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Where to eat in Miami, FL
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A few places to eat in Miami
- The Trapiche Room American · 0.1 miles
1109 Brickell Ave, Miami - The Pink Company Bakery Bakery · 0.1 miles
1110 Brickell Ave Ste 102, Miami - Zeru Miami Spanish · 0.1 miles
1395 Brickell Ave Ste 180, Miami - Le Boudoir French · 0.1 miles
186 SE 12th Ter, Miami - Temaris Japanese · 0.1 miles
1250 S Miami Ave #5, Miami
The closest few by distance from central Miami, not a ranking — local places listed ahead of chains. Listings from Overture Maps open data (September 2026); hours and openings change, so check before you go. Want one picked for what you're craving instead? Ask Savor Scout in Miami.
The food scene in Miami
Open listings put 974 places to eat within 2 miles of central Miami, 289 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: pizza (45), Italian (40) and Cuban (39). 26 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Miami is Cuban, Honduran and Venezuelan — types that are listed here at 11 to 22 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
Coffee 66 Pizza 45 Italian 40 Cuban 39 Sushi 37 Bakery 35 Mexican 34 American 27 Latin American 25 Burgers 25
The food in Miami
Miami is a Latin American city that happens to be in the United States, and its food follows accordingly. Cuban cooking is the foundation — the city has the largest Cuban population outside Cuba — but Haitian, Venezuelan, Colombian, Peruvian, Nicaraguan and Argentine communities all cook here at depth.
The ritual that organises the day is the cafecito: a small, very sweet espresso taken standing at a ventanita, the walk-up window on the side of a Cuban café, several times a day.
What to eat in Miami
- Cuban sandwich — Roast pork, ham, Swiss, pickles, mustard, pressed. The Miami version omits the salami Tampa insists on.
- Cafecito and pastelitos — Sweet espresso at a ventanita, with guava pastry. A daily ritual rather than a treat.
- Ropa vieja and lechon asado — The Cuban main-course canon, with black beans, rice and plantains.
- Haitian griot — Marinated fried pork with pikliz. Little Haiti is one of the largest Haitian communities in the US.
- Peruvian ceviche and Venezuelan arepas — Both widely available and both excellent here.
Where to look
- Little Havana, Calle Ocho — Cuban cafés, ventanitas and long-running restaurants.
- Little Haiti — Griot, legim and Haitian bakeries.
- Doral and Sweetwater — Venezuelan and Colombian at real depth.
Neighbourhoods and regional dishes, not restaurant recommendations. We have not eaten in Miami, and a page claiming the best taco in a city it has never visited is worth nothing. Savor Scout reads menus and reviews when you search, and shows why it picked what it picked.
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Miami has a population of about 417,650. Enough choice to argue about for twenty minutes, which is usually what happens. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Miami, so places just outside the city are still on the table when they are worth the drive.
How many places to eat are there in Miami?
Miami sits in Miami-Dade County, where the Census counts 2,439 full-service restaurants, 1,848 limited-service places, 596 cafés and snack bars and 145 bars — 5,028 places to eat or drink in all. Miami makes up about 16% of the county's population.
That works out at 18.7 per 10,000 residents, which is about level with the national median of 19.4 — a normal amount of choice, and a normal amount of indecision. Unusually, sit-down restaurants outnumber counter-service ones. Nationally it runs close to even and most places tilt the other way, so this is a town that eats at tables.
Those county figures also cover Hialeah, Miami Gardens, Miami Beach, Homestead, North Miami, Doral, Coral Gables, Cutler Bay and 2 more, all within Savor Scout's search radius from Miami.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
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Near Miami
- Miami Beach, FL — about 4 miles away
- Coral Gables, FL — about 6 miles away
- Hialeah, FL — about 9 miles away
- North Miami, FL — about 9 miles away
- Doral, FL — about 11 miles away
- North Miami Beach, FL — about 12 miles away
Campuses in and near Miami
Each has its own page: what is within walking distance and a few places to start with.
- Miami Dade College
- University of Miami
- Barry University
- Florida International University
- St. Thomas University
How this differs from Google Maps and Yelp
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