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Restaurant Sign Miami

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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Restaurant Pompano Beach

Calypso Raw Bar & Restaurant: Pomp-Free Pompano Caribbean

When I attended Vanderbilt University, my friend Brad and I ate twice a week at Calypso Café, a mini-mall “Caribbean” restaurant conveniently located two blocks from Tolman Hall. We’d gorge ourselves on boija muffins,...
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Restaurant Miami

Chispa: Stylish Latin Fare Lights Spark in Coral Gables [CLOSED]

On a weekend where every meal was a grand affair in honor of my Great Aunt Anne’s 90th birthday, my immediate family had one opportunity to meet and catch up: Monday lunch. As is...
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Restaurant Sign Miami

Joe’s Stone Crab: Seafood and Sebastian the Ibis for 90th B-Day

In Miami, there’s no better place to celebrate a special occasion than Joe’s Stone Crab. The original South Beach restaurant combines impeccable seafood and sides, a classic dark wood interior, and excellent service from...
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