Grocery in Miami

1534 Alton Rd., Miami Beach South Beach

305-538-4569

Health, Grocery, Recommended, Best Of, Menu

You know what they say: "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." That adage might not be entirely true, but munching from this Apple on a regular basis can't possibly be bad for you, or your pocket for that matter. Nestled inside a vegetarian health-food store, this small South Beach spot caters to the health-conscious via house-made sandwiches, salads, and soups. Pull up a coveted seat and order a tasty ahi tuna salad, a sizable serving made fresh to order with your choice of delectable dressings. While you wait, sip some lentil soup — it's included, staggeringly, for less than $4. And in true SoBe-style, you can even knock back a shot or two — of wheat grass, that is.

5 articles

Babe's Meat & Counter

9216 SW 156th St. South Dade

786-429-1315

Sandwiches, Grocery, Recommended, Best Of

In the early-morning hours in late spring 2013, Jason and Melanie Schoendorfer gathered a cooler full of homemade bacon and sausage, several dozen eggs, and a few cases of fluffy rolls and headed for the weekly Pinecrest Gardens Farmers Market. The two didn't know that five years later, they would be one of Miami-Dade's premier producers of ground and cured pork products, running a full meat counter in Palmetto Bay. Over the years, their offerings have included breakfast sausage, smoked sausage, and classic bacon.

10 articles

Beehive Natural Foods

6490 Bird Rd. Westchester/West Miami

305-663-1300

Health, Grocery, Recommended, Best Of, Menu

Vegans, vegetarians, and even carnivores will enjoy Beehive's natural food selections. Nestled within a quaint shopping center, the eatery draws crowds with its organic, tasty, healthful foods. The size of the juice bar — offering only a handful of seats — is no indicator of the friendly service or the variety of offerings. Lunch specials include brown rice, chickpeas or lentils, and boiled vegetables, as well as homemade split pea soup, lentil soup, barley stew, broccoli quiche, baked herbal tofu, fresh salad, and other items. Don't pass up the brownies, chocolate cake, or soothing carrot cake — all are nondairy and delicious.

6 articles

El Nuevo Siglo Supermarket

1305 SW Eighth St. Coral Gables/S. Miami

305-854-1916

Latin, Grocery, Recommended, Best Of

When it comes to Latin cafeterias, Miami takes a back seat to no American city. Heck, we probably have more of them than New York has McDonald's restaurants. And we should be thankful for this, especially for the gems of the genre such as El Nuevo Siglo Supermarket in Little Havana. The brightly illuminated, family-owned grocery store contains all the staples for Hispanic cooking, as well as a meat counter and a little Old-World-style bakery that kicks out excellent made-on-premises chorizo and an authentic Argentine empanada de carne (that's where the mom-and-pop owners come from). The cafeteria counter in back is lengthy. And the menu encompasses vaca frita, arroz con calamari (Friday only), a peerless ropa vieja, and a huge churrasco steak, with sides. The beef for these dishes, and for a wondrous pan con bistec, is cut and trimmed by the in-house butcher. Sorry, pero no se habla ingles aquí.

2 articles

Mimmo's Mozzarella Italian Market

473 NE 123rd St. North Miami

305-351-6826

Italian, Grocery, Critics' Pick, Best Of, Menu

Since 2008, Bruno Ponce has been quietly making fresh mozzarella out of a nondescript North Miami building mostly filled with walk-in refrigerators and stainless-steel work tables. The milk comes from Wisconsin cows and is processed into curd in New Jersey before it's sent south. Ponce is an Argentine whose grandfather emigrated from Bari, on Italy's Adriatic coast, to Buenos Aires. He learned how to make cheese during a stint at Miami Beach's Sardinia Enoteca Ristorante. At his Mimmo's, there are crescents of scamorza — a smoked, aged mozzarella — alongside a sphere of fresh burrata filled with creamy stracciatella cheese and flecks of porcini mushrooms and black truffle. A pinwheel of mozzarella is wrapped around speck and spinach. There are, of course, a few wedges of fresh mozzarella (ask him to grab those warm from the back for you), as well as velvety fresh ricotta and creamy ricotta salata that gathers its must from sheep's milk.

5 articles

National Supermarket # 2

5400 Palm Ave. Hialeah

305-558-1540

Grocery Stores, Grocery, Cuban, Best Of

1 article

Oriental Bakery & Grocery

1760 SW Third Ave. Downtown/Overtown

305-854-0501

Bakery, Grocery, Market, Middle Eastern, Best Of

This family-run grocery/bakery is a Miami establishment that has been around since 1954. From the minute you walk in, you find aisles overflowing with Middle Eastern ingredients, supplies, and household items. Toward the back of the store is a cafeteria with a selection of hot items, platters, and side dishes made fresh daily by a family member. The seating area is small and in the middle of the store, but the friendly service makes up for the awkwardness. The freshly made hummus, lebna, and baba ghannouj are all served with thick pitas and sold individually ($3.99) or on a platter ($6.99). Traditional dishes such as shawarma ($5.99), shish kebab ($5.99), and rack of lamb ($9.99) are ample portions served with two sides and fresh pita. For a real treat, try the daily specials, which range from makloubah ($5.99) to lamb shanks ($6.99), depending on the day. Desserts are traditional pastries. Most customers grab some baklava or ma'amoul on the way out.

13 articles

Pack Supermarket and Cafeteria

8235 NE Second Ave. Miami Shores/Biscayne Park

305-757-4777

Grocery, Fried Chicken, Recommended, Best Of, Menu

Over the past three decades, Little Haiti's Pack Supermarket has become a kind community for the surrounding neighborhood, all thanks to fried chicken. During lunch, dozens of cops, executives, and working stiffs line up for the stuff. Sunday mornings, crowds of churchgoers mingle with bouncers from downtown clubs and spandex-clad cyclists while awaiting fragrant Styrofoam containers filled with juicy poultry and the slightly sweet ovals of the smashed-and-fried plantains Haitians term "banane." It's a meal that could be breakfast or dinner. Pack's recipe is a spinoff of the classic that calls for skin-on legs to be marinated in a spicy, acidic amalgam of vinegar, lime juice, garlic, onion, and hot peppers such as Scotch bonnets.

7 articles

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