Su-Shin Izakaya

Not just a sushi joint, this bustling lunch-and-dinner spot in downtown Coral Gables offers daily specials – scribbled in Kanji and English on blackboards that run the length of the east wall – depending on what’s fresh. A treasure on the regular menu is the spicy kimuchi ramen, a fiery interpretation of traditional noodle soup, […]

Sunset Tavern

Sunset Tavern is conveniently located just a few blocks from the Shops at Sunset Place, making the bar an easy stop for mall shoppers. The space includes pool tables, sports memorabilia on the walls, and plenty of large flat-screens to catch the game while you sit at the large, fully stocked bar. Sunset Tavern welcomes […]

Sushi Chef

Sushi Chef’s plain façade and restaurant-in-the-middle-of-a-Japanese-market interior give no indication it serves perhaps the most extensive selection of Japanese dishes around. The encyclopedic menu lists more than 200 dishes, from all manner of sushi to tempura, rice and noodle bowls, salads, and entrées. Fish is generally high-quality – though two pieces of questionably fresh toro […]

Sushi Maki

Sushi Maki is a laid-back sushi spot offering the usual variety of rolls, along with plenty of appetizers and entrée options for the raw-fish-phobic. Of appetizers, including staples such as edamame, summer rolls, and chicken yakitori, try the gyoza: tender steamed or fried dumplings filled with chicken, pork, or vegetables and served with a tangy […]

Sushi Maki

Sushi Maki is a laid-back sushi spot offering the usual variety of rolls, along with plenty of appetizers and entrée options for the raw-fish-phobic. Of appetizers, including staples such as edamame, summer rolls, and chicken yakitori, try the gyoza: tender steamed or fried dumplings filled with chicken, pork, or vegetables and served with a tangy […]

Swensen’s Ice Cream Parlor & Restaurant

Old school ice cream parlors are few and far between. But if you’ve got a craving for childhood nostalgia and calorie-laden American food, Swensen’s Ice Cream Parlor and Restaurant is where it’s at. Burgers, personal pizzas, sourdough melts and more ice cream options than you can imagine. The throwback decor is like a trip down […]

Swine Southern Table & Bar

Located in a boutique-spangled strip on Ponce de Leon Boulevard, Swine Southern Table & Bar is a pork-themed place. Swine’s setting is leisurely and cavernous; it sits inside a lofted two-story space lined with barn-wood walls and shelves holding colorful pickling jars. On the menu, there’s mac and cheese with bacon, Brussels sprouts in bacon […]

Taco Rico Tex Mex Cafe

There’s nothing fancy about Taco Rico Tex Mex Cafe or the mini strip mall in which it’s nestled. But this tiny, quaint neighborhood spot serves a wide variety of flavorful Tex-Mex items for a friendly price. The menu offers an abundance of everything you’d expect: enchiladas, tacos, burritos, fajitas, and tortillas. The steak and chicken […]

Talavera Cocina Mexicana

Talavera is to Mexican street food what Salma Hayek is to a Mexican street person – gussied up and good! Take the two salsas that jump-start diners: one red guajillo-based, one green habanero-based, both pur

Tarpon Bend Raw Bar & Grill

Tarpon’s 200-seat room offers a limited raw bar – three varieties of oyster, stone crabs and inventive ceviches. Warm appetizers are appealing, none more so than middleneck clams (from Florida’s west coast) pan-roasted in a spicy white wine and tomato broth, with grilled triangular toasts for sopping up the garlic-and-herb-pepped liquid. Catch of the day […]

Teixeira Portugal Restaurant

There’s good reason why the humble codfish is so prevalent at Teixeira Portugal: The history of Portuguese cuisine, which is represented in Miami in only a handful of restaurants, is filled with off-white fillets of the ubiquitous catch. The heartiness and seemingly endless shelf life of the salted, preserved fish that became the fuel for […]