Hiyakawa is a new Japanese restaurant from the team behind Wabi Sabi. Hiyakawa also serves Japanese food, with a menu that includes sushi, yakimono, an omakase option, and more.

Lil’ Laos is a Laotian pop-up that’s been bouncing around town for the last few months. But they finally got themselves a more permanent home inside The Citadel and are now open for dine-in and takeout.

Naan Indian Eats is a new pop-up operating out of Taquiza South Beach. They’re serving Indian food, with a menu that includes samosas, kofta, chicken tikka, tandoori shrimp, and more. See the full menu online.

Myron Mixon's is a barbecue restaurant in Brickell. They've got the barbecue standards: wings, ribs, pulled pork, brisket, and more.

Hachidori is a ramen spot in Little River. The restaurant does more than ramen too, including pork gyoza, donburi bowls, hand rolls, and more Japanese dishes.

Da Lida is a pasta and wine pop-up operating out of Fooq’s in Downtown. Pasta options include spaghetti alla nerano, rigatoni bolognese, and Fooq’s buccatini amatriciana returns to the menu as well. Reservations for indoor and outdoor dining can be made online.

Botta is a little restaurant on 79th Street Causeway that serves pizza al taglio, focaccia paninis, and lasagna. There’s no indoor seating (it’s more like a pizza ventanita), but they do have a couple of outdoor tables.

Public Square is a self-described American grill in Coral Gables that took over the old Shula’s 347 Grill space. They serve meat, seafood, and other things that do well on a grill.

Mayami Mexicantina is a new Wynwood restaurant that comes from the El Patio team. It’s a very large space and will serve tacos and other Mexican dishes.

Casa Tiki is a new Calle Ocho bar from the same people behind Drunken Dragon and Rácket. They just serve tiki drinks here - no food.

Buya is a Wynwood restaurant that serves yakitori, ramen, and more Japanese dishes. If you find yourself here, order the tempura beech mushroom.

United States Burger Service is a new vendor inside The Citadel. They make some of the best burgers in Miami as well as a very nice fried chicken sandwich and fries.

The Doral Yard, the new location from The Wynwood Yard team (which sadly had to close) is now open in Downtown Doral. Food options include vegan bowls, churros, dim sum, paletas, and more. They’re open every day but Monday.

Vegan Cuban Cuisine is a Kendall restaurant serving vegan versions of Cuban dishes like imperial rice, picadillo, and croquetas with soy-based ham.

LA Toast is a new spot on 79th Street that serves a handful of different avocado toasts - topped with things like smoked salmon, hard boiled eggs, and goat cheese. You can take it to-go or eat it at one of the little tables outside.

The Caja Caliente food truck that was parked in Edgewater for a few years has found a new home in the Design District. You can now find it at 95 NE 40TH St, serving tacos, tamales, ceviche, and more.

Ornos Estiatorio is a very large, 160-seat Greek restaurant in Aventura. They are accepting reservations online.

Mamey is a restaurant from the Ghee team inside Coral Gables’ Thesis Hotel. It has a Caribbean-influenced menu, with dishes like yellowfin tuna tostones, wahoo ceviche, and peri peri chicken. They are accepting orders for takeout online as well.

Flour & Weirdoughs is a Key Biscayne bakery with classic baked goods like baguettes and cinnamon rolls, as well as some more unique things like brisket croissants. They have a handful of sandwiches too. You can see the menu and order online here.

The new Vietnamese spot in Little Haiti is almost ready to celebrate its grand opening. For now, they’re offering takeout and you can order their banh mis, rice and noodle bowls, and pho online.

Frice, maker of some of the best ice cream in Miami, finally got its first scoop shop inside The Citadel. It’s now open Wed-Sun from noon to 9pm in the Little Haiti food hall.

La Giulietta is a new Italian restaurant in Little River’s Ironside complex that replaced Ironside Bakery. The new concept is pretty much a more fleshed-out version of Ironside Bakery, with a bigger menu that’s a mix between a bakery and a pasta place. They’re open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Old Greg’s is a pizza pop-up that’s currently operating out of Kaido in the Design District. They serve a very good sourdough square pie, polenta-crusted chicken wings, and garlic knots. Read more about them here.

The Wynwood taco spot first opened at the end of May, but had to shut down their indoor dining shortly after. Now they’ve debuted a taco window with some outdoor seating. They also have margaritas.

