Miami's Best Local Eats, Miami, Florida

In anticipation of my upcoming return home, I thought it would be nice to put together a list of all the best places to eat in Miami. For me, it’s more like a checklist of places I have to remember to go to while I’m there. Some of these are nice restaurants. Some of them are holes that delicious food comes out of. If you’ve never been to Miami, this is will give you a great reason to visit all of Miami and not just South Beach.

Finka is as far as you can get from anything good in Miami (unless you’re headed to the Everglades), somewhere between Tamiami and Kendall West. But this is one of the best restaurants in the city. It’s owned by the hipster daughter of the people behind Islas Canarias, restaurants in the city. It’s owned by the hipster daughter of the people behind Islas Canarias, another Miami staple with the BEST Cuban croquetas in the world. But Finka is more upscale in a rustic way. And you won’t regret the drive out there when you wrap your mouth around a bite of churrasco with sweet potato mash. Their menu is a Cuban Asian fusion, but they have a ton of options for every preference, like pulled pork mac and cheese or manchego pizza and all of it is outstanding. Their cocktails are also to die for. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).