MIAMI – Local gourmands recently welcomed this year’s Miami Spice pre-selected menus — starting at $28 for a two-course lunch or brunch. The three-course dinners range from $45 to $60.
The Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau’s restaurant promotion runs through September and features some of the restaurants in the inaugural Michelin Guide Florida.
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COTE Miami, at the Design District’s commanding corner of Northeast Second Avenue and 39 Street, is without question the highlight of this Miami Spice season.
Michelin awarded Korean-American restaurateur Simon Kim’s steakhouse a star after awarding his location in New York four consecutive stars.
COTE Miami’s executive chef David Shim will be serving a $28 three-course lunch with options from Monday to Thursday and a $40 upgrade option.
The preset menu starts with an appetizer, either the Waldorf Salad with radicchio and celery, Asian pear, kabocha squash, candied hazelnuts, and parmesan cheese with honey Doenjang dressing, or the Steak Tartare with local grass-fed top-round, pear, and crispy tendon puffs.
It peaks with the entrée. The options are the Limited Edition Fried Chicken with organic chicken brined overnight, both white and dark meat with pickled daikon, sweet and tangy sauce, or the Optimus Prime, a thinly sliced 8oz of USDA prime rib.
The Butcher’s lunch upgrade is $12 more per person for the USDA Prime Hanger Steak, a ribeye grilled tableside that was aged for more than 45 days.
The final note is the Vanilla Soft Serve with soy sauce caramel. Beverage, tax, and gratuity are not included. Reservations were available on Open Table.
The other one-Michelin star restaurant on Miami Spice this year is Azabu in South Beach, which has $45 and $60 dinner menu options every day of the week. Reservations were available on SevenRooms.
Explore options by location
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Explore by cuisine
American cuisine: The Red Rooster does Southern food the Overtown way
Argentinean cuisine: El Fuegos serves barbecue with posh décor
Cuban cuisine: Chug’s Cuban-American diner adopts Miami’s diversity
Italian cuisine: Navé serves ‘seafood-focused’ Italian-American cuisine
Chinese cuisine
Eclectic or international cuisine
- The Restaurant at The Palms (Caribbean style)
- Juvia (Blends of Asian, South American with French techniques)
- Korner 67 (Modern tapas-style dishes)
- Glass & Vine: Chef Giorgio Rapicavoli was inspired by “Florida classics and Latin and European influences.”
- Isabelle’s Grill Room & Garden: The Ritz Carlton Coconut Grove serves “classic and bright flavors.”
- The Key Club: A “classic American bar and grill” with “timeless Continental cuisine.”
- Peacock Garden Bistro: The Spice menu includes French onion soup and Italian cacio e pepe.
- Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink: MICHELIN recommends Chef Michael Schwartz’s bistro for its “good quality, good value cooking.”
- Blue Matisse Restaurant and Nau Lounge: The daily executive lunch rotation buffet is a “culinary journey.”
- Two Sisters Restaurant: Flavor profile blends “Miami essences and European cuisine.”
French cuisine
- French Bistro (Argentine influence)
Greek cuisine
Japanese cuisine
- Pubbelly Sushi: Brickell, Aventura, Dadeland, and Miami Beach
- Sushi Garage: Miami Beach and Cocowalk
Korean BBQ
Latin American
- Jaguar Restaurant (Eclectic)
- Ecléctico Restaurant & Bar (Pan-Latin fusion)
- CHICA (Eclectic)
- Amara at Paraiso (Eclectic)
- Quinto La Huella (Uruguayan)
- Chotto Matte (Peruvian)
- Ola Restaurant (Pan-Latin, Spanish and Caribbean)
- Texas de Brazil (Brazilian)
Mediterranean cuisine
Mexican cuisine
Pan-Asian cuisine
Seafood
Spanish cuisine
- Bulla Gastrobar: The Falls, Doral and Coral Gables
Steakhouse
- Platea (Peruvian inspired)
Thai cuisine
Vegan
- Planta Queen (Pan-Asian)
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