Kosher in Miami

41st Street Deli

509 Arthur Godfrey Rd., Miami Beach Mid/North Beach

786-216-7397

Deli, Kosher, Best Of, Menu

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Bagel Time Cafe

3915 Alton Rd., Miami Beach Mid/North Beach

305-538-0300

Bakery, Breakfast/Brunch, Kosher, Menu

Bagels & Co.

11064 Biscayne Blvd., North Miami Miami Shores/Biscayne Park

305-892-2435

Deli, Kosher, Recommended, Best Of, Menu

Like the Constitution, the Incredible Hulk, and a baseball pitcher working a no-hitter, there are some things you just shouldn't mess with. Old-school bagel-making should have a place on that list, yet the world is bafflingly full of frozen, bagged holes of dough stomping all over the good name of this traditional Jewish delicacy. Fortunately, Miami has Bagels & Co., a safe haven for the way bagels should be made: hand-rolled, boiled, and then baked to a golden finish. They aren't cheap, and they come in all the traditional flavors: poppyseed, sesame, raisin, garlic, etc. The payoff from this old-fashioned methodology is obvious and delicious: bagels as fat and plump as a grapefruit, the skin crisp, and the innards soft and chewy. So don't mess with bagels from anywhere else or we'll go all Bruce Banner on your ass. Keep it old-school at Bagels & Co. Read our full review of Bagels & Co.

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Dabush

3371 Sheridan St. Hollywood

954-494-1797

Israeli, Kosher, Best Of

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Goldstein's Prime

7419 Collins Ave., Miami Beach Mid/North Beach

305-865-4981

Deli, Jewish, Kosher, Sandwiches, Best Of

When Goldstein & Sons opened at Collins Avenue and 74th Street 30 years ago, there was no shortage of competition with three other kosher butcher shops and deli markets in the surrounding North Beach neighborhood. Today, rechristened with a slightly different name, the mom-and-pop store is the last one standing. Jews and gentiles from all over Miami-Dade's northeastern communities trek here for a truly authentic deli experience that has become a part of Miami Beach's rich Jewish roots. Goldstein's significance was recently documented in a short film by a young Jewish auteur named Aaron Davidson, titled A Slice of Life. In the minidoc, family patriarch Joe and his customers share recollections as the butcher, his son, and his grandchildren prepare orders. The images convey the pride and hard work the Goldsteins put in six days a week. At the deli counter you will find homemade gravlax for $6.25 per quarter-pound. Salads range from $4.99 (potato or cucumber) to $9.98 a pound (all-white tuna). Deli sandwiches overloaded with corned beef, pastrami, bologna, salami, turkey, roast beef, brisket, or tongue are available for $7.95 or $9.95. You can also purchase deli meats to take home. For holiday dinners and special occasions, Goldstein's offers a 12-person food platter for $189 that includes five rotisserie chickens or a 14-pound turkey, four quarts of homemade chicken soup with matzo balls, 12 pieces of gefilte fish, a potato kugel, two pounds of carrot tzimes, and four pounds of hot or cold side salads. But if you have a few more shekels, go with the $249 brisket platter.

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Gourmet Carrot

959 W. Ave., Miami Beach South Beach

305-534-4211

Health, Kosher, Vegetarian, Recommended

From the exterior, this kosher natural food restaurant/juice bar doesn't look like any other average smoothie store, and cartoonish posters of buck-tooth bunnies lining the walls make the interior look like a kid's soda fountain. But the smoothies here could be considered nectar for the casual gourmet: rich and unusual combinations like the "Chilled Lych" (litchi juice, banana, and housemade ginger-pear and litchi sorbets). Gourmet Carrot's solid food -- ranging from sandwiches, to salads, to complete entrées such as tamarind-glazed local mahi-mahi with two vegetable side dishes -- is tasty enough to make one forgive and forget that it's good for you. The menu does not feature red meat, shellfish, or dairy, but there are plenty of poultry, fish, and vegetarian (including vegan) items.

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The Harbour Bistro

9427 Harding Ave. Surfside/Bal Harbour

786-275-6585

Bistro, Kosher

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Izzy's Brooklyn Smokehouse

3585 NE 207th St. Aventura/North Miami Beach

305-690-7103

Barbecue, Kosher, Menu

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Kosher Kingdom

3017 Aventura Blvd. Aventura/North Miami Beach

305-792-7988

Deli, Kosher, Best Of

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Kosher-to-Go

17875 Collins Ave., Sunny Isles Beach Aventura/North Miami Beach

305-918-8000

Kosher

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Lots of Lox Deli

14995 S. Dixie Highway, Palmetto Bay East Kendall/Pinecrest

305-252-2010

Deli, Jewish, Kosher, Best Of, Menu

Like a parable, it's as if a thunderous voice from above spoke to a lost (and most likely hungry) tribe wandering in the brash wilderness of south Miami-Dade and said: "You must build a restaurant, serve the food of your people there, and make it extra tasty!" Because at Lots of Lox it's all there: grandma-approved matzo-ball soup, crisp potato pancakes, bagels, blintzes, white fish, starchy knishes, and mounds of perfect pastrami. Sandwiches include the schlemiel ($10.95) stuffed with turkey, salami, Swiss cheese, and thousand island dressing and the East Side ($10.45) filled with roast beef, tomato, onion, and (what am I?) chopped liver. If only the miracle of food this good happened more often.

