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    Bâoli Miami

    1906 Collins Ave., Miami Beach South Beach

    305-674-8822

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    Sweet Saloon

    7100 Biscayne Blvd. Miami Shores/Biscayne Park

    305-759-3999

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    4 articles
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    A La Folie Café

    516 Española Way, Miami Beach South Beach

    305-538-4484

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    A la Folie serves the kind of old-fashioned French fare that expatriate American artistes of the 1920s ate in the home-away-from-home Parisian cafés they frequented. And today's starving South Beach artists can eat the same at this tiny, informal, and authentic-feeling French creperie-plus run by expatriates from Toulouse. Try the tasty buckwheat Dijonnaise crepe (chicken and potatoes in mustard cream sauce), followed by a sweet sugar/lemon juice dessert crepe topped with whipped cream. And the substantial "total" (ham, egg, mushrooms, and cheese) really is a complete crepe-wrapped breakfast.
    5 articles
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    Bagatelle

    1669 Collins Ave., Miami Beach South Beach

    305-704-3900

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    This South Beach version of the restaurant's famous sisters in St. Barts, New York, Saint-Tropez, and Dubai leads with a decadent party atmosphere, but it's all about the food. Try the truffle gnocchi submerged in a creamy black truffle sauce and served with a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese. If it's a unique experience you're after, try the restaurant's famous brunch, where the cocktails are huge, the DJ is on fire, and Superman and the Hulk deliver your champagne.
    43 articles
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    Bistro Bisou

    9519 S. Dixie Highway East Kendall/Pinecrest

    786-268-0178

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    This budget-chic bistro in a dreary Kendall strip mall is the kind of restaurant that is the backbone of any serious dining town -- a neighborhood place that pays upscale attention to food and service but charges only midscale prices. The menu here is mostly classic bistro; if you want stir-fried butterfly lips, you'll have to look somewhere else. The classics are nicely done though. Celery root rémoulade is as enjoyable as it is elemental. Steak frites is a first-rate preparation of beef and potatoes, and rabbit braised with apple cider and green olives is one tasty, tender bunny. Molten-centered chocolate cake closes out a meal on a high note.
    2 articles
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    Bistro Cassis

    118 Buena Vista Blvd. Midtown/Wynwood/Design District

    786-577-4410

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    At Bistro Cassis in midtown Miami, the focus is on adhering to culinary traditions and offering authentic French fare. From the menu to the decor, New York-based Restar Hospitality Group is trying to mimic a typical French brasserie experience –– right down to the massive mural of the Paris Metro. It starts with the scrumptious baguettes, which executive chef Cyrille Bolle makes fresh daily. Born in the Lorraine region of France, Bolle doesn't take shortcuts with his cooking. Take, for instance, the escargots in a garlic-and-herb-butter sauce: The chef caps off each scintillating snail with a brioche crouton. And while some eateries cut corners and use chicken stock in lieu of a beef or veal stock to prepare French onion soup, Bolle favors veal. He also goes for Gruyère cheese, not Swiss. The filling starter has a wonderful aroma and a balanced flavor without a fatty taste.
    5 articles
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    Bouchon Bistro

    2101 Galiano St. Coral Gables/S. Miami

    305-990-1360

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    Brasserie Azur

    3252 NE First Ave. Midtown/Wynwood/Design District

    786-800-9993

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    Midtown's Brasserie Azur is incredibly good-looking. But rest assured you won't find any of the pomp associated with its South Beach sister party spot, Villa Azur. Sure, both eateries serve French fare with an Italian twist by executive chef Edwin Mallet, but Brasserie Azur is more casual and affordable. Here, you'll find plenty of wines by the glass for $8 or less and bottles for under $50, which is rare in Miami. Food-wise, there's a well-stocked raw bar and an impressive selection of charcuterie and cheeses, as well as five rotisserie-chicken preparations. Choosing among a plain farm-raised chicken, one marinated in truffles, and one flavored with lemon and rosemary isn't easy. Chef Mallet says they slow-roast the bird until the meat is juicy and tender. And indeed, the protein boasts both of those qualities in addition to being expertly seasoned. However, Brasserie Azur will need more than good looks and topnotch rotisserie chicken to fill all of its cushioned seats. Superior service and more refined cookery are what this eatery requires to leave its mark on Miami's ever-improving dining scene.
    4 articles
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    Brasserie Laurel

