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Feb 25-28, 2010

South Beach Food & Wine Festival  

Various Locations, South Beach
786 206 2717
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The Festival is world-renowned for its ability to attract culinary celebrity. Some of this year’s expected guests include Mario Batali, Bobby Flay, Emeril Lagasse, Tyler Florence, Guy Fieri and Martha Stewarts among many others.

Parties

Mar 8-10, 2010

Trafik Tradshow  

Miami Beach Convention Center, 1901 Convention Center Drive
305 673 7311
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A bi-annual tryst between clothing buyers and brands that brings together fashion industry chic-sters, flowing wine, and pounding club music.

Ongoing

Scene

The Florida Room  

Delano, 1685 Collins Avenue, South Beach
305 672 2000
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The irresistible allure of mid-century Miami Beach nightlife returns to the city in The Florida Room at Delano. A dazzling collaboration between Morgans Hotel Group and Kravitz Design, The Florida Room is a modern-day piano lounge inspired by a classic period of South Floridian glamour.

Skybar  

Shore Club, 1901 Collins Avenue, South Beach
305 695 3100
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Where the beautiful people come to lounge. From the gorgeous outdoor bars to the indoor red room, Skybar is the ultimate South Beach destination. How to get in: go early, dress to impress, and bring a model.

Sunset Lounge  

Mondrian, 1100 West Avenue, South Beach
305 514 1500
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Joining the ranks of The Florida Room at Delano and Shore Club’s Skybar, the indoor/outdoor lounge offers the only bayside destination for watching the sunset over Miami’s downtown skyline.

Rose Bar  

Delano, 1685 Collins Avenue, South Beach
305 672 2000
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Elegant and seductive. The sleek marble bar boasts first-rate bartenders, velvet curtains, a pool table, and looming columns.

Shore Thing Sundays at Shore Club  

Shore Club, 1901 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach
786 276 6772
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Presented by Tommy Pooch & Alan Roth along with Hassan Radouane. From 2PM every Sunday. Music by DJ Mateo
For table reservations call 786 276 6772 or click here to email

Restaurants

AGO  

Shore Club, 1901 Collins Avenue, South Beach
305 695 3226
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Serves up as many celebrities and delicacies as its Los Angeles mothership. Hard to find a more perfect lunch than the drool-inducing seafood pasta, a crisp white wine, and this scene.

BLUE DOOR  

Delano, 1685 Collins Avenue, South Beach
305 674 6400
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High on drama. Big on scene. As if on cue, the ocean wind always seems to blow up the wide steps and into the dining room. The seafood is exquisite (especially the tuna and the sea bass).

BLUE SEA  

Delano, 1685 Collins Avenue, South Beach
305 674 6400
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You'll enjoy the best people-watching view in Miami from this tiny, intimate sushi and raw bar tucked away in the corner of the lobby of Delano. Grab a seat at the long, sleek, white communal table and sit high as you feast on caviar and the freshest rolls in town.

ASIA DE CUBA  

Mondrian, 1100 West Avenue, South Beach
305 514 1940
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Asia de Cuba blends a vibrant, social atmosphere conceived by Marcel Wanders with innovative menus, incorporating the best of Asian and Latin cuisines and producing intense flavors distinctly united.

NOBU  

Shore Club, 1901 Collins Avenue, South Beach
305 695 3100
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Nobu Matsuhisa is in the house. Neo-Japanese inventions have achieved cult status. People go to great lengths for a piece of the action (and the toro).

PLAT BLEU  

Delano, 1685 Collins Avenue, South Beach
305 674 6400
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At the end of Delano’s celebrated lobby, Plat Bleu is South Beach’s newest destination for casual dining. The luxe café-like atmosphere is perfect for lunch, dinner or late night supper.

POOL DINING AT DELANO  

Delano, 1685 Collins Avenue, South Beach
305 672 2000
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Poolside bistro serving Mediterranean-style tapas, fresh seafood, and (yeah!) Sausages. Add a swim and you may have an afternoon (heck, anytime) delight.

