38 Essential Restaurants in Miami, Fall 2024

"This bright and charming cafe entices diners with a melange of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern dishes. Each of its five Miami locations has a unique look and feel, but all are inspired by the Israeli towns of Jaffa and Tel Aviv, featuring airy indoor/outdoor spaces, bright colors, and plenty of florals. The primary attraction, though, is its all-day brunch, which features dishes like the smoked salmon Jerusalem bagel plate laden with mozzarella cheese, roasted tomatoes, olives, and a shifka chile-spiked aioli; lahmajun (flatbread filled with vegetables); chips with harissa aioli; and a majadra rice bowl. Grazers will gravitate toward the hot and cold mezze that are good for sharing (try the spicy matboucha and crisp, lamb-stuffed Moroccan cigars, to start). Regulars often order malawach — a traditional Yemenite Jewish flatbread made from layered, pan-fried puff pastry — followed by chocolate babka bread pudding for dessert, all paired with limonana, a refreshing mint lemonade." - Olee Fowler