Welcome to Five Top Tables, a column from Bloomberg Pursuits to guide your dining decisions in London, New York, Dubai, Stockholm and other major cities worldwide.
In the past few years, Miami’s fortunes have skyrocketed — earning it the moniker Wall Street South — and then drifted back down to Earth. At the same time, the city’s culinary landscape keeps expanding with an elevated dining scene that transcends the big-name restaurant chains, creating a singular South Florida style that can’t be replicated in the shadow of Manhattan’s skyscrapers.
As it happens, December is prime time for Miami restaurants, when thousands of collectors, artists, marketing professionals and culture tourists arrive to make their annual rounds at Art Basel. Because the city is so spread out and becausedining rooms get packed, a curated list is essential. To help, we’ve compiled a few of the city’s standout tables that go beyond the ubiquitous oceanfront standbys. Each place excels in its own way, including one just a short walk from the water, where the occasional wild peacock still roams the streets.