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Café Prima Pasta 414 71st St., 305-867-0106, www.primapasta.com Opened in 1993 with 28 seats, this family-run landmark has now taken over the block, with an outdoor terrace and multi-roomed indoor space whose walls are full of photos of their clientele, including national and local celebs. Particularly popular are homemade pastas, sauced with Argentine-Italian indulgence rather than Italian simplicity: crabmeat ravioletti in lobster cream sauce, black squid ink linguini heaped with seafood. Though romantic enough for dates, the place is quite kid-friendly — and on the terrace, they’ll even feed Fido. $$$ Lemon Twist 908 71st St., 305-865-6465 In warm weather, we like to hit this French bistro for either a cornichon-garnished charcuterie platter (including mouthwatering Rosette de Lyons salami, hard to find in Miami) or the frisée salad with lardons and poached egg. Add iles flottantes (merengue islands on a crème anglaise pond) and a glass of wine, et voila! A perfect Parisian light supper. But there's honest heftier fare, too, like the steak/frites (entrecote with choice of sauce, housemade fries, and a salad), and rich fig tarts. Tamarind Thai 946 Normandy Dr. 305-861-6222; www.tamarindthai.us When an eatery’s executive chef is best-selling Thai cookbook author Vatcharin Bhumichitr, you’d expect major media hype, fancy South Beach prices, and a fancy SoBe address. Instead Bhumichitr joined forces with Day Longsomboon (an old Thai school pal who’d moved to Miami) at this unpretentious, authentic (no sushi) neighborhood place. Some standout dishes here are featured in the chef’s latest tome, but with Tamarind’s very affordable prices, you might as well let the man’s impeccably trained kitchen staff do the work for you. $$-$$$ |
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