Christmas dining in Miami..

Tis the season to be jolly falala...
Usually most restaurants are closed on Christmas, but for those who don't feel like cooking this year there are a couple of restaurants ready to entertain you and your loved ones. Below are our top picks to choose from.

Vida
Who doesn't love a good buffet? choose from five different salads, sushi, ceviche, imported and domestic cheeses, grilled items, a carving station, wood stone pizzas, and of course a dessert bar.
$65 a person.
 4441 Collins Ave,. Miami Beach 305-538-2000.

Eating House
Enjoy a delicious Christmas Eve brunch from 11 a.m to 3 p.m. Some items on the menu are vaca frita buns, coquito pancakes, porchetta pan con lechon, and $5 mimosas. On Christmas day from 6 - 10 p.m they will also be serving Italian dishes such as pasta carbonara or pomodoro, and gnocchi a la gorgonzola. Each dish is $16 each.
804 Ponce de Leon Blvd,. Coral Gables, 305-448-6524.

Mmmm

You know those type of places that immediately catches your eye? Well Mmmm cafe in Wynwood is one of them.

Miam Cafe & Boutique

It amazes me the kind of things you see in Wynwood. I love to walk around and discover new places. It seems that every time i go i always encounter something new.

Cafe Curuba

Cafe Curuba: hidden gem in Coral Gables. you will find delicious pastries,  freshly baked pan de bono, a typical Colombian bread roll stuffed with guava. #nomnom. Mostly all the baked goods are made from scratch, including buttery palmeras, raspberry muffins, biscotti, and our favorite, spinach soufflé.

Top Cheap Eats Around Miami..

Miami has one of the best dining scene where top chefs leave their culinary mark. Having said going out to eat can be expensive, but there are plenty of places that you can enjoy a delicious meal and yet won't break the bank doing so. Check out our top five "cheap eats" around Miami..

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New Years Eve Dining Guide

For those wanting to dine out on New Years Eve we narrowed down a couple of options to choose from below, just be sure to make a reservation ahead of time.

Cantina La Veinte

Cantina La Veinte, owned by Mexico's largest hospitality company, Cinbersol Group S.A., is not your average nacho spot. Located in downtown Miami’s Icon Brickell, the restaurant and bar will pay homage to the Mexican Art Deco style, while maintaining the distinct décor of a traditional Mexican Cantina. 

Milos by Costas Spiliadis

Milos in Miami Beach is an upscale Greek restaurant. We loved the ambience of this place super chic and modern, but what really won us over was their delicious food, fresh mediterranean cuisine, as well as a wide selection of wine to choose from. Here you will find the best selection of fish and seafood to choose from.

Sunday Brunch Buffet @ Cecconi's

Who doesn't love a good brunch? especially on a sunday, The brunch at Cecconi's in Soho Beach House is amazing. There concept is buffet style so there are plenty of options to choose from.

Quem não gosta de um bom brunch, especialmente em um domingo? O brunch no Cecconi`s que fica em Soho Beach House é incrível. A comida é servida em estilo Buffet te dando muitas opções de escolha.

7 Best Roof Top Bar/Restaurants in Miami

Below are some of our favorite roof top bars in Miami. Enjoy stunning views, great drinks and hopefully a nice breeze.

Abaixo estão alguns dos nossos bares favoritos que ficam no topo de prédios a céu aberto. Desfrute de vistas deslumbrantes, excelentes bebidas e se tiver sorte, uma brisa agradável.

1. FIFTY Ultra Lounge 

Located 50 stories high at the Viceroy Hotel, the view in this place is amazing, you see all of Brickell, with an emphasis on the bay. There's 2 sections of 50. The inside, which has a few tables, a dance floor, bar, a DJ that plays hip hop + today's top hits. The second section is the outside area, aka the roof, aka the House Music area! For all my electronic dance music lovers.
485 Brickell Ave.; 305-503-4417

Localizado a 50 andares de altura no Viceroy Hotel, o lugar é incrível, você poderá ver o Brickell inteiro, principalmente a baía. Ele é dividido em dois, a parte fechada, que tem algumas mesas, pista de dança, bar, um DJ que toca hip hop + top hits. E a área externa, também conhecido como o telhado ou área da House Music! Esse é o lugar certo para todos os apaixonados por música e dança eletrônica.

