Before: you were living a full life. Now, after consuming these insider tips for use at a handful of Miami’s most important establishments: well, you’re living life to the fullest. Carpe diem, friends.
Just beyond the rim of your glass at the Shaker, you’ll see it: a two-story house beckoning with smoked-salmon croquetas and crispy pork shoulder with spicy slaw. It’s called 27 at the Freehand. Go to it. Stake out a spot at the bar upstairs or downstairs. Yes, that’s two more bars. Math can be great like that.
Here’s what you’re going to do: you’re going to walk straight through the lobby, past the reception desk, and keep going. Just a bit, though. Because then you’ll find it—the Drawing Room. That’s where you’ll let Albert Trummer dress up your cocktail “elixir” with any manner of herbs. Some help with stress. Others act as stimulants. And then there’s that “aphrodisiac” category. Hmm.
This John Lemayer spot is a bar’s bar where serious cocktail-making acumen meets... shuffleboard. And cauliflower nachos. Basically, you could do far worse than rounding up a few friends and heading here for a nightcap or two. By not doing that, for instance.
Listen, there’s never really a wrong time to find yourself at Repour. It’s got a severely laid-back, homey vibe going for it that works pretty much whenever. But if you want to up the ante, you’ll get yourself there for the first Sunday of the month. That’s when they throw a poolside cookout with DJs, burgers, boozy punch bowls and floaties. Floaties get us every time.
The beauty of the Regent? Well, from the dimly lit 1940s-style decor to the bow-tied barkeeps—there’s quite a lot. But what’s particularly noteworthy is its proximity to Dolce’s mozzarella bar and Neapolitan pies. Yep, same Dolce that won Bravo’s Best New Restaurant. In life, there are no coincidences.
