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Over the past several days, we have reviewed Miami Spice menus. The $35 prix fixe, three-course promotion began yesterday and runs till September 30. Some restaurants embrace this program with more of a giving attitude than others. We categorize those that are extremely generous with choices and availability as “great.” Worthwhile deals offered in the right spirit are “good.” And those whose Spice deals look like the result of a severely twisted arm are listed under “grudging.”
We haven’t eaten these Miami Spice dinners, so we are not taking portion size into account. And our assumption is that food quality will be fine because we’ve plucked the better establishments from the MS list. We’re really judging the menu and attitude rather than the meal.
Last Wednesday we looked at menus from Miami Beach establishments. The next day was the Design District, midtown, and north; Friday we covered the Gables, Grove, and points south; yesterday we gauged menus that had trickled in during the weekend. Today we publish the composite list of the Good (30 restaurants), the Great (16), and the Grudging (12).
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Atrio Restaurant at Conrad Miami
Gotham Steak at the Fontainebleau
Two ChefsThe Grudging
Ago Restaurant at the Shore Club
Bizcaya at the Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar
Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink
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