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Happy August Miami!

Summertime is our time to reclaim our city from the tourists.

With Spa Month continuing in full swing, now's the time to forego your summer diet and body and eat at some of the best restaurants participating in Miami Spice. Grab your friends, coworkers and family and experience lunch specials from $23 and dinner from $39.

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Saturday afternoon zen-ful experience!

Loved this place, from their interior and exterior design to the menu......

http://www.brosiamiami.com/enter.html

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Ptit Stop
Le Ptit Paris Opens in the Grove

When the season kicks in, you'll be the first at the flashy restaurants, designer hotels and sleek clubs. But for now, it's the quiet neighborhood spots you covet.Luckily the owners of Le Bouchon du Grove have opened Le Ptit Paris, your new go-to crepe and wine haunt in Coconut Grove.

This is the place you'll go if you're looking for a laid-back, hippie Grove-meets-Parisian patio cafe with big red awnings and French comfort food. The corner spot across from Green Street Café has an intimate bar where you can run in to grab crunchy croissants and French-roasted espressos.But if you're looking to linger (and we recommend you do), there's enough cushiony outdoor seating (red couches with bistro tables) to serve a variety of social purposes.

Grab a stool by the crepe bar, where a champagne cocktail and plenty of people-watching will put you in the mood for the leisurely meal ahead. Dishes like foie gras with fig marmalade and snails in cognac and garlic should keep you fortified as you make your way through the lengthy list of French wines.Once the sun goes down, the space takes on a loungey, late-night vibe with a raucous Edith Piaf soundtrack and the kitchen churning out tapas past midnight.It's the perfect time to get to know your neighbors.

Le Ptit Paris, now open at 3464 Main Highway (at Commodore Plaza), Coconut Grove, 305-445-7331
From Urban Daddy.

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Red Light

7700 Biscayne Blvd at the Little River, Miami; 305.757.7773

More than most cities, Miami embodies the eternal struggle between man and nature: new condos vs. hurricanes, spandex-clad joggers vs. prehistoric alligators, oppressively man-scaped male models vs...you. Striking a perfect balance, Red Light, now open six days a week.

With Red Light, the former Mark's in the Grove chef literally rousted squatters from a forgotten diner, then cleaned up its Little River-abutting back patio, to create a classily retro cafe that counters tropical palm fronds and passing manatees with Biscayne Blvd's heady MiMo architecture and head-y prostitute holdouts. The eclectic, regional cuisine varies seasonally, and trends towards the likes of coconut key lime fish chowder; hand-rubbed river-smoked ribs; mac & cheese w/fontina, Morbier, and American cheddar; and smoked, tomato-baked triggerfish w/ spicy Trinidad-style corn hash (more seasonally appropriate than Tobagan). For lazy creekside sippin', bevs include sake, Canadian, French, and American whites, a smaller # of reds, plus beer-geek ales like Avery White Rascal from Colorado, Rogue Dead Guy from Oregon, and Dogfish Head IPA from Delaware -- improbably incorporated in not-Delaware.

Red Light also plans to refurbish a basement lounge that hosted live music back in the '50s-'60s, a task that'll no doubt bring in Miami's 3rd inexorable force: flinty-eyed nightlife promoters.

Red Light will do daylight, as they open for lunch Thursday through Sunday starting this week.

From Thrillist.

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Curry Fever
Bengal Restaurant Opens
You gave up on finding good Indian food in this city the day you overheard someone refer to samosas as empanadas. For mainland tandoori fiends, the pickings have been slim.But that's all about to change.Introducing Bengal, a new Indian restaurant open today on Biscayne Boulevard, ready to satisfy your constant curry cravings.The bi-level space is bright and airy and cliché-free. Mint green walls, burgundy banquettes and gilded fabrics lining the staircase give the room an uncluttered, polished feel. At night the lights go dim (and multi-colored) and Bollywood movies loop endlessly on flat-screen TVs, putting you in the mood for the festive feast to come.The Bangladeshi owners know a thing or two about running a kitchen, having worked with chef Michael Schwartz back when he was at Nemo (and in their free time, catering family parties where the beats were booming and the papadoms legendary).Now they've opened a friendly neighborhood spot to enjoy the greatest hits of Indian cuisine. But these aren't spiced-down dishes modified for American palates. Expect fire, and revel in kebobs and sauces that sparkle like a feisty Mumbai starlet. Pair the puffy naan with dishes like Carai Shrimp cooked in creamy tomato sauce and Madraj Spiced Lamb served with fluffy saffron rice.There are also chutneys, daals and samosas aplenty, but the real showstoppers are the tandoori specialties, the appropriate vittles for an exotic night out.Which is one area, of course, where your pickings aren't so slim...
Bengal Restaurant, 2010 Biscayne Blvd (between 20th and 21st), Downtown, 786-683-5389