Downtown Miami/Brickell Guidebook
Food scene
This place looks like an Italian family with a slight hoarding issue broke into a Downtown building and no one’s decided to kick them out because their pasta is so good. There’s no restaurant in the area with as much personality as Soya: a dim, cavernous space stuffed with books, mismatched furniture, and antiques. They do live jazz here Thursday-Saturday, so stop by one of those days if you want a little extra romance. But it’s worth parallel parking for the eggplant parm - music or no music - and the slightly sweet fazzoletti di formaggio e pera is one of our favorite plates of pasta in town thanks to the surprisingly great combination of pear and ricotta.
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Soya e Pomodoro
120 NE 1st StThis place looks like an Italian family with a slight hoarding issue broke into a Downtown building and no one’s decided to kick them out because their pasta is so good. There’s no restaurant in the area with as much personality as Soya: a dim, cavernous space stuffed with books, mismatched furniture, and antiques. They do live jazz here Thursday-Saturday, so stop by one of those days if you want a little extra romance. But it’s worth parallel parking for the eggplant parm - music or no music - and the slightly sweet fazzoletti di formaggio e pera is one of our favorite plates of pasta in town thanks to the surprisingly great combination of pear and ricotta.
A family-owned, authentic Italian restaurant in the heart of downtown Miami serving hand-crafted dishes and desserts!
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Ristorante Fratelli Milano
213 SE 1st StA family-owned, authentic Italian restaurant in the heart of downtown Miami serving hand-crafted dishes and desserts!
An all-day French café, taking its inspiration from our travels and from Paris. It’s a place where you will feel at home.
Their menu will please your friends, your parents, your kids, and your lover. Imagine being able to have breakfast, brunch, and lunch at the same time, every day and all day long! Highly recommend!
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Café Bastille
248 SE 1st StAn all-day French café, taking its inspiration from our travels and from Paris. It’s a place where you will feel at home.
Their menu will please your friends, your parents, your kids, and your lover. Imagine being able to have breakfast, brunch, and lunch at the same time, every day and all day long! Highly recommend!
Neighborhoods
Culture and history meet industry and entertainment in Downtown Miami.
Greater Miami is synonymous with beautiful beaches and towering palm trees – but in its urban center, it’s the cityscape of glittering skyscrapers over Biscayne Bay that gets all the attention. Diverse, dynamic and densely populated, Downtown Miami and the adjoining Brickell area is a hub of international finance, dining, arts and entertainment that no visitor should miss.
Despite its modern façade, this neighborhood has its roots firmly planted in the past, springing up along the banks of what is now known as the Miami River. Miami’s first development boom started here in the 1900s, and icons such as the DuPont Building (Miami’s only Art Deco skyscraper) and the Freedom Tower
(where Cuban refugees were processed for entry into the U.S.) were raised in the following years. Today, the Freedom Tower is home to the Museum of Art and Design (MOAD) at Miami Dade College. Downtown Miami’s newest architectural icons – which do double duty as popular entertainment venues – include the contemporary art-focused Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM); the American Airlines Arena (home to the NBA’s Miami HEAT); and the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science, which houses an aquarium and a 250-seat planetarium.
Visitors can easily get around Downtown Miami’s compact core using CitiBikes, scooters and the Metromover (a free, air-conditioned elevated train). It winds through Brickell – where the shops at Brickell City Centre and Mary Brickell Village entice – and heads north to attractions such as the waterfront green spaces at Maurice A. Ferré Park and Bayfront Park, and to the shops at Bayside Marketplace, where the nearly 200-foot-high Skyviews Miami observation wheel offers panoramic views of Biscayne Bay. Bayside is also a hub for sightseeing bus tours and boat tours, which take passengers through the bay islands, fringed with palatial waterfront homes, many of them celebrity-owned.
Of course, a day of exploration requires fuel, and this neighborhood brims with appetizing options for lunch, happy hour and dinner. Dine at Area 31 Brickell on the 16th floor of the Kimpton EPIC Hotel or at La Mar by Gastón Acurio on the terrace of the Mandarin Oriental, Miami on Brickell Key, with spectacular views of Biscayne Bay and the skyline.
