Andiamo Brick Oven Pizza

Forget about the greasy, goopy, nasty pizzas from Domino’s/Little Caesars/Pizza Hut. Go for gourmet, and your taste buds (and stomach) will thank you. Andiamo is the best pizza in Miami, hands down. Where else can you try a delicious potato-topped pie? (Yes, potatoes.) The Genovese is graced with thinly sliced Red Bliss potatoes, sprinkled with […]

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Andu Restaurant & Lounge

This groovy-glam lounge-ish downtown restaurant features a modern-Med-by-the-numbers menu, a pastiche of popular items served in numerous other restaurants. Warm starters include steamed mussels, Moroccan-spiced calamari, and potato gnocchi. The last, forged from Yukon Gold, are light and luscious in a pink cream sauce salted with pecorino Romano and Serrano ham. A cold appetizer of […]

Angelina’s Coffee and Yogurt

Like another Angelina, this yogurt joint likes to steal. In this case, it’s not a husband, but a concept. Borrowing from the whole DIY restaurant trend and Coral Gables’s My Yogurt Bliss, Angelina’s is a self-serve, create-your-own-frozen-yogurt-and-get-charged-by-the-weight type of place. Yet unlike the kooky, loud, UM-friendly fro-yo shop down south, this place has more of […]

Antica Mare

This Shorecrest stunner blends the tastes of Tuscany with unbeatable views of Biscayne Bay. Located at 7999 NE Bayshore Ct., Antica Mare is the sister restaurant of Marco Betti’s award-winning Antica Posta in Buckhead, Atlanta, and delivers the same authenticity of its much older sister. Dive into a delicate array of pastas, risottos, fish, vegetables, […]

Apocalypse BBQ

A business that began on a Weber Smokey Mountain has grown into one of the area’s best barbecue restaurants. In 2022, Jeff Budnechky channeled his pandemic side hustle into a standalone location. Outside the restaurant, a small array of smokers billow aromas of pork and beef that betray Budnechky’s Brazilian-Argentinian roots and his wife’s Cuban […]

Aquaknots Dive Center

If you’re looking to make like Ariel and spend some serious time underwater, it’s tough to choose a dive shop from the multitudes across Miami. But Aquaknots Dive Center is a shining beacon. This small, locally-owned shop has gear for any and every budget, from masks to spear guns to fins and everything else under […]

Arbetter’s Hot Dogs

It’s not necessarily the hot dogs themselves that are better at Arbetter’s. Rather, these all-beef or pork-and-beef franks are ideal blank canvases for the three garnish combinations that solidified Arbetter’s reputation when this family-run institution opened more than a half-century ago. The basic onion/relish dog is nicely tangy, and the sauerkraut/mustard dog, loaded with beautifully […]

Arcade Odyssey

Due to the overwhelming rise of iPads and Playstations, most video arcades have gone the way of the dinosaurs. But at Arcade Odyssey, you can indulge in the ultimate retro throwback. This mecca for gamers boasts an astonishing selection of classics, from Mortal Kombat II to Terminator pinball to shoot ’em ups to all your […]