Over the previous yr, dozens of latest eating places have sprouted throughout the area’s tri-county space, fueling the growth of South Florida’s long-overlooked culinary scene.
Be it longtime native and beloved cooks, out-of-town newcomers, or nationally acknowledged movie star names, it seems everyone seems to be speeding to the Magic City to get a chunk of the metaphorical pie.
While town has already welcomed quite a few buzzworthy ideas, there’s nonetheless extra to come back within the new yr as we await the launch of a number of up-and-coming ideas set to bless the area with their culinary prowess.
With that in thoughts, listed below are the highest ten South Florida eating places we’re wanting ahead to welcoming in 2023:
Anthony’s Runway 84
330 W. State Rd. 84, Fort Lauderdale
954-467-8484
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Anthony Bruno’s aviation-themed restaurant has lengthy been the red-sauce go to, serving up classics for New York ex-pats homesick for his or her favourite Italian eating places. For 4 a long time, patrons loved martinis at a bar the place a large-scale duplicate of an airplane served as the focus or sat in a sales space to gaze on the Fort Lauderdale skyline from “cockpit home windows” whereas Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin crooned within the background. They got here for an outsized pork chop, recent snapper, or a hearty bowl of pasta. So when the restaurant closed its doorways in May 2022, there was a rush to make one final go to earlier than the beloved establishment closed for a reboot. When it opens in 2023, the airplane memorabilia and the cockpit home windows will probably be gone, and the institution will probably be reworked right into a supper membership with Rat Pack vibes. It may also have introduced on new companions: Bruno has partnered with Pat Marzano (from Bruno’s different enterprise, Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza) and Marc Falsetto of Handcrafted Hospitality (Tacocraft, Pizzacraft) on the renovation estimated to price about $3 million.
Bouchon Bistro
2101 Galiano St., Coral Gables
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Chef Thomas Keller is predicted to open a second restaurant within the Miami space this coming yr, information that got here one month after his Surf Club Restaurant in Surfside was awarded a star within the newly minted Florida Michelin Guide. Dubbed Bouchon, the French bistro is ready to open inside Coral Gables’ historic La Palma constructing. Built in 1924, the construction is a basic instance of Mediterranean structure and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Keller opened his first Bouchon in Napa, California, in October 1998, 4 years after opening the French Laundry, additionally in California’s wine nation. The restaurant, which has a second location in Las Vegas, is understood for its classics like roast hen, leg of lamb, and trout amandine. When Bouchon Bistro opens in Coral Gables, the kitchen is alleged to be positioned into the arms of chef de delicacies Thomas Castellon, who has expertise on the Surf Club in Surfside and TAK Room in New York City. While the Coral Gables menu remains to be within the growth stage, anticipate Keller and his staff to arrange dishes round seasonality and the restaurant’s location, with frequent modifications year-round.
Michael Schulson will convey an outpost of Double Knot, his Philadelphia sushi restaurant and izakaya, to Wynwood.
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Double Knot
2550 NW Second Ave., Miami
doubleknotphilly.com
Philadelphia-based chef and restaurateur Michael Schulson’s latest endeavor will quickly be opening in one in all Miami’s most sought-after places. The chef, who owns a portfolio of eating places underneath his firm Schulson Collective, will convey an outpost of Double Knot — a sushi restaurant and izakaya from Philadelphia — to the previous Wynwood Kitchen & Bar area on NW Second Avenue. The restaurant will serve up sushi, sashimi, and robata gadgets, plus a chef’s tasting menu of a bountiful assortment of housemade mochi for dessert.
Lucky Cat
119 Washington Ave., Miami Beach
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Soon, Miamians will have the ability to rise up shut and private with the opening of movie star chef Gordon Ramsay’s first Miami endeavor, Lucky Cat. The restaurant is located within the South of Fifth neighborhood, a U.S. outpost of the unique Lucky Cat that opened in 2019 in London’s Mayfair district. The restaurant, which harkens again to the Tokyo consuming dens of the Thirties, presents dishes impressed by varied areas all through Asia. The 9,000-square-foot area options an open kitchen, uncooked bar, chef’s desk, and a late-night lounge. As for meals: Think a enjoyable, relaxed ambiance providing a various choice of Pan-Asian dishes paired with unbelievable cocktails, sushi, sashimi, meats from the robata grill, and — if we’re fortunate — no screaming from the kitchen.
Chef Michelle Bernstein runs Cafe La Trova together with mixologist Julio Cabrera.