    698 NE First Ave., Suite G170 Downtown/Overtown

    305-330-9048

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  • Buena Vista Deli

    4590 NE Second Ave. Midtown/Wynwood/Design District

    305-576-3945

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    If your ideal breakfast involves scrambled eggs, bacon, and Wonder Bread, perhaps it would be best if you did not venture into Buena Vista Deli. But if your perfect first meal of the day involves homemade jelly, fresh breads, madeleines (85 cents), chocolate croissants ($2.50), and chocolate eclairs ($3.95), this neighborhood spot delivers a remarkable French breakfast. In the later hours of the day, Buena Vista Deli also serves casual dinner and lunch -- all under $9. Buena Vista has great sandwiches, salads, and sweets. Flavors are fresh, pastries are flaky, and salads are complex. It's a favorite spot for a tasty lunch or an even better French-style breakfast.
    21 articles
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    Café Bastille

    248 SE First St. Downtown/Overtown

    786-425-3575

    This small French bistro located in the heart of downtown Miami is reminiscent of a small Parisian café. It has everything from café tables on the sidewalk to fast-moving waiters. Sip your morning coffee with pan chocolate ($2), or if you are an egg person, go for the breakfast crepe ($7). This is one of the few restaurants in town where you can enjoy a savory crepe ($7.50) stuffed with all sorts of meats and cheeses, such as the paysanne, filled with chicken breast, ham, Swiss cheese, and Dijon mustard. For the less carnivorous customer, the la jardinière is a sure bet, with mushrooms, spinach, scallions, and Swiss cheese. Café Bastille also offers a wide range of sweet crepes, overflowing with Nutella ($5) or dulce de leche ($5). There's also the traditionnelle ($4), made with butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon or lemon. In addition to the extensive crepe menu, the restaurant offers more traditional bistro fare such as escargots ($8.50), Niçoise salad ($8.50), steak-frites ($16), and moules marinières ($13). Don't be fooled by the simple decor and brightly colored front counter — the dishes served from this tiny kitchen are big in French flavor.
    7 articles
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    Cafe Bonjour

    6222 S. Dixie Highway Coral Gables/S. Miami

    305-661-4714

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    Imagine an afternoon stroll down the Champs-Élysées -- breezes blowing, people laughing, blue skies stretched above. You stop at a small sidewalk café, take a seat and order a French onion soup and café latte. Time slows. Your soup arrives, simmering, your coffee dense and hot. While Cafe Bonjour may not look like the scene above, it will taste like it. Set in a strip mall in South Miami, many fresh, European-inspired eats fill their menu, including chicken apple salads, steak frites, almond croissants. The cafe's daily specials are reminiscent of any European eatery. So stop by, taste a tart and imagine it's springtime in Paris. Your food will fool you, even if the scenery can't.
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    Café Crème

    5010 NE Second Ave. Little Haiti/Liberty City

    786-452-7433

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    Claude Postel and Corentin Finot, who opened Buena Vista Deli in 2010, have returned to the neighborhood with Café Crème. Similar to the flagship in North Miami, the 500-square-foot spot, which opened in May 2018, is stocked with Nutella beignets, chocolate croissants, small cakes, and sandwiches. Items are prepared in North Miami and delivered fresh to the small but homey café, which faces NE Second Avenue near the front of Upper Buena Vista. Outside, find numerous wooden picnic tables with shade. This is the kind of place to nurse a latte and a chocolate-filled croissant for a couple of hours.
    2 articles
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    Café Crème

    750 NE 125th St. North Miami

    786-409-3961

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    Homey café with a Parisian sidewalk feel, serving pastries, salads, and bistro favorites.
    5 articles

  • Cafe Croissant

    1684 Coral Way Coral Gables/S. Miami

    786-717-7212

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    Cafe Maurice

    419 Washington Ave., Miami Beach South Beach

    305-674-1277

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    Café Maurice enjoyed a successful 11-year run in Los Angeles before relocating to South Beach -- more specifically, to the spot held by longtime local bistro L'Entrecote de Paris. Owners David Meunier, Jean Michel Collet, and executive chef Maurice Azoulay have left L'Entrecote's laminated bar and back-room mural and mirrors intact. The rest of the walls are lipstick-red. This place feels just like a real Parisian bistro, right down to the laissez-faire attitude of an inattentive wait staff. Country pté was coarse but tasty and one of the only items on the menu that requires any culinary skill. Of the dozen or so entrées, about half are composed of grilled chicken breast surrounded by one sauce or another. Other options are grilled salmon, grilled lamb chops, grilled steak, a few pastas, and shepherd's pie(?). Steak-frites is the best thing we tried. All main courses are under $20, and the wine list is kept affordable as well. Cafe Maurice's finer attributes become apparent later at night (it is open until 5 a.m.), when a vibrant cabaret scene is likely to break out, with singing, swaying, and dancing to Gypsyish music.
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    Café Panisse

