Calle Ocho

Camila’s Restaurant

Camila’s Restaurant is a casual eatery located on a busy downtown street corner. The big, open room with white tile floors and wooden tables does not provide much in terms of ambiance. But the all-you-can-eat buffet ($11.45) offers a large selection that includes sautéed chicken, beef stew, rice, black beans, roasted pork, steamed vegetables, salad, […]

Cantina la Veinte

Cantina la Veinte is not your average nacho spot. More than a dozen kitchen workers, browning tortillas and simmering large vats of fragrant soups like caldo de camarón, scramble to stay ahead of the weeknight buzz. The contents of the two-page bill of fare features tortas – Mexican sandwiches slathered with black beans and topped […]

Canton Chinese Restaurant

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 […]

Canton Palace

A neighborhood Chinese restaurant that caters to a mostly Asian clientele, Canton Palace has one of the best dim sums around. There are, of course, Americanized Chinese dishes available, so you can still find honey garlic chicken and beef with broccoli on a printed menu. It would be a shame to visit Canton Palace and […]

The Capital Grille

This high-end steak house for the high-powered adds some carnivorous class to the downtown riverside scene. A meat locker in the middle of the dining room, where the beef is dry-aged, gives you a good idea of what’s on the menu; a 400-plus selection of wine gives you a lot of ideas about what to […]

Captain’s Tavern

In 1971, Bill “The Captain” Bowers opened the doors of his seafood restaurant in the boondocks of southwest Miami-Dade, now known as Pinecrest, and has remained an institution for locals and tourists alike ever since. When Bowers died in 2020 at the age of 91, his wife, Audrey Palomino Bowers, and their son, Dale Palomino, […]

Cardon y El Tirano

Venezuelan chef Francisco Anton brings together the flavors of the world’s Spanish-countries in one menu. Sometimes it’s for the better, and occasionally not as much. The best are his tacos, made with fresh house-pressed tortillas and topped with clever spins on classic fillings such as Negra Modelo-braised beef tongue diced and dusted with chorizo powder. […]