Lido Restaurant at The Surf Club

Twelve seats, one chef, no shortcuts.

Panamericano Bar doesn't advertise itself from the street — you have to know it's on the second floor behind Novocento on South Miami Avenue, which is exactly the point.

Havana 1957 in Pembroke Pines is a deliberate act of nostalgia — founder Eduardo Aroaz built the chain around a very specific fantasy of pre-revolutionary Havana, and the Pembroke Pines location commits to the bit completely.

First, a geography correction, because somebody's database is fibbing: there's no El Toro Loco in Homestead proper.

Limoncello occupies a particular lane on Miami Beach that is harder to find than it should be: the honest Southern Italian trattoria that locals return to because the kitchen is doing the work, not the lighting designer.