This Basque restaurant is inside Allapattah’s Rubell Museum. It’s not fully open yet, but is operating as a lunch pop-up Wed-Sun, from 11am-3:30pm. The menu includes things like Iberico ham croquets and wild mushroom paella.

Pastificio Propaganda is a Sicilian restaurant in Wynwood that’s currently open for takeout. They have grilled octopus, five different types of pasta, and seafood. You can see their menu online and order by calling 786.615.2555.

Redfish is a waterfront restaurant located inside Matheson Hammock Park. There’s a big outdoor patio with just over 100 seats and a very big menu too, with mostly seafood with some other things like fried chicken and steaks.

Shawarma Stackz is a fast-casual Middle Eastern restaurant in Wynwood with hummus, falafel, and shawarma. You can order online.

Motek is a new Israeli cafe in Downtown. The restaurant is located inside the Seybold building and they serve breakfast and lunch. The menu includes a lot of coffee and dishes like hummus bowls, tahini caesar salad, and a shakshuka egg sandwich.

Marabu is a modern Cuban restaurant inside the Brickell City Centre. Their menu includes fufu de platano, pan con bistec, vaca frita, and roasted fish. They’ve got cocktails too.

The Mandolin team has replaced their newish MiMo restaurant, Gregory’s, with a new takeout and delivery concept called Mr. Mandolin. The restaurant will sell casual Greek food like gyros, kebabs, and dips.

Over Under is a small cocktail bar and restaurant in Downtown Miami. They’re currently open for dine-in and takeout, serving burgers, wings, jackfruit nachos, and some very tasty cocktails.

Overtown’s Red Rooster isn’t technically open yet, but they’re in a sort of soft opening under a new name, The Creamery. The takeout concept serves ice cream (the cornbread flavor is awesome), fried chicken, and sides like mac and cheese. There are some spaced-out picnic tables in case you want to eat there.

NoNo’s Pizzeria & Bar is a new spot in South Beach specializing in New York-style pizza. It’s available by the slice or in whole pies. They’ve got sandwiches and garlic knots too.

100 x 35 Cocina con Raíces is a Puerto Rican restaurant inside a residential building in South Beach. The indoor dining room is big and they serve things like mofongo, fried fish, and pork chops.

C-Food Shack is a new vendor inside the Lincoln Eatery food hall on Lincoln Road. The food is Caribbean, and the owner already has another location back in the Bahamas.

Borsalino is a new coffee shop in Downtown. They’re open for breakfast and lunch, and serve sandwiches, breakfast tacos, salads, pasta, and bowls.

Uptown 66 is a little taco counter in MiMo. It’s mainly a takeout operation but there are some standing tables where you can eat your tacos, quesadillas, and burritos.

The new Little Haiti taco spot has served in places like the Wharf, but now they’ve got their own brick and mortar. The menu has quite a lot of tacos, with standard options like al pastor and carnitas, as well as cauliflower and octopus.

This Upper East Side restaurant specializes in Cajun seafood boils and Southern barbecue. They have outdoor seating and also do brunch on the weekend.

You’ll find this Mediterranean restaurant in the Dadeland Mall. The menu is pretty broad, and has things like pizza, pasta, and tuna tartare.

MKT Kitchen is a new cafe in Coral Gables that serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The menu is heavy on sandwiches. You can sit and eat or grab your food to go.

The South Miami restaurant serves burgers, pasta, and salads alongside entrees like chicken milanese, fish, and steak. There’s both indoor and outdoor seating.

Fuku is a delivery-only spot operating out of Downtown that comes from the Momofuku team and specializes in fried chicken sandwiches.

The Midtown Thai restaurant comes from the team behind Little Havana’s Lung Yai. The menu here is pretty similar, with pad thai, red and green curry, and crispy chicken wings. But, unlike Lung Yai, Daek serves some sushi and (so far) has a much shorter wait.

Punch Bowl Social is a bar and restaurant with locations around the country. The very big Wynwood space is a mash-up of a bowling alley, cocktail bar, and restaurant. Expect bar food and drinks meant to be shared.

The excellent food-truck-turned-bagel-shop opened in MiMo. It’s been busy since day one, so expect a wait. But the bagels here are worth it.

Riverside is an outdoor market in Brickell with different food venues, bars, and lots of space. Food options include tacos, seafood, sushi, and there’s a waterfront view of the Miami River.