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Downtown Miami
Culture and history meet industry and entertainment in Downtown Miami.
Greater Miami is synonymous with beautiful beaches and towering palm trees – but in its urban center, it’s the cityscape of glittering skyscrapers over Biscayne Bay that gets all the attention. Diverse, dynamic and densely populated, Downtown Miami and the adjoining Brickell area is a hub of international finance, dining, arts and entertainment that no visitor should miss.
Despite its modern façade, this neighborhood has its roots firmly planted in the past, springing up along the banks of what is now known as the Miami River. Miami’s first development boom started here in the 1900s, and icons such as the DuPont Building (Miami’s only Art Deco skyscraper) and the Freedom Tower
(where Cuban refugees were processed for entry into the U.S.) were raised in the following years. Today, the Freedom Tower is home to the Museum of Art and Design (MOAD) at Miami Dade College. Downtown Miami’s newest architectural icons – which do double duty as popular entertainment venues – include the contemporary art-focused Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM); the American Airlines Arena (home to the NBA’s Miami HEAT); and the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science, which houses an aquarium and a 250-seat planetarium.
Visitors can easily get around Downtown Miami’s compact core using CitiBikes, scooters and the Metromover (a free, air-conditioned elevated train). It winds through Brickell – where the shops at Brickell City Centre and Mary Brickell Village entice – and heads north to attractions such as the waterfront green spaces at Maurice A. Ferré Park and Bayfront Park, and to the shops at Bayside Marketplace, where the nearly 200-foot-high Skyviews Miami observation wheel offers panoramic views of Biscayne Bay. Bayside is also a hub for sightseeing bus tours and boat tours, which take passengers through the bay islands, fringed with palatial waterfront homes, many of them celebrity-owned.
Of course, a day of exploration requires fuel, and this neighborhood brims with appetizing options for lunch, happy hour and dinner. Dine at Area 31 Brickell on the 16th floor of the Kimpton EPIC Hotel or at La Mar by Gastón Acurio on the terrace of the Mandarin Oriental, Miami on Brickell Key, with spectacular views of Biscayne Bay and the skyline.
City/town information
Miami is one of the state's – and the world’s – most popular vacation spots. Though destinations often are said to offer something for everyone, the Miami area does indeed offer multiple enticements for everyone:
The trendy nightlife of South Beach, bejeweled by the eye candy of the Art Deco district.
The bustle of Calle Ocho and the highly caffeinated energy of Little Havana.
The plush hotels of Miami Beach and the historic hideaways of Coral Gables.
Seemingly endless shopping opportunities in modern, sprawling malls and the quiet, personal attention offered by the family-owned shops of Coconut Grove and many other corners of the region.
The lures of deep-sea fishing and golf and tennis.
Miami's major league football, basketball, hockey and baseball.
Boat shows and auto racing.
Art festivals and outdoor food and wine extravaganzas.
An international airport and the world’s busiest cruise port.
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Miami
Miami is one of the state's – and the world’s – most popular vacation spots. Though destinations often are said to offer something for everyone, the Miami area does indeed offer multiple enticements for everyone:
The trendy nightlife of South Beach, bejeweled by the eye candy of the Art Deco district.
The bustle of Calle Ocho and the highly caffeinated energy of Little Havana.
The plush hotels of Miami Beach and the historic hideaways of Coral Gables.
Seemingly endless shopping opportunities in modern, sprawling malls and the quiet, personal attention offered by the family-owned shops of Coconut Grove and many other corners of the region.
The lures of deep-sea fishing and golf and tennis.
Miami's major league football, basketball, hockey and baseball.
Boat shows and auto racing.
Art festivals and outdoor food and wine extravaganzas.
An international airport and the world’s busiest cruise port.
Consejos para la ciudad
Facilidad para moverse por la casa
Metromover: The best way to get around
Miami Metromover is the 4.4-mile, electric-powered people mover that loops around Downtown Miami and Brickell and also connects you to the Miami Metrorail and Miami bus lines. Wherever you need to go in the heart of Miami, these speedy little above-ground cars will get you there – and fast.