South Beach Top Chefs To the untrained eye, Miami’s South Beach can be a bit more geared toward visitors than it is for locals. But those of us who reside here know South Beach is as much a neighborhood as a vacation destination — and the places we frequent feel as much like home as a local corner tavern in any city.
Dig deep, and there are Italian restaurants where the matriarch appears from the kitchen to say hello, and French bistros where the chef knows every customer by name. And if you want a homestyle experience in the Art Deco jungle, these 12 places are just right.
Abbalé Telavivian Kitchen – South Beach
Dining in South Beach doesn’t get much breezier than it does at Abbalé, a beautiful little Israeli restaurant nestled South of Fifth. While it’s nowhere near the water, the open walls and foliage-filled ceilings invite the balmy winds off the Atlantic to blow through, while you snack on watermelon feta salad and the fluffiest laffa bread you’ve ever had.
By Matt Meltzer for www.blog.resy.com
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