The Top 100 Places to Eat and Drink Near Tripping Animals
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- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Beer Selection · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2025 · 100 Best Bars in Miami
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Rank 3. SNDWCH
Italian-Inspired
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Rank 4. Macondo Coffee Roasters
Columbian
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Rank 5. Caracas Bakery
Venezuelan Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Nominee · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Jesus Brazon and Manuel Brazon
- The New York Times 22 of the Best Bakeries Across the U.S. Right Now
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Manuel and Jesús Brazón
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Rank 7. Pisco y Nazca
Peruvian
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Rank 11. Las Arepas De Maria
Venezuelan
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Rank 15. Islas Canarias Restaurant
Classic Cuban
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Cuban Restaurant · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2023 · Best Croquetas · Best of Miami New Times
- Eater Miami’s 13 Best Breakfast Restaurants
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Rank 17. Madroño Nicaraguan Cuisine
Nicaraguan
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Rank 22. Amerlia's 1931
Neo Cuban
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- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Brewery (Miami) · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2025 · 100 Best Bars in Miami
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- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Dim Sum · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2024 · Top 100 Restaurants
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- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Hot Dog · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2024 · Top 100 Restaurants
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Rank 26. El Mago de las Fritas
Old-School Cuban
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Miami Right Now
- Miami New Times 2024 · Top 100 Restaurants
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Rank 27. Happy Wine Miami
Spanish
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Rank 28. La Fresa Francesa
French
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- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Dim Sum · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2024 · Top 100 Restaurants
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Rank 35. Vice City Pizza
Hybrid
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Rank 44. Zitz Sum
Asian
Pablo Zitzmann's dumpling pop-up evolved into this Coral Gables ground-floor restaurant, where a Colombian chef fearlessly blends Asian and Italian influences. Dishes like charred cabbage with Fresno chili butter and shrimp har gow with tamarind-black garlic chutney prove the cooking's gutsy originality.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Miami Right Now
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- Miami New Times 2023 · Best Croquetas · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2024 · Top 100 Restaurants
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Rank 46. Shingo
Sushi
Chef Shingo Akikuni commands a 14-seat counter in Coral Gables with the ease of someone orchestrating an intimate dinner, his knife work decisive and his rice vinegar sharp. Japanese fish arrives in uniform slices, barely adorned with nikiri, the menu shifting with the seasons—recent specials have included Aomori tuna and matsutake chawanmushi.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Omakase · Best of Miami New Times
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Rank 48. FINKA Table & Tap
Peruvian/Cuban/Korean
- Miami New Times 2023 · Best Mojito · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2024 · Top 100 Restaurants
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- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Breakfast · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Tostada · Best of Miami New Times
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Miami Right Now
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Rank 50. Kojin 2.0
Contemporary Japanese
Pedro and Katherine Mederos return with a menu that marries Japanese sensibility to contemporary technique—foie toast on rye gives way to bone marrow panna cotta with house-made coffee shoyu, goat cheese cavatelli in butternut squash, creamsicle ice cream. The cooking is unafraid of contrast, balancing risk with genuine approachability across tasting menus and a la carte alike.
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Rank 51. Matsuri
Sushi
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Japanese Restaurant · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2024 · Top 100 Restaurants
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Rank 52. Harry’s Smoke & Dough
Miami-Style Barbecue
- The New York Times 2023 · The Restaurant List
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Miami Right Now
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- The World's 100 Best Coffee Shops #57 · Top 100 Coffee Shops
- Time Out The 24 Best Coffee Shops in Miami
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Rank 54. Vegan Cuban Cuisine
Vegan Cuban
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Rank 55. Recoveco
Contemporary
In this South Miami wine bar, chefs Maria Teresa Gallina and Nicolas Martinez compress bold technique into a tiny space with seasonal small plates that defy convention. The chicken liver mousse with peppercorn speculaas and starfruit jam sets the tone for cooking that transforms humble ingredients with precise, unexpected flavor.
