The Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co.

Einstein’s makes a tasty roll with a hole in the center. New York Bagels and Brooklyn Bagels (no relation) are OK in a pinch. But the Original Brooklyn Water Co. bagels ($1.29 each) are the real deal: soft, malty, and yeasty inside, with a crisp, bronzed crust that comes from being preboiled. An in-house filtering […]

Osteria Del Teatro

Osteria has been serving fine Italian cuisine since 1987; dining here is still something of a 20th-century experience. But this South Beach favorite has retained the best attributes formerly fashioned at fine-dining establishments without subscribing to the more regrettable ones. For instance, service is executed peerlessly by professional staff members who have been with the […]

Otentic Fresh Food Restaurant

This clean, bright 18-seat bistro looks out of place on this fast-food stretch of Washington Avenue. Almost everything at Otentic is slow: the cooking of food, the movement of workers, seemingly time itself. Yet after you finish a small flute of complimentary Sauternes and spread soft butter upon wedges of baguette, you’ll feel blissfully ensconced […]

Palace Bar & Restaurant

Stop by the Palace for a very South Beach experience. The gay-friendly restaurant and bar, which has been going strong for more than three decades, stages drag shows every evening and drag brunches on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Otherwise, know that the venue contains two bars: one indoors and designed for nighttime use, the […]

Pane & Vino

The brawny pastaiolo‘s presence in the window display of Pane & Vino serves two purposes: to draw in mesmerized passersby and to assure customers that the South Beach restaurant isn’t kidding about pastas being homemade. Although several tables are set up outside, it’s best to avoid the uncomfortable chairs and noise of Washington Avenue and […]

Panizza Bistro

Panizza, located on a relatively quiet block of Lincoln Road, is a small bistro known for its Latin “comfort” food and comfortable surroundings. Menu items show Italian, Spanish, and Argentine influences in the empanadas, savory pies, and tortillas with ingredients that include potato, spinach, and onion. The paninis include steak, chicken Milanese, and veggie burgers, […]

Panther Coffee

It’s been more than a decade since Joel and Leticia Pollock started serving cold-brew coffee from a bicycle at Miami food truck roundups, ushering in the city’s craft coffee movement. Today, at Panther’s flagship location in Wynwood (other outlets are scattered around the city and Miami Beach), beans sourced from small farms in Nicaragua, Brazil, […]

Pasha’s

In the mid-90s, while studying at Harvard Business School, Pasha’s CEO Antonio Ellek came up with the concept of a healthful Mediterranean fast-food restaurant. And in 2003, with the help of classmate Nicolas Cortes, the first location for this homegrown chain sprouted on Lincoln Road. Since then, seven other Pash’s have blossomed and flourished throughout […]

Patpong Road

In Miami Beach, where too many clubs for the glamor set pretentiously serve Goose and Bulls for 20 bucks a pop, finding a bar that doesn’t take itself too seriously is as relieving as snagging an ocean breeze on a muggy July afternoon. Patpong Road, brought to you by 50 Eggs, the people behind restaurants […]

Pepper’s Authentic Mexican

Pepper’s is a clean, modern, fast-food Mex establishment with a few indoor tables and outdoor seating set away from Washington Avenue – you almost feel as if you’re dining alfresco on a featureless street in Tijuana. The burrito is a bulky, San Francisco-style wrap whose soft flour tortilla is stuffed with fresh Mex-style rice, refried […]

Philippe by Philippe Chow

Clad in white elegance and black lacquer floors, this room is as debonair as one might expect from a Chinese restaurant named Philippe. The space soars with supper-club sophistication, central focal points being a circular bar and a large window that offers peeks into the big, bright, spotless kitchen. The fare is fresh and tasty, […]