D. Rodriguez Cuba in South Beach
For years, New York gourmands seeking the kind of Italian cuisine that Mamma used to make have flocked uptown to Rao’s in Harlem. But why should Italians own the market on comfort food-and particularly when Cuban cuisine has been for so long about making…
Pee-wee’s Playhouse: Miami’s Barton G. Restaurant
The Pee-wee’s Playhouse of South Beach restaurants, Barton G. The Restaurant offers the same brand of childlike delight that Pee-wee Herman afforded millions of children and adults every Saturday morning. Everything’s hyperbole. “Wow” is the only…
The Blue Door @ The Delano: Miami Beach, Florida
Upon first consideration, the cuisines of Brazil and France might not seem the most harmonic combination—and yet, in South Beach, at the Blue Door at the Delano, they marry beautifully: the tropical sensuality of South America balanced by the refinement…
Evolution by David Bouley: Miami Beach, Florida
With a name derived from Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis (“There are no shortcuts in evolution”), David Bouley’s Miami Beach restaurant is a temple to the elevated and evolved. Ensconced in the fabled Morris Lapidus-designed diLido Hotel (1953, and…
The Raleigh Hotel: Miami Beach, Florida
First of all, consider that the Raleigh’s icon is a pink elk astride the Raleigh shield: in other words, a bit of the rustic in the land of chic coral pink. The rooms take getting used to. Think Adirondacks cabin. The terrazzo floors are original—but…