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Balans
Kensington, Chiswick…South Beach? Oi, give this Brit-owned fusion favorite a go. Where else does veal saltimbocca and lamb jalfrezi share a menu? After you down the signature lobster club, you'll agree tired stereotypes about English cooking need to be reconsidered.
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Blue Door
'Owned by Madonna' plus 'Delano' plus 'designed by Philippe Starck' equals 'this ain't McDonald's'. They've let Asia and Latin America rub a bit of French shoulder with dishes such as cold chayote soup with pan-seared scallops and ragout of lobster in coconut-milk broth. Enjoy, and realize you live better than most.
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Café Maurice
Post-war Paris meets American theme restaurant at this dark red, playfully fun French bistro. The menu focuses on favorites a la francaise: magret du canard (duck breast), goat cheese salad and duck shepherd's pie. Stick around for late night gypsy dancing after you've gorged.
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Café Papillon
In a perfect world, the waitstaff here would wear stripy shirts, berets and have twirly moustaches. Alas, non, but there's quiche, tartines (filled with marinated artichokes or peppers in pesto sauce), crepes and wrought-iron sidewalk tables. Pass zee gauloise, Pierre.
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Casa Juancho
A massive, upscale Spanish tavern throbs to a festive mover-and-shaker crowd loving duck with pine nuts and figs, salted cod and sherry-cured rabbit. There's no shortage of tapas, Spanish wine or entertainment, as balladeers stroll and serenade as you dine.
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Ciappino
This Ritz Carlton restaurant sells a 'Sinatra in his heyday' vibe, couched in an enormous half deco/half baroque dining room of grand ball proportions. The menu matches the opulence of the setting, offering such over-the-top fare as wild mushroom and truffles stuffed into sea bass.
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El Carajo
Pass the Penzoil…literally. We know it's cool to tuck restaurants into unassuming spots, but the Citgo station on SW 17th Ave? Really? Really: walk past the motor oil into a Granadan wine cellar, and try not to act too phased. And now, the food, which is absolutely incredible. Chorizo in cider blends burn, smoke and juice, frittatas are comfortably filling and sardinas and boquerones…Oh God.
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Escopazzo
There's a lot of mediocre Italian in Miami, and you won't find it here. The rustic-and-organic menu gets points for raw, vegan dishes such as nut cheese caprese, and safer but still brilliant fare such as spaghetti with red mullet roe, prosciutto-wrapped veal chops and excellent tasting menus, which all make reservations imperative.
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Fresco California
Fresco serves all kinds of West Coast takes on the Mediterranean palette. Relax in the candlelit backyard dining room, which feels like an Italian porch in summer when the weather's right (ie almost always). Pear and walnut salad and portabello sandwiches are lovely, while the pumpkin-stuffed ravioli is heaven on a platter.
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Grazie
Thanks indeed: Grazie is top class and comfortably old school Northern Italian. There's a distinct lack of gorgeous, clueless waitstaff and unwise menu experimentation. Instead: attentive service, solid and delicious mains and extremely decent prices given the quality of the dining and the high-end nature of the location.
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La Marea
What makes Italo-Spanish, sea-kissed cuisine like rigatoni and pork cheek even better? Enjoying it in the deco-does-Poseidon's palace lobby of the Tides hotel, amidst a backdrop of endless off-white and sea turtle shells (actually, that last detail could be done without).
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La Palme D'or
One of the most acclaimed French restaurants in America, Phillipe Ruiz's Palme is the culinary match of the Jazz Age opulence that ensconces it. With its white-gloved, old-world class and American attention to service, unmuddled by pretensions at hipness, the Palme captures, in one elegant stroke, all the exclusivity a dozen South Beach restaurants could never grasp. The menu shifts seasonally but remains consistently magnificent at one of Miami's best splurges.
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Le Croisic
If this artsy Parisian bistro were any cuter it would rub your leg and go 'meow.' As it is, Croisic entertains with the sort of old-school menu even the French appreciate for nostalgia's sake: entrecote with béarnaise sauce, boeuf bourguignon and bouillabaisse - ooh la la.
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Osteria Del Teatro
There are few things to swear by, and the specials board of Osteria, one of the oldest and best Italian restaurants in Greater Miami, ought to be one. Actually, when you get here, let the gracious Italian waiters seat you, coddle you, and then basically order for you off the board. They never pick wrong.
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Pascal's On Ponce
They're fighting the good fight here: sea scallops with beef short rib, crème brulee and other French fine dining classics set the elegant stage at this neighborhood hangout, a favorite night out among Gables foodies who appreciate time-tested standards.
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Spiga
This romantic nook is a perfect place to bring your partner and gaze longingly over candle light, before you both snap out of it and start digging into excellent traditional Italian such as lamb in olive oil and rosemary and baby clams over linguine.
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Tapas Y Tintos
This dark, Nuevo-Spanish tapas bar is popular with the sort of good-looking young professionals who like their food and restaurants as pretty as they are. Try the octopus, or fried chick peas with Spanish ham.
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Xixon
It takes a lot to stand out in Miami's crowded tapas stakes. Having a Basque-country butcher's and baker's gone hip interior is a good start. Bread with crackling crust and a soft center that fluffs your tongue, and delicate explosions of bacalao (codfish) fritters, secures your spot as a top tapas contender. The bocadillo (sandwiches), with their blood-red Serrano ham and salty manchego, are great picnic fare.
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