Miami’s Latest Restaurant Openings, April 2025

Are you having bother maintaining with all the brand new institutions popping up? Listed here are some noteworthy eating places opening round Miami this March.

Chef Michael Solomonov brings the flavors of Tel Aviv to South Florida

Collectively, chef Michael Solomonov and accomplice Steve Prepare dinner have earned 5 James Beard awards for his or her eating places, which embody the much-lauded Zahav in Philadelphia. In March, they opened Aviv on the 1 Resort in South Seashore. Solomonov has usually in contrast Miami to Israel’s Tel Aviv in spirit and vibrancy, and his dishes attempt to meld the 2 cities. Examples embody pompano with sea bean tzatziki, haloumi baklava with quince and pistachio, and the chef’s signature hummus. Ingenious cocktails embody the Zhoug, a zesty twist on a basic margarita with a touch of spice, and the Black and White Cookie, a liquid play on the basic Jewish deal with.

Cheese ice cream, by the best way of New York

New York-based ice cream firm Van Leeuwen focuses on fanciful flavors, starting from its viral Kraft mac and cheese to Sabrina Carpenter’s espresso. It opened its first Miami store in South Seashore. Particular flavors for the launch embody Key lime pie, white chocolate raspberry brownie, blue jasmine passionfruit swirl, and mango sticky rice.

Omakase from Mexico involves Brickell Key

Mexico’s Grupo Ikigai opened its first U.S. restaurant, Ikigai, in Brickell Key. Led by chef Ignacio Carmona, who has greater than 30 years of expertise in a few of Mexico’s most interesting Japanese eating places, Ikigai presents nigiri, maki, and sashimi, together with omakase experiences with components flown in from Japan, New Zealand, Chile, Mexico, the U.S., and Europe.

Fancy Chicago steakhouse lands in Miami

Chef Danny Grant brings his Chicago restaurant Maple & Ash to Downtown’s Miami World Middle. The expensive steakhouse is greatest recognized for its “I Don’t Give a F*@ok” tasting menu, a $225 per individual chef’s alternative of wagyu beef, fire-roasted shellfish, and extra. The decadence continues with the restaurant’s well-known towers of seafood, ice cream sundaes, and even espresso martinis.

Meat sweats in Dadeland

Brazilian steakhouse Fogo de Chao opened its latest location in downtown Dadeland. Diners are handled to dinner and a present of types as they watch the culinary crew butcher and grill aged steaks, sausages, and chops on an open flame. Earlier than you allow, decide up some steaks from Fogo de Chao’s on-premise butcher store.

Canine-friendly wine bar

Intimate wine patio River Home is situated on the historic Miami River Inn, providing reasonably priced wines that vary between $12 and $18 a glass. Lush greenery and a dog-friendly surroundings make this an satisfying place for a glass and a snack.

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Asian meets Caribbean in Wynwood

Chef Raheem Sealy (Kyu, Consuming Pig, and J&C Oyster) opened Shiso in Wynwood. The menu combines Asian and Caribbean flavors and strategies, as evidenced by gadgets resembling sticky ribs with furikake and oxtail gunkan.

An enthralling wine bar in Little River

Magie, the charming wine bar in Miami’s Little River neighborhood, simply opened a second location in Coconut Grove. This location presents “serve your self” wines, specializing in areas in Spain and Portugal. It additionally incorporates a menu of elevated bar meals by chef Ivan Barros, together with caviar corn canines and house-made potato chips with caviar and crème fraîche.

Argentia meets Italian for a cocktail

Conventillo, an Argentinean Italian out of doors bar, opened in Miami’s MiMo neighborhood with a cocktail menu created by Unfiltered Hospitality’s Josue Gonzalez. The Argentinian-inspired libations embody a mate highball and a Tango bitter. In the event you’re hungry, there are wood-fired meats, recent pastas, and pizzas.

Maple bacon doughnuts in Fort Lauderdale

Indiana-based chain Parlor Doughnuts is thought for its multi-layered doughnuts with a croissant-like texture, opened its first South Florida location in Fort Lauderdale. Doughnut flavors embody maple bacon, peanut butter cup, and Dreamsicle. Parlor additionally presents vegan, keto-friendly, and gluten-free choices. Even canines have their day, with particular doggie doughnuts on provide.

Uchiko

Japanese delicacies from Austin, Texas

Austin-based Hai Hospitality introduced its James-Beard-winning Uchi to Wynwood in 2021, providing sushi and omakase experiences (together with a vegan possibility). Its sister, Uchiko, presents a bolder method to Japanese delicacies with fire-grilled seafood, greens, and steaks. Pair your meal with cocktails such because the Kumori, a riff on the tried-and-true lychee martini.

An iconic Chinese language restaurant reopens

When venerable restaurant Christine Wan’s closed its doorways in November 2024, after 28 years of service, individuals who liked the restaurant for its Chinese language delicacies have been saddened. Now, simply months after the information, chef/restaurateur Alex Kuk reopened the restaurant in the identical location it has resided in for practically three a long time. The story has a good higher twist — Alex Kuk is the nephew of the founding father of Christina Wan’s (and the great-grandson of the founding father of the unique Wan’s Mandarin Home, which opened greater than 5 a long time in the past). Kuk, who’s co-owner of Fort Lauderdale’s Temple Road Eatery, modernized some facets like including a cocktail program. However its coronary heart lies within the Mandarin, Cantonese, and Szechuan dishes, together with a superb Beijing duck.

Eat Key lime pie by the seaside

Fortunate Fish is a basic seaside bar immediately throughout the road from Dania Seashore. Hearken to the waves crash on the terrace or take pleasure in a drink on the out of doors tiki bar. The restaurant presents breakfast, lunch, and dinner each day with a menu of classics like conch fritters, a tropical shrimp wrap, a neighborhood fish sandwich, smash burgers, and (after all) Key lime pie. After a day on the seaside, benefit from the weekday completely satisfied hour with $7 cocktails, $5 draft beers, and $6 wines by the glass from 3 p.m. to six p.m. This dog- and family-friendly restaurant additionally presents reside music nightly with no cowl cost.