Miami Beach · United States
The Miami Beach food cheat sheet
One page from Chef Amazing · November 2026
The dish to eat
Florida stone crab claws, cooked and chilled, cracked at the table and dipped in a cold mustard sauce.
Best at Joe's Stone Crab, South of Fifth. Get: Selects with mustard sauce, then key lime pie
Five places, and what to order
- Silverlake BistroNeighborhood bistro · Normandy IsleGet: Empanadas with flank steak, duck fat gnocchi mac and cheese
- Mi ColombiaColombian breakfast · North BeachGet: Colombian breakfast
- KatanaFloating sushi bar · Normandy IsleGet: Sushi from the boats
- Cubatón Sandwich Shopfor Cuban sandwich · South BeachGet: The lechon sandwich
- Locura Marinafor Peruvian ceviche · North BeachGet: The ceviche sampler trio
The market
Open-air market. Produce, baked goods, prepared food and orchids along the mall
The line worth it
CarboneSouth of Fifth
Get: spicy rigatoni
In season this November
Stone crab claws · Lincoln Road farmers market produce
How it works here
Tip: Tip 18-22% at sit-down restaurants, a dollar or two a drink at the bar.
Book: Book the hot places on Resy or OpenTable, often the day tables drop (2-4 weeks out); counters and slices are walk-in.
When locals eat: Lunch noon-2pm, dinner 6-9pm; it gets late only in the big cities.