For a more sophisticated brunch (beginning at 11:30 a.m.), head a few blocks north to BLT Steak at the Betsy Hotel, a renovated structure that captures an old-fashioned charm. French toast, pancakes or Belgian waffles are $7.75. The breakfast special (two eggs with fries bacon, ham, sausage or turkey sausage juice, coffee or tea and bread) is $10.50.
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Its halcyon days are gone, but the tables still fill up with tourists and a smattering of locals thanks to the reasonably affordable prices, full breakfast menu and prime people-watching location near the beach. Those in search of a little glamour should continue their stroll to Collins Avenue to tour the lobbies and bars of classic Miami hotels like the Delano with its dark, intimate corners and, if you desire a more boisterous scene, the vast, blue-hued Fontainebleau.īegin the day with an international newspaper and a sidewalk table at the News Cafe, a restaurant, bar and newsstand open 24 hours. Speaking of which, walk farther north on Ocean to the Palace, a gay restaurant and bar, and you might be lucky enough to catch a sidewalk drag show. If you’re not in the mood for drinks, do as others do - watch (dance, even) from the street. Here you can sit at a sidewalk table with a glass of wine and enjoy live music on the hotel’s porch.
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You can head to a club (Cameo, Mansion, Nikki Beach) afterward, or for a more casual night, stop by Hotel Victor, just past the mansion once owned by the designer Gianni Versace. For some of the best outdoor gawking, seafood lovers can head over to SushiSamba and take in the unofficial fashion show with an irresistible plate of rock shrimp tempura ($17) and specialty rolls like the Ezo (salmon, asparagus, onion, chives, sesame, tempura flakes and wasabi mayonnaise $13).Īfter dark, when the sun-kissed passers-by are but shadows, it’s time for another walk, this time to check out Ocean Drive’s Art Deco hotels like Colony, Boulevard and Starlite illuminated in neon blue, pink and red. More refined restaurants, like Altamare and YUCA, are on Lincoln Road. This touristy beachside stretch of restaurants doesn’t offer the finest cuisine, though what the area lacks in culinary flavor it makes up for with flavor of a different sort - an endless parade of creatively dressed (or underdressed) revelers enjoying the breeze off the ocean.
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In other words: pack light.įor some, nothing beats the absurdity of drinking a frozen margarita the size of a noodle bowl stuffed with two upside-down bottles of Corona beer (yes, people do this) at one of the tables lining the sidewalk on Ocean Drive. Designer names dot the surrounding streets.
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You’ll also find coffee shops, ice cream parlors, art galleries, bars, clubs and retail chains like Anthropologie, Madewell and Kiehl’s. Retailers high and low line this wide outdoor pedestrian shopping and eating zone between Alton Road and Washington Avenue, where you can pick up South Beach essentials like crystal embellished Havaianas flip-flops and sarongs in tropical hues.
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South Beach is a breeze to tour by foot or bicycle (you can rent a DecoBike for $6 for an hour or $24 a day a complete price list is at /pricing), and an easy place to begin is Lincoln Road Mall. In this dreamland at the southern tip of Miami Beach, you can choose your own adventure. Miami can be whatever you want it to be - laid back, decked out, gay, straight, a family recess, a single’s playground - which is precisely what makes it such an effortless getaway. A weekend in South Beach ought not to begin with “What to pack?” but rather, “What to pursue?” Do you long for the South Beach of painted-on dresses, frozen margaritas and electric neon? The South Beach of stylish new (or renovated) hotels (Gale, Lord Balfour, SLS South Beach) and restaurants (Yardbird Southern Table & Bar, Khong River House, Tongue & Cheek)? Or the South Beach of yesteryear, of pastel Art Deco buildings, museums and monuments? Perhaps you simply crave.