"Cotoa’s food always tasted more ambitious than the bizarre food hall it lived in. Now, they have their own restaurant in North Miami, where these inventive Ecuadorian dishes shine with no distractions. The most exciting things on the menu are dishes the chef grew up eating, which she’ll tell you about as she drops plates on the table. The cangrejada is a bowl of tomato bisque with blue crab and plantains that’s sweet, chilled, and made for Miami summers. The menu will probably change often. Go before the hanger steak with a gloriously herbaceous chimichurri is no longer around." - ryan pfeffer, virginia otazo, mariana trabanino, virginia otazo, mariana trabanino, ryan pfeffer, ryan pfeffer, mariana trabanino, ryan pfeffer, mariana trabanino, virginia otazo, virginia otazo, virginia otazo, virginia otazo, mariana trabanino