    7310 SW 57th Ave., South Miami Coral Gables/S. Miami

    305-665-3322

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    An impossibly tiny kitchen at this modest, unassuming eatery consistently turns out simple, hearty, satisfying French bistro fare at affordable prices. The bistro has been a staple in South Miami for more than two decades, serving delicious French cuisine inside a small yet intimate restaurant in an unassuming, blue awning-lined strip mall on Red Road. Until recently, the IYKYK crowd knew it as Café Pastis, but that all changed halfway through 2024 when the management got sufficiently fed up with being confused with Starr Restaurants' famed establishment of the same name, which carpetbagged from NYC to Wynwood in 2023. Name change notwithstanding, Café Panisse immediately transports its guests across the Atlantic with its bistro tables, French ambiance, and lovely decor. Try the first-rate steak frites or a superlative bouillabaisse, followed by a cookbook-perfect crème brûlée, and be thankful you're in Panisse’s neighborhood.
    12 articles
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    Cafe Papillon

    530 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach South Beach

    305-673-1139

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    The menu boasts a mixture of cuisines (some decidedly Italian, while others have more of a French feel). The Italian influence is undeniable in the perfectly seasoned "bruschetta" ($8.95), and the two caprese options -- the traditional salad (tomato, mozzarella, basil, olive oil), or the sandwich version ($8.50). But don't stop in Italy, or you'll miss out on France's finest croque monsieur (grilled ham and cheese on toast), and Papillon does it right -- the bread is buttered just so, the ham is fresh, the cheese is melted but not fried, making for a mouth-watering winner sans chest clutching cramps. Dinner options include buttery steamed mussels (with French fries) for $12.50, and the light, delicious, yet filling "St. Tropez Salad" -- smoked salmon, shrimp, and cucumber in a lemon-dill dressing. If you're an Italian lover at heart then spoil yourself with the "gnocchi quattro formaggio." While these little dumplings may threaten to expand your waistline, they're well worth the weight.
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    Cafe Pastis

    22 NE Third Ave. Downtown/Overtown

    786-577-0770

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  • Chef Leon

    118 Buena Vista Blvd. Midtown/Wynwood/Design District

    786-814-8433

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    Chocolate Fashion

    248 Andalusia Ave. Coral Gables/S. Miami

    305-461-3200

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    True Francophiles swoon when the words "Chocolate Fashion" are uttered. Just one look into the lighted pastry case is enough to make them sob. There are glazed super-size fruit tarts, delicate cakes and cookies as big as a baby's face, and shot glasses of chocolate mousse topped with chocolate macaroons. Had a bad day? Your sorrows will be forgotten after you try a slice of strawberry soufflé cake or devour a guava-cheese muffin. But there's more to this spot than just the confections. It bills itself as a restaurant serving breakfast and lunch, and a bakery, patisserie, chocolaterie, and confiserie (candy store). But "market" should also be added, as they carry everything from Lavazzo coffee to French sardines and rose petal jelly. The menu also offers breakfast items like delicate brioche French toast for $6.95 or flaky quiche for only $3.95. Lunch can include hearty sandwiches that only cost $8.75 or salads ranging from $8.25 to $9.25. Check the website daily for lunch specials, which tend to include one meat dish (like a lamb stew for $12.95), and a fish or low-carb option for about the same price. If your meal doesn't come with bread, ask for it and thank us later. Blessedly the poor service encountered at many local French joints is absent here. You'll get your meal without a hint of snobbery. The décor is forgettable. As for the eatery's name, well, who knows what it means. And who cares? You didn't come here to talk; you came here to eat.
    4 articles
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    Colette Little French Bistro

    1223 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach South Beach

    305-856-8879

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    Côté Gourmet

    9999 NE Second Ave., #112 Miami Shores/Biscayne Park

    305-754-9012

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    The space is small (hidden inside an office building, in a way-off-the-tourist-track, zero-glamour locale), and the food is simple — mostly soups, sandwiches, salads, and crepes, plus a few daily specials and more substantial entrées. Prices are luncheonette-level low, but fine-dining niceties — such as house-made breads and pastries — abound. A solid French technique shows throughout the menu, from humble items such as butter/sugar crepes (made with a signature buckwheat batter) to unusually subtle pea soup.
    5 articles
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    DB Bistro Moderne