The Guest is a restaurant in North Miami that serves a mix of Mediterranean and American food. There are lots of plants hanging around the dining room and dishes include things like flatbreads, pasta, meat entrees.

Mr. Baguette is a sandwich spot in Wynwood. Sandwiches come on croissants or baguettes and they also have juices and salads.

The restaurant on Coral Way is Latin/Japanese fusion and serves things like sushi rolls, tiradito, and ceviche.

Unbranded is a brewery in Hialeah that also serves pizza. It’s got a pretty standard brewery look: high ceilings, concrete floors, and lots of equipment scattered around.

This Canadian chain opened in Mary Brickell Village. It’s big, has lots of TVs for sports, and a menu with steak, burgers, and small plates.

The new rooftop bar on top of the Life House hotel in Little Havana is an excellent place to grab a drink - especially at sunset. Bring a date here or a few friends who appreciate good cocktails.

Nativo is a restaurant in Brickell’s Conrad Hotel. The food is upscale Latin and the dishes are dressed up with things like avocado foam and carrot puree.

Mila is a rooftop restaurant on Lincoln Road with a very modern design. The menu is a mix of Mediterranean and Asian.

The LA taco restaurant has opened its first Miami location on Ocean Drive, which is about as bright and loud as you’d expect from a place with such a name.

The Garden is an outdoor restaurant in the courtyard of the Boulan South Beach. At 9pm, this place turns into a sort of dinner party that looks like some combination of Cirque du Soleil and a Miami nightclub.

The Miami cookie shop’s newest location is in the Design District. They sell very large cookies stuffed full of sweet things.

Frohzen is an ice cream shop in the Design District that’s significantly fancier than your average scoop shop. A whole ice cream cake costs $60 and one scoop of tres leches ice cream is $6.

This Tulum restaurant opened a Miami location inside Mid-Beach’s Casa Faena. The restaurant serves Mexican food, cocktails, and looks like the kind of place people might take a lot of photos of themselves.

Intimo is a new Nikkei restaurant in South of Fifth. It’s a big place that serves sushi and lots of Peruvian dishes.

Osaka is another Nikkei restaurant, this time in a Brickell condo building. It’s a little more upscale, and they have a lot of ceviche, tiradito, and a DJ on the weekends.

Luna Park is a big Italian food hall in the Brickell City Centre that replaced another big Italian food hall called La Centrale. It has multiple floors of pasta, pizza, and more Italian food.

Unseen Creatures is a brewery just off Bird Road serving some of the most interesting beers in Miami. There’s a food truck outside and tables good for big groups.

Chica is a big, modern (and expensive) restaurant that took over the old Soyka space, and serves the kind of Latin dishes that should be very familiar to anyone who’s spent time eating in Miami.

Hutong is a new huge, fancy Chinese restaurant in Brickell. They serve dim sum and have a pretty futuristic interior.

This new seafood spot from the Ariete team is located right next door, and has a nice raw bar selection as well as some interesting pastas.

Mama Joon is a Mediterranean restaurant inside the Life House, Collins Park hotel. The outdoor seating is pretty and next to a tiny canal. The food is mostly vegetables and seafood.

This new spot in Wynwood serves cocktails and has a menu of Latin things like arroz con pollo, shrimp ceviche, and some other fusion dishes.

Orilla is an Argentinian spot inside Urbanica, The Euclid Hotel. There’s a second location in Buenos Aires, and to absolutely no one’s surprise, this place serves a lot of meat.

InRamen is a new ramen spot in South Miami where you can order off your phone by scanning a QR code.

Ironside Bakery is located right next door from the popular Ironside Pizza. The little bakery has some excellent bread, which they put to use in sandwiches, pastries, and more.

DC Pie Co. is from the Lucali team, and is basically attempting to be a bigger faster version of the Sunset Harbor location. It’s not bad, but you’re still better off waiting for a table at the original.

This place is right next to Spanglish, and while it’s more of a place to drink, you can still sit down and eat here if you’re in the mood for bar food like chicken wings and mac and cheese.

Seawell is a seafood spot inside the Kimpton Angler’s Hotel in South Beach. They have indoor and outdoor seating, and a menu with some pretty basic seafood like oysters, fish dip, and lobster rolls.

The Michael’s Genuine team is behind this delivery and take-out only deli on 79th Street. The menu is standard Jewish deli things like bagels and pastrami sandwiches.

Dukunoo is a big Jamaican restaurant right in the heart of Wynwood. They do slightly upscale takes on Carribean dishes like jerk chicken, ackee, and saltfish.

