Yuca

Yuca on Lincoln road offers Nuevo Latino cuisine with a focus on modernized Cuban dishes. There’s ample outdoor seating, a lounge area, and a dining room that is open and welcoming with big windows. This is a perfect place to order a mojito and watch the crowds go by. The lunch menu offers a selection […]

Yuga

At Yuga, the idea is for diners to order many dishes and share with a generosity of spirit, but the food is so exceptional it’s difficult to resist the urge to selfishly snare that last petite snippet. The flavors found at Yuga are subtle yet stunning, a dainty but daring calibration of sweet, tart, salty, […]

Zaika Indian Cuisine

In 2016, three Indian expats (and former roommates) opened a neighborhood restaurant in an unassuming shopping plaza just west of the Broad Causeway Bridge in North Miami. Drawing from their shared background working for the prestigious Taj Mahal Hotel Group in their home country, owners Majob Patel, Avanish Shrivastava, and Shivashankar Malabanti developed a menu […]

Zak the Baker Bakery

Zak the Baker in Wynwood isn’t your average coffee shop that hawks a few pastries. Zak Stern, a multiple nominee for the James Beard Award for Outstanding Baker, has found his way into the hearts and bellies of Miamians. If you go to just about any Whole Foods location in South Florida, you’ll find a […]

Zest

Zest’s Caribbean foundation is on display here in a pristine fish dip, whose main ingredient changes as availability dictates. It typically includes homemade garlic aioli, r

ZeyZey

Located in the blossoming Little River neighborhood, ZeyZey (pronounced like hey-hey, only with a z) is a spot for those who want to hang outside, listen to music, and enjoy wine and cocktails paired with delicious bites. The 15,000-square-foot pop-up music venue and culinary hub comes courtesy of Grassfed Hospitality (the team behind Michelin-starred Mexican […]

Ziff Ballet Opera House

Arguably one of the city’s most stunning architectural gems, downtown’s Ziff Ballet Opera house is an ornate, 2,400-seat wonder. Part of the Adrienne Arsht Center, this building boasts four tiers, an orchestra level and the second-largest stage in the United States. It houses all kinds of performances, from the Florida Grand Opera to the Miami […]

Zitz Sum

Zitz Sum chef/owner Pablo Zitzmann’s mash-up of Asian, Mexican, Latin American, and Italian influences earned him a Michelin Bib Gourmand designation in 2022. Previously famed in Miami for his now-closed restaurant No Name Chinese, the chef brings together all these flavors in dishes like lobster and shrimp har gow (dumplings) and pork-belly potstickers with a […]

Zoological Wildlife Foundation

There aren’t many places that can compare to the Zoological Wildlife Foundation. Once you’ve made a trip to this spot, your local pound or city zoo probably ain’t gonna cut it. This private wildlife establishment offers tours and educational programs centered around their exotic residents – alligators, camels, monkeys, leopards, et al. And if you […]

Zucca

Since opening in 2017 inside Coral Gables’ historic Hotel St. Michel, Zucca has cemented its rep as one of the city’s most beloved Italian restaurants. Chef Manuel Garcia, with training from Michelin-starred kitchens, delivers refined classics that locals swear by, such as veal Parmesan and stuffed zucchini flowers. Boasting more than 2,000 bottles, the restaurant’s […]

Zuma Contemporary Japanese Cuisine

A spacious and stylish sake lounge, which pours more than 40 kinds of the libation, leads to a lofty, Zen-like dining room composed of glass, stainless steel, granite, stone, and raw Indonesian wood tables. An open kitchen, which blends into the space, prepares small plates of Asian-inspired fare, sushi items, and foods cooked on a […]