Located in South Beach, Blue Ribbon Sushi Bar & Grill serves a menu packed with traditional vegetable rolls that can be difficult to find amid Miami Beach’s cacophony of sushi spots. One roll is loaded with threads of loamy enoki mushrooms. Another wraps rice and seaweed paper around crunchy matchsticks of burdock root that taste […]
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If fly-by-night lounges with flimsy faux furnishings have left you feeling a little disposable, it may be time to plant your derriere at a sturdy oak bar with ambiance rooted in another era. The Blues Bar (formerly D’Lounge) at The National Hotel gives guests a taste of classic 1940s elegance without pretense. A spacious reception […]
The focal point at Bodega Taqueria y Tequila is a pair of slowly twirling stacks of meat. The glistening, dripping columns of pork shoulder, layered with bacon and chicken, are topped with a pineapple whose juices sweat down into the meat. The method is inspired by small roadside spots on the outskirts of Mexico City. […]
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The menu at this sleek, nightclub-like sushi spot is considerably more limited than that at Manhattan’s original Bond Street, but many aficionados consider chef Hiroshi Nakahara’s artfully plated sushi, sashimi, and hot or cold small plates the most sophisticated and solidly creative Japanese restaurant fare in town. Bond Street’s specialties rely on imaginative yet admirably […]
In 2024, four local hospitality veterans teamed up to open a much-needed neighborhood bar in the upper-left-hand corner of South Beach in 2024. Named after the first-ever episode of Miami Vice, the retro-inspired spot is the perfect blend of kitsch and substance, with an inventive food menu that features options like bacon-wrapped dates with valdeón […]
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Miami Beach has been waiting for this beautiful dive to re-open ever since it left its former home above a Chinese restaurant. Now that Buck is finally here again, fans can get back to the affordable drinks, lack of cover charge, and crash pad decor that made it a favorite in the first place. Most […]
This South Beach hangout has more attitude than a Hell’s Angel. OK, perhaps that’s pushing it a little, but it’s a sports bar, lounge, and restaurant that is definitely more than just a tatted-up Mickey D’s. (This should come as no surprise, because it is the creation of Automatic Slims’ conceptual owner and a former […]
Byblos, the Eastern Mediterranean restaurant at the Royal Palm South Beach, focuses on interpreting dishes from Levantine culture, found mostly in Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, Syria, and parts of southern Turkey. The original Byblos is in Toronto, and as is often the case with Miami outposts, this one offers a more extensive seafood selection than its […]
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Located in the Breakwater Hotel — noted for its famous facade (a favorite among filmmakers), notorious for its dilapidated rooms — this sidewalk eatery seems little different from the other clone cafes that line Ocean Drive. Display of plastic-covered petrified food? Check. Aggressive shill out front? Check. Vaguely “Mediterranean” menu of pasta, paella, and pizza, […]
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 […]