Stop cooking! Some of your favorite Miami restaurants reopened for takeout, delivery
Restaurant dining rooms may not yet be open, but some of Miami’s favorite spots are returning with takeout and delivery.
Some restaurants continued to remain in business after Miami-Dade county closed dining rooms in March to control the spread of the coronavirus. But others, known for their ambiance as much as their food, shuttered altogether as they tried to wait out the pandemic.
The county has said it doesn’t have a time frame for opening dining rooms yet, even as guidelines for reopening show how drastically dining out will change.
So some are getting ready by starting up their takeout operations. Here’s a list of some of the new spots.
And this holds true: If there’s a restaurant you used to patronize before the shutdown, call them. They most likely are doing takeout and delivery.
Beaker & Gray
Chef Brian Nasajon is back with signature dishes, such as yellow curry noodles and green papaya salad. Also, family meals in several styles including grilled shrimp, quinoa salad, field greens and roasted cauliflower. A Meat Lover family meal includes thick cut bacon, hangar steak and duck confit. Some of their signature drinks from co-owner Ben Potts are also offered as batched cocktails.
2637 North Miami Ave., Wynwood; www.toasttab.com; 305-699-2637
Boia De ventanita
A Miami Herald February review found Boia De’s food “full of joy and whimsy, challenging the palate from every direction.” Now they’ve reopened a pass-through ventanita, where they sell everything from their pasta-forward menu (bucatini to gnocchi) to the popular fried chicken sandwich that made them a hit when they were a design district taco truck, La Pollita.
5205 NE 2nd Ave, Little Haiti; www.boiaderestaurant.com; 305-967-8866
Bon Gout BBQ
The Little Haiti roadside barbecue turned permanent location continues to sell its Haitian-spiced barbecue. Orders should be made via phone.
99 NW 54th St., Little Haiti; Bongoutbbq.com; 305-395-9812
Café La Trova
Welcome back, Chef Michy. Michelle Bernstein has reopened her Little Havana hot spot for takeout, with a full menu of dishes, from her empanadas to her spins on lechón asado and her mom’s arroz con pollo.
971 SW 8th St., Little Havana; cafelatrova.menu/cafelatrova
Ghee Indian Kitchen
Niven Patel is opening up his Design District restaurant for pickup and delivery to match his Kendall spot, which has continued in business. The menu changes daily depending on what is growing at Patel’s Homestead farm. It is updated at their website.
3620 NE 2nd Ave., Design District; 8965 SW 72nd Pl., Kendall; www.gheemiami.com
Hakkasan
The Fontainebleau’s sleek Chinese restaurant has started takeout and delivery Wednesday through Sunday for most of their dishes. Orders can be placed starting at 4:30 p.m. for dishes like grilled Chilean sea bass with honey, black pepper beef tenderloin and Peking duck. Full menu online.
4441 Collins Ave., Miami Beach; fontainebleau.com/hakkasan; 786-276-1388
Kyu
Wynwood’s high-end Asian barbecue spot is back with its special brand of dishes. Crispy pork belly buns, Thai fried rice stone pot, baby back ribs, and roasted bok choy and Japanese sweet potato highlight the menu.
251 NW 25th St., Wynwood; www.kyurestaurants.com
La Petite Maison
Brickell’s fancy spot is doing it in style, delivering each order in a unique, sustainable canvas tote. A vast menu is available online, from thickly sliced octopus, beef carpaccio and ratatouille with feta to duck a l’orange and tiger prawns. Each order comes with the signature edible table decor of a bottle of olive oil, tomato, lemon and freshly baked bread.
1300 Brickell Bay Dr., Brickell; bbot.menu/lpmrestaurantandbardeliveryorpickup; 305-403-9133
Lokal
The Kush hospitality group has consolidated its menus from Stephen’s Deli, Kush and Spillover at its original Coconut Grove restaurant, where grass-fed beef burgers and craft beer are the draw. Full menus available at kushhospitality.com.
3190 Commodore Plaza, Coconut Grove
Nave
After debuting a “happy hour kit” and Cuban frita hamburgers to go at Ariete, the restaurant’s Italian side Nave is offering pizza kits to make at home with red or white sauce, basil, fresh mozzarella and other toppings. The menus can be seen on Instagram.
3540 Main Hwy., Coconut Grove; bbot.menu/arietetogo; 786-615-3747
Society BBQ
Richard Hales (Sakaya Kitchen, Blackbrick Chinese) is back at Little Haiti’s The Citadel food hall with 10 meat options, including burnt ends, brisket, pork ribs, even a meatless Beyond-meat burnt ends.
8300 NE 2nd Ave, Little Haiti; societybbqmiami.com
Vinaigrette sub shop
Danny Serfer’s kicked up comfort food Blue Collar has remained in business for takeout and delivery. He re-opened his two other restaurants, his classic downtown seafood spot, Mignonette, and his downtown sub shop, Vinaigrette. That means pop-corn conch, gumbo, and crab cakes are back. As is Serfer’s tangy vinaigrette-splashed cold and hot subs.
For menus, visit each of the restaurants’ websites:
https://www.mignonettemiami.com/
https://www.vinaigrettesubs.com/
This story was originally published May 8, 2020 at 11:17 AM.
