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The best neighborhood bar is the one closest to home, and Bougainvillea’s, a snug, self-described old Florida tavern near the Shops at Sunset Place, is exactly that for those who live in the Greater Coral Gables/Pinecrest/Kendall triangle. Built inside a ’40s-era cottage, it’s a fine place to sip wine and contemplate humanity or to down […]
Bugatti 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 […]
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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 […]
Buns & Buns wants to bring good bread back. Owner Alexandre Zibi and chef Reuven Sugarman spent three weeks traveling the world in early 2013 in search of recipes and techniques from the globe’s greatest cooking cultures. They brought back steamed buns from China, naan from India and the Middle East, and brioche from France. […]
While cupcake shops in Miami have become almost as pervasive as the proverbial Starbucks, there’s still a big difference between good, bad and imminently superior. At South Miami’s Buttercream Cupcakes and Coffee, their impossibly moist treats are some of the city’s best. One of the few locales whose sweets are all full sized (versus the […]
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 […]
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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, […]
An impossibly tiny kitchen at this modest, unassuming eatery consistently turns out simple, hearty, satisfying French bistro fare at affordable prices. The bistro has been a staple in South Miami for more than two decades, serving delicious French cuisine inside a small yet intimate restaurant in an unassuming, blue awning-lined strip mall on Red Road. […]
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 […]
Funk is the word at Caffe Vialetto. No, not the music genre, but rather a signature dessert that folks just can’t get enough of. Think tiramisu spruced up with some Heath Bar crunch. What’s more, the treat arrives in a pool of blueberry sauce and condensed milk. There are plenty of other decadent items to […]
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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 […]
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 […]