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Hiro’s Yakko-san: Fine Izakaya Fare in North Miami [CLOSED]

On the fringes of a residential neighborhood in North Miami Beach, Hiroshi Shigetomi’s izakaya is turning out Japanese comfort food on a level I’ve never found in Los Angeles. Hiro named his North Miami...
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L.C.’s Roti Shop: Getting Loose at Trinidad Party in North Miami

Elsie Chin and husband “Chin” have run L.C.’s Roti Shop in a North Miami strip mall for 21 years. They specialize in modified versions of the dishes her Indian great grandparents brought with them...
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Art Key West

Louie’s Backyard: Seafood at Shipwreck Hunter’s Key West Home

A sign sporting a scallop shell and five stars signaled our arrival at Louie’s Backyard in the former family home of Captain James Randall Adams, who scoured local waters for shipwrecks in the early...
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La Camaronera: Standing Up For Shrimp Near Calle Ocho

The affable, white-haired Garcia Brothers – Arsenio, Juan, and Ramon – have run this strip mall seafood shack northwest of Calle Ocho since 1973. This establishment is so bare bones that there are no...
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Seafood Miami

Captain Jim Hanson’s Seafood: Marketing Fresh Catch

Since it was the last meal of my trip, I wanted to eat something I couldn’t get back home in Los Angeles. Scrolling through a stack of restaurant round-ups from national food magazines, the...
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Chinese Restaurant Miami

Mr. Chu’s Hong Kong Cuisine: Sleek Chinese Restaurant by Miami Beach [CLOSED]

“Live Japanese river crabs.” That’s all I had to hear to eat sushi with my friend Ben and his girlfriend on Espanola Way. Sure enough, when we arrived, a fishbowl sat atop the sushi...
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