Sonia’s Seafood Market & Restaurant

Miami needs a place like Sonia’s Seafood Bait & Tackle Restaurant. A fish market, bar, music venue, local’s hangout and veritable shack of eccentricities, it’s a Flagami mainstay. Diners can pick up fresh catches like red snapper, yellowtail, hogfish, mangrove, calamari, lobsters and langostinos – or sit a spell and get their fish grilled or […]

Sunshine Adventure Gaming

Were you a card carrying Magic: The Gathering player in high school? Would you rather battle orcs and witches than be out at the bars? Do you live for role play? You’re not alone. At least, you don’t have to be. For Miami’s gamer geeks extraordinaire, there’s Sunshine Adventure Gaming. At this Bird Road outpost […]

Super Subs

There is nothing quite like a savory hoagie overloaded with our favorite meats and veggies to halt those midday hunger pains. The founders of Super Subs seem to have our hearts in mind. The joint has been serving up more than 50 varieties of submarine sandwiches since 1977 with the intent of giving you some […]

Texas de Brazil

Texans rival few in terms of their love for steak. Few, that is, if we leave out the entire population of Brazil. Instead of taking this rivalry to a duel, the two camps can coexist seamlessly at this Texas-Brazilian steakhouse. Carvers greet you at the table with grilled offerings of beef, lamb, pork, chicken, and […]

Tropical Chinese Restaurant

Nearly four decades into its existence, Tropical Chinese is still going strong. The dinner menu is chock full of offerings, from the traditional to the exotic. Appetizers include wok-fried, salt-and-pepper-style calamari, and the Peking duck is prepared daily. What’s more, this unassuming spot in a West Miami-Dade strip mall remains a go-to for the best […]

Tropical Park Tennis Courts

In addition to the 27,459 other leisure activities you can engage in at Southwest Miami’s sprawling Tropical Park – there’s also tennis. The Tropical Park Tennis Courts include 12 lighted courts plus 8 for racquetball. They offer tennis camps and lessons for kids – plus grown-up training, too. And if you’re embarassed by your lack […]

Unseen Creatures Brewing & Blending

Unseen Creatures Brewing & Blending husband-and-wife cofounders Marco and Vicky Leyte-Vidal offer Miami-Dade a different type of brewery in the heart of the Bird Road Art District. This is one of the few South Florida breweries with an onsite blending facility specializing in oak barrel-aged, mixed-fermentation wild and sour beers that use local ingredients and […]