Chef Jeremy Ford at his South Beach restaurant Stubborn Seed, which was the only Miami-area restaurant to make the latest 50Best Discovery list.
A Miami Beach restaurant and nine local bars were named among the best in the world by an international digital guide.
50 Best Discovery, which is an extension of the popular guide for travelers The World’s 50 Best, just released its 2026 latest roundup of the best restaurants, bars, vineyards and hotels around the world. In the restaurant category, only Stubborn Seed in Miami Beach made the cut.
Created in 2017 and led by chef Jeremy Ford, who is also the force behind Salt + Ash in the Florida Keys and Terra in Aruba, Stubborn Seed earned a Michelin star in 2022 and has retained it ever since. Ford also opened a second Stubborn Seed at Resorts World Las Vegas in 2025.
The guide praised Stubborn Seed’s commitment to sustainability.
Chef Jeremy Ford at his farm in the Redland, which hosts monthly dinners in the winter. The farm supplies his restaurants, including the Michelin-starred Stubborn Seed in Miami Beach. MATIAS J. OCNER mocner@miamiherald.com
“Grounded in a sustainability-led ethos, local partnerships like Compost for Life and produce from chef Ford’s Homestead-based farm to inform a menu that looks to the future as much as it does to flavour,” the guide says.
“Fusing Asian and Latin influences, the a la carte and three-tier tasting menu delivers intricately composed plates. Dishes rotate every few weeks and can range from ginger- and citrus-cured Japanese yellowtail with tomato consommé and umami citrus granita to braised leek and Gruyère raviolo finished with potato espuma and crispy smoked pork belly.”
The guide also praised Stubborn Seed’s “stellar” cocktail program.
Best bars and hotels 
Co-founder Dan Binkiewicz at Sweet Liberty in Miami Beach, which was named among the best bars in the world by 50Best Discovery. D.A. Varela dvarela@miamiherald.com
Speaking of cocktails, nine area bars also made the list: Bar Kaiju at The Citadel in Miami; Café La Trova in Little Havana; Champagne Bar at The Surf Club in Surfside; the vinyl listening bar Dante’s HiFi in Wynwood; Sexy Fish in Brickell; Sweet Liberty, Swizzle Rum Bar & Drinkery and Broken Shaker in Miami Beach; and ViceVersa in Miami.
Earlier this year, the Cuban-inspired Café La Trova and the downtown hot spot ViceVersa were also named among the best bars at the North America’s 50 Best Bar awards
Four Miami-area hotels also made the list: 1 Hotel South Beach; Faena in Miami Beach; Four Seasons Hotel at The Surf Club in Surfside; and The Setai in Miami Beach.
50Best Discovery considers itself a global guide, not a ranking. It highlights more than 3,500 restaurants, bars, hotels and vineyards around the world and is voted on by more than 3,000 independent experts.
Connie Ogle loves wine, books and the Miami Heat. Please don’t make her eat a mango.