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From rooftops to pasta: 7 new Miami restaurants to explore

Stories by Miami Herald journalists, with AI summarization

New restaurants are opening every day in Miami so it's time to put on your eating pants. Here we present seven new spots recently open in town that show Miami's diverse culinary offerings: from Peruvian to Italian to French -- even Peruvian-Italian fusion.

The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories below were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.

The colorful dining room at Bistro 8, the new upscale Mexican restaurant in Little Havana.

NO. 1: CREATORS OF A MIAMI MICHELIN-STARRED RESTAURANT JUST OPENED A NEW SPOT IN LITTLE HAVANA

Take a look at this new Little Havana spot. | Published January 9, 2025 | Read Full Story by Connie Ogle

The outdoor dining area at Oro rooftop restaurant in Miami Beach. By Salar Abduaziz

NO. 2: THIS LUXURY ROOFTOP RESTAURANT IS FINALLY READY TO OPEN ON MIAMI BEACH. TAKE A LOOK

Another luxury rooftop restaurant is ready to open on Miami Beach.From the Miami-based Golden Era Hospitality Group comes Oro, which is opening its doors this weekend, right next another glamorous dining spot, Mila, on Lincoln Road.Gold, not surprisingly, is the theme here (“oro” of course means “gold” in Spanish). | Published January 16, 2025 | Read Full Story by Connie Ogle

The husband-and-wife team Juan Manuel Umbert and Janice Buraschi from Lima, Peru, the chef/owners of Pasta, at their Wynwood restaurant. By PHOTO BY AL DIAZ

NO. 3: IT’S NOT ITALIAN, BUT THIS WYNWOOD RESTAURANT SERVES SOME OF THE BEST PASTA IN MIAMI

A series of new Italian restaurants opened in Miami over the past few years, but this Wynwood spot that only serves pasta is worth a visit. | Published January 28, 2025 | Read Full Story by Connie Ogle

The dining room at Claudie, the new French-Mediterranean restaurant in Brickell from the creators of Mila and Casa Neos.

NO. 4: THIS NEW FRENCH-MEDITERRANEAN RESTAURANT FROM A LUXURY BRAND HAS BRICKELL BUZZING

From the owners of Mila. | Published February 10, 2025 | Read Full Story by Connie Ogle

The outdoor garden and dining area at Rosemary’s Italian restaurant in Wynwood.

NO. 5: ONE OF NEW YORK’S POPULAR ITALIAN RESTAURANTS JUST OPENED IN MIAMI WITH A STUNNING GARDEN

Let’s take a tour. | Published February 18, 2025 | Read Full Story by Connie Ogle

The interior dining room at Francesco, which is reopening in Coral Gables after closing in 2018.

NO. 6: THIS PERUVIAN SPOT CLOSED AFTER 18 YEARS IN CORAL GABLES. NOW IT’S MAKING A COMEBACK

It’s new location is on Miracle Mile. | Published February 25, 2025 | Read Full Story by Connie Ogle

The chef’s table and interior of Shiso, an Asian smokehouse restaurant from Chef Rahaeem Sealey coming to Wynwood.

NO. 7: THIS POPULAR CHEF LEFT MIAMI FOR BROWARD. NOW HE’S OPENING AN ASIAN SMOKEHOUSE IN WYNWOOD

Chef Raheem Sealey, famous for his time in the kitchen at KYU and his beloved barbecue spot Drinking Pig, has found his way back to Miami.In a partnership with Forward Hospitality Group, Sealey is opening a new Wynwood restaurant called Shiso, an Asian smokehouse that blends the flavors of wood-fired barbecue and the Caribbean (Sealey grew up in St. | Published March 19, 2025 | Read Full Story by Connie Ogle

This report was produced with the help of AI tools, which summarized previous stories reported and written by McClatchy journalists. It was edited by journalists in our News division.