- Food & Wine 2025 · Chicken Liver Mousse · Best Dishes Our Editors Ate This Year
- Bon Appétit 2025 · America's Best New Restaurants
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: South · Maria Teresa Gallina and Nicolas Martinez
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Rank 57. Cafe Demetrio
Viennese Coffee
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Rank 58. Vinya Table
New American
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Professional in Beverage Service · Allegra Angelo
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Wine List · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2024 · Top 100 Restaurants
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Rank 60. Vicky Bakery
Cuban Bakery
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Rank 61. Tinta y Cafe
Cuban
A booklined café tucked into Coral Gables where coffee and Cuban sandwiches anchor the mood. The patria—their version of the Cubano, layered with pork, ham, mustard, and pickle—arrives pressed and golden; deep-fried croquetas and guava pastries complete the picture. Midcentury furniture and palm-shaded tables give the place a lived-in ease that suits its unpretentious charm.
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Rank 62. Ghee Indian Kitchen
Indian
Niven Patel's suburban warehouse glows with mango wood and walls lined with spice jars—a room designed to match the boldness on the plate. Ghost pepper naan arrives puffed and crackling; Kerala lamb emerges from coconut broth fall-apart tender. Sourcing from his own farm, Patel works a tight menu of precisely calibrated heat and depth that belies the strip-mall setting.
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Mohamed Ali Alkassar and Niven Patel - Alpareno Restaurant Group
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
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Rank 63. Bachour
Bakery
An industrial space framed by a rose arch opens into Chef Antonio Bachour's bakery theater, where counter seating faces the glass-enclosed kitchen. Jewel-toned macarons, pistachio-striped croissants, and flan-filled confections that mimic fruit sit beside crab tostones and croquettes—a studied balance between lunch and dessert.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Miami New Times 2024 · Top 100 Restaurants
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Pastry Chef · Antonio Bachour
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Rank 64. La Jamoteca
Spanish
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In Coral Gables, Daniel's Miami strips the steakhouse down to craft and restraint, trading grandeur for the clarity of dry-aged beef and Florida's own vegetables. Thomas Angelo's vision feels grounded in place rather than formula, a restaurant that knows when to stop talking and start listening.
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Rank 67. L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon
Modern French
In Miami's Design District, L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon assembles its signature counter kitchen beneath rosewood and leather, where a bread basket arrives before seared scallops in cilantro broth give way to lamb in eggplant cups. The execution is precise, the plating theatrical, and the final chocolate sensation justifies the pilgrimage.
- Michelin Guide 2 Stars
- AAA Four Diamonds
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · North America's Best French Cuisine Restaurant
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Rank 68. Chocolate Fashion
French Bakery
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Rank 69. Façade
Coffee
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Rank 70. Tina in the Gables
French
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Brunch · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best New Restaurants
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Rank 72. Pisco Y Nazca
Peruvian
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Rank 74. Tullio
Venetian Italian
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Rank 75. Macondo Coffee Roasters
Columbian
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Rank 76. Pisco y Nazca
Peruvian
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Rank 79. Ariete
French-influenced New American
Beltran's Coconut Grove dining room marries new American cooking with classical French technique, its dimly lit patio draped in greenery. The tasting menu showcases his gift for creative combinations and silky sauces, from fluke with conch escabeche to venison tartare with bone marrow sabayon.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurant
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: South · Michael Beltran
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Rank 82. Luca Osteria
Italian
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Rank 84. Frenchie's
French
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Rank 87. NAOE
Japanese
- AAA Five Diamonds
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Five Star
- Miami New Times 2023 · Best Restaurant When Someone Else Is Paying · Best of Miami New Times
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Rank 88. Café La Trova
Cuban
In Little Havana, Michelle Bernstein and Julio Cabrera have built a place where live music and layered history—Cuban and Miami-Cuban—animate the room as surely as the food. Lechon with tangerine mojo anchors a menu that swings between tradition and audacious improvisation, each plate landing with purpose.