Everyone’s favorite place to get sandwiches on South Beach at 3am opened yet another location, this time in Wynwood.

The popular New York City barbecue spot opened in an Allapattah warehouse and almost immediately became one of our favorite new restaurants in Miami. Order everything.

We checked out Hometown Barbecue and added it to our Hit List.

La Mesa is a new Cuban restaurant in Westchester serving cocktails and a pretty big menu of small plates like lobster nuggets and loaded tostones, alongside bigger options like a tomahawk steak.

Mi’talia is an upscale Italian restaurant from the team behind Stiltsville Fish Bar. The South Miami spot serves things like meatballs, pizza, and pasta.

Papi Steak is a fancy steakhouse that looks more like a nightclub and has a doorman standing outside on the weekends. It is more a place to be seen than eat.

This South Beach restaurant may have “bar” in the name, but it also serves food like baby-back ribs, fried branzino, and oxtail dumpling stew. It has a view of the water if you sit at the right table.

Esotico is a big tiki bar and restaurant just north of Downtown. You can hang out by the bar and just drink, or sit down at a table and eat things like shaved ice leche de dragon and an octopus hot dog.

We checked out Esotico and added it to our Hit List.

Coyo Taco continues to expand its Miami taco empire with a Coral Gables location.

This fancy French place in the Design District is certainly a special occasion spot, and you’re not getting a table unless you have a reservation.

This equally fancy French place is located one floor below L’atelier De Joel Robuchon. It’s a little easier to get a table at and has a cool, futuristic-looking green and white dining room.

We checked out Le Jardinier and added it to our Hit List.

Amare is an upscale Italian restaurant in South of Fifth with outdoor seating and a bright blue dining room that almost requires sunglasses to look at.

This casual South Miami spot serves big dishes like a filet mignon steak sandwich covered in cheese, a creation called pepperoni pizza fries, and a banana split in case you are still hungry.

The Edgewater food truck opened its first brick and mortar in Coral Gables, where they serve their “Cuban tacos” and other very good, mostly Cuban things.

We checked out Caja Caliente and added it to our Hit List.

The NYC Italian sandwich shop opened a very small counter inside the lobby of Urbanica The Meridian Hotel. They serve a handful of big, tasty subs.

Ola is a restaurant inside the Gates Hotel with a big menu of mostly Latin food like ceviche, empanadas, and meat-heavy entrees.

This spot inside the Brightline’s Central Fare station serves wings and a bunch of different versions of mac and cheese.

Laborejo is a healthy restaurant in Doral that has some vegan cheeseburgers, bowls, and other plant-based things.

Bunbury is an Argentinian wine bar and restaurant that relocated to just outside Downtown. They serve empanadas, steaks, and a lot of wine inside a dim dining room with lots of wood.

The Blue Collar team is behind this sub shop, which is pretty casual and works great for grabbing a to-go sandwich. They have some outdoor tables too.

La Sombra is a restaurant inside South Beach’s Fairwind Hotel. There’s a lot of outdoor seating around palm trees and string lights, and a menu of seafood small plates, salads, and burgers.

The Itamae team opened up another spot in a food hall. This one’s inside Wynwood’s 1-800-Lucky, and the sushi is very good.

Boia De is a small Italian restaurant on the border of Buena Vista and Little Haiti. It’s a really cute spot with fantastic food and works great for small groups.

We checked out Boia De and added it to our Hit List.

Plantisserie is a plant-based deli where you can get some ready-made vegan things like good empanadas, soup, lasagna, and more. It’s a take-out spot since there aren’t any seats inside.

This historic Jewish deli in Hialeah was reopened by the team from Kush and Lokal. It looks very similar to how it did in the ’50s, with an added cocktail bar in the back.

We checked out Stephen’s and added it to our Hit List.

Strange Beast is a brewery and pizzeria out in West Kendall from the team behind Lincoln’s Beard Brewing

This casual Italian bakery in Edgewater has things like paninis, filled focaccias, pizza, and more.

Pairings is a restaurant in Downtown that serves upscale Spanish dishes and has a huge wine list.

The popular South Beach Italian spot Via Emilia opened a second location in Midtown - but this one is a little bigger and has some outdoor seating.

Malakor is a Thai restaurant on Miracle Mile in Coral Gables. The 30-seat restaurant serves things like Thai fried rice, green curry, and pad Thai.