Son Cubano

Like so many Cuban places across Miami, Son Cubano tries to replicate a jubilant Havana night. Sometime around 10 p.m., the fedora-wearing trumpet player inside the Coral Gables restaurant Son Cubano decides he’s had enough of slow-paced melodies and jumps into some driving salsa. Soon a dozen guayabera- and pantsuit-clad diners are on their feet […]

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 […]

South Garden Chinese

The difference between Westernized and typical Chinese cuisine is crystal clear at South Garden Chinese, which serves both. One side of the menu offers Americanized goodies such as crab Rangoon, egg drop soup, and General Tso’s chicken. Flip the menu over and do as the Chinese do, with more complex traditional dishes. The crisp fried […]