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New Deal Kosher Market

1362 NE 163rd St. Aventura/North Miami Beach

305-945-2512

Deli, Kosher, Market, Retail, Recommended, Best Of

George Wilensky started the New Deal Market in 1957. These days, his son Heshey runs it, which makes it — to our knowledge — the only butcher shop in South Florida that has operated under the same ownership and in the same location for more than 50 years. The formula hasn't changed much through the decades: fresh, custom-cut kosher meats and poultry along with old-school, personalized service that links the Wilenskys with their customers through generations. New Deal also dishes deli items, as well as homemade prepared foods such as kreplach, knishes, kugel, kishkas, and kasha varnishkes (if you don't know what these are, all the more reason to visit). Delivery is free of charge. New Deal is the real deal, and there aren't too many left.Read our full review.

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Original Pita Hut

530 41st St., Miami Beach Mid/North Beach

305-531-6090

Kosher, Middle Eastern, Recommended

Most people order either the flawlessly seasoned falafels or the shawarma, real slices of lamb and turkey piled atop each other on a rotating spit. Whichever you choose, it's worth paying the extra dollar and substituting a larger, fluffier laffa bread for the pita — besides tasting better and holding more food, the laffa is far less likely to sprout a leak of tahini onto your favorite T-shirt. Top seeds among the numerous freshly prepared salads are a creamy and char-flavored baba ghannouj and a hummus whose consistency is neither too wet from excessive oil, nor dry and pasty like the commercial stuff. The Middle East combo includes both of these spreads along with tabbouleh, tahini, and a mildly spicy Turkish salad of diced tomato, onion, celery, peppers, and parsley.

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Ostrow Brasserie

4850 NW Second Ave. Little Haiti/Liberty City

786-238-7452

French, Kosher

Prime Sushi

726 Arthur Godfrey Rd., Miami Beach Mid/North Beach

305-534-0551

Kosher, Sushi, Best Of, Menu

Kosher sushi and Italian classics may not seem like a match made in heaven, but at Miami Beach's Prime Sushi, somehow it works. The unlikely ethnic duo provide enough options to please any palate. From the Ginsa (baked-salmon topped California roll $13.95) and the Miami Beach (tuna, salmon, masago, avocado on top with eel sauce and shredded coconut $12.95) to veggie lasagna (zucchini, yellow squash, caramelized red onions, spinach, marinara, mozzarella $12.95) and cold smoked salmon pizza (mascarpone, capers, red onions $16.95). Gotta love an odd couple.

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Rare Steakhouse

4101 Pine Tree Dr., Miami Beach Mid/North Beach

305-532-7273

Kosher, Steakhouse, Best Of

This kosher steak house features a dimly lit, elegant interior and attentive service. Meat is cooked to order on a wood-burning grill, and the traditional steak-house menu offers fresh ingredients prepared in a kosher kitchen. Appetizers include beef carpaccio ($14), an iceberg wedge ($10), and Wagyu sliders ($21). Notable main courses are sea bass ($34), peppercorn-crusted filet mignon ($45), and aged rib eye ($38). The restaurant is also one of the few of its kind to offer a full children's menu, with popular favorites such as hamburgers, chicken fingers, and hot dogs; all go for $8 apiece and come with French fries. There's a reason Rare is full of families on weekends.

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Roasters 'n Toasters

9465 S. Dixie Highway East Kendall/Pinecrest

305-251-4848

Deli, Kosher, Recommended, Best Of, Menu, Readers' Choice

Looking for a hot pastrami on rye that brings back the Miami of yesteryear, when New York-style delis were as common as Pollo Tropical franchises? Then Roasters' n Toasters — which has been satisfying all of Pinecrest's mustard-smothered, pickle-garnished cravings since 1984 — is your spot. During breakfast, the aroma of freshly brewed lattes and cappuccinos hit your nose as you mull a variety of deli staples such as smoked fish platters with Nova lox and whitefish. For lunch, try the West Side Story: a baked knish stacked with a generous mound of pastrami and corned beef smothered with hot sauerkraut and melted Swiss cheese. Or get the turkey Reuben, which is as comforting as a bowl of matzo ball soup. And if Jewish soul food ain't your thing, go for the famous chicken quesadillas or a Philly cheese steak tasty and large enough to make a gentile utter, "Oy vey!"

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