Great Miami/South Beach Dining/

[nypork]

Where should I go?

[Marcuscat]

Where should I go?

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The Blue Door

[joiei]

Azul at the Mandarin.

[newguy]

i second the blue door

[robyn]

This is the last message I wrote about eating in Miami/Miami Beach. I've dined at Azul before. Casa Tua is better in my opinion.

Where are you staying? Dade County is very big - and the traffic is very bad. Robyn

[ecruz1026]

Talula in Miami Beach. Ola on Biscayne Blvd. Azul downtown. Ortanique in Coral Gables. El Rey de las Fritas in Little Havana.

Now you've got a rec for each touristy district in the city.

[Busboy]

Please eat a Cubano (sandwich) for me. And report back. The always voracious Jonny Apple tells you where to begin your search for Miami's answer to New York's pizza or Philly's cheesesteaks as great street fare, in this article.

Edited November 3, 2004 by Busboy (log)

[NVNVGirl]

Is Escapazzo still around? I think it's on Washington....or was...it was great.

[richw]

I found the Blue Door to be a major disappointment all around. Food was just okay and the service was unpleasant. Tell us more about what you are looking for. I'm a local.

[robyn]

Talula in Miami Beach.  Ola on Biscayne Blvd.  Azul downtown.  Ortanique in Coral Gables.  El Rey de las Fritas in Little Havana.

Now you've got a rec for each touristy district in the city.

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How is Ola? Is Doug Rodriguez in the kitchen? I'm going to Scottsdale AZ next month and was thinking of trying his new restaurant there (Deseo?). I used to love YUCA - but that was a long long time ago. Robyn

[nypork]

Thanks folks, I tell you how the Cubans were,

[ecruz1026]

Is Escapazzo still around? I think it's on Washington....or was...it was great.

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It's still there. I've gone a couple of times in the last few months and it was great. Not many places like this in MIA.

[ecruz1026]

Talula in Miami Beach.  Ola on Biscayne Blvd.  Azul downtown.  Ortanique in Coral Gables.  El Rey de las Fritas in Little Havana.

Now you've got a rec for each touristy district in the city.

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How is Ola? Is Doug Rodriguez in the kitchen? I'm going to Scottsdale AZ next month and was thinking of trying his new restaurant there (Deseo?). I used to love YUCA - but that was a long long time ago. Robyn

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Every time I've gone for dinner or drinks I've come across Douglas. I think Miami is defintely his element. Yuca is not the same since he left. They tried to resurrect it a few months ago without him and it crashed. I've been curious about how the other restaurants in his far flung empire are.

[robyn]

Talula in Miami Beach.  Ola on Biscayne Blvd.  Azul downtown.  Ortanique in Coral Gables.  El Rey de las Fritas in Little Havana.

Now you've got a rec for each touristy district in the city.

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How is Ola? Is Doug Rodriguez in the kitchen? I'm going to Scottsdale AZ next month and was thinking of trying his new restaurant there (Deseo?). I used to love YUCA - but that was a long long time ago. Robyn

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Every time I've gone for dinner or drinks I've come across Douglas. I think Miami is defintely his element. Yuca is not the same since he left. They tried to resurrect it a few months ago without him and it crashed. I've been curious about how the other restaurants in his far flung empire are.

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I'm visiting my brother in Scottsdale - so I'll ask him if he's heard anything or been there. If it's an unknown to him (entirely possible - he likes to eat but he's a busy doctor with high school kids) - perhaps we'll just give it a try. I'd be curious to see whether there are any southwest influences in the cooking there.

I left Miami in 1995 - and Yuca was never the same after Rodriguez left. It was a time and place thing for him and that restaurant - right time - right place - kind of magical - and when he left - the magic disappeared. Some restaurants can survive the departure of an imaginative first chef - but not many. And Yuca wasn't one of them. Robyn