Shiso  

1418 20th Street, Miami Beach
305 672 1119
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Great local place. Expansive and interesting menu, good service and fun atmosphere with a lot of personality. They make up for the lack of a full liquor license with a menu of creative saki cocktails, like the Funky Buddha: Both unfiltered milky and regular sake with muddled blueberries and blackberries, agave nectar, lime juice, orange juice, and pomegranate juice..

Charlotte Bistro  UrbanDaddy Recommendation

264 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables
305 443 3003
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Sometimes you make mistakes. You screw up. You anger people you care about. Like your girlfriend. But the good news is you can repair the damage. It can be as simple as biting the bullet and sitting through an episode of Grey's Anatomy. Or booking a couple's massage. Or taking her to a place that reminds her of her first dollhouse. Introducing Charlotte Bistro, maybe the girliest new restaurant we've seen all year, and your chance to get back on her good side, now open in the Gables.

The Grill Club  UrbanDaddy Recommendation

2 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables
786 581 4600
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Whether it's the lack of doughnuts in the conference room these days or the lack of actual employees in your department anymore, there's a lot of belt-tightening going on lately. Which makes it all the more marvelous when someone is willing to step up in times of turmoil and boldly swim against the tide… Get ready to gluttonize: The Grill Club, an all-you-can-eat Brazilian barbecue with a Sao Paulo-sized array of flame-fired meats and side dishes, has just landed in Coral Gables. The only unlimited beef parlor in the CG, the Grill Club is where you'll want to head when you're hungry as an ox and don't feel like narrowing your grilled meat selections down to less than a dozen.

Naoe  UrbanDaddy Recommendation

175 Sunny Isles Boulevard, Sunny Isles
305 947 6263
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Decisions can be hard. This goes double on a Friday. So tonight, instead of dissecting a menu the size of Ulysses, we know a place where you can sit back, relax and let someone else do the ordering… Introducing Naoe, a 17-seat slice of non-decision-making sushi heaven, now open in Sunny Isles. Think of Naoe ("now-ee") as the Kenny Bania of Japanese restaurants: it doesn't make you think too much. (And yet, unlike Bania, you want to hang out with it. A lot.) There are no menus. Instead, you'll step inside the soothing, minimalist space with a sushi lover or three, sidle up to the blond wood counter and surrender yourself to the one thing you can order: the bento box omakase.

Michael's Genuine  

30 North East 40th Street,
305 573 5550
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Easily the most talked-about restaurant in town. Dishes, which depend on seasonal (and preferably regional) ingredients, precision preparation and solid creativity, come in varied sizes ranging from five-buck snacks to extra large plates like a juicy roasted Poulet Rouge chicken with shallot-mascarpone polenta on a bed of arugula, raisins and pignolas.

Goods

Me & Ro  

Shore Club, 1901 Collins Avenue
305 672 3566
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Equal parts Tibetan wisdom and delicate beading make for feminine and modern jewelry that insiders (but not their bank accounts) love.

Spa at Shore Club  

Shore Club, 1901 Collins Avenue, at 19th Street
305 695 3100
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Nothing like a rooftop ocean view to help rejuvenate the old yin and yang. Choose from massages, facials, body and nail treatments for men and women-in private suites or on the outdoor terrace.

Semi-Automatic  

Mondrian, 1100 West Avenue
305 514 1500
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Occupying an entire wall in the hotel lobby, our oversized vending machine redefines necessity by offering a myriad of luxury items at the touch of a fingertip, from a Paul Smith toothbrush to a 1974 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow, with new items rotating in regularly. SemiAutomatic is divided into five categories: Basics, Media, Fashion, Beauty, GoFISH™ and byWANDERS™, and is available to guests 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Prices range from $10 to $1.2 million.

Agua  

Delano, 1685 Collins Avenue
305 674 6100
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A little pampering does a body good. Seaweed wraps at sunset - like it gets any better? Don't forget the massage: the Shiatsu is to die for.

Barneys Co-Op  

832 Collins Avenue
305 421 2010
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The southern outpost of the New York fashion mecca carries the same merch and works the same vibe. Find funky young designers amid old faves, cool accessories, and a wall of jeans sure to send any denimista into a state of ecstasy.