(Digital photo taken by Marc Averette; Found on Wikipedia)
FOOD
- Dinner or lunch at Versailles Restaurant (Little Havana) (Cuban)
- Breakfast or brunch at News Café (South Beach) (American)
- Dinner at Tapas y Tintos (Espanola Way, South Beach) (Spanish)
- Dinner and or music at Casa Larios (Sunset Place) – Live band starts at 10pm on Saturdays (Cuban)
- Dinner or lunch at Old Lisbon Restaurant (Coral Way) (Portuguese)
- Happy Hour Drinks and food at Monty’s or Scotty’s Landing (both in Coconut Grove) – casual seafood on the water
- Other good Cuban restaurants include Havana Harry’s, Las Culebrinas, El Cayo, La Carreta, and La Rosa Restaurant
NIGHT OUT
- Pick any place on Lincoln Road (South Beach), get a table outside and people watch
- Jazz at Van Dyke Café (Lincoln Road, South Beach)
- Drinks at Books and Books Courtyard (Coral Gables)
- Drinks at Skybar in the Shore Club (South Beach)
- Drinks at Delano Hotel Beach Club (it’s a pool/lounge) (South Beach)
Historic/Touristic
- Visit the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables (have afternoon tea there)
- Fairchild Tropical Gardens
- Vizcaya Mansion
- See a performance at the Miami Performing Arts Center
Events
- If you happen to be in Miami on the last Friday of the month (check the website to be sure of the date: http://www.viernesculturales.org/ ), then go to Little Havana’s monthly street festival called Viernes Culturales. It’s a festival with live salsa bands, live cuban folk bands, live contemporary bands, artists selling paintings/crafts on the street, street vendors selling food, coffee, etc. People dance in the street, sing to their favorite songs, restaurants stay open later than normal and you get to see the best in Cuban and Cuban-American art, crafts, culture and politics. Absolutely amazing experience and it ends by 11pm/12pm so you ca still hit up bars and clubs afterwards. It’s 100% cuban culture and something that can only be seen in Miami. Also, it’s free, costs about $5 to park just off calle ocho.
