]
Bulla (pronounced boo-yah) is younger, cooler, and better than ever. Cocktails are delicious and fussy, infused with cardamom and currant syrup, lemongrass, and cucumber purée. Venture into the dining room, where chalkboards listing Spanish dishes adorn the blond-wood walls, to sample the small-plates cuisine. Doused in fried-tomato paste, albóndigas – veal-and-pork meatballs – swim in […]
The food at most bookstore cafés usually encourages more fear and loathing than great expectations, but the cute little Café at Books & Books is actually a casual, inexpensive, unpretentious garden of earthly delights. The menu covers all the expected soup-salad-sandwich bases but also offers a few more adventurous options. Try the guava-glazed pork tenderloin […]
Café Demetrio has everything we demand in a coffeehouse. The atmosphere, with its blond wood, tall windows, and courtyard, is comfortable and pleasing to the eye. The food and beverages are delightful. Demetrio’s has an extensive coffee selection that runs from plain old espresso to caramel lattes. While the food tends toward sandwiches and salads, […]
Ask anyone about Caffe Abbracci and the word “family” will likely come up. And no wonder: The doted-upon Italian restaurant has maintained its consistently excellent reputation for more than three decades, thanks to its late founder, revered restaurateur Nino Pernetti, who died from COVID complications in 2022 at age 76. The restaurant gracefully carries on […]
You can usually base the quality of Chinese take-out on egg rolls, and Canton makes them massive and good. Pick up food at this South Miami standout or sit in the dining room with a free pot of tea. Located in a nondescript strip mall, it’s open late, and the chefs prepare tasty food at […]
Simply, chef/owner Carmen Gonzalez’s new place is the most exciting restaurant to open in South Florida in years. The eatery is actually three distinctly different experiences in one: regular restaurant, chef’s dining room, and casual European-style wine bar with some unusually sophisticated bottles, 14 available by the glass, and an absolutely knockout menu of bar […]
Cebada, the Spanish word for barley, is an ode to the now-shuttered Barley, which was located in Dadeland. Cebada Rooftop finds the same owners, Jorge Ramos Sr. and his son Jorgie Ramos, operating atop a one-story building in Coral Gables. Prior to opening in August 2021, the bar was in the works for more than […]
Family owned bridal boutique first opened its doors in the heart of Coral Gables more than 45 years ago. Initially launched as Frances Novias in 1969.
Taking a cue from other Tex-Mex ristorantes, this bright newcomer has a few novel concepts up its sleeve. One is that it tries to be more authentically Mexican than its peers by playing mariachi, American, and Latin music. Another is that it sports clean lines and flashy colors in the design of its chairs, which […]
True Francophiles swoon when the words “Chocolate Fashion” are uttered. Just one look into the lighted pastry case is enough to make them sob. There are glazed super-size fruit tarts, delicate cakes and cookies as big as a baby’s face, and shot glasses of chocolate mousse topped with chocolate macaroons. Had a bad day? Your […]
Even the most ravenous meat-eater has days when a T-bone or pulled pork feels like a little too much. On those days, do your body good with some eats from Choices Organic Caf
The decor is best described as “clubby,” a place where powerful men feel at home, and women feel as though they’re in a club for powerful men. Though the motto is “Famous for prime steaks and fresh seafood,” most guests seem to order the steaks. Can’t blame them, because the beef is prime, Midwestern, corn-fed, […]