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When you spot the decorative cacti out front, you’ll know you’ve arrived at Bakan. This lovely Wynwood restaurant offers traditional Mexican dishes far removed from the taco joints that proliferate throughout Miami. Here you’ll find Oaxacan mole dishes and whole grilled fish. If you’re feeling adventurous, look for the “Los Insectos” section of the menu, […]
Founded in 1985 in a former bakery, the Bakehouse Art Complex (BAC) is at the heart of Wynwood’s artistic soul. It’s a one-stop shop of sorts, with galleries, exhibition space and, crucially, partially to fully funded studio space for more than 100 local artists working in a wide range of media. The complex’s sprawling grounds […]
Bali Café is a veritable downtown Miami gem, serving up the kind of Indonesian food you won’t find anywhere else in the Magic City. The “Nasi Goreng Special” is the move, fried rice with opor ayam and rendang (chicken and beef cooked in coconut milk), steamed vegetables, pickled carrot and cucumber, and garlic crackers all […]
Sitting above a green-and-white-striped awning, the neon sign for the “World Famous Ball & Chain Bar and Lounge” illuminates SW Eighth Street much as it did nearly 80 years ago. Founded in 1935, Ball & Chain was a jazz palace where the likes of Billie Holiday and Count Basie jammed until the sun came up. […]
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One reviewer called this place “so nice they named it twice.” Bangkok Bangkok is synonymous with good Thai food. It’s an institution in both Kendall and Coral Gables. Servers with charmingly coy smiles are efficient but never shy away from friendly chitchat, and they carve a fresh, whole, fried, chili-sauce-covered red snapper (a signature dish […]
Why do they call it The Bank? Because this spacious, opulent, 4 room nightclub is housed in what used to be an actual bank, the Meyer Kiser to be exact. Between the Roman columns, and marble walls, this modern nightclub for the moneyed, and those who aspire to be, contains beautiful, luxurious appointments. Modern twists […]
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Part Italian market, part wine bar, and part pizza hang, Bar Bucce is the antithesis of what most people would consider a “hot spot” is in Miami, which is exactly why the IYKYK welcomed it with open arms in 2025. Founded by the team behind South Beach mainstay Macchialina, it’s the spot where you can […]
Make your way to the mezzanine of the Citadel food hall, and you’ll find a dim, red-backlit bar – and one of the most inspired cocktail menus in Miami. Translated from Japanese, kaiju means strange beast, and fittingly, the drink list is laid out like a graphic novel populated by mythical monsters and imaginatively crafted […]
Bar Nancy in Little Havana sports rustic, nautical-inspired decor and a healthy selection of craft cocktails. The bar – named for the brigantine Nancy, which transported war supplies during the American Revolution – offers cocktails named after ships or patriotic themes, or both. The “Abigail Adams” is made with Fords gin, peach liqueur, lemon, strawberry, […]
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This Giralda Plaza drinking den has been a Coral Gables staple since it opened in 1946 as a beer hall. Notwithstanding its cadre of diehard regulars, the crowd here skews younger – Millennials and Gen Xers who mass here late at night and on the weekends. If you want to avoid finding yourself packed shoulder […]
Some of the best falafels in this city are to be found, oddly enough, in Little Havana. Barbar Grill, with a façade that evokes more corner store than dining establishment, serves up Lebanese fare behind a counter that overlooks a stockpile of hookah pipes, shisa tobacco, and packaged Middle Eastern condiments. Fresh falafels ($3.99) are […]