Wine Depot (WD 555)

Wine Depot (WD 555) is a wine store and bistro in South Beach, If you are a wine lover then this place is for you. They have over 300 of wine to choose from (affordable $15 and under to the extravagant ($100 and over).

BASIL PARK

Basil Park is a healthy gourmet restaurant offering a variety of delicious options to choose from, healthy never tasted this good! It is vegetarian-friendly and vegan.

Basil Park é um restaurante gourmet de comida saudável que oferece uma grande variedade de deliciosas opções, comer comida saudável nunca foi tão gostoso! É vegetarian-friendly e vegan.

BUNS & BUNS

Buns & Buns is far from a sandwich shop, it is where fine dinning meets counter service. You first choose a Bread or Bun (focaccia, Asian steamed bun, pretzel bun or ciabatta roll) and pair with a grilled item (chicken thigh, pork belly, cobia) One thing that i found very important is that they make their bread fresh everyday!

Buns & Buns está longe de ser uma simples lanchonete, é onde o chique encontra o bar. Você primeiro escolher um tipo de pão (focaccia, pão asiático  cozido no vapor, pretzel, ou ciabatta ) depois um item grelhado (coxa de frango, carne de porco, cobia). O diferencial deles é que fazem pão fresco todos os dias !

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MY CEVICHE

I am a huge fan of ceviche, so i am always willing to find a good place to eat it. Luckily I ran into My Ceviche, it's far from your average peruvian restaurant (in a good way though.) This place is a carry out restaurant so don't be expecting anything fancy.

Eu sou super fã de ceviche, então estou sempre procurando um bom lugar para comer. Por sorte encontrei o My Ceviche, Ele não é um típico restaurante peruano e nem muito chique

SUGARCANE RAW BAR GRILL

Sugarcane is a Japanese restaurant in Midtown that serves tapa style food, meaning the portions are appetizer size plates. 

O SugarCane é um restaurante japonês em Midtown que serve comida estilo tapa, ou seja, as porções são do tamanho de aperitivos.

DORAKU SUSHI

Doraku is one of those restaurants that are delicious and yet won't break your wallet.

Doraku é um daqueles restaurantes que são deliciosos e ainda não vão te levar a falência. 

They have different types of exotic sushi, and traditonal sushi but with a twist.

Eles têm diferentes tipos de sushis exóticos e sushis tradicionais, mas sempre com algo diferente que vai te surpreender. 

Doraku also offers a lunch happy hour menu as well as a dinner happy hour. click here to see more of their menu.

Doraku também oferece um menu de almoço e jantar happy hour. Clique aqui para ver o menu. 

There are currently two locations one in Lincoln Road and Mary Brickell Village.

Atualmente se encontra em duas localizações, Lincoln Road e Mary Brickell Village. 

The place is super cool and so is the environment, it's a great place to come with the family or with friends.

O lugar e o ambiente são super legais, sendo ótimo para ir com a família ou amigos.

My Happy Hour Menu Picks:
Minha escolha do Menu Happy Hour :

1. Edamame $2
2. Salmon Carpaccio $5
3.Miso Eggplant $4
4.Tuna Tataki $6



Doraku South Beach
1104 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach,FL,33139
(305) 685-8383

Doraku Mary Brickell
900 South Miami Ave
Ste 133
Miami, FL, 33131
(305) 373-4633

Il GABBIANO

ll Gabbiano is an amazing Italian restaurant located in Downtown Miami, the view outside is incredible over looking the Bay.

ll Gabbiano é um restaurante italiano incrível localizado no centro de Miami. Sua vista da baia é linda!!!

The food and the service is excellent, their known for their made in-house pastas but they also offer a variety of foods including fish, salads, meat, etc.  It is a great place to go for either lunch or dinner.

A comida e o serviço são excelentes. São conhecidos por suas massas feitas no local, mas também oferecem uma variedade de pratos, incluindo peixes, saladas, carnes, etc. É um ótimo lugar para ir almoçar ou jantar. 

To see more of their menu click here

Para ver mais do menu, clique aqui

ll Gabbiano

335 S Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33131

(305) 373- 0063

JOEY'S ITALIAN CAFE

Joey's Cafe is a modern Italian cafe located in Wynwood, there known for having the best pizzas in town and after trying their delicious pizza i can say that they truly are the best i have ever had. the one i choose was the gorgonzola ,fig, drizzled honey and hot paper flakes, i recommend trying that one i promise you will not be disappointed. besides pizza they also offer fish, salads, pasta which are all great options as well.