    255 Biscayne Blvd. Way Downtown/Overtown

    305-421-8800

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    Dining at DB is a classy experience from start to finish. Service is professional, and the waiters are well informed on the cuisine -- orchestrated by executive chef Jarrod Verbiak, who has worked with Daniel Boulud for nearly a decade. Sommelier John Mayfield entertains an encyclopedic knowledge of the wines that compose a 30-plus page list (a blend of classic French and contemporary boutique). Steamy, eggy cheese gougères kick-start the meal, which can then be taken in any number of directions: platters of assorted fresh shellfish; assiettes, or plates of regional bar snacks (Basque, Provençal, Lyonnaise); and a host of soups, salads, and appetizers. Favorites include chilled vichyssoise greened and lightened with lettuce, and pté de campagne -- a coarse, fresh, pork-dominant slice crusted with peppery, pastrami-like seasonings. A few pastas are available in starter portions as well; try the ricotta cavatelli with fennel-flecked sausage. Among the entrées, bread-crusted pompano wowed, as did seared sea scallops with shellfish over saffron-soaked fregola. The original DB burger of ground sirloin, short ribs, and foie gras is the menu signature. Light desserts such as lemon gratin or a basket of madeleines provide a light finish. A finale more fitting of France would be by way of selected cheeses -- a genteel end to an elegant dinner.Read our full review.
    95 articles
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    Delices de France French Bakery

    14453 S. Dixie Highway, Palmetto Bay East Kendall/Pinecrest

    305-256-9700

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    A storefront off South Dixie Highway near a McDonald's is not where you'd expect to get a taste of Paris. But Delices de France does its best to prove that location isn't everything. In fact, with a smattering of tables overlooking a blacktop parking lot, the bakery confidently announces that when you indulge in its baked goods, you will be transported to a French boulangerie on the Champs-�lysées. The moment you walk in - which can be tricky considering there is often a line out the door - you are overcome with the smell of fresh pastries. The croissants are buttery, with flaky exteriors concealing a doughy but aerated interior. Try the almond croissant ($2.50), filled with a homemade almond cream and sprinkled with powdered sugar. The ham and cheese croissant ($2.50) can easily double as a lunch sandwich. There's also prosciutto and fresh mozzarella on Ciabatta bread prepared with a secret Mediterranean herb spice ($7.50), and the "Parisian kiss," served on a baguette with Genoa salami, Brie, lettuce, and tomato ($6.95). But you'd be remiss if you left Delices without indulging in the chocolate mousse ($2.95 per individual serving) or the passion fruit and chocolate mousse cake ($2.95 per individual serving). On weekends, fresh fruit tarts ($4.25 for an individual size or $25 for an eight-inch tart) are available. On your way out the door, grab a warm baguette ($2); they're baked three times a day.
    2 articles
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    El Brazo Fuerte Bakery

    1697 SW 32nd Ave. Coral Gables/S. Miami

    305-444-7720

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    Picture it. Cuban women with pens in their hair running back and forth behind windows filled with pastelitos and bocadito party trays that make you salivate. As you attempt to push through the crowd of hungry patrons, you rip a ticket from a number machine on the counter, and then someone shouts, "¡Proximo!" (Next.) Your number is up, and all you can do is smile. Welcome to El Brazo Fuerte. This is the quintessential Cuban bakery. Open for more than 35 years, the place boasts customer service second only to the delicious pastries and always-fresh pan Cubano. There are Cuban pastelitos filled with your choice of guava, cream cheese, guava and cream cheese, beef, ham, tuna, or coconut. Also on deck are locally famous, crisp croquetas filled with ham, chicken, fish, or potato. El Brazo also bakes hourly a variety of fresh desserts, including eclairs, napoleons, key lime tarts, and capuchinos — conical sponge cakes dipped in sweet syrup. A single serving of all of the delectable treats offered at the bakery might put you in orbit. And don't forget the café con leche, which comes only second to your abuela's. Located in Little Havana, El Brazo Fuerte offers great service, a friendly staff, delectable food, and gorgeous cakes that will leave you wondering how other bakeries stay in business.
    3 articles
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    Fooq's

    1035 N. Miami Ave. Downtown/Overtown

    786-536-2749

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    Fooq's is part French, part Italian, part Persian, but not at all confused. Persian and Italian together don't seem to make sense, but under the care of restaurateur David Foulquier, it's all you need.Read our full review of Fooq's.
    51 articles
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    Frenchie's Diner