- 50 Best 2025 · #82 · World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best 2026 · #42 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bar
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Rank 89. Motek
Mediterranean
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Rank 90. COTE
Korean Steakhouse
A neon corridor thrums with bass as you enter this Korean steakhouse, where aged beef gleams in a display room like precious inventory. Simon Kim's team moves through the room with practiced ease, seasoning each dish with precision and guiding diners through cuts of marbled beef, stews, and a kimchi Wagyu paella that justifies the ceremony.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Simon Kim - Gracious Hospitality
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Simon Kim - Gracious Hospitality Management
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Rank 91. Sunny's
Steakhouse
A Little River steakhouse where art deco glamour meets casual Florida swagger, the room hums with the kind of crowd that makes you want to linger. The beef speaks for itself, but the bone marrow vinaigrette and schmaltz-fried potatoes suggest a kitchen unafraid of small luxuries.
- Condé Nast Traveler 2024 · The best new restaurants in the world
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Restaurant Bar
- Food & Wine 2025 · The Top 15 US Restaurants
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Rank 92. ViceVersa
Pizza
Dark wood and emerald walls create a sultry cocoon inside the Elser Hotel's ViceVersa, where Neapolitan pizza shares billing with raw bar selections—royal red shrimp with cherry bomb relish, boldly seasoned Italian appetizers—and an affogato martini that collapses the boundary between dessert and drink.
- 50 Best 2026 · #46 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Hotel Bar
- Esquire 2024 · Affogato Martini · The Best Martinis in America
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Rank 93. The Gibson Room
American
A black-walled room lit by candles and a glowing bar forms an unlikely stage for Michael Beltran's uncompromising cooking. Anchovy mousse fills the Caesar croutons; handmade agnolotti cradle venison bolognese; the schnitzel arrives plate-wide with salsa verde and a fried egg. The menu refuses easy categorization, and so does the place itself.
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Restaurant for a First Date · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2023 · Best Cocktails · Best of Miami New Times
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 94. Chug's Diner
Cuban
A spare storefront in Coconut Grove where Chef Michael Beltran drives a Cuban kitchen at breakneck pace, all dangling plants and crowded booths. The oxtail ajiaco arrives deep and restorative; sandwiches tower on pillowy Cuban bread; pastelitos with guava and cream cheese flake apart warm in your hands. Speed and care don't usually coexist, but they do here.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Miami New Times 2023 · Best Inexpensive Restaurant · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Martini · Best of Miami New Times
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Rank 95. Tâm Tâm
Vietnamese
A husband-and-husband team runs this Vietnamese supper club near downtown with no pretense and plenty of verve: fish sauce caramel wings, lamb lettuce wraps, tamarind pork ribs designed for fingers rather than forks, and a cashew cheesecake with passionfruit. There's a hidden karaoke machine too. Come as you are.
- Food & Wine 2025 · Tam Tam Wings · Best Dishes Our Editors Ate This Year
- Bon Appétit 2024 · America's Best New Restaurants
- The Infatuation Infatuation’s Highest-Rated Restaurants In America
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- The World's 100 Best Coffee Shops #30 · Top 100 Coffee Shops
- Time Out The 24 Best Coffee Shops in Miami
- Eater Where to Drink the Best Coffee in Miami
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Rank 97. Ichimi Ramen Bar
Noodles
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Ramen · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2023 · Best Ramen · Best of Miami New Times
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Rank 98. Pao by Paul Qui
Asian
Beneath a gold dome crowned with a Damien Hirst unicorn, Paul Qui's dining room commands the Faena with theatrical grandeur and a short menu that pivots across Asian influences with ease. Scallop aguachile with black lime and roasted bass with chili patis prove the place earns its architecture through cooking that swings from sweet to spicy without hesitation.
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- Bon Appétit 2024 · America's Best New Bars
- 50 Best 2026 · #70 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Esquire 2024 · The Best Bars in America