Photo Credit: Joiseyshowaa [flickr]

Photo Credit: Joiseyshowaa [flickr]

Sunset in Miami

By Chef Michelle Bernstein

I love sunset in Miami. We like to go sit on the Miami River and have great seafood at Garcia’s Seafood Grille & Fish Market. They have incredible stone crabs, whole fish and the best plátanos maduros.

Garcia's Seafood | Photo Credit: Find. Eat. Drink.

Garcia's Seafood | Photo Credit: Find. Eat. Drink.

House-made soups at Epicure Market | Photo Credit: Find. Eat. Drink.

House-made soups at Epicure Market | Photo Credit: Find. Eat. Drink.

If we want to let the kids run around, we'll go to the beach and bring all kinds of yummy nibbles from Epicure Market for us and the kids. We'll pack either a thermos of our favorite cocktail or a good bottle of bubbly (Ruinart Rosé). My favorites are fresh pea hummus and with veggies and anchoïade dressing, watermelon Greek salad or caramelized onion dip and potato chips.  Everybody does what they wish - swim, run around, eat, drink, play with the kids and just be together.

GARCIA'S SEAFOOD GRILLE & FISH MARKET - 398 Northwest North River Drive, Miami, FL 33128, T: 305.375.0765 | | www.garciasmiami.com

EPICURE MARKET - 1656 Alton Road, Miami Beach, FL | T: 305.672.1861 | www.epicuremarket.com

Chef Michelle Bernstein of Seagrape

Photo Credit: Michael Pisarri

Photo Credit: Michael Pisarri

Located in the Thompson Miami Beach Hotel, chef Michelle Bernstein has created a Floridian brasserie showcasing local produce, seafood and Jackman Ranch Florida Wagyu steak. You’ll also find her unique Latin-inspired dishes like Spanish Octopus a la Plancha and Roasted Halibut with ajo negro. Bernstein is a Miami native of Jewish and Latin descent, which influences her signature style of cuisine. She is a James Beard Award winner (Best Chef South 2008) and author of the cookbook Cuisine a Latina.

To get Michelle Bernstein's Miami recommendations, download the Find. Eat. Drink. iPhone app.

SEAGRAPE - 4041 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33140 | T: 786.605.1043 | www.seagrapemiamibeach.com 

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