    2618 Galiano St. Coral Gables/S. Miami

    305-442-4554

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    Frenchie's is a petite Coral Gables restaurant where the menu is squiggled in different colors on a chalkboard that fills one wall. At this 50-seat spot, some porcelain dishes are white; others are adorned with blue florals, gray patterns, and gold trim. Many spoons have light-pink handles; others are just stainless steel. Black-and-white floor tiles, mismatched artifacts, and rose walls suggest the space is an American diner. Peerless beurre blanc, duck confit ($26), and steak frites give the impression of a French bistro. The restaurant, in fact, is a bit of both. The setting combines classic French cooking with the nonchalance of a family-owned American place. Husband and wife Gabriel and Shannon Castrec are the family. Their short menu comprises daily specials such as fish and soup that change based on Shannon's whims. The restaurant is open weekdays for lunch, serves dinner Thursdays and Fridays, and operates just a few hours a day. During lunch, the restaurant hosts a parade of office workers. It serves tuna niçoise salad ($18) and hamburgers with fries. During dinner, Frenchie's Diner is more like an intimate party at a friend's home.
    13 articles
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    George's in the Grove

    3145 Commodore Plaza Coconut Grove

    305-444-7878

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    Georges Eric Farge's frenetic personality is familiar to anyone who has had the pleasure of dining at Le Bouchon du Grove, where he held court as chef, partner, and dining room trouvère. His infectious spirit nowadays permeates his own eponymous restaurant. George's keeps menu items to a manageable size: five starters, three salads, three pizzas, seven entrées, and a blackboard of about a half-dozen additional dishes du jour. Recommended starters include a sparkling fresh salmon tartare spiked with lime juice and mellowed to mellifluous effect with crème fraîche; salad of roasted Maine lobster tail with an array of crisply blanched vegetables, truffle oil, and crunchy nuggets of fleur de sel; and a basic Margherita pie with a charred, paper-thin crust and a natty smattering of cheese. Entrées include steak au poivre, a hefty center cut of filet mignon served with gorgeously bronzed, Gruyère-laden potatoes au gratin; mussels and frites, the mollusks steamed with choice of white wine or curry cream sauce; and chicken tagine, which hits the bistro button via braised legs and thighs in broth redolent of ginger, cumin, and lemon confit.
    6 articles
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    Giache Crepes

    295 NW 27th St. Midtown/Wynwood/Design District

    786-401-6957

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    Hanna's Gourmet Diner

    13951 Biscayne Blvd. North Miami

    305-947-2255

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    Looking at the stainless-steel, retro-American diner, one might expect the usual menu of meatloaf, milkshakes, burgers, and fries. Granted, the neon-lit letters spelling out "gourmet" before "diner" should give hint that something is afoot inside -- but French country cooking? That's pretty surprising. What's even more shocking is just how tasty and affordably priced the cuisine really is (dinner entrée prices start at $9.95 with most are under $20). Try tender escargot in garlic sauce, gently sautéed calf liver, lamb shank saturated in red wine, a rare slab of grilled tuna, a juicy New York strip, or a retro-American cheeseburger and French fries. Chalkboard specials are well worth your while, and the custardy fruit tart is so renowned that patrons call in advance to reserve slices. You don't necessarily have to go that far, but you should order it along with your meal because it will sell out before the last patron leaves. Best bet for a beverage would be one of the medium-priced French wines that dominate the list, but if you're craving a Coke you can get that too.
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  • The Island Bistro

    603 Brickell Key Dr. Downtown/Overtown

    305-364-5512

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    Juvia

    1111 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach South Beach

    305-763-8272

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    Juvia sits on the penthouse level of the Herzog & de Meuron-designed building at 1111 Lincoln Rd. like a sparkling jewel set in concrete. After a brief elevator ride up, guests step into an open-air dining room with vertical gardens designed by Patrick Blanc and much of the rest of the space defined by nature. The indoor seating area is wrapped in windowed walls and offers a stunning panoramic vista of South Beach and beyond. The food has vision too. Best bets are among the crudos, tiraditos, ceviches, and nigiri-style plates: for instance, hamachi with a mildly spicy, citrus-accented espuma of yuzu kosho, or coins of cold-smoked scallops with bloody mary foam, a crisp round of pancetta, micro-celery sprouts, and a sprinkling of dried bonito flakes. Main plates are split between composed entrées and items grilled straightforwardly over diamond-hard binchotan coals. The latter group includes a beef tenderloin that proved the stuff of dreams -- assertively grilled, meltingly tender, and thoroughly delicious. Other entrées weren't as successful -- the kitchen crew still needs to work on execution. There are steeply priced deluxe menu items, but many entrées are under $30 and pricing is generally in line with other SoBe spots. It's a lovely place to grab a sunset cocktail, and a great place to dine too -- especially if you play it safe and stick to the starters.
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