Downtown Miami/Brickell Restaurants

Many new restaurants are appearing in the Downtown Miami area, but until I try them for myself I will not comment on them. Instead, I will tell you, little about our favorites.

When we first moved into Downtown Miami in October 2007, we were hungry (in every sense of the word) to explore our new area. As you all know from my previous post, we are advocates of the public transportation, Miami Dade Transit, so we would hop on the metromover and go over the bridge into the Brickell area. There are several restaurants in that part of town, including P.F. Chang's, Rosa Mexicano, Tobacco Road (which is the oldest bar in Miami) and many others. We tried most of them that first year, and the ones that we continue to go back to and why, follows:

I always wanted to set foot in Perricones, for years as I drove by Brickell the place seemed packed, especially during happy hours and finally I was there! What a great experience, from that first day it seemed that we had been there all along. It's such a great ambiance, the bartenders and waitresses are very friendly, they get to know you by name. We usually sit outside by the bar and chat with all the staff and locals. Our favorite menu item is the mussels, which come in a red sauce in which you dip your bread into and it's delicious!! Oh wow, I could just taste it, then for dessert you have to have their New York Cannoli, to die for! We even go to their marketplace and buy them to bring home.

The next place I want to tell you about is Rosinella, they have two locations, one in South Miami Beach at Lincoln Road and the one at Brickell, which is were we are regulars. We walked by this restaurant several times and there were always people dining outside, as well as many inside, they were always busy. We made our debut on Valentines Day, no reservations, first come first serve. Since then, we have been hooked. They have a great menu but our favorites are: for starters, the fried calamari, the best ever! Then we usually, I should say "always" get the Pizza Gorgonzola, oh boy, don't take it from me, you have to try it for yourself. Everyone that we have brought to this quaint little place raves about these items and no matter how far they have to drive, they always come back.

Another favorite of ours is Tobacco Road, we just like to unwind have a burger & listen to the music. As previously mentioned, this is the oldest bar in Miami.

Well there you go, when you are in our part of town give these places a try. I guarantee you that you will be back for more.

Until next review....
"Zmiami like a native"