Where To Go When You Can’t Get Into Carbone - Miami - The Infatuation

"Dead set on visiting a Major Food Group restaurant—and preferably one that serves pasta? Contessa is your best option. It’s more accessible and mature than Carbone. Reservations are almost shockingly easy to find and the quieter crowd isn't as migraine-inducing. Almost everything in here is pink: the walls, the ceilings, the bathrooms, and the round bell-shaped sofas. There’s patio seating on the first floor and an upstairs terrace that overlooks the Design District. Just know that you will still be overcharged for your perfectly fine fusilli in pesto sauce or clam pizza." - ryan pfeffer, virginia otazo