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Sra. Martinez
2325 Galiano St., Coral Gablesmbcmiami.com
A Miami favourite is predicted to be again in enterprise from husband-and-wife staff David Martinez and Michelle Bernstein. Earlier this yr, Bernstein introduced by way of her Instagram that Sra. Martinez, her Miami Design District restaurant that closed in 2012, can be making a comeback. The small however energetic area was beloved for its enjoyable vibe and inventive tapas served alongside an inventory of regional Spanish sherries and wines and a number of the finest cocktails on the town created by Julio Cabrera. Bernstein will convey her Spanish-meets-Mediterranean tapas to Coral Gables, noting that it will be a “2023 model” of the unique. The new 4,000-square-foot area was previously house to Open Stage, a live-music venue and bar that closed in the course of the pandemic.
Raise your tiki mugs, South Florida: The Mai-Kai will return… however first, cocktails!
Photo courtesy of the Mai-Kai
Mai-Kai
3599 N. Federal Hwy., Fort Lauderdale
maikai.com
If you have not been to the Mai-Kai, you may need to be there for this longtime South Florida hang-out’s grand reopening later this yr. Nothing fairly compares to this Polynesian pop-themed restaurant, bar, and leisure venue. In all honesty, we’re fortunate to have it — not lots of our nation’s authentic and historic tiki-themed institutions are nonetheless standing, and it was just lately up on the market. Thankfully, Miami’s Ball & Chain co-owner Bill Fuller has taken over operations to offer the Fort Lauderdale gem a much-needed makeover, that means we have now loads of tiki cocktails, fireplace reveals, and Polynesian-themed fare to look ahead to in 2023.
The Tony South Beach lodge, house of the previous News Cafe — and the brand new one.
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News Cafe
801 Collins Ave., Miami Beach
305-531-2222
thetonyhotel.com
Restaurateur Mark Soyka opened the News Cafe at Ocean Drive and Eighth Street in 1989 together with his good friend and actual property developer, Tony Goldman. Together, the 2 males helped South Beach expertise a renaissance. For years, the café was often called the place to see and be seen. That’s why Miamians have been saddened when the favored South Beach hang-out abruptly closed in January 2021. Four months later, nonetheless, it was introduced the restaurant would reopen at its authentic location on the bottom ground of the newly renamed Tony Hotel South Beach. Scott Srebnick, CEO of Goldman Properties, bought the model from Mark Soyka. Operated by Vida and Estilo Group (the restaurateurs behind Havana 1957, Paperfish Sushi, and others), the concept is to maintain News Cafe as near the unique model as potential.
Pastis
380 NW twenty sixth St., Miami
pastisnyc.com
We envision Pastis, New York City’s iconic model of a basic Parisian bistro, will probably be all the trend when it opens within the coming new yr. The authentic Manhattan restaurant — thought of to be one of many first stylish eateries to take root in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District — closed in 2014. Helmed by two James Beard Award-winning restaurateurs, Keith McNally and Stephen Starr, the culinary duo say the Miami location will characteristic parts just like the unique from a curved zinc bar outfitted with signature subway tiles and classic mirrors to handwritten each day specials and a mosaic-tiled ground. Guests can even dine on the basic bistro fare Pastis is finest recognized for, with a menu that covers brunch, lunch, and dinner and highlights conventional French fare with signature choices like garlic and parsley-seasoned escargot, moules frites, and steak sandwiches topped with caramelized onions and melted Gruyère.
Rao’s
1601 Collins Ave., South Beach
raosrestaurants.com
A New York City red-sauce establishment is coming to Miami Beach, one other restaurant well-known for being unimaginable to get into. Resting its status on 125-year, time-earned laurels, Rao’s has confirmed it’s going to take up residence on the Loews Miami Beach Hotel in early 2023. The 60-seat, East Harlem authentic is infamous for its waitlist, with reservations booked a yr prematurely.
Tablé
180 NE fortieth St., Miami
antoniobachour.com
Tablé by Bachour will quickly be the most recent restaurant and café idea slated to open underneath the course of celebrated chef and pastry whiz Antonio Bachour. With its location within the Miami Design District, Tablé will characteristic a menu rooted in French delicacies with an ambiance designed to evoke the spirit of a Parisian brasserie — with a Miami twist, in fact. In addition to the principle eating room, bar, and outside patio, the restaurant additionally will characteristic a café the place clients can cease by for seize ‘n’ go fare like sandwiches and Bachour’s beloved baked items to jamón serrano sliced to order. Guests may even watch the magic of the in-house bakery by means of glass partitions.