Burger & Beer Joint

This sister location to the South Beach Burger & Beer Joint has the same rock & roll attitude. It’s a sports bar, lounge, and restaurant. This should come as no surprise, because it is the creation of Automatic Slims’ owner and a former general manager of SushiSamba. If you look at the 99 beer varieties […]

Cafe Sambal Restaurant

The sushi bar tenders a first-rate array of maki rolls, nigiri sushi, sashimi, and temaki (cones); even the California roll, usually crammed with crappy surimi, is laden with luscious lumps of blue crab. The sake selection rocks as well, from aged, sherrylike Hanahato Kijoshu to fruity Harushika Daiginjo. The elegant interior, replete with loud, splashy […]

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 […]

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 […]

Casa Tua Cucina

Casa Tua Cucina, which opened quietly inside Saks at Brickell City Centre in January, offers an array of choices for hungry shoppers craving Italian-style sustenance. The 300-seat space includes ten dining stations, each with a different chef at the helm and all sharing a kitchen. It’s also family-friendly, with a causal atmosphere and affordable prices. […]

Caviar Russe

Reminiscence to an upscale happy hour, Caviar Russe is raising the bar and bubbles with its new champagne special.

Claudie

Claudie is the Brickell showstopper Miami didn’t know it was missing. It’s a glamorous French-Mediterranean spot where every detail, from the design to the cocktails, feels intentional. The service is warm, the vibe is high-energy, and the menu (think escargots, pâtes au caviar, and a seafood tower that merits flexing on Instagram) delivers the Côte […]

Coffee Zone

Brickell eats are often about convenience. How quickly can you grab a colada on your coffee break, stuff your face with a sammy over lunch, or inhale a candy bar for that afternoon sugar rush? Luckily, Coffee Zone is about a lot more than coffee. They’ve got eats ranging from gnocci bolognese ($7.95) and arepas […]

Coya

Three months after its opening in late 2012, Zagat named Coya in London the world’s hottest restaurant. Next came a Dubai outpost, and in early 2015, Coya Miami began serving on Brickell Avenue. Executive chef Sanjay Dwivedi describes his food as “bursting with flavor” and “not for the faint-hearted.” He says he uses modern tricks […]

Da Tang Zhen Wei Fang Restaurant

The difference between Da Tang Unique and the typical Chinese place of the 1950s variety becomes clear in a single bite of the Alaskan red sea cucumber meat hidden beneath a mountain of crunchy snow pea pods. The dish is wok-fried in a Malaysian belacan sauce built on a salted, fermented shrimp paste thinned with […]

Dashi

Here on the Miami River, Masaharu Morimoto disciple Shuji Hiyakawa offers a brief list of concisely prepared dishes alongside an impressive array of sushi including many distinctly Japanese options, such as sea bream, golden eye snapper, and vinegar-cured mackerel, which have become the benchmark for any sushi place that hopes to be taken seriously. Yet […]