See the view of Miami at this new Latin fusion restaurant on the 25th floor of the Conrad

A Top Chef alum is taking over the 25th floor of the newly renovated Conrad Miami. Built in 2004, the Brickell Avenue hotel has a new look and spanking new restaurant, too.

Nativo Kitchen & Bar, debuting next month, is located on the hotel’s 25th floor lobby and will feature an outdoor terrace in addition to the indoor seating and bar.

Executive Chef Pablo Lamon, alum of Top Chef season 16, The Matador Room and 27 Restaurant & Bar as well as a San Pellegrino Top Ten Chef Under 30 Award recipient, has developed a menu that encourages sharing and includes Latin-tinged dishes including his signature Causa de Pulpo and Osso buco empanadas as well as house-made pastas including the goat cheese gnocchi with smoked eggplant, large plates of duck breast with polenta and calabaza (West Indian pumpkin) and a remolacha (beet)-glazed short rib.

Cocktails come by way of mixologist Nicholas Mantzaridis, and include the Halo-Halo made with Bombay Sapphire Gin, Vida Mezcal, Ube, Coconut, Pineapple and Lime; the Blonde Boulevardier with Toki Whisky, Salers Gentian, Dolin Blanc and Orange Bitters; and the Hacienda with Plantation Pineapple Rum, Blueberry, Horseradish and Lemon.

Nativo Kitchen & Bar will serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner, as well as daily Happy Hour and a prix fixe Executive Lunch. Brunch happen sometime in early-2020, they say.

Details: Nativo Kitchen & Bar, 1395 Brickell Ave., 25th floor, Miami

This story was originally published November 13, 2019 at 1:44 PM.