Archie’s Gourmet Pizza

This place offers fresh, uncomplicated Italian food in a pleasant environment and at family-friendly prices, a simple plan that has been filling the restaurant’s 75 seats with the fannies of appreciative locals. Pastas don’t exactly wow the palate but are as well prepared as those you’ll find at our most popular moderately priced Italian joints […]

Ayesha’s Indian Fine Dining

Formerly known as Taste of Bombay, Ayesha moved to 328 Crandon Blvd. in the heart of Key Biscayne. It’s the only decent Indian joint for miles and the only one on the key. It offers all the dishes that make Indian food so delicious: basmati rice, samosas, chana masala, tandoori chicken, garlic nan bread, each […]

Boater’s Grill

One of two concessions inside Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, Boater’s Grill overlooks the tranquil No Name Harbor and offers views of downtown Miami and Biscayne Bay. It also offers some really fresh seafoods, including several paellas (including lobster and shrimp asopado for $26.95 and classic seafood paella for $28.95), lobster, and ceviche (fish […]

Cantina Beach

Why travel to a luxury resort in Mexico when you can experience authentic cuisine and vacation-like ambiance in Key Biscayne? At the Ritz-Carlton’s Cantina Beach, you’ll find an open-air, poolside dining room. Don’t overdo it at the addictive guacamole station. Save room for inventive menu additions such as tostadas de cochinita pibil, made from delicately […]

Cape Florida State Recreation

Key Biscayne is one of those places where none of us spend enough time. This breathtaking little island offers all kinds of wonders, of which Cape Florida State Recreation is one. This lighthouse, part of Bill Baggs State Park, stands 95-feet-tall as a throwback to Miami’s days gone by. Built in 1825, it’s the oldest […]

Cioppino

The ingredients do the talking at the Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne’s clean and classic Italian outpost with a modern twist. Raw fish junkies will melt for the Pacific Coast wild salmon crudo, visually pleasing in shades of pink and green, featuring delicate but generous slices that come nestled beside a manicured micro-herb salad drizzled with Sicilian […]

The Commons

Tucked into a science lab and classroom building at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science on Virginia Key, this bar-cum-eatery began life as a cafeteria for students who might have cared more about describing the life cycle of Ocyurus chrysurus — that’s a yellowtail snapper to you — than eating […]

Donut Gallery Diner

We need not go on and on here. We’re talking food on a stool. Tucked away in the corner of a secluded strip mall in Key Biscayne, this more than 40-year-old neighborhood hangout is short on elbow room, long on history, and steeped in cholesterol. Think we’re exaggerating? The house special – AKA “Ted’s special” […]

Eco-Adventures

Miami has some magnificent parks. And little known to most citizens, the parks and rec department showcases their amazing assets via an Eco-Adventures program. For reasonable fees, they offer some awesome options, including Redland bike tours, snorkeling at Crandon Park, moonlight kayaking in Key Biscayne, Everglades camping and swamp field trips to Fakahatchee Strand State […]