The Top 100 Places to Eat and Drink Near Whip N Dip
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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 3. 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 4. SNDWCH
Italian-Inspired
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Rank 5. Beauty & the Butcher
Steakhouse
A gleaming central bar and floor-to-ceiling wine cellar frame this sizeable room, where the menu ranges from croquettes and crudo to pristine steaks, everything made in-house. The Caesar salad—a tower of gem lettuce, snow peas, and aged Parmesan—exemplifies how Beauty & the Butcher balances comfort, creativity, and refinement without strain.
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- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Suburban Bar · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2025 · 100 Best Bars in Miami
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Rank 8. Café PANISSE
French
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Rank 9. Cafe Bonjour
French
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- Miami New Times 2023 · Best Bar (Miami) · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2025 · 100 Best Bars in Miami
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Rank 15. Mamey
Global
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Mohamed Ali Alkassar and Niven Patel - Alpareno Restaurant Group
- The New York Times 2022 · The Restaurant List
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Rank 17. 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 19. 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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Rank 20. 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 21. 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 22. 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 23. 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 2025 · Best Martini · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Breakfast · Best of Miami New Times
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Rank 24. Los Félix
Mexican
In a Coconut Grove dining room of natural materials and careful acoustics, Chef Sebastian Vargas builds Mexican cuisine around heritage corn and local seafood—grouper from Key West grilled in banana leaf with hazelnut emulsion, corn cake with crab and charred plantains. Restraint and ingredient quality are the points.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Eater 38 Essential Restaurants in Miami
- Miami New Times 2024 · Top 100 Restaurants
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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 26. Cotoletta
Milanese Italian
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Restaurant (Coconut Grove) · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best New Restaurants
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- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Barbecue · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best New Restaurants
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Miami Right Now
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- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Bar Food · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2025 · 100 Best Bars in Miami
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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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Rank 31. 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 32. El Bagel
Bakery
- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Bagels (Miami-Dade) · Best of Miami New Times
- Eater 38 Essential Restaurants in Miami
- Eater Miami’s 13 Best Breakfast 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
- Time Out The 24 Best Coffee Shops in Miami
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- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Chicken Wings · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2025 · 100 Best Bars in Miami
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Rank 36. Cafe Demetrio
Viennese Coffee
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Rank 37. 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 38. 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 46. Flanigan's
Seafood
- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Sports Bar · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2025 · 100 Best Bars in Miami
- Miami New Times 2024 · Top 100 Restaurants
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Rank 47. Shaddai Fine Lebanese Cuisine
Modern Middle Eastern
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Mediterranean Restaurant · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2024 · Top 100 Restaurants
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Rank 48. Koko
Mexican
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Rank 49. 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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- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Place to Dine with Dogs · Best of Miami New Times
- Eater Miami’s 13 Best Breakfast Restaurants
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Rank 55. Chocolate Fashion
French Bakery
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Rank 56. La Jamoteca
Spanish
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Rank 58. Krüs Kitchen
Seafood
Glass and daylight define this Coconut Grove space, where Chef Sebastián Vargas operates an upstairs market-driven kitchen sourcing from small farms alongside organic wines. Grilled prawns with saffron sabayon and smoked coconut rice with wild-caught crab showcase a confident hand with seafood, while a percentage of proceeds supports the chef's nonprofit initiatives.
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Rank 59. Frenchie's
French
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Rank 62. Tullio
Venetian Italian
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Rank 63. Pisco y Nazca
Peruvian
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Rank 65. 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 68. 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 70. Macondo Coffee Roasters
Columbian
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Rank 71. Façade
Coffee
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Rank 72. Erba
Italian
- Esquire 2023 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- Miami New Times 2024 · Best Chef · Best of Miami New Times · Niven Patel
- Miami New Times 2023 · Best New Restaurants
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Rank 73. Motek
Mediterranean
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Rank 77. Luca Osteria
Italian
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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 Dim Sum · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2024 · Top 100 Restaurants
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Rank 86. Vegan Cuban Cuisine
Vegan Cuban
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Rank 87. Happy Wine Miami
Spanish
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Rank 88. 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 90. Sushi by Scratch Restaurants
Omakase Sushi
- Miami New Times 2023 · Best Omakase · Best of Miami New Times
- Eater 38 Essential Restaurants in Miami
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Rank 91. Midorie
Sushi
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Sushi · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2023 · Best Restaurant (Coconut Grove) · Best of Miami New Times
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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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- Miami New Times 2023 · Best Waterfront Bar · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2025 · 100 Best Bars in Miami
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Rank 96. 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 97. Ichimi Ramen Bar
Noodles
- Miami New Times 2023 · Best Ramen · Best of Miami New Times
- Miami New Times 2025 · Best Ramen · Best of Miami New Times
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Rank 98. Sea Siam
Pan-Asian
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Rank 100. Domaselo
Bakery