Joey`s Café é um moderno café italiano localizado em Wynwood. São conhecidos por ter as melhores pizzas da cidade. Depois que eu experimentei a pizza, posso afirmar que eles realmente são os melhores. A que eu escolhi foi a de gorgonzola e figo, regada com mel e pimenta. Recomendo que você prove essa, prometo que você não vai se decepcionar. Além de pizza eles também oferecem peixes, saladas e massas, que também são ótimas opções.

the place is very cozy, you can choose to sit inside or outside which is super charming.

O lugar é muito aconchegante, você pode escolher sentar dentro ou fora.

They are open for both lunch and dinner, click here to see their full menu.

Eles estão abertos para almoço e jantar, clique aqui para ver o menu completo.

Joey's Italian Cafe
2506 NW 2nd Ave
Miami, FL 33127
(305) 438-0488

TUYO

TUYO restaurant is located on the 8th floor rooftop of the Miami Culinary Institute. When i first walked into the lobby i was a bit skeptical because of the location and also i have never been to a restaurant in a school before, but i was pleastanly surprise when the doors opened up right into the restaurant. The best part of this place is the view, you can see the bay and all of downtown. This is one of the most romantic and hottest new spot in town, not to mention the Executive chef is well known
 Norman Van Aken.

O restaurante TUYO está localizado no piso superior do 8 º andar do Instituto de Culinária de Miami. Quando entrei no lobby eu estava um pouco desconfiada por causa da localização, mas  fiquei surpresa quando as portas abriram. A melhor parte deste lugar é a vista, você pode ver a baía e toda downtown. Este é um dos lugares mais romântico da cidade, sem mencionar o chef executivo que é bem conhecido, Norman Van Aken. 

This place has a got a cozy and romantic vibe to it. the menu is very broad they have everything from peruvian food, latin american, caribbean and asian influences. the menu changes monthly chef Van Aken uses both the schools organic garden and farmers across South Florida. they offer a tasting menu 

which is $85 per person, which is great because you can try a bit of everything.

O ambiente é acolhedor e romântico. O menu é bem variado, tendo comida peruana, América Latina, Caribenha e asiática. O menu muda mensalmente. O chefe Van Aken usa tanto o jardim orgânico da escola  como de agricultores do  sul da Flórida, oferecendo um menu delicioso.

O custo é de R $ 85 por pessoa, lhe dando a oportunidade de experimentar um pouco de tudo.

If you want to find out more click here to check out their website

Para mais informações entre no website (aqui)

Tuyo

415 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL 33132

(305) 237-3200

ICEBOX CAFE

The restaurant Ice Box has been around for a while in Miami, it became well known because of Oprah who acknowledged the place for the best chocolate cake in the country, which is made of two layers of rich chocolate cake filled with chocolate mousse and a layer of cheesecake brownie.

O restaurante Ice Box já esta a um tempo em Miami, ele ficou conhecido por causa de Oprah, que declarou o lugar como tendo o melhor bolo de chocolate do país. Ele é feito de duas camadas de bolo de chocolate, recheado de mousse de chocolate e uma camada de brownie de cheesecake.

The restaurant is located in Purdy Avenue, which is becoming the new hot spot for restaurants to be in. It is a great place to go to for brunch/lunch.

O restaurante está localizado em Purdy Avenue, que está se tornando o lugar mais bacana  para  se ter um restaurantes. É um ótimo lugar para ir para brunch ou almoço. 

Even though the restaurant became famous primarily because of their chocolate cake, their food is delicious, check out their menu here

O restaurante tenha se tornado famoso principalmente por causa de seu bolo de chocolate, a comida é deliciosa, confira seu menu aqui 

if you are undecided and want to try all of their cakes you can order the Ice Box Sampler, where you can choose 3-5 different types of cakes to try.

Se está indeciso e quer experimentar todos os sabores, você pode pedir o Ice Box Sampler, onde você pode escolher de 3 a 5 tipos diferentes de bolos para experimentar. 

We choose Carrot cake, Chocolate delight, Dulce de leche. the place is very casual and it is for all types of occasions, it is a great place to go with the family or with friends.

Nós escolhemos o bolo de cenoura, chocolate delight, Dulce de leche. O lugar é bem casual e para todas as ocasiões, é um ótimo lugar para ir com a família ou amigos

Ice Box Cafe

1855 Purdy Ave

Miami Beach, FL

(305) 538-8448